As announced in September, the University of Sussex now has a site license for Adobe Creative Cloud, allowing every student and member of staff to use the full range of Adobe creative software including Acrobat DC, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and Audition.

As a result of this, IT Services will not be renewing the license for Corel software, which is due to expire on 12 May 2018. On this date, Corel applications will be removed from all workstations and you will need to uninstall them from personally-owned devices.

How will this affect me?

If you use any of the following applications, you will need to ensure you’ve found an alternative way of working by the 12 May:

• Corel Painter
• Corel PDF Fusion
• CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
• Paintshop Pro
• Video Studio

I use a Corel program for my work: how can I find an alternative?

All common features of Corel applications can be found in the Adobe CC suite. For more information about Adobe CC, including installation guides and how to perform common tasks, please see the following links:

• Adobe Acrobat DC – reading and editing PDF documents, including linking PDF files together or splitting them into separate documents.
• Adobe Photoshop* – creating and editing image files
• Adobe Illustrator – creating and editing vector images
• Adobe Premiere Pro – composing and editing video
• Adobe InDesign* – creating and editing long text documents for print or web

* - IT Services offer training in these applications.

Staff are able to install the full Adobe Creative Cloud suite on their personally-owned devices.

For an additional list of available software for creative purposes, please see this FAQ.

I've installed a Corel product on my personally-owned device. What should I do?

Please ensure you have uninstalled all downloaded Corel products by the 12 May.

How can I get help?

If you have any concerns or questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.