Adobe CS5 to CS6?

[Huggeebear]

I purchased CS6 to upgrade my stand alone CS5. Concerned by statement on side of new CS6 box = "Upgrade from Adobe Creative Suite 5"  before I open it -will this work???

[John Waller]

Which Adobe product do you currently exactly? Standalone CS5 what?

[Huggeebear]

Photoshop

[John Waller · Accepted solution]

I assume you're trying to upgrade from Photoshop CS5 standalone to a CS6 Creative Suite (which one?).

Unfortunately Photoshop CS5 standalone is not eligible to upgrade to a CS6 Suite.

That's a change in upgrade policy by Adobe starting with CS6.

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4369220

Note: some of the wording below (which is current) has been changed by Adobe since the forum post above was posted. The policy remains the same though.

From the CS6 FAQ

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/faq.html

What is Adobe's upgrade policy for Creative Suite 6?

Owners of a CS5 or CS5.5 suite edition qualify for upgrade pricing to a CS6 suite edition. Owners of an individual CS5 or CS5.5 product qualify for upgrade pricing to the same product but not to a suite edition. Any version earlier than CS5 will not be eligible for upgrade pricing.

Your options now:

• Upgrade Photoshop CS5 to Photoshop CS6 for the upgrade price
• Pay full price for a CS6 Creative Suite
• Join the Adobe Cloud and pay a monthly fee