Making Part of a video track Transparent?

[Bob Peterson]

Actually, I upgraded from CS3 to CS6 not too long before Adobe announced they were moving to the cloud, so I did not pay the retail price for CS6 although, as I recall, I thought the price was steep enough. I did, however, skip a few upgrades and expected that they would want a little more money.

My current cameras are already covered by the raw processor in CS6, and I’m still not seeing cameras that might induce me to buy a new one. If I do, Adobe’s raw converter to DNG is, so far, free, so I would try that first as a work around. Worst case will be to rent Lightroom to run my raw images through the converter.

$10 a month doesn’t sound too bad, but Adobe can increase that any time they want if they get enough people to buy into rental via the cloud. If it works for Adobe, I expect a lot more people to take that route. Microsoft is already trying the same approach with Office. Get enough applications on a rental basis, and pretty soon you are talking real money.

Right now, I have no need to upgrade. If I ever do have a need, I will look first for the competition which I think might develop by that time. I am already hearing about a few alternatives to Adobe.