The sticker shock of buying ‘another’ Creative Cloud’ subscription could alienate 2D artists who could really benefit from applications like the new Substance 3D Stager as a gateway into 3D content creation. But does the ‘All Apps’ pricing option actually mean that?

By all means, the Creative Cloud suite could do with more pricing structures that allow users to focus on set disciplines. This seems like a massive missed opportunity by the team at Adobe.

It has to be paid for separately via a not inconsequential monthly or annual subscription. The Substance 3D Collection is confusingly not included in this package. Any artist who thinks that when they click on the ‘Creative Cloud All Apps’ Plan to buy all that Adobe offers will be sorely disappointed.

So while the software developers have done wonders to integrate the Substance applications into the Adobe family, those at Adobe who are in charge of product marketing and pricing have let this hard work down. The combination of Adobe Substance 3D Painter with the new Adobe Standard Material and the high-quality Substance 3D Asset Library gives artists the ability to create custom looks for their 3D assets in minutes (Image credit: Future)

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