![]() ![]() They never asked me if there were problems – there are not – and I have sold about 9,000 RIPs in this industry. To paraphrase Adobe’s official response “Postscript has changed and there are problems with RIPs, blah, blah, blah.“ Wow. It was easy to make your settings and print to a RIP for halftones. This button allowed you to set the halftone LPI/frequency, angle and dot shape for Channel Separations. Starting with CS5, Adobe removed the Screen button from the Print menu. For a LOT of screeners this is the only reason they have not upgraded to CS6. To find out more simply type in a web search of “changes to Adobe CS6 and CC” and you will find lots of sites with videos and details.īut first, let’s talk about what is NOT in CS6 and CC versions – the missing “Screen” button. Without going into detail about each new feature I will do a quick listing here of the key changes. For those of you who design and create on Photoshop will like some of the changes. My only problem is that for some of you who only really use Photoshop to do color separations – you won’t see many changes. Adobe sends you upgrade notices and your computer needs to be online to authorize this install.Īdobe did make major improvements to CS6 and CC (they started with CC and now have CC 2014, CC 2015 and CC 2017). Just make sure you have a lot of free memory on the hard disk. It lists all the programs available and you simply click on Install for the ones you want. ![]() Once you pay you have access to what is called Adobe Download Manager. How does it work? You have to register with Adobe and get and Adobe ID. Here it is! You can see that I highly recommend considering the Creative Cloud if you want to use more than one of their products or if you are just starting out. What if you are new to the world of Adobe products and have been dying to find a way to get the programs cheaper – or even on a payment plan. They lament that they have to buy new software. ![]() In fact, I often talk to customers who are changing platforms (Mac to PC or PC to Mac) to accommodate their artists or often the type of RIP they are using for halftone output. That means for $49.99 per month I can get ALL of these programs and put them on two computers! That is a HUGE savings. And, I use In-Design for a lot of my printed matter. I also use Adobe Acrobat PRO for my manuals and I use Adobe Dreamweaver for some of my web development. No longer do I have to upgrade both platforms. Since I develop software for both platforms, I have a Mac and PC. If you end up wanting to move one copy to a newer computer you simply deactivate one of the versions. Adobe calls the second version install a “backup” installation and it is very legal. Why? Not only do you get all their programs BUT you can put them on two computers. If you use Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator or any other programs, then I think this is a great deal. On the surface it might appear that it would cost you more to do it this way if all you want to do is upgrade Photoshop which typically costs about $250 per year to upgrade. If you just want to try this service on a month-to-month it is only $75 per month and you can subscribe to just one program for only $19.99 per month. In fact if you have a licensed version of CS3 you can get a first year special offer of only $29.99 per month. Adobe has a licensing option called Creative Cloud at For a low monthly fee of $49.99 per month you can download and use pretty much ALL of their programs. There seems to be a lot of opinions on this one – almost like political parties. And, I would like to give you my opinion on the new Creative Cloud method of delivering the software.Ĭlick on images on the right to enlarge them. Rather than detail each and every new feature (there are dozens and dozens) in this article I would like to give you the highlights of what features (or lack of) you will love or miss. Yes, there are new features – which I will quickly list later – but what is much different about CS6/CC is how you buy/license it. And this morphed into CC with the introduction of the Creative Cloud. In May of 2013 they rolled out Photoshop CS6 to much fanfare. It was Adobe’s turn last a few years ago. They also like to move things around, remove tools you love, change the name of tools and otherwise create a small learning curve to get accustomed to the new version. Every few years companies like Adobe, Corel and others feel the urge to bring out new versions of their software – whether you want it or not. ![]()
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