Adobe Rent Price Increase

[Steve Connor]

The cost of having all the Adobe tools is so utterly insignificant in business terms that I don’t even think about what I do and don’t use.

\”Traditional NLEs have timelines. FCPX has storylines\” W.Soyka

[Greg Janza]

[Steve Connor] “The cost of having all the Adobe tools is so utterly insignificant in business terms that I don’t even think about what I do and don’t use.”

There seems to be a fair amount of amnesia here with people forgetting that NLE software used to cost real money. Today even the Adobe CC subscription is a nominal business expense.

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[Bill Davis]

Hey, you guys want to drip $600 a year away in monthly installments, nobody’s going to stop you.

But for me, nearly 7 years into X, that’s $4-5,000 extra I simply didn’t have to spend on software. I bet when the announced new MacPro arrives, that amount represents a serious chunk of the price.

We’ll see.

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[Steve Connor]

[Bill Davis] “Hey, you guys want to drip $600 a year away in monthly installments, nobody’s going to stop you.
“

With the tax break it’s easily paid for in 6 billable hours a year, wouldn’t call that “dripping away”, as I said the cost is inconsequential

Good for you if you don’t get any work that needs Adobe Products though

\”Traditional NLEs have timelines. FCPX has storylines\” W.Soyka

[Steve Connor]

[greg janza] “There seems to be a fair amount of amnesia here with people forgetting that NLE software used to cost real money. Today even the Adobe CC subscription is a nominal business expense.

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But it’s also a great “stick” for FCPX evangelists to beat Adobe with as well 🙂

\”Traditional NLEs have timelines. FCPX has storylines\” W.Soyka

[Andrew Kimery]

[greg janza] “There seems to be a fair amount of amnesia here with people forgetting that NLE software used to cost real money. Today even the Adobe CC subscription is a nominal business expense.”

If FCP X (plus say another $300 worth of plugins/software) met all of one’s editing needs why would one pay $600/yr for PPro instead $600 once for the FCP X based solution? If Resolve Studio met all of one’s editing needs why would one pay $600 for the FCP X solution instead of $299 for Resolve Studio? If Resolve Free met all of one’s editing needs why would one pay $299 for Resolve Studio?

While talking about what things used to cost ‘back in the day’ can be fun, it’s not really relevant when discussing contemporary pricing on contemporary products, IMO. The number of people that remember, or even care, that Avids used to run into the six figure price range is only going to get smaller while the number of people that care about the contemporary pricing of software is only going to get bigger.

[Oliver Peters]

[Andrew Kimery] “If FCP X (plus say another $300 worth of plugins/software) met all of one’s editing needs why would one pay $600/yr for PPro instead $600 once for the FCP X based solution? If Resolve Studio met all of one’s editing needs why would one pay $600 for the FCP X solution instead of $299 for Resolve Studio? If Resolve Free met all of one’s editing needs why would one pay $299 for Resolve Studio?”

Of course, the point is whether or not you need these tools. Many of us find that we need to have some level of compatibility with Adobe tools. By avoiding Adobe, you are self-selecting yourself to exclude certain types of business. Or, you opt to outsource any work that would need those tools, such as an After Effects job, to another vendor. Depends on how much of the business you want to keep.

If a client sends me a layer-based Photoshop file with vector images and layer effects – and I have to maintain perfect edit-ability of that file – then there really is no alternative to using Photoshop. Same with Illustrator, After Effects, etc.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com