Adobe Creative Suite is the most comprehensive bundle of pro apps available for the Mac, so a new release is always big news. This time it’s even bigger. Not only does Creative Suite 6 bring substantial updates to almost all the major components, but it comes with a new way to buy your essential software: Creative Cloud.
To get all the apps in Adobe’s Master Collection – covering print, web, interactive and video – would normally set you back over £2500. But you can now subscribe to Creative Cloud instead for just under £47 a month. Does it work out cheaper? That depends on which apps you actually use, and whether you already own a version to upgrade from, and how often you plan to upgrade, and which way the wind is blowing – we’ll help you with the calculations in our article. But it means anyone who works in the creative industries for a living, even part-time, can now afford to invest in a whole range of the very best tools.
So whatever your digital discipline, don’t miss our 28-page review of Creative Suite 6 in MacUser Vol 28 No 10, on sale now.
Also on test in this issue is FileMaker Pro 12, the new version of the Mac’s favourite database. Microsoft doesn’t make one for OS X, so if you’re an Office user this is the bit you’re missing – and if you use your Mac in any area of business it’s one of the most powerful tools you can add. But there are big changes in this release. Has the Apple-owned company got it right?
Elsewhere in our reviews section, there’s a new UK-made aid for every Illustrator user; an audiophile add-on for any Mac; a 23in monitor for under £150; and the much-anticipated Mac release of first-person role-playing action adventure Deus Ex: Human Revolution. We try two colour lasers for under £300 to see which is really better value, and a cartoonist tests Paper, the new iPad app that makes sketching a cinch.
In Praktik, our mag-within-a-mag for creative inspiration, appreciate the eye-popping panoramas of vector illustrator Rod Hunt; give your iPad publications a twist; geotag your photos; make InDesign and Pages work harder; and ogle the new generation of affordable (ish) super-resolution video cameras.
Remember, MacUser comes out every two weeks, so get it now before we make you another one. Find us at newsagents, supermarkets and bookshops; on your doorstep when you SUBSCRIBE NOW to receive three issues of Britain’s favourite Mac magazine for just £1, for iOS in the App Store, or on your Mac or iPad. Missed a crucial issue? Find it online here.
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