![]() ![]() He’s quite pleased and now owes me a beer. He’s now paying significantly less than he was before and can use any Adobe app he wants. I thought I’d done well with my saving - he came away with an annual subscription to the entire Adobe suite for half the normal price. He followed the same route as me, ignoring the first deal that was offered and opting to speak to an agent via the online chat. Adding one more app can feel very expensive as a result. The Lightroom and Photoshop bundle is a good deal when you consider that individual apps are $21 a month. I was aware that he was interested in trying Capture One, and I also knew that his occasional use of Premiere meant paying $21 a month on top of his $10 per month Lightroom/Photoshop bundle - something that can feel very expensive if you don’t use Premiere professionally. From having randomly wondered what would happen if I tried to cancel my Adobe subscription with no real intention on carrying it through, a few minutes of clicking and chatting had saved myself just under $40.ĭelighted, I mentioned my discount to a colleague. I can add those to your account and you wouldn’t have to pay for the next three months. “Before you make a decision,” wrote Harish, “I see that there are three free months on your subscription that haven’t been applied yet. I explained to Harish that I was thinking of moving from Lightroom to Capture One because it seemed more powerful, has better control over colors, and that I could buy Affinity Photo outright in order to replace my occasional use of Photoshop (check out this article if you're interested in giving Capture One a whirl). ![]() I clicked on “Start chat” and chatted to Harish, one of Adobe’s agents. Intrigued, I wondered what would happen if spoke to one of their operators and opted to discover what the “custom deal” might be. Because the prospect of a fee that was the equivalent of more than four months’ of Lightroom and Photoshop wasn’t enough to put me off canceling, I was presented with a bribe: stick with Adobe and get two months for free. Logging into my account on the Adobe website and finding the right page, I was first warned that I would face a £45 ($58) fee for canceling my annual contract early, but I chose to continue. This price hike (temporary or permanent) likely makes competitors like Pixelmator and Pixelmator Pro look quite appealing with solid features and a one-time purchase model.While exploring out a couple of different packages for my photo editing, I wondered what would happen if I were to try and cancel my subscription to Adobe. It doesn’t sound like existing users will be seeing the price change, at least for now. ![]() PetaPixel says a workaround for now to get the old $10/month pricing for both Photoshop and Lightroom is to either use this link that Adobe has buried on its site, call Adobe sales directly at 86, or use the chat feature on the company’s website. Notably, that pricing could become even higher for users who want the iPad version when it’s released sometime this year. We are currently running a number of tests on .”Īs for what we’re seeing, Lightroom on its own is now $10/month in addition to the new $20/month subscription for Photoshop and Lightroom. “From time to time, we run tests on which cover a range of items, including plan options that may or may not be presented to all visitors to. Here’s how the Creative Cloud subscription lineup for photography products looks now:Īdobe gave an official response to PetaPixel that essentially said the pricing change might be a test, only seen by some users. Here’s how the company’s website used to look: The $10/month price for the Photography package dates back to 2013 and was very popular. The 100% price bump came as a surprise to many users and PetaPixel was able to confirm the change with Adobe. Photoshop is also offered on its own for $21/month (as a single-app subscription). Meanwhile, Lightroom on its own is now priced at $10/month.Īs spotted by PetaPixel, the base $10/month Photography subscription featuring Photoshop and Lightroom now has a $20/month price tag. The $10/month Photography offering that was a popular way to get access to Photoshop and Lightroom has just doubled in price. Adobe has made a notable change to its Creative Cloud subscription plans. ![]()
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