And while there are a lot of misconceptions about CC, the main products like Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, etc., still download and run on your computer desktop as normal. Several years ago, in fact, they increased the discount on Creative Cloud to up to 70% off the regular prices. As cool and powerful as that software was, it was hard to afford in school – even after the student/teacher discount.Īdobe stopped selling CS6 over five years ago, as the version reached EOL and end of support – but fortunately the company still offers deep discounts for education customers on the latest Creative Cloud release.

The last perpetual version available, Creative Suite 6 from 2012, historically had full prices ranging from $399 for Dreamweaver through $999 for Photoshop Extended and on up to $2,599 upfront for the Master Collection suite, which contained all CS6 applications. Let’s face it, Adobe’s product prices have traditionally seemed expensive in past years, especially on a student’s budget.

Adobe master collection cost