

Naturally, this is more expensive than any other plan, and is only really worth it if you're planning on using all of the apps. Getting Adobe’s entire collection of creative desktop and mobile apps (although not the new Substance 3D apps), including Photoshop, and all of the same additional benefits as the Photoshop Plan, will usually cost you $54.99 / £51.98 / AU$79.99 per month. Need more than photo or image-editing tools? You may well need Adobe's All Apps plan, which gives you access to pretty much every creative app you're likely to need, so as well as Photoshop you'll be able to use Illustrator for digital art, Premiere Pro and After Effects for video, and much more besides.

If you're producing high volumes of images, it's a lifesaver. This also offers a lot of tools that are amazing for speeding up workflow, allowing you to easily import, manage and organise your files. It's a similar beast to Photoshop, offering a slightly pared down suite of photo-editing tools, but very likely all the ones you'll need. If you're working with photography alone, Lightroom may actually be all you need. I'd suggest checking out Adobe's Photography Plan, which gives you access to Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic. There are quite a few options to choose from, starting with Single App plans that are pretty self-explanatory, as well as plans that provide you with a discipline-specific set of apps. If you want to download the full version of Photoshop from the get-go, you're going to need a Creative Cloud plan. Thankfully, if you download directly from Adobe, you won't have to worry about any of that stuff! How do I buy Photoshop CC? Not only is it illegal software piracy, but downloading it from an unreliable source may invite harmful malware or viruses onto your device. I seriously do not recommend using any other platform to try and download the software for free. And before you ask, no, you don't have to submit your credit card deals to get a hold of the trial, so there's no chance of accidentally paying for a full year's subscription without meaning to (we've all done it).

Of course a week isn't really a very long time when you're getting to grips with a heavyweight design package like Photoshop, but it's just about long enough to get a handle on what it's like to use and whether you want to to continue on to a full subscription. Adobe offers a free week-long trial on its creative apps, both on Mac and PC, and it's the real deal: you'll get the the full package with all the latest updates and features, to do with as you wish.

While it's a paid-for program, you can in fact download Photoshop for free, but the catch is that it's only for seven days.
