Why I like Adobe CC products

There is a variety of software available for post-processing. Within any one program (app) there is always more than one way of achieving a particular result. I am a Lightroom and Photoshop user, I also have the NIC Collection and a few others but don’t use then on a regular basis. I figure I get the results I want in the Adobe products. I subscribe to Adobe Creative Cloud, and for $14.29 per month, I get the following:

  • Lightroom Classic, which is my current preference.

  • Lightroom, which I don’t use regularly, but I find it useful when needing to quickly edit an image without importing it into Lightroom Classic.

  • Photoshop, which I use for functions not available in Lightroom.

  • Behance network. Adobe claims Behance to be the world’s largest platform to showcase and discover creative work. It is an online portfolio site; think of 500px, Smugmug, etc. You can build your own “Project” or cruise around looking at other people’s work. Behance Projects will automatically be imported to your Adobe Portfolio site as pages. There is also a tutorial section with helpful training videos.

  • Adobe Portfolio. This is a template-based, multi-page, personal website that has the look, feel and ease of use of similar platforms like Squarespace, Wix and GoDaddy. Portfolio can be synced with Behance. Portfolio and Behance are a great combination of website and gallery included in your CC subscription at no additional cost. Together, they enable you to present your work to the world without paying an annual subscription for a service like Squarespace or Wix.

  • Adobe Spark. Spark is a single-page website with more limited application. It’s fine for one-page story telling with images, text or video.  It's not the right tool for building an entire website.

The following mobile apps are included as well:

  • Lightroom for Mobile

  • Photoshop Mix

  • Spark Post

  • Spark Page

  • Spark Video

All are regularly updated with new features, and I reckon that for a modest monthly sum, this is a good deal.