Live Picture..... ah, I remember it well.
xRes was another swing at that same basic paradigm. We as photographers trying to scratch out a living, got over their demise. I am perfectly happy to use the software Adobe CC provides, find a new Adobe/Knoll/Chan pixel editor "lite" for everything not parametric/Lightroom, or, find a "plan B" if needed. I realized yesterday that Lynda.com costs me monthly ($25) for replacing a constant need to purchase books/learning that become outdated fast. Nobody seems to get upset at that. Yes, I still bought the last two books you authored Jeff - worth every penny.
I am also happy to report that after 3 days of testing, Mr. Reichmann appears to be spot on with his description of Adobe's CC authorize/de-authorize plan.
My laptop is always going to be authorized; and any of the five other machines I use can be authorized/de-authorized at will - very simple, and no hitches in my testing so far.
Think about it. If for some weird reason I was in a client's office, without my laptop, but with a card reader, I could set up PS CC on their machine and authorize it to my account, do whatever work I needed to do, and then de-authorize their machine. That's pretty cool.
Jeff, kudos to you for moving this conversation forward in a constructive way. My respect.
Oddly, I must add that three days before Adobe's announcement, I was seriously thinking about my CS4 to CS6 Version of After Effects - I was trying to figure out which two machines I would authorize when this came about. Now it will run on ALL of my machines - very cool. And, I was looking for a replacement for iWeb (don't laugh, I built my website all by my little self with it, and I didn't even break a sweat), and I have to say Muse looks pretty damn good - it's design centric, without any coding required. Don't have to use Flash unless you want to either.
Michael Schoenfeld
www.michaelschoenfeld.com