Beginning August 6, CCIT will update how Adobe Creative Cloud licenses are assigned to students, faculty and staff as part of an ongoing effort to responsibly manage software costs. These changes will ensure Clemson users still have robust access to certain Adobe tools, while providing access to advanced tools for those who need them.
Moving forward, Clemson students, faculty and staff will have access to Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Express, Adobe Photoshop Express, Adobe Firefly, and Adobe Fonts and Stock. For many users, these tools will support everyday document, communication, instructional and academic needs.
Basic Adobe access includes:
- Adobe Acrobat Express for students or Adobe Acrobat Pro for faculty and staff to work with PDFs, complete and sign forms, organize documents, create web forms and use AI-powered document tools.
- Adobe Express to create presentations, flyers, posters, infographics, social graphics and other visual content using templates, creative assets and easy-to-use design tools.
- Adobe Photoshop Express app to quickly edit, enhance and retouch photos using filters, effects, cropping, resizing and other easy-to-use image tools.
- Adobe Firefly, Adobe’s generative AI tool, to generate images, videos, audio and vector graphics using text prompts.
- Adobe Fonts to access a library of typefaces for documents, presentations, graphics and other creative projects.
- Adobe Stock within Adobe Express to add photos and illustrations to your flyers, posters, presentations and other graphics.
If you do not need access beyond the Adobe tools listed above, no action is required.
Active students, faculty and staff will maintain access to manage or download their existing Adobe files.
For those who use Adobe Creative Cloud regularly
Students, faculty and staff who need access to the Adobe Creative Cloud suite for a class or other University-related business can opt in to the Creative Cloud plan.
The Adobe Creative Cloud suite includes software titles like Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Premiere Pro.
Faculty, staff and students who need these tools must use this Adobe Creative Cloud opt-in form to activate a license. Full access should be granted within one hour. Individuals can complete this opt-in process now to limit disruption when this transition occurs on August 6.
This change allows the University to provide Creative Cloud licenses to users who need advanced creative applications rather than assigning a full license to every Clemson user. Moving to an opt-in model will also give CCIT better visibility into Adobe usage across the University and allow for data-informed decisions regarding licenses moving forward.
Access to Adobe Creative Cloud will expire each summer, and users will need to opt in annually.
Use Adobe Creative Cloud in labs, classrooms and CUapps
Popular Adobe Creative Cloud software titles such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign are available in classrooms, labs, the Adobe Studio and CUapps, Clemson’s virtual desktop interface.
CUapps provides access to select Adobe Creative Cloud software without requiring an individual Creative Cloud license. This option may be useful for occasional access, class assignments or other Clemson-related projects.
Students, faculty and staff who only need limited or occasional access to these applications are encouraged to use CUapps before opting in to an individual Creative Cloud license.
