Photoshop question

[bigpern23]

Can a user simply purchase Adobe Photoshop as a program or do you have to sign up for the monthly Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud service?

I just want to buy the program, but on Adobe's website, I seem to be only able to sign up for a monthly service. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[JamesCimburek]

You might have to go on Amazon and buy an older version. The newest version is in the cloud package. We're dealing with the same issues.

 

[bigpern23]

Ugh. Ridiculous to make it a subscription service.

 

[DeskMonkey1]

I had to buy an old upgrade from CS4 to CS5 in order to get the web design software without having to buy a full (albeit older) CS5, which would have essentially duplicated Photoshop and InDesign (and Illustrator, which I have used for about 45 seconds in my life).

Amazon has a handful of Photoshop CS6 available, which is the final version released on disc, as far as I can tell

 

[bigpern23]

Thanks, DM. I'll check it out.

 

[DeskMonkey1]

Now that I think about it, it seems I have seen standalone Photoshop CS6 sold instore at Best Buy relatively recently. My earlier post referenced Creative Suite Design Premium