Adobe Creative Cloud gives users immediate access to the latest versions of apps like Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere Pro. But what if you want or need to run a previous version of these apps? Here’s how to install previous versions of apps with Adobe Creative Cloud.
After previewing them in May, Adobe on Monday released the latest versions of its Creative line of applications. Now dubbed “Creative Cloud,” the update brings several major new features to key apps such as Photoshop and Premiere but, for the first time, they are only available as part of a Creative Cloud subscription. While a more detailed debate over Adobe’s shift to a completely subscription-based lineup has been held over the past few months, the reality is that customers who…
Microsoft announced Wednesday that its consumer-targeted Office 365 Home Premium subscription service has reached a user base of 1 million just 3.5 months after its launch. Microsoft lauded the number as proof that its grand vision of subscription-based software is taking hold. Although first launched in June 2011, Office 365 was initially targeted to business customers who sought a way to license up-to-date versions of Office alongside syncing and Exchange capabilities. Late last year, the company announced its plans to…
Following Monday’s news that Adobe will move exclusively to cloud-based subscriptions for future Creative products, Microsoft responded publicly Tuesday by mildly criticizing Adobe for eliminating customer choice and promised to continue to offer retail copies of Microsoft Office. Like Adobe, Microsoft also offers its flagship productivity software, Microsoft Office, via a yearly or monthly subscription package called Office 365 (currently $100 per year/$10 per month for home users). Unlike Adobe, however, the company still maintains retail copies of the software…
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It’s time to welcome “Creative Cloud” and kick “Creative Suite” to the curb. Adobe announced Monday during its annual MAX conference that the company’s grand experiment in subscription software was a success, and that it will be moving its entire line of professional media tools to the subscription model this summer. The company first moved to a Cloud-based subscription model early last year, offering access to its entire Creative Suite line of software for a monthly subscription alongside traditional retail…