Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 , a simplified consumer version of the software, was released in 2010 .

Internally, Photoshop versions continued sequentially. For example, Photoshop CS2 was officially version 9.0 .

The transition from Creative Suite to Creative Cloud marked a fundamental shift in how creators access the Adobe Photoshop Family.

While there is no "CS9," the name often surfaces due to technical naming conventions or confusion with consumer-level products:

These versions were sold with perpetual licenses , allowing users to own the software indefinitely after a one-time purchase. The "CS" branding unified Adobe's apps (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) into coherent packages.