"Yes, Apple's new $13-a-month or $130-a-year Creator Studio bundle is a great deal. It packs in Apple's image editing, video editing, music editing software into one package and throws in a few freemium takes on classic apps to boot. The other major creative app subscriptionAdobe Creative Cloudwill cost you $70 a month. If you're a student, paying just $3 per month or $30 a year for Creator Studio is well worth the cost, the equivalent of three Starbucks coffees and a snack."
"And if you came here to hear me complain about the new icons for apps like Pixelmator Pro, Final Cut Pro, and Logic Pro, then here's your free catharsis. They're ugly and confusing. Pixelmator Pro's icon is an especially strange case. It's trying to insinuate it's a layers-based app, but nothing about its selection of lines and squares reveals that it's built for both art and photo editing."
"Creator Studio still won't be the perfect equivalent to Adobe's Creative Cloud subscription. It lacks some InDesign-like features for layout or some of Adobe's Firefly AI-centric features that touch up images or generate them whole cloth. There are other apps, like Affinity Suite, that may fill the void and help you avoid paying the exorbitant Adobe tax on its subscription-only software products."
Creator Studio bundles Apple's image, video, and music editing apps for $13 per month or $130 per year, with a student plan at $3 per month or $30 per year. The bundle undercuts Adobe Creative Cloud's $70 per month subscription. New app icons are criticized as ugly and confusing, with Pixelmator Pro's icon failing to convey its dual art and photo editing capabilities. Each app remains available for one-time purchase, and legacy purchasers retain original icons. Creator Studio lacks InDesign-like layout features and some Adobe Firefly AI tools. Alternatives such as Affinity Suite may fill feature gaps. Subscriptions are all-or-nothing with no single-app option.
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