Adobe provides tools that allow you to create PDF files, work with graphics and images, build webpages, edit video, and much more.

Adobe Products for Students and Personal Faculty*/Staff Use

Adobe products for personal use are available for purchase directly through Adobe.

* Faculty can download a free version of Creative Cloud on their personal computers from pitt.onthehub.com. This free version cannot be installed on University-owned equipment.

Adobe Products for Department Use

Some software titles are available at no cost to full-time and part-time University faculty through software.pitt.edu. Additional titles, licensed per person, are available for purchase by departments for installation on University-owned computers.

Visit Adobe for a list of Adobe Creative Cloud products or complete product information.

Getting started with Creative Cloud

To install Acrobat or Creative Cloud on a user’s dedicated machine, please provide the user's primary University Computing Account (@pitt.edu) when the software is purchased in the Software Store on PantherExpress.  Then, choose an operating system and follow the installation instructions below. For those with last year’s version of Adobe Creative Cloud installed, you do not need to uninstall this version.

To install the software on a shared machine or in a lab environment, please provide the username “labinstall” when the software is purchased in the Software Store on PantherExpress and install the software from the software download site (OR purchase the software on either a USB key or a CD for Acrobat).

More Ways to Get the Most from Adobe

University faculty and staff can take advantage of free professional development courses, obtain teaching materials, and connect with expert users of Adobe software with the Adobe Education Exchange.