The program that’s been lauded for its one-time payment structure is being called out by its users for its new subscription plan similar to Photoshop.
What doesn’t help any of this is the confusing structure for users wishing to upgrade from version 1 to version 2. Existing users of version 1 can purchase a perpetual license for version 2, but they won’t have access to updates from 2.1 and onward. Developers will also discontinue support for the perpetual license users when they eventually release version 4.
We reached out to ArtSpark—which owns Celsys as a subsidiary—for comment, but we have yet to hear back by the end of Monday, ET. The company wrote they planned to make the switch to version 2 in the first half of 2023.Some Twitter users were openly sharing links to pirate the CSP software. Photoshop is industry-standard software, so other services have to try and stand out from the pack to get users on board.