<p>Along with the various new features to individual applications that mark any full revision to Adobe's Creative Suite, this year's CS6 release saw the introduction of a new subscription model called Adobe Creative Cloud. We recently had a chance to chat with Adobe Creative guru Michael Stoddart who walked us through some of the new changes implemented in CS6.</p><p>A few weeks before Adobe released its Creative Suite 5 (CS5) on April 30, 2010, a certain piece of hardware hit the market. That device was the Apple iPad and its immediate success highlighted the rate at which consumer technology can change and the effect it has on how online content is consumed and created.</p><p>It was also in April, 2010 that Adobe announced a 24-month release cycle for its CS Suite, with incremental "dot release" versions every 12 months or so. True to its word, Adobe released CS5.5 in April 2011, which included a number of updates aimed at developers now delivering content to tablets, smartphones and other devices.</p><p>In recognition of the increasing rate of technological change in general, if not in response to the success of the iPad in particular, Adobe CEO, Shantanu Narayen also announced that the release of CS5.5 marked the company's "transition to an annual release cycle." Again true to its word, CS6 arrived on April 23 of this year with even more features aimed at mobile publishing and app development, along with a new subscription based model.Creative Cloud</p><p><a href="http://www.gizmag.com/adobes-creative-suite-6/23967/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.macworld.com.au/news/adobe-to-bring-retina-macbook-pro-support-to-cs6-70698/">Adobe to bring Retina MacBook Pro support to CS6</a> (Australian Macworld)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&ned=us&ncl=d-ge-2vMq279syMiDylQRx7n3Gu9M">2 additional articles.</a></p>