Questions re Upgrading to Adobe CC

[djguk47]

Last night I bit the bullet and decided to upgrade from CS5 and LR5 to Adobe CC. At the moment I have just taken PS & LR as it is really only Illustrator which is used by daughter for her College work so I might as well leave this at CS5 level on the PC which she uses.

My questions are for those of you who have been down this path....
What do I need to be aware of?,
what "gotchas" could bite me?,
what should i make sure I have in place before I move over to CC? or,
is it really "that simple" ?

I am still waiting for Adobe to complete the processing of my order.

Thanks

[Bhuna]

Re: Questions re Upgrading to Adobe CC

Have you gone for the photographers monthly deal at £8.95 per month?

The only suggestion I would have is the same for any upgrade / change of system etc - ensure you BACKUP, and BACKUP your BACKUP before proceeding with updating.

I havent upgraded as I just purchased the CC deal straight away, but that would be standard advice - as at least then if anything goes wrong your should be able to "roll back" to your original and install back up.

[djguk47]

Re: Questions re Upgrading to Adobe CC

Thanks Andy,
Working in IT for far far tooooo many years I so fully endorse your backup, backup, backup comment So many people/companies just do not do this simple step before embarking on an upgrade.

I have just gone for the Photographers Package at this stage as I purchased the the whole bundle, all on CD's, of CS5 plus LR a couple of years ago, at education cost , however, only Illustrator is used from the package, apart from PS & LR which I use, so cannot see the benefit of the full CC even at education prices.