Adobe Creative Suite Subscription
The contractual information below is taken from the complete agreement between SF State and Adobe. All faculty and staff who install or use the software must agree to the conditions of the master agreement between CSU and Adobe (PDF).
Information about the Software:
- What is the license?
- What is the Term of the subscription?
- What is a EULA?
- Where can the software be installed?
- How is the software tracked?
- Are students covered under the agreement?
- What software is available?
Getting the Software:
Getting Support:
What is the license?
“(a) Faculty and Staff License. Adobe hereby grants each California State University who have entered into a currently active Schedule A with Adobe a license to install and use the Software during the Term in quantities reasonably necessary to enable all of California State University’s Faculty and Staff to use the Software during the Term in accordance with the terms and conditions of the EULA accompanying such Software, as may be modified by this Agreement. The EULAs are available at www.adobe.com, the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement. If there is a conflict between the license terms of this Agreement and the EULA, this Agreement shall govern to the extent of the conflict. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the EULAs, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Software provided pursuant to the Faculty and Staff “
What is a EULA?
A EULA is an end user license agreement.
What is the Term of the subscription?
The subscription agreement is a three-year program.
Where can the software be installed?
“License may only be installed and used on Computers owned by California State University and located on California State University’s on campus facilities, provided however that Faculty and Staff with Work At Home Rights (“WAH”) may install and use the Software solely for California State University employment purposes on California State University owned or leased computers located at their own homes
or
Faculty or Staff owned or leased computers, and only during the Term, provided that California State University shall be required to track and report installation and/or use of the Software in accordance with Section 9 of the Agreement (Compliance).”
Software may only be installed on university equipment and equipment owned or leased by faculty and staff.
How is the software tracked?
"… provided that California State University shall be required to track and report installation and/or use of the Software in accordance with Section 9 of the Agreement (Compliance). For the avoidance of doubt, the serial numbers provided for home use (if the California State University elects to allow home use), may expire annually, and require re-installation. Use of the Software shall be limited to Faculty and Staff."
Note: SF State has elected to allow home use.
Other portions of the EULA and license indicate installed Adobe software may contact Adobe over an Internet connection at any time without notice.
Are students covered under the agreement?
“Use of the Software by Students shall be limited solely to Students in a California State University classroom or California State University on-campus educational lab environment. Software may not be installed or used on computers owned by California State Universities that are leased to students, loaned to students or in the possession of Students. Students who wish to use the Software shall agree to be bound by the terms of the EULAs, as may be modified by this Agreement. California State University shall be responsible for all acts and omissions of Students who use the Software or who receive any Software or Maintenance."
What software is available?
The license provides Adobe Creative Suite Design & Web Premium for 80% of eligible computers. The Design & Web Premium collection includes the following products that can be selectively installed if desired.
- Photoshop® CS6 Extended
- Illustrator® CS6
- InDesign® CS6
- Acrobat® X Pro
- Flash® Professional CS6
- Dreamweaver® CS6
- Fireworks® CS6
- Bridge CS6
- Media Encoder CS6
The Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection is available for faculty, staff, and lab installations that need the additional products listed below. To be compliant with licensing requirements the Master Collection can only be installed on 20% of eligible computers.
- Adobe Premiere® Pro CS6
- After Effects® CS6
- Adobe Audition® CS6
- SpeedGrade™ CS6
- Prelude™ CS6
- Encore® CS6
- Flash Builder® 4.6 Premium Edition
How do I get the software?
If your computer is managed by local IT support, please contact them to request installation. Local IT support can contact DoIT to learn about alternate ways to install and distribute the Creative Suite software.
If you manage your own computer, visit Adobe’s downloads website at http://www.adobe.com/downloads and download Creative Suite Design & Web Premium for your operating system. Faculty and staff that need the additional applications found in the Master Collection can download Master Collection instead.
Install the downloaded software and select Free Trial when prompted for a license key. You will be given the chance to choose which applications in the suite to install. If you later need to add applications, re-run the installer. You can use the software for 30 days before you need to license it.
How do I license the software?
To comply with licensing requirements it is important that accurate records are maintained of all installations. An installation occurs each time a copy of the software is licensed on a physical or virtual machine. All faculty and staff who install or use the software must agree to the conditions of the master agreement between CSU and Adobe (PDF).
Faculty and staff can request a small licensing application called a “serialization executable” that will license the Adobe software to the machine it is installed on. This application will be sent to your SF State e-mail address for you to run on your computer.
How do I get support?
Adobe Creative Suite software is provided with limited support. For assistance using the creative suite software, refer to the following resources:
Library Resources
Using keywords, search the Library Catalog to locate books and Online resources including technical and how-to materials provided by Safari Books Online.
Lynda.com
Lynda.com offers excellent video tutorials for many software products. Although the introductory lessons are free, more advanced content requires a paid subscription.
Adobe Tutorials
Adobe TV and Adobe Tutorials provide lots of information as well as tips and tricks for using Adobe's suite of products.
TUTS+
TUTS+ is an Online tutorial resource. Most of their content is free, though some tutorials are only available with a subscription. Tutorials are available for Photoshop, vector art, Web development, audio, After Effects, computer graphics, photography, mobile development, web design, WordPress, Mac, and game development.
