NOTE: This page is being developed and updated. It is currently publically enabled for review purposes and assistance with Faculty/Staff installations.
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By default, all faculty and staff at the college (who have a college-provided laptop) have Acrobat Adobe Reader installed. Adobe Reader allows for the opening of PDF files. For any other Adobe products or to make modifications to a PDF, a license must be purchased via departmental funds after acquiring a quote from OIT at quoterequest@valenciacollege.edu and purchasing a license.
NOTE: If you wish to skip to the Adobe Software Login & Installation Methods, click here. If you would like to learn additional information about Adobe Creative Cloud and related products, such as Adobe Acrobat 2020, see below.
What is Adobe Creative Cloud?
Adobe Creative Cloud provides apps, web services, and resources for your creative projects, including tools for photography, graphic design, video editing, UX design, drawing and painting, social media, and more.
Adobe Creative Cloud apps
The table below shows some examples of the individual apps within Adobe Create Cloud.
NOTE: The apps available within Adobe Creative Cloud will depend on your license.
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Adobe Creative Cloud App
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What it’s for
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Job titles/functions
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Acrobat Pro
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PDF solution for desktop, web, and mobile
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Business owners, sales reps, sales enablement content manager, HR manager, marketer
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Photoshop
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Creating graphics, photos, drawings, and paintings on desktop or iPad
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Graphic designer, photographer, marketer, artist, brand specialist
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Illustrator
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Creating designs, illustrations, and vector graphics on desktop or iPad
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Animator, concept artist, fashion designer, marketer, web designer, brand specialist
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Premiere Pro
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Editing videos and films with professional quality
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Video editor, video manager, animator, motion graphics designer
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InDesign
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Designing and laying out pages for print and digital media
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Graphic designer, digital designer, marketer, technical illustrator, copywriter, desktop publisher
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After Effects
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Creating motion graphics and visual effects for film, TV, video, and web
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Visual artist, animator, video editor, motion graphics designer, UX designer
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InCopy
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Editing text and modifying layouts, without affecting designs
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Graphic designer, copywriter, copyeditor
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Lightroom
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Editing, organizing, storing photos from desktop, web, and mobile
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Photographer, photo editors, artist, graphic or digital designer
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Adobe Stock
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Accessing royalty-free assets for creative projects
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Graphic designer, photographer, photo editor, graphic or digital designer
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Dreamweaver
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Designing and developing responsive websites
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Web designer, web developer
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Animate
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Designing interactive vector animations for multiple platforms
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Animator, cartoonist, web designer
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Substance 3D Collection
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Modeling, texturing, and render 3D assets and scenes
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3D designer, architect, game designer
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What is Adobe Acrobat 2020?
Acrobat 2020 is the latest perpetual version of Acrobat. It's the complete desktop solution for working with PDF documents. Acrobat 2020 simplifies everyday PDF tasks and includes many productivity enhancements when working with PDFs from your desktop.
You can work with Acrobat 2020 on the desktop only. Alternatively, purchase an Acrobat subscription to take advantage of extra capabilities made possible by Adobe Document Cloud services.
Here are just a few things that you can do with Acrobat 2020:
- Instantly edit scanned documents: Turn paper scans into editable PDFs with automatic font matching, so new edits blend right in.
- Create protected PDFs: Create high-quality PDF files from Acrobat or popular Microsoft® Office apps. Add restrictions to prevent others from copying, editing, or printing sensitive information.
- Edit PDF text and images: Use a familiar point-and-click interface to edit PDF documents intuitively— right within Acrobat.
- Export PDFs to Office: Convert PDFs to Word, Excel, or PowerPoint formats while preserving fonts, formatting, and layouts.
- Work with Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive: Access, edit, and store files in your Dropbox, Box, or Microsoft® OneDrive account while working in Acrobat 2020.
- Sign anything: Fill, sign, and send forms fast with smart autofill.
- Delete sensitive information: Find and get rid of text, images, or even metadata—permanently.
Adobe Software Login & Installation Methods:
Adobe Acrobat 2020 installation - PC
Adobe Acrobat 2020 Installation - Apple/Mac
Adobe Creative Cloud Installation Creative Cloud Desktop Software - PC
Adobe Creative Cloud Installation Creative Cloud Desktop Software - Apple/Mac
Adobe Acrobat 2020 Installation
Note: Before starting, make sure all office applications are closed, e.g., Outlook, Word, Etcetera.
To Start, open Software Center by clicking the Start menu and typing Software. Then click the icon for Software Center as shown below:
Step 1: The main screen for Software Center should show up as shown below:
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If you don't see Adobe Acrobat 2020 on this screen, click the search box in the top right, type Adobe, and press enter. It should show up after the search so that you can click on the Adobe Acrobat 2020 icon.
Step 4: Click the install button to start the installation process.
Step 5: The installation process should start as shown below. The status will continue updating till complete.
Step 6: Once the installation is complete. You can open Adobe Acrobat 2020 by clicking the Adobe Acrobat 2020 icon on the desktop.
Alternatively, you can click the start menu and type Adobe, then click the Adobe Acrobat 2020 icon.
Step 7: When initially opening, it will show an Adobe splash screen; as indicated on the screen, click continue.
Step 8: Prompt to make Adobe Acrobat the default PDF application may come up. Click Yes and/or Continue to any prompts that come up.
Step 9: Follow the prompts on the screen to select and change the default software for PDFs to Adobe Acrobat 2020. You can click OK to close the window(s) once Adobe Acrobat 2020 has been selected and/or changed.
Step 10: Adobe Acrobat 2020 will require you to sign in to verify your licensed software. You will likely see a prompt as shown below. If so click sign in.
If you don't see a prompt as shown above, you can click the Help menu near the top and select Sign in.
Use your Valencia email address to sign in. Example: YourUsername1@valenciacollege.edu
Step 11: Type in YOUR Valencia email address.
Step 12: Select Company or School Account
Step 13: The licensing should now be completed, and Adobe Acrobat 2020 is ready for use. You can confirm this by selecting the Help menu and making sure YOUR Valencia email address is noted under Manage My Account, as noted in the example below.
Installation and Setup of Creative Cloud and Adobe Acrobat 2020 - Apple/Mac
IN PROGRESS
Note: The instructions below were done in Safari but should be similar to those used in other browsers.
Open your preferred web browser and go to: https://creativecloud.adobe.com/ and under the “Download Creative Cloud” section click the “Download” button.
If prompted, click “Allow.”
The file will download and can selected through your browser by clicking to see recently downloaded files and clicking the filename from there. Note: It should also appear in your downloads folder, so you can use Finder on the taskbar to select it from there.
After clicking on the file, you will be prompted with instructions to double click the adobe icon in the box that popped up. Double click the icon to start the installation.
NOTE: A security box may pop up requesting confirmation. If so, click “Open” to continue. Similarly, another security box may pop up indicating confirmation to access your downloads folder. Click “OK” to continue.
NOTE: The next screen will indicate that you will need to type your system password on the upcoming screen This will be what you use to login to your device. Hit “Continue” to proceed.
The first box should already contain your username used to log in to your Mac. In the second box, type your system password.
An Adobe login screen will pop up. Type your Valencia email address and click “Continue” to proceed.
A Valencia College Authentication screen will pop up. As indicated on the screen, type your email address again and click “Next” to proceed.
You will receive the standard MFA prompt to confirm the code in your Microsoft Authenticator app. Whatever number comes up on screen for you is what you would use to confirm within the Microsoft Authenticator App to continue.
The install process should begin. You can choose to answer, skip, or answer the following questions and “Continue” as applicable.
Once the installation is completed, the Adobe Creative Cloud app will open automatically, and you can click “Done” in the pop-up welcome window.
By default, it will select “All Apps” on the left, showing the applications you can download to your device onscreen.
NOTE: This screen will show any Adobe applications already installed and any applications available for installation based on your license.
To install an application, click “install” below the application you wish to install. It will start the installation on your device.
Any installed applications can then, based on your preference, be opened through the Adobe Creative Cloud App by clicking “Open” next to the software listing, selected n your applications folder using Finder on the taskbar, or using Launchpad in the taskbar.
Adobe Creative Cloud Installation Creative Cloud Desktop Software
To Start, open Software Center by clicking the Start menu and typing Software. Then click the icon for Software Center as shown below:
Step 1: The main screen for Software Center should show up as shown below:
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If you don't see Adobe Creative Cloud on this screen, you can click the search box in the top right and type Adobe and press enter. It should show up on the search, so you can click on the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App icon.
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Click Install to start the installation
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The installation will proceed from there:
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Once the installation is completed, if the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App doesn't open automatically, you can open in through several ways:
- By Clicking the Desktop Icon:
- By clicking the tray Icon:
- By using the start menu to type adobe, and selecting the Adobe Creative Cloud Icon:
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Once opened, you will be prompted to sign in to the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App using your Valencia Email address:
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Click Company or School Account:
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You may be prompted for your MFA information. Follow the usual MFA process to authenticate to this Valencia resource as shown on your screen:
(You can then open up the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App using the methods shown previously.)
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When Adobe Creative cloud Desktop App opens up it will give various options, including options to install software you have access to:
