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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
It works better for some apps than others.
Photoshop sometimes throws errors but is pretty stable.
Illustrator has fits and how it regresses new features is a lot of times downright ugly and results in cumbersome files.
Indesign, horrible backwards compatibility, many times it can't resolve what to do with a new feature that was used in a file and just tells you to go f off.
You usually end up loosing effects/plug ins/workflows that your client depends on and that's no bueno.
And how often does Adobe ship new features that are actually bugs? When my systems are stable I want to keep them that way until I have no choice but to update.
I do NOT see more frequent upgrades from Adobe as a benefit, to me it's anything but.
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You make some great points on software compatibility. Coming from the VFX/Motion graphics world I'm mostly a Photoshop/ AE/ Premier user who occasionally uses Illustrator. I'm always looking forward to the newest releases of AE and now Premiere because Adobe seems to always make strides in features and performance. Premiere is so good now I'm thinking of doing a DI conform on it. Something I would have never thought of doing a couple of years ago.
I never thought of their other programs. Dreamweaver, Indesign, and even Illustrator really don't seem to get the love that Photoshop and the video tools seem to get so can really understand where you're coming from. Thanks!
As far as Adobe shipping buggy software and letting the end user finalize the beta process for them, yeah that's annoying but Adobe isn't the only one who does it. Autodesk LOVES to do that with Flame and Smoke. In fact their recently released "20th Anniversary Edition" of Flame was so poorly made NO facility I work at bothered to install it. Sad. I wonder if you will still be able to run older versions of your Creative Cloud based software? I don't see any reason why not. The current CC download tool doesn't make you uninstall any software before downloading something new.
Autodesk put their Flame/Smoke owners on a subscription model years ago and most facilities I see are running software at least 1 version behind, paying 8 grand a year for nothing.
It seems like everyone is dropping the ball on professional level creative software these days. Apple, Adobe, and Autodesk have all f'ed up pretty badly recently. Maybe that will open opportunities for some newer, hungrier players. I know I am going to have to learn Nuke to remain competitive in my field whether I want to or not.
Good luck,
-Michael