TheMountain Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Early this morning, Adobe launched major updates to its flagship Creative Cloud tools and services. This June 2016 release includes dramatic new features in Adobe’s key desktop applications, performance enhancementsacross Creative Cloud (CC) and exciting updates to Adobe Stock. As always, all upgrades to all CC desktop apps are available for download by Creative Cloud members as part of their membership at no additional cost. Historically a significant new June release would be labelled with a new year, e.g., CC 2016, as with previous versions (CC 2013, CC 2014, CC 2015). But that has not happened here; the highest version shipping today is branded CC 2015.5. The reason why Adobe is doing it this way is not yet known – but since they are not using “CC 2016” now, it seems unlikely they would do so later in the year (e.g., MAX 2016 in November)… So some think this move indicates a future version might be called CC 2017 instead, skipping the CC 2016 moniker entirely. No More CC Direct Download Links? But one of the biggest changes today is how Adobe is delivering this new release to customers. Nine of the CC desktop tools are full version upgrades, meaning they are entire new builds of the products (Photoshop, Illustrator, Muse, Animate, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Prelude, and Media Encoder). These builds use a new technology where the application package is broken out into several components and these components are downloaded and installed simultaneously (parallel mechanism). The CC Desktop App is required to manage this process. That’s compared to the standard technology that’s been traditionally used for many years, where the complete application is first downloaded as a full package (a single .dmg or .exe file), then extracted and installed natively in the normal way. The difference is that direct links to download the complete standalone/offline installers are not possible and no longer work if (only) the new approach is used. We at ProDesignTools have a long history of providing direct download links to all major Adobe software products, but now there is no way that we (or anybody) can make direct download links available for the new CC products released today (and beyond)! [UPDATE (June 22nd @ 7pm) – We were just contacted by an Adobe Product Manager who says the company is aware of the situation and hoping to find a solution to restore direct download links and standalone installers for all tools in the new release! So we’re happy to report they are listening to customers and hearing your feedback. Please stay tuned to this space where we will keep you updated in the coming days!] The new approach has the advantage of being faster because it breaks an installer down into separate components and then installs each part as it arrives. However, we don’t know why Adobe didn’t take the simpler route of third-party accelerator utilities like Internet Download Manager (IDM), where any installer is automatically split, downloaded in multiple streams, and then seamlessly reassembled on your computer with no changes needed to the structure of the software itself. However, it’s not too late. Adobe could still possibly provide industry-standard installers and links the longstanding traditional way as a alternative, fallback, workaround, and backup. In other words, they could offer an alternate route solution for when customers need it, either because CC Desktop App didn’t work or because of many other valid reasons. If you agree, then leave a comment below on why you want or need direct download links back! More importantly, please also post feedback on the Adobe Forums to multiply your impact and to tell the company directly. Then spread this news and appeal to others you know! Why Direct Download Links Are Needed Here are a few of the use cases on why offering the same installers in complete form (accessible via direct download) is still going to be very important for many CC customers going forward. These are some of the key reasons that readers tell us again and again why these having these resources is essential: Users who want to maintain secure backup copiesof the offline CC installers should they ever be without strong connectivity (traveling, at a client site, remote locations, etc.) and need to quickly [re]install their products. Folks who’d like to download the CC software using one computer with a high-speed network, but install or deploy it on other, different machine(s) without redownloading. Creative Cloud for Teams subscribers have access to the CC Packager utility, which creates standalone installation packages containing Creative Cloud products and updates – but Individuals (the vast majority of CC users) do not. Many customers do not keep their work computers online, often for security reasons. People who have slow/limited or unreliable connections to the Internet. These users are frequently in non-urban areas or less-developed regions of the world, or have mobile-only or throttled access. In the past, they’ve benefited from the free disc media offered by Adobecontaining the Creative Cloud installers – but will these DVDs still be possible and available? Of course, there are many locations and premises which disallow usage of the CC Desktop App entirely and/or bar all connection to the Internet. If installer direct links are not available, then there would be no ability for a customer to roll back or roll forward a single version (patch) of the application, unless that capability is built into the software itself (which thus far hasn’t happened). Consequently there would be no way to revert or back out a troublesome product update, which does happen from time to time. Throwing away our insurance policy? Likewise, there would be no way to install an application to a previous version that isn’t the latest release. This is desirable, for example, when working in Premiere Pro where it is not recommended to upgrade in the middle of a large project. If you want to set up a second machine to work on the same .prproj file, then you want the exact same version of the tool as what you already have, not necessarily the latest version. The same goes for InDesign and others, because file formats are meaningful. The reality in fast-changing software is that not everyone wants to be (or should be) on the leading edge. Finally, just basic covering our bases and having a viable workaround in place for when it’s necessary or helpful. Software is built by humans, and both are imperfect. Try as we may, there are always going to be cases where the CC Desktop doesn’t work out for some customers (due to bugs, network or configuration issues, etc.), and having a fail-safe backup solution is simply best practices. Bottom line, any approach that eliminates widely-used options for successfully downloading and installing Adobe software and trials will ultimately disenfranchise customers and hurt product sales. We can’t imagine that’s what anybody wants. As one XD poster wrote on the Forums, “Adobe needs to realize that Creative Cloud doesn’t always work and they need to provide their paying customers with alternate paths to their software.” Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomm Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 No because Adobe released direct links as you can see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMountain Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 Creative Cloud 2015 Downloads: Adobe CC 2015 Direct Links / Trials [UPDATE (June 2016) – These still work to download the original CC 2015 installers. If you’re looking for direct links to the newest CC 2015.5 versions, then see this post.] The new Adobe CC 2015 release was announced earlier today, including 15 upgraded desktop applications with new features across the board plus some big performance boosts… And there’s no wait: the CC 2015 software is available immediately for worldwide download via the CC Desktop App… This means everyone gets either a free upgrade or a free trial – but some folks want or need to access the new tools directly without using Adobe’s download/app manager. So below we’ve curated a complete set of Adobe CC 2015 direct download links for all the new products on Windows and Mac OS, for instant access (plus the ability to use your own download manager) if you have any difficulty with what Adobe normally employs and want to get the tools or trials without it… These can also come in handy if you want offline standalone CC 2015 installers to use, store, or back up with (i.e., copy to USB flash/thumb drive, burn to DVD, etc). Read more… 9 hours ago, tomm said: No because Adobe released direct links as you can see It's earlier morning where I live, smartass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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