UBC IT has recently announced that due to increasing demand, they are updating their licensing approach for the Adobe Creative Cloud applications to ensure UBC remains compliant with its contractual and fiscal commitments. The new licensing process will include cost recoveries for the professional/licensed versions of Adobe products.
The annual cost to users for Acrobat Pro and Adobe Creative Cloud is listed in the ubc.onthehub.com site. If you need to edit PDF files, contact your supervisor for a worktag and purchase an annual subscription. If you only sign PDF files, Acrobat Reader is sufficient.
Some of alternatives of these paid Adobe products are listed below:
PDFs: Adobe Acrobat Pro Alternatives
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- PDF 24 – Use the offline edition only
- Preview (Mac)
Images: Adobe Photoshop Alternatives
Video: Adobe Premiere Pro Alternatives
Illustration: Adobe Illustrator Alternatives
Graphic Design: Adobe InDesign Alternatives
Graphics: Adobe After Effects Alternatives
Audio: Adobe Audition Alternatives
Please contact the LFS Learning Centre at it@landfood.ubc.ca if you have any questions.