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Adobe Creative Cloud Alternatives

June 21, 2024

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 for users will be:

  • Adobe Acrobat Reader: Free
  • Adobe Acrobat Pro: $25 USD (~$37.50 CAD)
  • Adobe Creative Cloud: $85 USD (~$126.50 CAD)

Beginning June 19, 2024 at 6:00pm PST, access to your current Adobe license(s) will expire. In light of this announcement, the LFS Learning Centre has compiled a list of alternative software that could replace a paid Adobe Creative Cloud or Adobe Acrobat subscription for most use cases.

Some of these alternatives are listed below:

PDFs: Adobe Acrobat Pro Alternatives

  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • PDF Gear
  • Preview (Mac)
  • Foxit PDF Editor

Images: Adobe Photoshop Alternatives

  • Paint.NET (Windows only)
  • Preview (Mac)
  • Krita
  • GIMP

Video: Adobe Premiere Pro Alternatives

  • Camtasia
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • CapCut

Illustration: Adobe Illustrator Alternatives

  • Inkscape

Graphic Design: Adobe InDesign Alternatives

  • Canva (free tier)
  • PowerPoint
  • Scribus

Graphics: Adobe After Effects Alternatives

  • Blender (Video Editing)

Audio: Adobe Audition Alternatives

  • Audacity

Please contact the LFS Learning Centre at it@landfood.ubc.ca if you have any questions.

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