Adobe Creative Applications

Overview

Adobe Creative Applications provide access to industry-standard design and multimedia tools, including Adobe Express Premium for user-friendly graphics and presentations, and Adobe Creative Cloud for professional-level graphic, video, and web development.

Getting Started

Adobe Express Premium is available to all students, faculty, and staff. Log in to Adobe Express (opens in new window) using your NetID@tamu.edu and password.

Request

An Adobe Creative Cloud license is available for an additional fee. Log in to Adobe Creative Cloud at adobe.com (opens in new window). For additional information, please contact adobe@tamu.edu.

Cost

Adobe Creative Cloud licenses are available as per-seat licenses to full-time employees, part-time employees, and faculty in System Parts 02, 10, 23, 28 at a cost of $33 per year.

Service Details

Texas A&M's Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Express access is provided through the Texas A&M University System Enterprise Term License Agreement.

Adobe Creative Cloud offers a range of applications like Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and more, while Adobe Express Premium provides simplified design and content creation features tailored for quick projects and social media content.

Features

Adobe Express Premium:

• Web-based design templates
• Social media content creation
• Quick video editing tools
• Access to all premium static and video templates 
• Additional tools like Remove Video Background, advanced animation, and more 
• Automatically resize assets for multiple channels with one click Resize
• 200M+ royalty-free Adobe Stock photos, videos, music tracks, and design elements 
• Access to the complete Adobe Fonts collection with over 30,000+ fonts

Adobe Creative Cloud:

• Professional applications including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects
• Cloud storage and file synchronization
• Collaboration and sharing tools
• Mobile companion apps
• Regular updates and new features

Guidelines

Adobe Creative Cloud licenses are available as per-seat licenses to full-time employees, part-time employees, and faculty in:

• System Part 02 – Texas A&M University (College Station & Qatar)
• System Part 10 – Texas A&M University Galveston
• System Part 23 – Texas A&M Health
• System Part 28 – Texas Engineering Experiment Station

Adjunct faculty may receive licenses at departmental discretion and funding.

Student workers, and affiliates in the above entities can access Adobe Creative Cloud using shared device licenses in main campus computer labs or on university-owned devices provisioned accordingly.

Resources

• Adobe Express for Beginners (opens in new window)
• Creative Cloud for Beginners (opens in new window)
• Using Adobe Express with Acrobat (opens in new window)
• Backing up Adobe Creative Cloud Files
• Adobe Creative Cloud - How to Cancel a Paid Personal Adobe Subscription