Is Adobe Photoshop CC less in features than Photoshop CS6?

[Berryracer]

I just installed the demo of Adobe Photoshop CC but I noticed that it doesn't have Adobe Bridge and Raw Camera and some others.

It is also only 1.3 GB in size compared to CS6's 1.7 GB

Is this like a stripped down version of Photoshop or is it actually newer and better?

Please advice as I would've thought that the newer Photoshop would always be better?

 

[Berryracer]

Hmm, I noticed that when I clicked on UPDATE it downloaded Adobe Camera Raw 8

 

[rivan]

Newer versions typically include new stuff but it's not always BETTER.

Regarding the size, perhaps Adobe finally found some motivation to trim down their ridiculous install sizes since bandwidth now costs something.

There may also be stuff to download should you need it.

 

[Berryracer]

you're right, I noticed they removed the crapware like Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw, etc.

 

[Gintaras]

Who does use ALL PS features?
Most likely, 95-99% of all PS use 10%(or less) of all PS features...just like MS Excel and some others...

 

[alangrift]

Who does use ALL PS features?
Most likely, 95-99% of all PS use 10%(or less) of all PS features...just like MS Excel and some others...

I'm pretty sure I use 1% if that.

 

[sswingle]

You think Camera RAW is crapware? Not for those of us that shoot RAW.

Don't know about trial but the paid for version still has both Bridge and RAW.

 

[colonelciller]

renting software is not for me, no thanks

 

[loddie]

You can now apply Camera Raw settings as a filter, which is pretty cool.

 

[MrColin]

you're right, I noticed they removed the crapware like Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw, etc.

Bridge is actually pretty useful. I'm glad I got CS6 before they went all cloudy. Even CS5 is better than the cloudy thing, as long as you don't open any maliciously crafted tiff files with it. Its just a new DRM really.

 

[jhansman]

Adobe is adding new features only the the CC version of Photoshop now, so if you want them, you have to subscribe. Me? I'm sticking with CS6, which I only use perhaps 30-40% of the features anyway. I'm much more enthused about LR5, which is still available on physical media and is better than ever.

 

[colonelciller]

adobe bridge is useful for loading images as layer

say you have 20 images that you want as layers in a single photoshop file... the only way i know to do this is via bridge

 

[crashtestdummy]

renting software is not for me, no thanks

This. The really frustrating thing for me is that it's coming for software where I won't have any long-term motivation to upgrade (photoshop, Microsoft Office, etc.). For now, there's at least still the option to buy, but I'm kind of expecting that to stop eventually.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

You know what the saddest thing is?

I have an older version of Photoshop (I think it was 7 or 8) which was turned into a portable version by some clever hacking You just launch it as an executable - no installation, nothing else - and it will just work. It's also 40 MB in size.

Yes, it doesn't have guides tutorials and so on. But a) it works perfectly for most of the 'shop needs you can think of and b) it's 40 MB.

 

[rivan]

adobe bridge is useful for loading images as layer

say you have 20 images that you want as layers in a single photoshop file... the only way i know to do this is via bridge

(In PS CS6) File->Scripts->Load files into stack...