W Store is the official retailer of Adobe Creative Cloud licenses for UWaterloo students, faculty and staff on behalf of the Arts Computing Office.

Your UWaterloo username is used to give you access to your CC license. To ensure that you can access your license, please make sure you are using your [email protected] email address when placing your order.

The Adobe Creative Suite License – Winter Term allows you a one-term license of Adobe Creative Cloud starting in January 2026 and ending April 30, 2026. Once you have placed your order, you will receive an email from [email protected]. It will contain instructions on how to redeem your license. Please allow 3-5 business days for your order to be processed and fulfilled. If you already have an Adobe license, you can cancel your existing license by acknowledging you have access to a license through the UWaterloo agreement.

An Adobe Creative Cloud license is required or recommended for the following courses:

• Communication Arts
• DAC 201, 202, 203
• DAC 300, 302, 303, 308, 326
• DAC 400
• THPERF 244, 246, and 322
• Fine Arts
• Fine 130, 229, 307, 474
• Fine 690, 699
• Stratford School
• GBDA 101, 201, 202, 228
• MDEI XXX

Adobe Creative Cloud is a set of applications and services from Adobe Inc. that gives subscribers access to a collection of software used for graphic design, video editing, web development, photography including: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe XD, Lightroom, Acrobat Pro, Animate, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro, Premiere Rush, After Effects, Dimension, Audition, InCopy, Lightroom Classic, Media Encoder, Character Animator, Prelude, Fuse, Bridge and access to the latest features and updates as soon as they are released.

Please note that Adobe no longer offers monthly subscriptions for the Adobe Creative Suite license, only monthly payments for a minimum one-year lease.