Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've had the photography plan for over six months and I'm very satisfied. But first for the misconception. If you read various reviews and commentary you will find some people saying that if you end your subscription you lose access to your files. That is just wrong. Here's what does happen: - If your subscription ends you have 30 days to download, access, and convert any files stored in the Adobe cloud service. But that is all a moot point in my opinion. As a serious photographer you will be using Lightroom (included in your subscription) and storing and managing your photos on your computer or an external hard drive as in my case. So if the cloud were turned off right now I would still have access to my files both for viewing and editing. - When the subscription ends there is no secret key that Adobe turns to lock you out of your locally stored files. I've researched this extensively and asked Adobe and your files are yours. - True, if you end your subscription you won't be able to open your files in Photoshop but you can in Lightroom. Although you won't be able to edit in Lightroom you can view and print your final products. - I ran a test of saving a file from Photoshop in which I had applied Perspective Warp, which is as afar as I know, a feature that is unique to Photoshop and quite complex as far as the software is involved. I was able to open the photo on my Mac in Pixelmator and the image included the warp changes. True, there was only one layer but I could do more editing if I wanted to. I suspect that other photo applications can open the files also. THE REST OF MY REVIEW Likes: + I think the price for the package is excellent. I gave up a decade or two ago with full Photoshop in Version 4 because I couldn't afford to keep up with the costly upgrades. Now it is affordable. + You actually get three pieces of software, Lightroom, Photoshop, and Lightroom Mobile. Lightroom Mobile has become indispensable for me as a way to easily sync the photos I choose between my IOS devices and my Mac. It was a little buggy at the outset with sync'ing issues but they seem to be resolved now. I find sync'ing with Lightroom and Lightroom mobile far superior to syncing to what I used to do--sync'ing with the IOS photo app and iPhoto on the Mac. I could write volumes just about that. + Sync'ing between IOS and Lightroom/Photoshop on a Windows PC is possible so you don't need a Mac if it is not your cup of tea. + I find that I use Lightroom to edit my photos about 90% of the time. But it's great to have access to Photoshop when it's needed. + There are frequent upgrades made easily available through the Creative Cloud app on my computer. Frankly, I don't pay much attention to reading what's in each upgrade but I am aware of performance getting increasingly better, particularly around the sync'ing with the mobile app that I mentioned. Dislikes: + None too significant that I can think of as far as the package is concerned and what you get for the price. + I think Lightroom Mobile needs to mature and I have no doubt it will. My biggest dislike is that there is not a compact list view of the organizing folders. Each folder is identified by a relatively large thumbnail photo of your choosing which makes scrolling the list of folders a bit slow and cumbersome. + Lightroom and Photoshop are each substantial programs in their own right. I find Photoshop particularly daunting to use, mostly due to the fact that I don't use it that often. Except for a handful of routine things that I do, I frequently have to go to the Help to use a new feature such as Perspective Warp. But it seems that most of the features have supporting videos served up in the Adobe help system. You just have to be patient with searching while taking the time to view the video and applying what it's covering.