Adobe is one of the largest and most well-known technology companies that we can find on the web. Whether it’s because we like design on a personal and amateur level, or we dedicate ourselves to it on a professional level, this company offers us some of the best solutions we may need, from Photoshop, for photographic retouching, to Acrobat, to create, view and edit PDF. But, although we don’t know them, Adobe is much more than these programs.
Long ago, Adobe programs were bought complete. That is, we made an investment (quite a large one, by the way) and we had the program forever. And, when we wanted to upgrade, we could do it by paying again. This, unfortunately, is history, and the last way to use the programs of this company is through Adobe Creative Cloud.
What is Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Creative Cloud came to light in 2013, when Adobe decided to abandon its boxed software model (known as “Creative Suite”), in favor of a subscription business model. This has some advantages, such as being able to always have the latest version, without having to pay for updates year after year, and disadvantages such as, if we stop paying, we cannot use the program again, giving up all the time we have been paying for as lost. .
Despite everything, Adobe CC is the largest and most complete creation and design suite that we can find on the web. And it also has many other services that allow creativity to be taken to a new level. It is a complete suite for all types of creations, which allows you to export work and projects to other Adobe applications and, of course, allows collaborative work, which is essential for working in companies.
All programs included
When we talk about Adobe, surely we all know Acrobat Reader, the PDF viewer par excellence, Photoshop, the most used design software, and probably some other programs like Lightroom, InDesign or Illustrator. But, the truth, Adobe goes much further, and has a wide variety of programs that we can download and install to carry out all the editing and retouching tasks.
The best-known programs that we can find within the CC suite are:
- Photoshop: This program is perfect for creating and editing images, photos, and designs. If we need to make any type of change, adjustment or transformation to an image, this program is the ideal tool.
- Illustrator: If we have to create vector graphics or precise designs, this software will be useful for us to create illustrations, logos and complex designs.
- Premiere Pro: if you have to edit videos or films with a professional finish, this program will allow you to adjust all the details of the production quickly and easily.
- Acrobat Pro: If we work with PDF files, this is the most complete solution to open, create, edit, share and protect them. The best option, without a doubt, to work with PDF files.
- InDesign: the best tool to design and layout pages for digital or print media. It is perfect for designing publications, books, catalogs and much more.
- after effects: the magic of special effects, at your fingertips. This program is essential for creating visual effects and motion graphics for film, television, or web projects.
- Lightroom: the perfect Photoshop ally. In addition to allowing us to organize our photos, it also allows us to edit them as if it were a developing room. With this program we can adjust the exposure, color and other details of the photos.
- Dreamweaver: Do you have to create a website, and you don’t know how to program? With this program anyone can design and develop a modern and responsive website without programming knowledge.
- Audition: the most complete audio recorder and editor. With it we will be able to record, mix and restore audio for music, film or television projects, as well as improve the quality of the recordings and refine them.
Other programs that are part of the suite are:
- Adobe XD: to design prototypes and user interfaces.
- cheer up: create interactive animations.
- Dimension: if we need to create brand visualizations, illustrations or product mockups in 3D.
- InCopy: Modify text in a document without changing the layout.
- Character Animator: program to create 2D animations.
- Capture: create color themes, patterns, vector shapes, 3D materials, and much more
- Adobe Fresco: canvas for drawing and painting on touch devices.
- Bridge: organizer for working on print, web or video projects.
- Adobe Express: tools to create engaging content quickly.
- Premiere Rush: software to record, edit and share videos from anywhere.
- Photoshop Express: a small, fast, cross-platform and free version of Photoshop.
- media encoder: video converter to different formats.
- Aero: design, collaborate and publish immersive experiences in the real world.
- AdobeScan: tool to scan documents and automatically recognize text.
Plus, the Adobe CC suite includes other extras like 100GB of cloud storage, step-by-step tutorials, Adobe Express, Adobe Portfolio, Adobe Fonts, Behance, Creative Cloud Libraries, and access to the latest features (betas). ).
The price ofthe most complete version of Adobe CC is 725 euros per year (63 euros per month). But we can also find cheaper packs, such as photography (Photoshop and Lightroom) for 12.09 euros per month, or any individual program (without the rest of the programs in the suite) for 24.19 euros per month.
