ADOBE & ALTERNATIVES

ADOBE CC AT HOME INSTRUCTIONS

ADOBE AT HOME:

  • Adobe has made their Creative Cloud software available for use at home.

  • SDPBC is making provisions to ensure that high school CTE students and teachers who use the Adobe products as part of their courses has access to the Adobe CC suite for home use.

  • Instructions for authorizing, downloading and installing the Adobe CC suite are on the right.

  • Users will sign in on the Adobe site with their SDPBC email account:

      • HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS: ~ @palmbeachschools.org

      • STUDENTS: ~ @stu.palmbeachschools.org

  • Adobe CC will NOT install on Chromebooks or machines that don't meet the minimum specs.

ADOBE CC AT HOME INSTRUCTIONS - CTE

ADOBE at home instructions

ADOBE CC SUITE

ALTERNATIVES

Students using Chromebooks? Or just looking for an alternative to the Adobe Creative Cloud suite? Try Pixlr, Photopea, Adobe Spark and Adobe Rush. All are free; Pxlr and Photopea run inside any web browser; and Spark is already on the student dashboard. Note: Rush will not run on a Chromebook.

Pxlr.com is a web app better known as "Photoshop Light."

Photopea.com is another Photoshop-style web app.

Adobe Premiere Rush, also known as "Premiere Light."

Spark is for videos, social media posts and web pages.

OTHER ADOBE CC ALTERNATIVES

PHOTOSHOP: Gimp, Photopea, Pxlr, Online Photoshop Editor, Sumo Paint, PicMonkey

INDESIGN: LucidPress, Canva, VivaDesigner, Desygner

ILLUSTRATOR: Janvas, Vecteezy, Gravit Designer, Vectr, Boxy SVG, SVG-Edit

VIDEO TUTORIAL QUICKLINKS

PIXLR TUTORIAL

ADOBE SPARK TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS

PHOTOPEA FOR BEGINNERS

LEARN ALL ABOUT ADOBE PREMIERE RUSH IN 15 MINUTES

ADOBE CC & ALTERNATIVES USEFUL LINKS

Use the document on the right to access sites that house helpful hints about the Adobe CC suite as well as the Adobe alternatives highlighted above.

Arts AV Useful LInks

Not sure how to use the Google products to create an online learning community? Want to use Adobe Spark with your students? Or are you new to Chromebooks?

The school district has established a resource site for students and teachers that has links to content for all grade levels.

SDPBC's Educational Technology department has a site loaded with resources including ongoing live webinars and help sessions set up to get you familiarized.

Also, the Teaching & Learning department has a site that is packed with resources for teaching online in general as well as specific grade level and subject area resources.