Adobe Announces Their New Deal and It's An Offer You Can't Refuse

[Barefoot]

It goes a long way in making Adobe's “new plan” a little easier to swallow for those who feel they actually need CSx.

Over the last few years Adobe has been quietly adding features to PSE and when version 9 came out it included the ability to use layer mask without the need of convoluted workarounds or shaky third party actions. Thats when I deactivated and uninstalled CS4 simply because I didn't feel the need to drive a Bugatti Veyron to run the few errands I ask of my software. I'm using PSE11 now and it's capable of much more than I am and cost under $100.

As for LR, I've purchased each version since LR3. I just never use it. It's a layers thing, I guess. I really use them a lot and feel crippled without them.

I guess I'll be "sleeping with the fishes", because it's an offer I can easily refuse.

p.s.- I have deactivated copies of PSE9 & 10 laying around, both of which play nicely with Nik (except HDR Efex) and OnOne plug-ins, and will happily mail one or the other to anyone who might like to try a better piece of software than they're now using.