Like it or not, Adobe’s Creative Cloud is here to stay. And for folks still chewing their nails over whether an on-going subscription provides enough value to jump in, teachers and students in Singapore will be happy to hear that the much-awaited education discount is now available in Singapore.

From now till 25 June, the Creative Cloud Student Teacher Edition can be purchased from the Adobe online store and will go for S$26 per month for eligible buyers. Here’s the catch: you’ll have to commit to an entire year of subscription at one go. …

When Adobe launched its Creative Cloud offerings to creative professionals in Singapore, it was clear to observers that the software subscription service would be Adobe’s main focus from then on. However, few expected Adobe to scrap its perpetual license offerings entirely and go all-in with Creative Cloud.

But that is exactly what Adobe has announced on Tuesday: the existing Creative Suite 6 will be the last of its kind, and all production software from Adobe will henceforth be issued under the broad Creative Cloud moniker. …

Hot on the heels of the new Creative Cloud subscription service launched in Singapore last month, Adobe today unveiled the Education Store for the local market, giving students and teachers an easier way to purchase its suite of software at steeply discounted prices.

Just how steep is steep? The CS6 Master Collection, for example, is retailing for S$3,802.50‌, but costs only S$290.63 for teachers and students. …

Adobe officially launched its Creative Cloud service together with CS6 last April, and it has finally made its way over the Pacific Ocean to Singapore.

The subscription-based service will allow members to download and locally install every single application in Adobe’s suite of production software, from Premiere Pro to Photoshop Lightroom. Internet connection is not required except for syncing your files (through 20GB of storage) and a once-a-month license validation check. …

Those in the late Steve Jobs camp might adamantly discredit the importance of Flash in tomorrow’s Web, but who said the two can’t co-exist?

Definitely not Adobe, for Flash is still one of the creative software company’s most important products. Still, Adobe is not ignoring the iPad phenomenon and it would be silly to brush aside the legion of developers jumping onto the HTML5 bandwagon.

Unveiled yesterday in Singapore, Adobe’s Creative Suite 6 comes jam packed with new features, among them a brand new application called Adobe Muse which enables designers to create and publish HTML5 websites without writing a single line of code.

The good ol’ Flash Professional CS6 now also allows users to easily translate and transition their skills to HTML5. …