• • It can take up to 24 hours for your license to become active after you purchase it
  • The license is an annual one and you will need to renew it every summer. Webstore sends out reminder emails to people who have a license.

Getting started with Adobe Creative Cloud

Creative Cloud Categories and Corresponding Tools

(Chart inspired by Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop app options)

Program Descriptions

Brief descriptions of some of the programs made available as described by the Illinois WebStore:

• Acrobat Pro - Create, edit, and sign PDF documents and forms
• Adobe Audition - Audio recording, mixing, and restoration
• Adobe Dimension - Create high-quality, photorealistic 3D images
• Adobe Premiere Pro - Video production and editing
• Adobe XD - Design websites, mobile apps, and more
  
• After Effects - Cinematic visual effects and motion graphics
  
• Animate - Flash Professional is now Adobe Animate CC. Interactive animations for multiple platforms.
  
• Bridge - Centralize your creative assets
  
• Character Animator - Create a 2D character animation 
  
• Creative Cloud - Quickly launch and update desktop apps; manage and share assets
  
• Dreamweaver - Design, code, and publish websites and web applications
  
• Illustrator  - Vector graphics and illustration
  
• InCopy - Collaborate with copywriters and editors
  
• InDesign - Page design and layout for print and digital publishing
  
• Lightroom - cloud-based photo service for photography
  
• Lightroom Classic – Edit and organize photos
  
• Media Encoder - Quickly output video files for virtually any screen
  
• Photoshop - Image editing and compositing
  ADOBE PREMIUM STOCK IS NOT INCLUDED (Adobe Standard Stock is included).

Launched from the Creative Cloud Desktop App

• Behance - Showcase and discover creative work
  
• Portfolio - Quickly and simply build a personalized website
  
• Adobe Express - Create social graphics, web pages, and video stories

More applications as they become available.
Plus 20GB of Cloud storage.