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'''Adobe Creative Cloud''' is a [[software as a service]] offering from [[Adobe Systems]] that gives users access to a collection of software developed by [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]] for [[graphic design]], [[video editing]], [[web development]], [[photography]], and [[cloud service]]s. In Creative Cloud, a monthly or annual subscription service is delivered over the Internet.<ref name="CNET-AdobeCC1">{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57432444-92/adobe-launches-creative-cloud-subscription-service/ | title=Adobe launches Creative Cloud subscription service | publisher=CNET | date=May 11, 2012 | accessdate=February 24, 2014 | author=Stephen Shankland}}</ref><ref name="captive">{{cite web | last= Ekin |first= A. Cemal | url= http://www.keptlight.com/2013/05/creative-cloud-or-captive-consumer/ | title= Creative Cloud or Captive Consumer? | publisher=Keptlight |date=May 8, 2013 | accessdate= May 8, 2013}}</ref> Software from Creative Cloud is downloaded from the Internet, installed directly on a local PC and used as long as the subscription remains valid. Online updates and multiple languages are included in the CC subscription. Creative Cloud is hosted on [[Amazon Web Services]].
'''Adobe Creative Cloud''' is a set of applications and services from [[Adobe Inc.|Adobe]] that gives subscribers access to a collection of software used for [[graphic design]], [[video editing]], [[web development]], [[photography]], along with a set of mobile applications and also some optional [[cloud service]]s. In Creative Cloud, a monthly or annual subscription service is delivered over the Internet.<ref name="CNET-AdobeCC1">{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/00166514380778346/adobe-launches-creative-cloud-subscription-service/ | title=Adobe launches Creative Cloud subscription service | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | work=[[CNET]] | date=May 11, 2012 | access-date=February 24, 2014 | first=Stephen | last=Shankland}}</ref><ref name="captive">{{cite web | url=http://www.keptlight.com/2013/05/creative-cloud-or-captive-consumer/ | title=Creative Cloud or Captive Consumer? | work=Keptlight | date=May 8, 2013 | access-date=May 8, 2013 | last=Ekin | first=A. Cemal}}</ref> Software from Creative Cloud is downloaded from the Internet, installed directly on a local computer and used as long as the subscription remains valid. Online updates and multiple languages are included in the CC subscription. Creative Cloud was initially hosted on [[Amazon Web Services]], but a new agreement with [[Microsoft]] has the software, beginning with the 2017 version, hosted on [[Microsoft Azure]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.microsoft.com/2016/09/26/adobe-and-microsoft-partner-in-the-azure-cloud-to-help-businesses-transform-customer-engagement/|title=Adobe and Microsoft partner in the Azure cloud to help businesses transform customer engagement|date=September 26, 2016|website=News Center|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref>


Previously, Adobe offered individual products as well as [[software suite]]s containing several products (such as [[Adobe Creative Suite]] or [[Adobe eLearning Suite]]) with a perpetual software license.<ref name= "TNW">{{cite web| last= Weber |first= Harrison | url = http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/05/06/after-nearly-10-years-adobe-abandons-its-creative-suite-entirely-to-focus-on-creative-cloud/ |title=Adobe Abandons Its Creative Suite to Focus on Creative Cloud |publisher= The next Web | date =May 26, 2013 |accessdate= July 8, 2014}}</ref>
Previously, Adobe offered individual products as well as [[software suite]]s containing several products (such as [[Adobe Creative Suite]] or [[Adobe eLearning Suite]]) with a perpetual software license.<ref name="TNW">{{cite web | url=https://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/05/06/after-nearly-10-years-adobe-abandons-its-creative-suite-entirely-to-focus-on-creative-cloud/ | title=Adobe Abandons Its Creative Suite to Focus on Creative Cloud | work=The Next Web | date=May 26, 2013 | access-date=July 8, 2014 | last=Weber | first=Harrison}}</ref>


Adobe first announced the Creative Cloud in October 2011. Another version of Adobe Creative Suite was released the following year.<ref name="ACC-VB-2014"/> On May 6, 2013, Adobe announced that they would not release new versions of the Creative Suite and that future versions of its software would be available only through the Creative Cloud.<ref name="ACC-PCMag-change"/><ref>{{cite web| last = Cunningham|first=Andrew|title=Adobe’s Creative Suite is dead, long live the Creative Cloud|url = http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/adobes-creative-suite-is-dead-long-live-the-creative-cloud/ | publisher=Ars Technica| date= May 7, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last = Campbell-Dollaghan | first=Kelsey|title=Say Goodbye to Creative Suite: Adobe CS Is Now Creative Cloud|url = http://gizmodo.com/say-goodbye-to-creative-suite-adobe-rebrands-cs-as-cre-493155052|publisher= Gizmondo| date= May 6, 2013|accessdate= July 8, 2014}}</ref> The first new versions made only for the Creative Cloud were released on June 17, 2013.
Adobe first announced the Creative Cloud in October 2011. Another version of Adobe Creative Suite was released the following year.<ref name="ACC-VB-2014">{{cite web | url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/adobe-launches-creative-cloud-2014-its-first-massive-update-since-killing-the-creative-suite/ | title=Adobe launches Creative Cloud 2014 — its first massive update since killing the Creative Suite | work=[[VentureBeat]] | date=June 18, 2014 | access-date=July 13, 2014 | first=Harrison | last=Weber}}</ref> On May 6, 2013, Adobe announced that they would not release new versions of the Creative Suite and that future versions of its software would be available only through the Creative Cloud.<ref name="ACC-PCMag-change">{{cite web | url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418602,00.asp | title=Adobe Ditches Creative Suite for CC: Creative Cloud | work=[[PC Magazine]] | date=May 6, 2013 | access-date=July 13, 2014 | last=Muchmore | first=Michael}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/adobes-creative-suite-is-dead-long-live-the-creative-cloud/ | title=Adobe's Creative Suite is dead, long live the Creative Cloud | work=[[Ars Technica]] | date=May 7, 2013 | last=Cunningham | first=Andrew}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://gizmodo.com/say-goodbye-to-creative-suite-adobe-rebrands-cs-as-cre-493155052 | title=Say Goodbye to Creative Suite: Adobe CS Is Now Creative Cloud | work=[[Gizmodo]] | date=May 6, 2013 | access-date=July 8, 2014 | last=Campbell-Dollaghan | first=Kelsey}}</ref> The first new versions made only for the Creative Cloud were released on June 17, 2013.


==Current applications and services==
==Applications==
The Adobe Creative Cloud retains many of the features of [[Adobe Creative Suite]] and introduces new features;<ref name="ACC-WSJ-press"/> foremost is the instant availability of upgrades, saving to the cloud, and easier sharing. In June, 2014, the company announced 14 new versions of the Creative Cloud essential desktop tools, four new mobile apps, and the availability of creative hardware for enterprise, education and photography customers.<ref name="ACC-WSJ-article"/><ref name="ACC-TNW"/><ref name="ACC-ZDNet-2014"/>
The Adobe Creative Cloud retains many of the features of [[Adobe Creative Suite]] and introduces new features;<ref name="ACC-WSJ-press">{{cite web | url=http://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/6825316-adobe-announces-all-new-2014-release-of-creative-cloud | title=Adobe Announces All New 2014 Release of Creative Cloud | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | date=June 18, 2014 | access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> foremost is the instant availability of upgrades, saving to the cloud, and easier sharing. In June 2014, the company announced 14 new versions of the Creative Cloud essential desktop tools, four new mobile apps, and the availability of creative hardware for enterprise, education and photography customers.<ref name="ACC-WSJ-article">{{cite web | url=https://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2014/06/18/photoshop-mix-for-ipad-lightroom-for-iphone-arrive-with-adobe-creative-cloud-2014-update/ | title=Photoshop Mix for iPad, Lightroom for iPhone Arrive With Adobe Creative Cloud 2014 Update | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | date=June 18, 2014 | access-date=July 13, 2014 | author=Nathan Olivarez-Giles}}</ref><ref name="ACC-TNW">{{cite web | url=https://thenextweb.com/creativity/2014/06/18/771047/ | title=Adobe launches sweeping upgrade to its Creative Cloud lineup | work=The Next Web | date=June 18, 2014 | access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name="ACC-ZDNet-2014">{{cite web | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/adobes-2014-creative-cloud-update-desktop-upgrades-new-mobile-apps-creative-hardware/ | title=Adobe's 2014 Creative Cloud update: Desktop upgrades, new mobile apps, creative hardware | work=[[ZDNet]] | date=June 18, 2014 | access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref>


The video disc authoring program [[Adobe Encore]] and the web-focused bitmap editor [[Adobe Fireworks]] were both discontinued by Adobe in 2013, but were still available as downloads via Creative Cloud until May 2019.
Brief descriptions of the applications available in Adobe Creative Cloud individually or as a complete package:
* [[Adobe Acrobat]] is a software family dedicated to Adobe's [[Portable Document Format]] (PDF). Adobe Acrobat Standard, Adobe Acrobat Professional, and Adobe Acrobat Professional Extended all allow for the creation of PDF files. [[Adobe Reader]] is an application that allows the reading of PDF files.{{Citation needed|date=January 2015}}
* [[Adobe After Effects]] is a digital motion graphics and compositing software published by Adobe Systems. It is often used in film and video post-production.
* [[Adobe Audition]] is a digital audio editor that provides the modern interface and workflow of [[Adobe Soundbooth]] with the capabilities of Audition.
* [[Adobe Bridge]] is an organizational program. Its primary purpose is to link the parts of the Creative Suite together using a format similar to the file browser found in previous versions of Adobe Photoshop.
* [[Adobe Dreamweaver]] is a combination code / GUI web development application.
* [[Adobe Edge]] is a suite of web development tools:
**[[Adobe Edge Animate]], an application that builds browser-based content using [[HTML5]], [[JavaScript]], [[jQuery]], and [[CSS 3]] instead of Flash.
**Adobe Edge Reflow, a responsive web design tool.
**Adobe Edge Code, a code-based HTML editor.
**Adobe Edge Inspect, an application which allows developers to preview web designs on mobile platforms.
* [[Adobe Flash]] is a software family dedicated to various Adobe multimedia technologies:
** [[Adobe Flash Professional]], a multimedia authoring program used to create web applications, games, movies, and content for mobile phones and other embedded devices. It features support for vector and raster graphics, a scripting language called [[ActionScript]] and bi-directional streaming of audio and video.
** [[Adobe Flash Builder]], formerly Adobe Flex Builder, is an integrated development environment (IDE) built on the Eclipse platform meant for developing rich Internet applications (RIAs) and cross-platform desktop applications for the Adobe Flash platform.
** [[Adobe Flash Player]], a free software application which allows the playing of standalone [[SWF|Adobe Flash]] (SWF) multimedia files.
** [[Adobe Scout]], a profiling tool for Flash SWF files.
* [[Adobe Illustrator]] is a [[vector graphics]] editor.
* [[Adobe InCopy]] is a [[word processor]] application.
* [[Adobe InDesign]] is a [[desktop publishing]] application.
* [[Adobe Muse]] is a web development program that emphasizes webpage building for designers without a focus of writing code.
* [[Adobe Photoshop]] is a [[raster graphics editor|raster-graphics editor]] (with significant [[vector graphics]] functionality).
* [[Adobe Photoshop Lightroom]] is a [[digital image processing|photo processor]] and [[image organizer]].
* [[Adobe Premiere Pro]] is a real-time, timeline-based video editing software application. Its related applications are:
** Adobe Media Encoder, a tool to output video files.
** [[Adobe Prelude]], a tool for importing (ingesting), reviewing, and logging tapeless media.
** Adobe Speedgrade, a tool for performing color corrections and developing looks for Premiere projects.


===Packages===
The following services are also available:
Adobe offers four tiers of the Creative Cloud subscription service for individuals (there are other types for Business and Schools):<ref name="CreativePlans">{{cite web | url=https://creative.adobe.com/plans?promoid=P3KMQZ9Y&mv=other | title=Creative Cloud pricing and membership plans | publisher=[[Adobe Systems]] | access-date=October 17, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Behance]] is an online social-media based portfolio service for creative professionals.
* '''[[Photography]]''', which contains some photography-related features of Adobe Creative Cloud and access to Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography.html | title=Lightroom and Photoshop - Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan | publisher=[[Adobe Systems]] | work=adobe.com | access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Adobe Story|Adobe Story Plus]] is a screenwriting and film/TV pre-production online application which integrates with the Premiere Pro family.
* '''Single App''', which contains all the features of Creative Cloud plus access to a single application of the user's choice in the suite out of a list of 11 selected applications.
* Fonts from the [[Typekit]] family are available for licensing to members.
* '''All Apps''', the main tier of Creative Cloud that contains all the features of Creative Cloud plus access to all applications within the suite.
* Web hosting and cloud-based [[file hosting]] storage space and service.
* '''All Apps + Adobe Stock''', which contains all the standard features of Creative Cloud plus features for Adobe Stock.


=== Desktop, mobile, and web services ===
The video disc authoring program [[Adobe Encore]] and the web-focused image editor [[Adobe Fireworks]] were both discontinued by Adobe, but are still available as downloads via Creative Cloud.
The following contains the services found on Creative Cloud.
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|[[Adobe Fresco|Fresco]]
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|[[Adobe Illustrator|Illustrator]]
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|[[Adobe Illustrator|Illustrator Draw]]
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|[[Adobe InCopy|InCopy]]
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|[[Adobe InDesign|InDesign]]
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|[[Adobe Lightroom|Lightroom]]
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|[[Adobe Lightroom|Lightroom Classic]]
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|Premiere Rush
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|[[Adobe Spark|Spark Page]]
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|iOS
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|[[Adobe Creative Cloud Express|Creative Cloud Express]]
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=== Hidden helper tools ===
* Adobe IPC Broker is an app bundled with Creative Cloud running in the background. This hidden program runs a process that integrates multiple Creative Cloud apps such as [[Adobe Photoshop|Photoshop]] or [[Adobe Illustrator|Illustrator]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=AdobeIPCBroker.exe Windows process - What is it?|url=https://www.file.net/process/adobeipcbroker.exe.html|access-date=2021-05-20|website=www.file.net}}</ref>

== Discontinued products ==
* [[Adobe Flash Builder|Flash Builder]], formerly Flex Builder, was an integrated development environment (IDE) built on the Eclipse platform meant for developing rich Internet applications (RIAs) and cross-platform desktop applications for the Adobe Flash platform.
*Flash Professional (now [[Adobe Animate]]) is [[Adobe Flash|Flash]]'s content authoring application.
*[[Adobe Fuse CC|Fuse]], formerly Fuse Character Creator, is a [[Character animation|3D character animation]] application originally developed by [[Mixamo]]. It was acquired by [[Adobe Inc.|Adobe Systems]] in June 2015 and was discontinued while in [[Software testing|beta testing]].
*Ideas CC is a mobile digital sketchpad app that lets you design almost anywhere using vectors, layers, and color themes.
*Kuler CC, later called Adobe Color CC, was a color theming app for mobile devices. It was developed and marketed by [[Adobe Inc.]] through Adobe Creative Cloud.
* [[Adobe Muse|Muse]] is a discontinued [[Website builder|offline website builder]] used to create [[Web design#Page layout|fixed, fluid, or adaptive]] websites, [[WYSIWYG|without the need to write code]].
*Premiere Clip is a timeline based video editing software on mobile platform.
*Preview CC is an app for previewing mobile designs.
*[[Adobe Scout|Scout]] is a profiling tool for Flash SWF files.
*SpeedGrade was a tool for performing color corrections and developing looks for Premiere projects. SpeedGrade was discontinued on August 22, 2017, but could still be used by subscribers at the time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Modern Color Grading Software|url=https://gamut.io/modern-color-grading-software-for-professional-videographers/|access-date=April 22, 2020|work=gamut.io}}</ref> Features from SpeedGrade are now found in the Lumetri Color Correction feature in [[Adobe Premiere Pro|Premiere Pro]].
* [[Adobe Story|Story]] was a screenwriting and film/TV pre-production online application which integrates with the Premiere Pro family. It allows users to create movie scripts for their movies.
*[[Adobe Voco|Voco]] is an unreleased audio editing and [[Speech synthesis|generating]] prototype software by [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]] that enables novel editing and generation of audio.


==Reception==
==Reception==
The change from perpetual licenses to a subscription model was met with significant criticism.<ref name="forbes.com">{{cite web| url= http://www.forbes.com/sites/adriankingsleyhughes/2013/05/09/adobes-creative-cloud-move-causes-outcry-and-confusion/ | title= Adobe's Creative Cloud Move Causes Outcry And Confusion| publisher= Forbes| date= May 9, 2013| accessdate= July 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ashleigh Allsopp |url=http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/?newsid=3446802| title= Adobe Creative Cloud: Reactions, responses and reassurance | publisher= Macworld UK|date= May 13, 2013 |accessdate=July 8, 2014}}</ref> Although Adobe's [[Cloud computing|cloud-based model]] caused disagreement and uncertainty,<ref name="forbes.com"/> incited annoyance<ref name="FT-AMC">{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ab2fa410-641d-11e3-b70d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2qyUzCmQY | title=Adobe shares soar to new record on cloud hopes |publisher=Financial Times | date=December 13, 2013 |accessdate=January 20, 2014}}</ref> and conflict,<ref name="CNET-Adobe-cloud">{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57603348-92/adobe-exceeds-1m-creative-cloud-subscriptions-stock-rises/ |title=Adobe exceeds 1M Creative Cloud subscriptions; stock rises | publisher=CNET | date=September 17, 2013 | accessdate=January 18, 2014 | author=Stephen Shankland}}</ref> a survey by [[CNET]] and [[Jefferies]] revealed that despite complaints, most of its 1.4 million subscribers<ref name="CNET-Adobe-cloud"/><ref name="ACC-Techcrunch-ACC"/> plan to renew.<ref name="ACC-Forbes-2014"/><ref name="ACC-CNET-Survey"/>
The change from perpetual licenses to a subscription model was met with significant criticism.<ref name="forbes.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/adriankingsleyhughes/2013/05/09/adobes-creative-cloud-move-causes-outcry-and-confusion/ | title=Adobe's Creative Cloud Move Causes Outcry And Confusion | work=[[Forbes]] | date=May 9, 2013 | access-date=July 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/?newsid=3446802 | title=Adobe Creative Cloud: Reactions, responses and reassurance | work=[[Macworld]] | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=July 8, 2014 | author=Ashleigh Allsopp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029183741/http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/?newsid=3446802 | archive-date=October 29, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Although Adobe's [[Cloud computing|cloud-based model]] caused disagreement and uncertainty,<ref name="forbes.com"/> and incited annoyance<ref name="FT-AMC">{{cite web | url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ab2fa410-641d-11e3-b70d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2qyUzCmQY | title=Adobe shares soar to new record on cloud hopes | work=[[Financial Times]] | date=December 13, 2013 | access-date=January 20, 2014}}</ref> and conflict,<ref name="CNET-Adobe-cloud">{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57603348-92/adobe-exceeds-1m-creative-cloud-subscriptions-stock-rises/ | title=Adobe exceeds 1M Creative Cloud subscriptions; stock rises | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | work=[[CNET]] | date=September 17, 2013 | access-date=January 18, 2014 | first=Stephen | last=Shankland}}</ref> a survey by [[CNET]] and [[Jefferies Group|Jefferies]] revealed that despite complaints most of its 1.4 million subscribers<ref name="CNET-Adobe-cloud"/><ref name="ACC-Techcrunch-ACC">{{cite web | url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/17/adobes-creative-cloud-surpasses-1m-subscribers-but-q3-2013-revenue-falls-to-995-1m/ | title=Adobe's Creative Cloud Surpasses 1M Subscribers, But Q3 2013 Revenue Falls To $995.1M | work=[[Techcrunch]] | date=September 17, 2013 | access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> plan to renew.<ref name="ACC-Forbes-2014">{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2014/07/10/new-extended-version-of-creative-cloud-to-bolster-adobes-cc-subscriber-base/ | title=New Extended Version Of Creative Cloud To Bolster Adobe's CC Subscriber base | work=[[Forbes]] | access-date=July 13, 2014 | last=Maundze | first=Aderito}}</ref><ref name="ACC-CNET-Survey">{{cite web | url=http://www.cnet.com/news/despite-complaints-most-adobe-creative-cloud-subscribers-plan-to-renew/ | title=Despite complaints most Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers plan to renew | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | work=[[CNET]] | date=March 13, 2014 | access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref>


===Criticism===
===Criticism===
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Shifting to a [[software as a service]] model, Adobe announced more frequent feature updates to its products and the eschewing of their traditional [[release cycle]]s.<ref>Summers, Nick. (2013-05-06) [http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/05/06/after-nearly-10-years-adobe-abandons-its-creative-suite-entirely-to-focus-on-creative-cloud/ Adobe Abandons Its Creative Suite to Focus on Creative Cloud]. Thenextweb.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref> Customers must pay a monthly subscription fee and if they stop paying, they will lose access to the software as well as to the work they saved in [[proprietary format|proprietary file format]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jun/02/adobe-casts-cloud-on-budgets/ |title=Adobe casts cloud on budgets |publisher=The Columbian |date= |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref>
Shifting to a [[software as a service]] model, Adobe announced more frequent feature updates to its products and the eschewing of their traditional [[Software release life cycle|release cycle]]s.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/05/06/after-nearly-10-years-adobe-abandons-its-creative-suite-entirely-to-focus-on-creative-cloud/ | title=Adobe Abandons Its Creative Suite to Focus on Creative Cloud | work=The Next Web | date=May 6, 2013 | last=Summers | first=Nick}}</ref> Customers must pay a monthly subscription fee. Consequently, if subscribers cancel or stop paying, they will lose access to the software as well as the ability to open work saved in [[proprietary format|proprietary file formats]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jun/02/adobe-casts-cloud-on-budgets/ | title=Adobe casts cloud on budgets | work=[[The Columbian]] | access-date=May 23, 2014}}</ref>


Although investors applauded the move, the negative reaction across segments of Adobe’s user base was swift.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/amadoudiallo/2013/06/17/adobe-cc-subscription-release-big-upside-and-risk/ |title=Adobe's Subscription-Only CC Release Carries Obvious Upside But Big Risk |publisher=Forbes |date=2013-06-17 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> This shift has been met with mixed reviews by both corporations and independent designers, with many people expressing their displeasure on the web<ref>[http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/11/adobe-creative-cloud-interview/ Adobe exec: Creative Cloud complainers will love us once they try us (interview)], VentureBeat</ref><ref>[http://mashable.com/2013/05/13/adobe-creative-cloud-top-comments/ Adobe's Move to the Cloud Incites Anger and Other Top Comments], Mashable</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ashleigh Allsopp |url=http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/?newsid=3446802 |title=Adobe Creative Cloud: Reactions, responses and reassurance &#124; Macworld UK |publisher=Macworld.co.uk |date=2013-05-24 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> and through multiple [[Internet petitions]].<ref>Neil Bennett (15 May 2013) [http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/creative-software/analysis-real-reason-adobe-ditched-creative-suite-for-creative-cloud/ Analysis: The real reason Adobe ditched Creative Suite for Creative Cloud], Retrieved on 2013-07-21, digitalartsonline.co.uk</ref> Among these was a [[Change.org]] petition which reached over 30,000 signatures within a few weeks of the announcement.<ref>[http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2013/05/17/some-artists-give-adobe-cloud-switch-critical-review/ Some Artists Give Adobe's Cloud Switch a Critical Review], Fox Business</ref>
Although investors applauded the move, many customers reacted negatively.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/amadoudiallo/2013/06/17/adobe-cc-subscription-release-big-upside-and-risk/ | title=Adobe's Subscription-Only CC Release Carries Obvious Upside But Big Risk | work=[[Forbes]] | date=June 17, 2013 | access-date=May 23, 2014}}</ref> This shift has been met with mixed reviews by both corporations and independent designers, with many people expressing their displeasure on the web<ref>{{cite web | url=https://venturebeat.com/2013/05/11/adobe-creative-cloud-interview/ | title=Adobe exec: Creative Cloud complainers will love us once they try us (interview) | work=[[VentureBeat]] | date=May 11, 2013 | first=Sebastian | last=Haley | access-date=August 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802132107/https://venturebeat.com/2013/05/11/adobe-creative-cloud-interview/ | archive-date=August 2, 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://mashable.com/2013/05/13/adobe-creative-cloud-top-comments/ | title=Adobe's Move to the Cloud Incites Anger and Other Top Comments | work=[[Mashable]] | date=May 13, 2013 | first=Jess | last=Fee}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/?newsid=3446802 | title=Adobe Creative Cloud: Reactions, responses and reassurance | work=[[Macworld]] | date=May 24, 2013 | first=Ashleigh | last=Allsopp | access-date=October 27, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029183741/http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/?newsid=3446802 | archive-date=October 29, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and through multiple [[Internet petitions]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/creative-software/analysis-real-reason-adobe-ditched-creative-suite-for-creative-cloud/ | title=Analysis: The real reason Adobe ditched Creative Suite for Creative Cloud | publisher=[[IDG]] | date=May 15, 2013 | last=Bennett | first=Neil | work=DigitalArts | access-date=August 30, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703043614/http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/creative-software/analysis-real-reason-adobe-ditched-creative-suite-for-creative-cloud/ | archive-date=July 3, 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Among these was a [[Change.org]] petition which reached over 30,000 signatures within a few weeks of the announcement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2013/05/17/some-artists-give-adobe-cloud-switch-critical-review/ |title=Some Artists Give Adobe's Cloud Switch a Critical Review |work=[[Fox Business]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613075458/http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2013/05/17/some-artists-give-adobe-cloud-switch-critical-review |archive-date=June 13, 2013 }}</ref>


Creative Cloud has been criticized for broken file syncing, one of its core features.<ref name="syncing">{{cite web|last=Clark |first=Jack |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/17/adobe_creative_cloud_problem/ |title=Adobe's Creative Cloud fails at being a cloud |publisher=The Register |date=2013-05-17 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://geeks.broadwayworld.com/article/Adobe-Creative-Cloud-FAIL-Suspends-File-Sync-Service-20130519 |title=Adobe Creative Cloud FAIL; Suspends File Sync Service &#124; BWWGeeksWorld |publisher=Geeks.broadwayworld.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> In May 2013 Adobe announced that it was suspending the file-sync desktop preview "for the next couple of weeks".<ref name="syncing" /> Reviewers of Creative Cloud were disappointed with the functionality of the [[cloud storage]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael Burns |url=http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac-creative/reviews/?reviewid=3375113 |title=Adobe Creative Cloud review &#124; MacWorld UK |publisher=Macworld.co.uk |date=2013-05-24 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=blurMEDIA - Commercial Photographer |url=http://www.blurmediaphotography.com/adobe-creative-cloud-review/ |title=Adobe Creative Cloud Review &#124; blurMEDIA |publisher=Blurmediaphotography.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/adobe_creative_cloud_review |title=Adobe Creative Cloud Review &#124; Mac&#124;Life |publisher=Maclife.com |date=2012-06-29 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> and were "far from convinced by Adobe's subscription model".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/382786/adobe-creative-cloud |title=Adobe Creative Cloud review |publisher=PC Pro |date= |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> Users were concerned that they would be forced to upgrade their computer hardware when it is no longer supported by the current version of the Creative Cloud software.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.dvfanatics.com/2013/06/my-problem-with-adobe-creative-cloud.html |title=DV Fanatics Blog: My Problem with Adobe Creative Cloud |publisher=Blog.dvfanatics.com |date=2013-06-03 |accessdate=2014-05-30}}</ref>
Creative Cloud has been criticized for broken file syncing, one of its core features.<ref name="syncing">{{cite web | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/17/adobe_creative_cloud_problem/ | title=Adobe's Creative Cloud fails at being a cloud | work=[[The Register]] | date=May 17, 2013 | last=Clark | first=Jack}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.forwardgeek.com/article/Adobe-Creative-Cloud-FAIL-Suspends-File-Sync-Service-20130519?article=Adobe-Creative-Cloud-FAIL-Suspends-File-Sync-Service-20130519 | title=Adobe Creative Cloud FAIL; Suspends File Sync Service &#124; BWWGeeksWorld | publisher=Wisdom Digital Media | work=Forward Geek | date=May 19, 2013 | access-date=August 27, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210180142/https://www.forwardgeek.com/article/Adobe-Creative-Cloud-FAIL-Suspends-File-Sync-Service-20130519?article=Adobe-Creative-Cloud-FAIL-Suspends-File-Sync-Service-20130519 | archive-date=February 10, 2018 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> In May 2013 Adobe announced that it was suspending the file-sync desktop preview "for the next couple of weeks".<ref name="syncing" /> Reviewers of Creative Cloud were disappointed with the functionality of the [[cloud storage]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Burns |first=Michael |date=May 24, 2013 |title=Adobe Creative Cloud review |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/666876/adobe-creative-cloud-review.html |work=[[Macworld]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.blurmediaphotography.com/adobe-creative-cloud-review/ | title=Adobe Creative Cloud Review | work=blurMEDIA | date=August 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/adobe_creative_cloud_review | title=Adobe Creative Cloud Review | work=Maclife.com | date=June 29, 2012}}</ref> and were "far from convinced by Adobe's subscription model".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.alphr.com/adobe/adobe-creative-cloud/32267/adobe-creative-cloud-review | title=Adobe Creative Cloud review | publisher=Dennis Publishing | work=[[Alphr]] | access-date=May 23, 2014}}</ref> Some users were concerned that they would be forced to upgrade their computer hardware when it is no longer supported by the current version of the Creative Cloud software.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blog.dvfanatics.com/2013/06/my-problem-with-adobe-creative-cloud.html | title=DV Fanatics Blog: My Problem with Adobe Creative Cloud | work=Blog.dvfanatics.com | date=June 3, 2013}}</ref>


This caused an unprecedented loss of trust in Adobe as a company and an attendant rise in anxiety among their customers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.graphics.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=1044|title=The Creative Cloud Chronicles: Freeing the Captive Consumer|publisher=Graphics.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2013/05/10/why-i-wont-subscribe-to-creative-cloud/ |title=Why I won’t subscribe to Creative Cloud &#124; PC Pro blog |publisher=Pcpro.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> Despite a storm of customer criticism over Adobe's move to subscription-only pricing,<ref>{{cite web|last=Shankland |first=Stephen |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57586616-92/as-adobe-customers-howl-corel-offers-education-discount/ |title=As Adobe customers howl, Corel offers education discount &#124; Business Tech - CNET News |publisher=News.cnet.com |date=2014-03-25 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> the company announced that it would not sell perpetual licenses to its software alongside the subscriptions: "We understand this is a big change, but we are so focused on the vision we shared for Creative Cloud, and we plan to focus all our new innovation on the Creative Cloud".<ref>{{cite web|last=Shankland |first=Stephen |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57586521-92/dislike-adobes-creative-cloud-subscriptions-tough-beans/ |title=Dislike Adobe's Creative Cloud subscriptions? Tough beans &#124; Business Tech - CNET News |publisher=News.cnet.com |date=2014-03-25 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref>
Some of their customers experienced a loss of trust in Adobe as a company and an attendant rise in anxiety.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.graphics.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=1044 | title=The Creative Cloud Chronicles: Freeing the Captive Consumer | work=Graphics.com | access-date=August 30, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912062037/http://www.graphics.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=1044 | archive-date=September 12, 2013 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.alphr.com/blogs/2013/05/10/why-i-wont-subscribe-to-creative-cloud | title=Why I won't subscribe to Creative Cloud | publisher=Dennis Publishing | work=[[Alphr]] | access-date=May 23, 2014}}</ref> Despite significant customer criticism over Adobe's move to subscription-only pricing,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57586616-92/as-adobe-customers-howl-corel-offers-education-discount/ | title=As Adobe customers howl, Corel offers education discount | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | work=[[CNET]] | date=March 25, 2014 | last=Shankland | first=Stephen}}</ref> the company announced that it would not sell perpetual licenses to its software alongside the subscriptions: "We understand this is a big change, but we are so focused on the vision we shared for Creative Cloud, and we plan to focus all our new innovation on the Creative Cloud".<ref name="Dislike-tough bean">{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57586521-92/dislike-adobes-creative-cloud-subscriptions-tough-beans/ | title=Dislike Adobe's Creative Cloud subscriptions? Tough beans | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | work=[[CNET]] | date=March 25, 2014 | last=Shankland | first=Stephen}}</ref>


In May 2014 the service was interrupted for over a day due to a login outage leaving graphics professionals locked out of Creative Cloud.<ref>{{cite web|author=05.15.14 |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/15/adobe-s-creative-cloud-goes-offline-and-takes-a-million-designers-with-it.html |title=Adobe’s ‘Creative Cloud’ Goes Offline—and Takes a Million Designers With It |publisher=The Daily Beast |date= |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/05/15/adobe-id-failure-takes-creative-cloud-down-for-nearly-24-hours |title=Adobe ID failure takes Creative Cloud down for nearly 24 hours |publisher=appleinsider |date=2014-05-15 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=McAllister |first=Neil |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/15/graphics_pros_left_hanging_as_adobe_creative_cloud_outage_nears_24_hours/ |title=Graphics pros left hanging as Adobe Creative Cloud outage nears 24 hours |publisher=The Register |date=2014-05-15 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=May 16, 2014 |url=http://consumerist.com/2014/05/16/adobe-creative-cloud-login-outage-takes-users-productivity-with-it/ |title=Adobe Creative Cloud Login Outage Takes Users' Productivity With It |publisher=Consumerist |date=2014-05-16 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Goodin |first=Dan |url=http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/05/outage-of-adobe-creative-cloud-more-than-a-day-old-locks-out-app-users/ |title=Outage of Adobe Creative Cloud, more than a day old, locked out app users |publisher=Ars Technica |date=2014-05-16 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> Adobe apologized for this global Creative Cloud failure<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/adobe-apologises-for-global-creative-cloud-failure-24520 |title=Adobe apologises for global Creative Cloud failure |publisher=The Daily Star |date=2014-05-18 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> and thanked users "for bearing with us".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/85433 |title=Why Adobe’s Creative Cloud is a really, really bad idea for the sheeple |publisher=Network World |date=2014-05-16 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> When initially asked whether customers would be compensated, the company's Customer Service responded: "We cannot offer compensation for the outage. I'm so sorry again for the frustration."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140518/06371227275/destructive-drm-strikes-again-creative-professionals-blocked-using-adobe-products-days.shtml |title=Destructive DRM Strikes Again: Creative Professionals Blocked From Using Adobe Products For Days |publisher=Techdirt |date=2014-05-19 |accessdate=2014-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Adam Banks |url=http://www.macuser.co.uk/9015-adobe-creative-cloud-outage-leaves-adobe-users-locked-out |title=Creative Cloud outage leaves Adobe users unable to work |publisher=MacUser |date= |accessdate=2014-05-30}}</ref> Adobe later announced that it would review compensation on "a case by case basis".<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Reuters]] |url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/adobe-offers-refunds-for-customers-impacted-by-creative-cloud-outage-526678 |title=Adobe Offers Refunds for Customers Impacted by Creative Cloud Outage |publisher=NDTV |date=2014-05-19 |accessdate=2014-06-09}}</ref> The outage was heavily criticized, as was Adobe's [[Software as a Service]] model in general.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dabbs |first=Alistair |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/16/cloud_computing_is_fail_and_heres_why/ |title=Cloud computing is FAIL and here’s why (Stick that online service up your SaaS) |publisher=The Register |date=2014-05-16 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref>
In May 2014 the service was interrupted for over a day due to a login outage leaving graphics professionals locked out of Creative Cloud.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/15/adobe-s-creative-cloud-goes-offline-and-takes-a-million-designers-with-it.html | title=Adobe's 'Creative Cloud' Goes Offline—and Takes a Million Designers With It | work=The Daily Beast | date=May 15, 2014 | first=Kyle | last=Chayka}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/05/15/adobe-id-failure-takes-creative-cloud-down-for-nearly-24-hours | title=Adobe ID failure takes Creative Cloud down for nearly 24 hours | work=appleinsider | date=May 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/15/graphics_pros_left_hanging_as_adobe_creative_cloud_outage_nears_24_hours/ | title=Graphics pros left hanging as Adobe Creative Cloud outage nears 24 hours | work=[[The Register]] | date=May 15, 2014 | last=McAllister | first=Neil}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://consumerist.com/2014/05/16/adobe-creative-cloud-login-outage-takes-users-productivity-with-it/ | title=Adobe Creative Cloud Login Outage Takes Users' Productivity With It | work=Consumerist | date=May 16, 2014 | first=Laura | last=Northrup}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/05/outage-of-adobe-creative-cloud-more-than-a-day-old-locks-out-app-users/ | title=Outage of Adobe Creative Cloud, more than a day old, locked out app users | publisher=[[Condé Nast]] | work=[[Ars Technica]] | date=May 16, 2014 | last=Goodin | first=Dan}}</ref> Adobe apologized for this global Creative Cloud failure.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/adobe-apologises-for-global-creative-cloud-failure-24520 | title=Adobe apologises for global Creative Cloud failure | work=The Daily Star | date=May 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/85433 | title=Why Adobe's Creative Cloud is a really, really bad idea for the sheeple | work=[[Network World]] | date=May 16, 2014}}</ref> When initially asked whether customers would be compensated, the company's Customer Service responded: "We cannot offer compensation for the outage. I'm so sorry again for the frustration."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140518/06371227275/destructive-drm-strikes-again-creative-professionals-blocked-using-adobe-products-days.shtml | title=Destructive DRM Strikes Again: Creative Professionals Blocked From Using Adobe Products For Days | work=[[Techdirt]] | date=May 19, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.macuser.co.uk/9015-adobe-creative-cloud-outage-leaves-adobe-users-locked-out | title=Creative Cloud outage leaves Adobe users unable to work | work=[[MacUser]] | access-date=May 30, 2014 | first=Adam | last=Banks | archive-date=May 21, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521002718/http://www.macuser.co.uk/9015-adobe-creative-cloud-outage-leaves-adobe-users-locked-out | url-status=dead }}</ref> Adobe later announced that it would review compensation on "a case by case basis".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/adobe-offers-refunds-for-customers-impacted-by-creative-cloud-outage-526678 | title=Adobe Offers Refunds for Customers Impacted by Creative Cloud Outage | publisher=NDTV Convergence Limited | work=NDTV Gadgets | date=May 19, 2014}}</ref> The outage was heavily criticized, as was Adobe's [[software as a service]] model in general.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/16/cloud_computing_is_fail_and_heres_why/ | title=Cloud computing is FAIL and here's why (Stick that online service up your SaaS) | work=[[The Register]] | date=May 16, 2014 | last=Dabbs | first=Alistair}}</ref>


Online articles began offering examples of replacements of Photoshop,<ref>{{cite web|last=Muchmore |first=Michael |url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418674,00.asp |title=7 Adobe Photoshop CC Alternatives |publisher=PCMag.com |date=2013-06-21 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> Illustrator and other programs,<ref>{{cite web|author=1/17/13 8:00am 1/17/13 8:00am |url=http://lifehacker.com/5976725/build-your-own-adobe-creative-suite-with-free-and-cheap-software |title=Build Your Own Adobe Creative Suite with Free and Cheap Software |publisher=Lifehacker.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref><ref>[http://www.extremetech.com/computing/155285-bring-out-the-gimp-adobe-photoshop-and-creative-suite-to-become-subscription-only Bring out the GIMP: Adobe Photoshop and Creative Suite to become subscription-only], ExtremeTech</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Duncan Evans |url=http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac-creative/news/?newsid=3452957 |title=Alternatives to Adobe's Creative Cloud &#124; Macworld UK |publisher=Macworld.co.uk |date=2013-05-24 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> with competing products directly offering alternatives, and launching promotions for dissatisfied Adobe customers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shankland |first=Stephen |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57589309-92/adobe-competitors-pounce-after-subscription-backlash/ |title=Adobe competitors pounce after subscription backlash &#124; Business Tech - CNET News |publisher=News.cnet.com |date=2014-03-25 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> Adobe, however, claimed that Creative Cloud is its "highest customer satisfaction product in the creative space" and that even prior to Adobe's move to a pure subscription model, "more than 80 percent of customers who bought products from Adobe's Web site picked CC over CS."<ref>{{cite web|last=Shankland |first=Stephen |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57586521-92/dislike-adobes-creative-cloud-subscriptions-tough-beans/ |title=Dislike Adobe's Creative Cloud subscriptions? Tough beans &#124; CNET News |publisher=News.cnet.com |date=2014-03-25 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref>
Online articles began offering examples of replacements of Adobe products,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418674,00.asp | title=7 Adobe Photoshop CC Alternatives | publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] | work=[[PC Magazine]] | date=June 21, 2013 | last=Muchmore | first=Michael}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://lifehacker.com/5976725/build-your-own-adobe-creative-suite-with-free-and-cheap-software | title=Build Your Own Adobe Creative Suite with Free and Cheap Software | publisher=[[Gawker Media]] | work=[[Lifehacker]] | date=January 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.extremetech.com/computing/155285-bring-out-the-gimp-adobe-photoshop-and-creative-suite-to-become-subscription-only |title=Bring out the GIMP: Adobe Photoshop and Creative Suite to become subscription-only |work=[[ExtremeTech]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |first=Sebastian |last=Anthony |date=May 8, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac-creative/news/?newsid=3452957 | title=Alternatives to Adobe's Creative Cloud | work=[[Macworld]] | date=May 24, 2013 | first=Duncan | last=Evans | access-date=August 30, 2014 | archive-date=November 5, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105004914/http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac-creative/news/?newsid=3452957 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gaines|first1=Kendra|title=15+ alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud|url=http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/06/15-alternatives-to-adobe-creative-cloud/|website=WebdesignerDepot.com|date=June 26, 2013}}</ref> with competing products directly offering alternatives, and launching promotions for dissatisfied Adobe customers.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57589309-92/adobe-competitors-pounce-after-subscription-backlash/ | title=Adobe competitors pounce after subscription backlash | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | work=[[CNET]] | date=March 25, 2014 | last=Shankland | first=Stephen}}</ref> Adobe, however, claimed that Creative Cloud is its "highest customer satisfaction product in the creative space" and that even prior to Adobe's move to a pure subscription model, "more than 80 percent of customers who bought products from Adobe's Web site picked CC over CS."<ref name="Dislike-tough bean" />


Although Creative Cloud was expected to curtail the [[software piracy|piracy]] of [[Adobe Photoshop|Photoshop]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gizmodo.com/will-adobes-move-to-the-cloud-finally-keep-the-pirates-493172511 |title=Will Adobe's Move to the Cloud Finally Keep the Pirates at Bay? |publisher=Gizmodo |date= |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> which is one of the most pirated pieces of software,<ref>{{cite web|last=Ziegler |first=Chris |url=http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/20/4447916/adobe-photoshop-cc-pirated-in-one-day |title=Adobe's subscription-only Photoshop CC has already been pirated |publisher=The Verge |date=2013-06-20 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> Creative Cloud was hacked and its applications made available on unauthorized websites a day after it officially launched.<ref>{{cite web|last=Reisinger |first=Don |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57590213-83/that-was-quick-adobes-creative-cloud-already-pirated/ |title=That was quick: Adobe's Creative Cloud already pirated &#124; CNET News |publisher=News.cnet.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/06/21/photoshop-cc-already-cracked-in-the-first-day/ |title=Cracked With a Vengeance: Photoshop CC Pirated In One Day |publisher=TechnoBuffalo |date= |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> However, Adobe claims that Creative Cloud will be more accessible and provide better value: “We believe in fighting piracy of software by making the right software for the right people at the right price”.<ref>{{cite web|author=Andy |url=https://torrentfreak.com/adobe-photoshop-pirates-arent-bad-people-who-like-to-steal-things-130509/ |title=Adobe: Photoshop Pirates Aren’t Bad People Who Like to Steal Things |publisher=TorrentFreak |date=2013-05-09 |accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref>
Although Creative Cloud was expected to curtail the [[software piracy|piracy]] of [[Adobe Photoshop|Photoshop]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gizmodo.com/will-adobes-move-to-the-cloud-finally-keep-the-pirates-493172511 | title=Will Adobe's Move to the Cloud Finally Keep the Pirates at Bay? | publisher=[[Gawker Media]] | work=[[Gizmodo]] | date=May 6, 2013 | first=Michael | last=Hession}}</ref> which is one of the most pirated pieces of software,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/6/20/4447916/adobe-photoshop-cc-pirated-in-one-day | title=Adobe's subscription-only Photoshop CC has already been pirated | publisher=[[Vox Media]] | work=[[The Verge]] | date=June 20, 2013 | last=Ziegler | first=Chris}}</ref> Creative Cloud was hacked and its applications made available via unauthorized means a day after it officially launched.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57590213-83/that-was-quick-adobes-creative-cloud-already-pirated/ | title=That was quick: Adobe's Creative Cloud already pirated | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | work=[[CNET]] | date=June 20, 2013 | last=Reisinger | first=Don}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/06/21/photoshop-cc-already-cracked-in-the-first-day/ | title=Cracked With a Vengeance: Photoshop CC Pirated In One Day | work=[[TechnoBuffalo]] | date=June 21, 2013 | last=Lee | first=Adriana}}</ref> Adobe claimed that the subscription payment plan would make its software more accessible to users who previously pirated it.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://torrentfreak.com/adobe-photoshop-pirates-arent-bad-people-who-like-to-steal-things-130509/ | title=Adobe: Photoshop Pirates Aren't Bad People Who Like to Steal Things | work=[[TorrentFreak]] | date=May 9, 2013 | author=Andy}}</ref>

On May 14, 2019, some Creative Cloud users received emails from Adobe stating that licenses to previous versions of Creative Cloud applications had been terminated and that users could face civil action from third parties if they did not update the software on their personal computers. A representative from Adobe confirmed the letter's authenticity. The situation prompted renewed criticism of Adobe's subscription-only business model.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3xk3p/adobe-tells-users-they-can-get-sued-for-using-old-versions-of-photoshop|title=Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop|last1=Bode|first1=Karl|last2=Koebler|first2=Jason|date=2019-05-14|website=Vice|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-15}}</ref>

Adobe users who sign [[Non-disclosure agreement|NDA]]s could be in trouble after Adobe updated its terms of service to force users to share their content with Adobe, a clause that will compromise any NDA.<ref>[https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/06/adobe_users_upset_over_content/ Adobe users just now getting upset over content scanning allowance in Terms of Use]</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Adobe software]]
* [[List of Adobe software]]
* [[List of Adobe software]]


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="ACC-CNET-Survey">
{{cite web
| url=http://www.cnet.com/news/despite-complaints-most-adobe-creative-cloud-subscribers-plan-to-renew/
| title= Despite complaints, most Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers plan to renew
| publisher= [[CNET]]
|date= March 13, 2014
| accessdate= July 13, 2014
}}</ref>

<ref name="ACC-Techcrunch-ACC">
{{cite web
| url=http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/17/adobes-creative-cloud-surpasses-1m-subscribers-but-q3-2013-revenue-falls-to-995-1m/
| title=Adobe’s Creative Cloud Surpasses 1M Subscribers, But Q3 2013 Revenue Falls To $995.1M
| publisher=[[Techcrunch]]
|date=September 17, 2013
| accessdate= July 13, 2014
}}</ref>

<ref name="ACC-TNW">
{{cite web
| url=http://thenextweb.com/creativity/2014/06/18/771047/
| title=Adobe launches sweeping upgrade to its Creative Cloud lineup
| publisher= [[The Next Web]]
| accessdate= July 13, 2014
}}</ref>

<ref name="ACC-WSJ-press">
{{cite web
| url=http://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/6825316-adobe-announces-all-new-2014-release-of-creative-cloud
| title= Adobe Announces All New 2014 Release of Creative Cloud
| publisher= [[The Wall Street Journal]]
|date=June 18, 2014
| accessdate= July 13, 2014
}}</ref>

<ref name="ACC-WSJ-article">
{{cite web
| url=http://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2014/06/18/photoshop-mix-for-ipad-lightroom-for-iphone-arrive-with-adobe-creative-cloud-2014-update/
| title= Photoshop Mix for iPad, Lightroom for iPhone Arrive With Adobe Creative Cloud 2014 Update
| publisher= [[The Wall Street Journal]]
|author=Nathan Olivarez-Giles
|date=June 18, 2014
| accessdate= July 13, 2014
}}</ref>

<ref name="ACC-VB-2014">
{{cite web
| url=http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/adobe-launches-creative-cloud-2014-its-first-massive-update-since-killing-the-creative-suite/
| title= Adobe launches Creative Cloud 2014 — its first massive update since killing the Creative Suite
|author=Harrison Weber
|date=June 18, 2014
| publisher= [[VentureBeat]]
| accessdate= July 13, 2014
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<ref name="ACC-ZDNet-2014">
{{cite web
| url=http://www.zdnet.com/adobes-2014-creative-cloud-update-desktop-upgrades-new-mobile-apps-creative-hardware-7000030627/
| title= Adobe's 2014 Creative Cloud update: Desktop upgrades, new mobile apps, creative hardware
| publisher= [[ZDNet]]
|date=June 18, 2014
| accessdate= July 13, 2014
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<ref name="ACC-Forbes-2014">
{{cite web
| url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2014/07/10/new-extended-version-of-creative-cloud-to-bolster-adobes-cc-subscriber-base/
| title=New Extended Version Of Creative Cloud To Bolster Adobe's CC Subscriber base
| author= Aderito Maundze
| publisher= [[Forbes (magazine)]]
| accessdate= July 13, 2014
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<ref name="ACC-PCMag-change">
{{cite web
| url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418602,00.asp
| title=Adobe Ditches Creative Suite for CC: Creative Cloud
| publisher= [[PC Magazine]]
| author=Michael Muchmore
| date=May 6, 2013
| accessdate= July 13, 2014
}}</ref>

}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud.html}}
* {{Official website|https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html}}
* {{Citation | url = http://www.graphics.com/search?text=creative+cloud+chronicles&field_article_main_category=2429&sort_by=created&sort_order=DESC | title = Creative Cloud Chronicles | publisher = Graphics.com}}
*[http://castroller.com/podcasts/LensworkPhotography/3569325 The Real Lesson in the Adobe Announcement], Lenswork Daily: Podcast


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Latest revision as of 23:55, 15 October 2024

Adobe Creative Cloud
Developer(s)Adobe
Initial releaseJuly 17, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-07-17)
Stable release
CC 2025 / October 14, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-10-14) [1]
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Android, and iOS
PredecessorAdobe Creative Suite 6
Available inEnglish
TypeSoftware suite
LicenseSoftware as a service
Websiteadobe.com/creativecloud

Adobe Creative Cloud is a set of applications and services from Adobe that gives subscribers access to a collection of software used for graphic design, video editing, web development, photography, along with a set of mobile applications and also some optional cloud services. In Creative Cloud, a monthly or annual subscription service is delivered over the Internet.[2][3] Software from Creative Cloud is downloaded from the Internet, installed directly on a local computer and used as long as the subscription remains valid. Online updates and multiple languages are included in the CC subscription. Creative Cloud was initially hosted on Amazon Web Services, but a new agreement with Microsoft has the software, beginning with the 2017 version, hosted on Microsoft Azure.[4]

Previously, Adobe offered individual products as well as software suites containing several products (such as Adobe Creative Suite or Adobe eLearning Suite) with a perpetual software license.[5]

Adobe first announced the Creative Cloud in October 2011. Another version of Adobe Creative Suite was released the following year.[6] On May 6, 2013, Adobe announced that they would not release new versions of the Creative Suite and that future versions of its software would be available only through the Creative Cloud.[7][8][9] The first new versions made only for the Creative Cloud were released on June 17, 2013.

Current applications and services

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The Adobe Creative Cloud retains many of the features of Adobe Creative Suite and introduces new features;[10] foremost is the instant availability of upgrades, saving to the cloud, and easier sharing. In June 2014, the company announced 14 new versions of the Creative Cloud essential desktop tools, four new mobile apps, and the availability of creative hardware for enterprise, education and photography customers.[11][12][13]

The video disc authoring program Adobe Encore and the web-focused bitmap editor Adobe Fireworks were both discontinued by Adobe in 2013, but were still available as downloads via Creative Cloud until May 2019.

Packages

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Adobe offers four tiers of the Creative Cloud subscription service for individuals (there are other types for Business and Schools):[14]

  • Photography, which contains some photography-related features of Adobe Creative Cloud and access to Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC.[15]
  • Single App, which contains all the features of Creative Cloud plus access to a single application of the user's choice in the suite out of a list of 11 selected applications.
  • All Apps, the main tier of Creative Cloud that contains all the features of Creative Cloud plus access to all applications within the suite.
  • All Apps + Adobe Stock, which contains all the standard features of Creative Cloud plus features for Adobe Stock.

Desktop, mobile, and web services

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The following contains the services found on Creative Cloud.

Icons Product name Latest major version Available in Supported OS
Acrobat DC 23.0 Standalone package
Creative Suite
Creative Cloud
Technical Communication Suite 		Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, web
Aero Beta (0.23.4) Standalone product Windows, macOS, Android, iOS
After Effects CC 2024 (24.2.1) Standalone package
Creative Suite
Creative Cloud 		Windows, macOS
Animate (formerly Flash Professional) CC 2024 (24.0.2) Standalone package
Creative Suite
eLearning Suite
Creative Cloud
Audition CC 2024 (24.0.3)
Behance N/A Standalone product
Creative Cloud 		Android, iOS, web
Bridge CC 2024 (14.0.1) Creative Suite
eLearning Suite
Photoshop
Creative Cloud 		Windows, macOS
Capture Standalone product
Creative Cloud 		Android, iOS
Character Animator CC 2024 (24.2) Windows, macOS
Color (formerly Kuler) N/A Web (formerly iOS and Android)
Comp Android, iOS
Creative Cloud Desktop app 6.0.0 Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, web
Dimension CC 2024 (3.4.11) Windows, macOS
Dreamweaver CC 2024 (21.3) Standalone package
Creative Suite
eLearning Suite
Creative Cloud
Dynamic Link N/A Standalone package
Creative Cloud
Creative Suite
Express N/A Standalone package
Creative Cloud 		Web, Android, iOS
ExtendScript Toolkit CC Standalone package
Creative Cloud
Fonts (formerly Typekit) N/A Web
Fresco 2.0.3 Windows, macOS, iOS
Illustrator CC 2024 (28.4.1) Standalone package
Creative Cloud
Creative Suite
Illustrator Draw Android, iOS
InCopy CC 2024 (19.0.1) Standalone package
Creative Cloud
Creative Suite 		Windows, macOS
InDesign CC 2024 (19.0.1)
Lightroom CC 2024 (7.1.2) Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, web
Lightroom Classic CC 2024 (13.1) Standalone package[16]
Creative Cloud 		Windows, macOS
Media Encoder CC 2024 (24.2.1) Creative Cloud
Creative Suite
Photoshop CC 2024 (25.6) Standalone package
Creative Suite
Creative Cloud
eLearning Suite 		Windows, macOS, web
Photoshop Camera Standalone package
Creative Cloud 		Android, iOS
Photoshop Fix 1.3
Photoshop Mix
Photoshop Sketch 3.4
Portfolio N/A Web
Prelude CC 2024 (22.6.1) Standalone package
Creative Suite
Creative Cloud 		Windows, macOS
Premiere Pro CC 2024 (24.2.1)
Premiere Rush CC 2024 (2.10) Standalone
Creative Cloud 		Windows, macOS, Android, iOS
Spark Page 3.1.0 iOS
Creative Cloud Express 1.0 Web, Android, iOS
Spark Video 2.1.4 iOS
Stock N/A Web
XD CC 2024 (57.1.12) Windows, macOS

Hidden helper tools

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  • Adobe IPC Broker is an app bundled with Creative Cloud running in the background. This hidden program runs a process that integrates multiple Creative Cloud apps such as Photoshop or Illustrator.[17]

Discontinued products

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  • Flash Builder, formerly Flex Builder, was an integrated development environment (IDE) built on the Eclipse platform meant for developing rich Internet applications (RIAs) and cross-platform desktop applications for the Adobe Flash platform.
  • Flash Professional (now Adobe Animate) is Flash's content authoring application.
  • Fuse, formerly Fuse Character Creator, is a 3D character animation application originally developed by Mixamo. It was acquired by Adobe Systems in June 2015 and was discontinued while in beta testing.
  • Ideas CC is a mobile digital sketchpad app that lets you design almost anywhere using vectors, layers, and color themes.
  • Kuler CC, later called Adobe Color CC, was a color theming app for mobile devices. It was developed and marketed by Adobe Inc. through Adobe Creative Cloud.
  • Muse is a discontinued offline website builder used to create fixed, fluid, or adaptive websites, without the need to write code.
  • Premiere Clip is a timeline based video editing software on mobile platform.
  • Preview CC is an app for previewing mobile designs.
  • Scout is a profiling tool for Flash SWF files.
  • SpeedGrade was a tool for performing color corrections and developing looks for Premiere projects. SpeedGrade was discontinued on August 22, 2017, but could still be used by subscribers at the time.[18] Features from SpeedGrade are now found in the Lumetri Color Correction feature in Premiere Pro.
  • Story was a screenwriting and film/TV pre-production online application which integrates with the Premiere Pro family. It allows users to create movie scripts for their movies.
  • Voco is an unreleased audio editing and generating prototype software by Adobe that enables novel editing and generation of audio.

Reception

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The change from perpetual licenses to a subscription model was met with significant criticism.[19][20] Although Adobe's cloud-based model caused disagreement and uncertainty,[19] and incited annoyance[21] and conflict,[22] a survey by CNET and Jefferies revealed that despite complaints most of its 1.4 million subscribers[22][23] plan to renew.[24][25]

Criticism

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Shifting to a software as a service model, Adobe announced more frequent feature updates to its products and the eschewing of their traditional release cycles.[26] Customers must pay a monthly subscription fee. Consequently, if subscribers cancel or stop paying, they will lose access to the software as well as the ability to open work saved in proprietary file formats.[27]

Although investors applauded the move, many customers reacted negatively.[28] This shift has been met with mixed reviews by both corporations and independent designers, with many people expressing their displeasure on the web[29][30][31] and through multiple Internet petitions.[32] Among these was a Change.org petition which reached over 30,000 signatures within a few weeks of the announcement.[33]

Creative Cloud has been criticized for broken file syncing, one of its core features.[34][35] In May 2013 Adobe announced that it was suspending the file-sync desktop preview "for the next couple of weeks".[34] Reviewers of Creative Cloud were disappointed with the functionality of the cloud storage[36][37][38] and were "far from convinced by Adobe's subscription model".[39] Some users were concerned that they would be forced to upgrade their computer hardware when it is no longer supported by the current version of the Creative Cloud software.[40]

Some of their customers experienced a loss of trust in Adobe as a company and an attendant rise in anxiety.[41][42] Despite significant customer criticism over Adobe's move to subscription-only pricing,[43] the company announced that it would not sell perpetual licenses to its software alongside the subscriptions: "We understand this is a big change, but we are so focused on the vision we shared for Creative Cloud, and we plan to focus all our new innovation on the Creative Cloud".[44]

In May 2014 the service was interrupted for over a day due to a login outage leaving graphics professionals locked out of Creative Cloud.[45][46][47][48][49] Adobe apologized for this global Creative Cloud failure.[50][51] When initially asked whether customers would be compensated, the company's Customer Service responded: "We cannot offer compensation for the outage. I'm so sorry again for the frustration."[52][53] Adobe later announced that it would review compensation on "a case by case basis".[54] The outage was heavily criticized, as was Adobe's software as a service model in general.[55]

Online articles began offering examples of replacements of Adobe products,[56][57][58][59][60] with competing products directly offering alternatives, and launching promotions for dissatisfied Adobe customers.[61] Adobe, however, claimed that Creative Cloud is its "highest customer satisfaction product in the creative space" and that even prior to Adobe's move to a pure subscription model, "more than 80 percent of customers who bought products from Adobe's Web site picked CC over CS."[44]

Although Creative Cloud was expected to curtail the piracy of Photoshop,[62] which is one of the most pirated pieces of software,[63] Creative Cloud was hacked and its applications made available via unauthorized means a day after it officially launched.[64][65] Adobe claimed that the subscription payment plan would make its software more accessible to users who previously pirated it.[66]

On May 14, 2019, some Creative Cloud users received emails from Adobe stating that licenses to previous versions of Creative Cloud applications had been terminated and that users could face civil action from third parties if they did not update the software on their personal computers. A representative from Adobe confirmed the letter's authenticity. The situation prompted renewed criticism of Adobe's subscription-only business model.[67]

Adobe users who sign NDAs could be in trouble after Adobe updated its terms of service to force users to share their content with Adobe, a clause that will compromise any NDA.[68]

See also

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References

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