What is Adobe Creative Cloud?

Adobe® Creative Cloud™ is a creative hub where you can explore, create, publish, and share your work using Adobe Creative Suite® desktop applications, Adobe Touch Apps, and services together for a complete ideation-to-publishing experience. The vision of Adobe Creative Cloud is to turn previously difficult, disparate workflows into one intuitive, natural experience, allowing you to create freely and deliver ideas on any desktop, tablet, or handheld device.

Adobe Creative Cloud will be available worldwide in the first half of 2012. While traditional licenses of CS software will still be offered, a membership to Creative Cloud provides more benefits than simply owning desktop software. You'll get all the CS tools, Adobe Touch Apps, and services, plus new features, products, and services as soon as they are released — meaning immediate access to the latest Adobe innovations at no extra cost.

A closer look
Explore a visual overview of what's included in the Adobe Creative Cloud membership.
Components of Adobe Creative Cloud

Applications
All the Creative Suite desktop tools. Download and use any Creative Suite tool you choose, or work with other products you've been wanting to try — including Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® and new Adobe Edge and Adobe Muse.
Adobe Touch Apps. Capture and iterate on your idea on your iPad or Android™ tablet and then sync your work to your Creative Suite desktop application, where you can refine your design.

Services
Device and PC sync. Keep all your creative files in sync no matter where you are or what device you're using.
Cloud storage. Store up to 20GB of data that you can access from virtually anywhere.
Adobe Business Catalyst®. Build and manage your business online (special members edition).
Adobe Typekit. Access thousands of cloud-based web fonts.
Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition. Deliver iPad apps such as brochures without writing code or relying on developers.

Community
Community training and support. Get answers to your technical questions or access members' wisdom on the best way to tackle a new project.
Social capabilities. Connect with peers, share your work, and inspire others.


Why Creative Cloud?
Ever-expanding
Adobe Creative Cloud expands throughout your membership, adding new apps, features, tools, services, fixes, updates, and programs on an ongoing basis so you get the latest of everything when you want or need it. Members will also have access to unique and exclusive features that will only be available in Creative Cloud.
Flexible, affordable memberships
Access all that Creative Cloud has to offer with an affordable membership starting at just US$49.99 a month (based on a one-year commitment).
Creative versatility
Access and download all your favorite Creative Suite tools, or try new ones. Explore Adobe Touch Apps and online publishing services to improve how you work or expand your skills. Membership also gives you access to the Mac OS and Windows® versions of the CS applications for complete freedom to create on both platforms.
Beyond "Create"
Take your idea to the next step. Creative Cloud offers the ability to publish websites and electronic publications or produce professional video and interactive content for virtually any device or desktop.