Adobe Creative Cloud
A professional creative suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro and After Effects.
- Design and creativity
- Adobe
- Creative Cloud All Apps €69.99 / Individual applications €24.99 per month
What is Adobe Creative Cloud?
Adobe Creative Cloud has been a standard for graphic design, photography and video production for more than 30 years. Generative Fill in Photoshop, Firefly AI and other AI integrations are modernising its tools.
How can a business use it day to day?
Concrete use cases for entrepreneurs and knowledge workers:
Brand materials
Create professional logos, brochures and print materials.
Photography and retouching
Edit product images, portraits and other photographs.
Video production
Use Premiere Pro and After Effects for professional production from start to finish.
UX and UI design
Use Adobe XD, which has partly been replaced by Figma.
Video guides
See how Adobe Creative Cloud works in practice:
Photoshop for beginners
SWOT summary
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats — from an entrepreneur's point of view.
Strengths
- Industry standard expected in the labour market
- Seamless workflow between creative applications
- Firefly AI for generative tasks
- Extensive learning materials
Weaknesses
- Expensive monthly subscription
- Steep learning curve
- Heavy applications require a capable computer
- Canva competes for non-professional users
Opportunities
- Firefly for consumers and businesses
- Adobe Express for small businesses
- AI-assisted video editing
- Design-system integrations
Threats
- Canva and Figma are challengers
- Open-source competition such as GIMP and Inkscape
- Preference for one-off licences over subscriptions
- AI image generation is transforming design