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Temporary Free Student Licensing Updates
As of September 29, 2020, Adobe's complimentary free student licenses have expired.
Please note that access to Adobe 2018 remains available via our online computer labs. For students who need remote access to Adobe 2020, please take advantage of SFU's educational discount.
What is Adobe at SFU?
Simon Fraser University has signed an agreement with Adobe for the Creative Suite and Acrobat Pro.
- Acrobat Pro is the software that allows for the viewing, creation and editing of PDF documents.
- Creative Suite is a collection of Adobe tools, which includes Acrobat Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop and several more.
Available to
SFU Faculty and Staff / SFU Managed Devices
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Accessing Adobe Software
For SFU Faculty and Staff
As a faculty or staff member at SFU, you are entitled to a named-user license. This allows you to install Adobe products on your personal device using the Adobe CC portal.
For SFU Students
As an SFU student, log-in to our online labs to access Adobe.
SFU also maintains significant educational discounts for Adobe products.
For SFU Managed Devices
Managed Mac and Managed Windows devices at the University already have access to Adobe products.
These include:
- Computers purchased and managed by a department or faculty with a purchase requisition.
- Computers purchased and managed with funds from a research or startup grant.
- Computers purchased by Faculty or APSA members with Professional Development funds (so long as the computer was purchased within three years).
Departmental administrators can click here for the technical install procedure.
If you have quetions about Adobe for SFU Managed Devices, send an email to software@sfu.ca
What are Alternatives to Adobe?
Looking for alternatives to Adobe products? Please see our reccomendations for free or open-source solutions.
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Mac |
Linux |
iOS |
Android |
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| Photoshop | Pixlr | Pixlr | |||
| DreamWeaver | |||||
| Lightroom | RawTherapee | RawTherapee | RawTherapee | ||
| Illustrator | Inkscape | Inkscape | Inkscape | ||
| InDesign | Scribus | Scribus | Scribus | ||
| Premiere Pro | DaVinci Resolve | DaVinci Resolve | DaVinci Resolve | ||
| After Effects | Blender | Blender | Blender |
Frequently Asked Questions
What's included in the SFU Adobe software agreement?
What's Included
Acrobat Pro is of course just Acrobat Pro.
Creative Suite is a collection of individual programs (including Acrobat Pro). Our campus agreement provides the main desktop applications, fonts, and some cloud storage. Other cloud services like Portfolio, Behance, and stock are not included and must be procured separately. IT Services is not maintaining licenses for these additional services.
Training is available directly from Adobe. See here.
The best place to get info on the suite components is at Adobe's Site, but we will post a list here for brevity:
| Photoshop Image editing and compositing Lightroom Digital photo processing and editing Illustrator Vector graphics and illustration InDesign Page design and layout for print and digital publishing Adobe Premiere Pro Video production and editing After Effects Cinematic visual effects and motion graphics Project Felix Easy 2D and 3D compositing for photo-realistic images Dreamweaver Design and develop modern, responsive websites Adobe Muse Design and publish websites without writing code Animate Flash Professional is now Adobe Animate CC. Interactive animations for multiple platforms. Adobe Audition Audio recording, mixing, and restoration Bridge Centralize your creative assets Media Encoder Quickly output video files for virtually any screen InCopy Collaborate with copywriters and editors Prelude Metadata ingest, logging, and rough cuts Spark Easily create and share impactful visual stories — in minutes Scout Profile Flash games on web and devices SpeedGrade Film finishing and color grading Story Plus Collaborative screenwriting, reporting, and scheduling tools Extension Manager Easily install and manage extensions ExtendScript Toolkit Add script to your creative apps Acrobat Pro Create, edit, and sign PDF documents and forms |