Adobe Creative Cloud for students
Adobe Creative Cloud for students
Adobe Creative Cloud offers access to a collection of software used for graphic design, video editing, web development, and photography, along with a set of mobile applications and optional cloud services.
See the alternative software options, listed on this page, if you don't wish to purchase an Adobe subscription.
Some faculties provide Adobe subscriptions to students as part of their degree. We recommend you speak to your course coordinator to see if they can provide you with a licence.
If you're studying with the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (MADA) or the Faculty of Arts School of Journalism, you can request a subscription by submitting a Service Desk request, including your:
- Monash student email address
- faculty adviser’s approval – either attach this to your request to the Service Desk or have them send it to licensing@monash.edu.
If you're studying with a different faculty, you need to submit a Service Desk request. Based on who is using the software, include the following:
- Monash email address
- cost centre and fund to cover the cost
- name of the staff member providing financial authorisation.
If your faculty doesn’t provide licences, you can purchase your own subscription for Adobe Creative Cloud from Shop.Monash.
Alternatives to Adobe software
| Free | Purchase | |
|---|---|---|
| Photo composition |
GIMP KRITA (freemium) Pixir Editor (browser based) Photo Pos Pro Paint.net (Windows) Photopea (browser based) MyPaint FireAlpaca Medibang Paint |
Clip Studio ProCreate Pixlr (browser based) Affinity Photo Pixelmator Corel Photo-Paint PaintTool SAI Paintstorm Studio Autodesk Sketchbook |
| Video editing |
HitFilm Express Davinci Resolve iMovie(Mac) FilmoraGo (iOS) Filmora (Windows/Mac) Kdenlive |
Lightworks Davinci Resolve Camtasia Sony Vegas Pro |
| Web design |
Weebly (freemium) (browser based) Google web designer (browser based) Wordpress (browser based) BlueGriffon Brackets Aptana Atom | |
| Graphic design/vector images |
Inkscape Canva (freemium) Win10 Paint 3D BoxySVG (browser based) Vectr (browser based) Krita |
Affinity Designer Clip Studio CorelDraw |
| Photo grading |
RAWTherapee Darktable |
Affinity Designer Aftershot Pro Capture One Pro On1 Photo RAW Skylum Luminar |
| Desktop publishing |
Scribus SpringPublisher (freemium) |
Affinity Publisher Canva (browser based) PDFElement VivaDesginer |
| PDFs |
LibreOffice Xodo |
PDFforge Nitro Pro |
| Audio editing |
Audacity (available on MoVE) Tracktion Waveform | Reaper |
| Video effects |
Blender (available on MoVE) HitFilm Express |
Fusion Studio Nuke |
Privacy and sensitive data guidelines
Users are prohibited from uploading or transmitting sensitive personal information to the system, including (but not limited to) financial data, health or medical information, biometric data, information relating to sexual orientation, or data relating to minors. Make sure that no health information (HI) or sensitive information (SI) is uploaded to the system’s cloud environment.
For more information, see the choices available to consumers of Adobe services.