From: Todd Kopriva <kopriva@adobe.com>
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:46:35 -0700
Subject: RE: [AE] When new software is available on Creative Cloud plans.
Thread-Topic: [AE] When new software is available on Creative Cloud plans.
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Again, there is no significant change, for better or worse, about where the=
 application is looking for plug-ins. (This is a common refrain: There is f=
ar less different about Creative Cloud than people think, as far as the des=
ktop applications are concerned. The differences are just about how activat=
ion works.)

Having the application and/or installer be smarter about where to look for =
extensions is a fruitful area for feature requests.

Currently, I use aliases/shortcuts, so the newer version of an application =
follows that alias/shortcut and looks in the old location. That's nothing n=
ew; I've been doing that for years.=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf =
Of
> Brian Maffitt
> Sent: Monday, 22 April 2013 07:36
> To: After Effects Mail List
> Subject: Re: [AE] When new software is available on Creative Cloud plans.
>=20
> This is a welcome development. How will it work with plugins? Will the le=
gacy
> versions of AE or Premiere know to look in the new plugin folder (if ther=
e is
> one) so we don't have to do the "reinstall-everything-boogie" whenever a
> new version comes out (or an old version is reinstalled for compatibility=
)?
>=20
> Just curious.
>=20
> Brian
>=20
> > There is no change in this regard. The software does not automatically
> "update" to the newest version. You can choose if/when to download and
> install the newer versions. You can have multiple versions installed on y=
our
> computer at once. Everything is the same as before. The only significant =
thing
> that is different is that you would be paying a subscription fee rather t=
han a
> one-time license fee, and the activation system checks periodically to ma=
ke
> sure that the subscription is current.
> >
> > Actually, one additional improvement in this area: You will have access=
 to all
> versions that have been released during your subscription, going back at
> least five versions, as far as CS6; so---for example---when you're using =
(say,
> hypothetically) After Effects 15.0 years from now, you'll still be able t=
o grab
> After Effects 11.0 (CS6) as part of your subscription, should you need to=
 use it
> to do something with an old project or for a customer who still hasn't
> upgraded.