Adobe Creative Cloud Pro STE | Student & Teacher Edition | 20+ creative apps plus 100GB Storage |12-Month Subscription | PC/Mac

I use Illustrator every day. I've tried many other programs over the years, and Illustrator is by far my favorite. I had an annual student-teacher subscription that I got direct from Adobe last year, during the Black Friday sales, and it happened the one-year commitment happened to end yesterday, so they automatically renewed this month at the full price. I happened to see the Black Friday deal here on the student-teacher version, and it's a better deal than getting it direct from Adobe - you save around $42 for the year. I called Adobe to cancel my current subscription, and they refunded the month that I just paid for. Then I activated this license that I just purchased from Amazon. It can be difficult to figure out how to add this to your existing account, so here are the instructions: ** Before making your purchase, make sure that you meet the eligibility requirements for the Student-Teacher edition (if that's the version you're getting). Check Adobe's website for this information. ** If you have an existing subscription, cancel it. You can cancel it and get a pro-rated refund for this month if you previously purchased an annual plan or an annual plan paid monthly at least a year ago. If your year isn't up, I believe you will just end up having overlapping subscriptions, which may still be worth it. If in doubt, call Adobe (get the number from their website) ** Select the product options you want - make sure that they're correct, and make your purchase. I chose the one-time purchase, since it will autorenew at the non-Black Friday rate. **After making the purchase, if the Your Orders page doesn't come up, you can just go to that page. ** Next to the purchase info for the product. click on Go To Your Software Library. You should see all of your software digital download purchases - this newly-purchased subscription will most likely be the first one. ** Select and copy your Product Key. ** You should see a "How To Redeem This Item" link directly above the Product Key. Click on it and follow the instructions. You will be able to paste the Product Key. ** You will need to fill in your eligibility information if you purchased the Student-Teacher version. You will then need to confirm your eligibility, if you don't have something on file with Adobe already. It might confirm it for you automatically if you use an email from your academic institution as the email for your Adobe acct. ** When you get to the point where it asks for a credit card, just click on Remind Me Later since it's prepaid. It won't autorenew a year from now without a credit card on file, and that's probably what you want, because if it autorenews, you won't get the Black Friday discounted plan. A year from now, you'll be able to take advantage of next year's Black Friday deals, whether from Amazon or direct from Adobe - just check to see who's got the best prices.

Good luck getting help with this. It either works right away, or it does not. Adobe Tech support is COMPLETELY, TOTALLY AND UNQUESTIONABLY USELESS. If this does not link with an email address / account, it will never work. You will just need to get a refund. I tried 3 times, and three times doesn't work. Amazon agent says to call Adobe, Adobe agent says to call Amazon. There is no solution to this. See screenshot of issue. >I tried creating "new" adobe accounts with new email addresses unknown to adobe. Does not work. >I tried connecting it to "existing account". Does not work. >I tried connecting to "existing email". Does not work. >I tried changing the password to Amazon and Adobe account, does not fix anything. Using same address as Amazon account does not work. The problem is - I bet they won't let you renew using Amazon. I had a subscription expire in October 2025. Tried twice to renew when it went on sale in October. Did not work. Then again, I tried it again one month later (November 2025) - still does not work. I bet they only allow you to buy this ONCE through Amazon with a discount (or at all) and then never again, unless directly through Adobe. I am not doing that, I want my discount. Google / Adobe claim that you can renew using Amazon, has not worked. The only "remedy" is a refund, which obviously gets the money returned, but that means access to the software is never going to happen. Trying again doesn't fix anything. Just get the run around from Adobe>Amazon>Adobe and nothing is ever fixed. Spent two hours+ on this, frankly they should give me money due to the time and energy I have wasted on this. The error: Vendor notified us the account associated with that email address is not eligible for this product. To create an account, please use a different email address.

I have used both Photoshop and Lightroom for years. They get better all the time. Subscription includes frequent updates automatically. Price went up considerably this year but I still think it is worth it.

My husband loves this product. He uses it extensively in his photography business.

If you have problems linking a Lightroom license that you purchased on Amazon to your Adobe account, it appears that the Adobe account must be under the same email address that you used at Amazon to purchase the license. If the emails don't match, when you try to activate your license using the link that Amazon sent you will get a message the effect of "The vendor has communicated that the license you purchased cannot be linked to this account." Neither Amazon nor adobe were able to help me with this, but I saw this in r/Lightroom on Reddit and it worked. If you have an existing Lightroom classic install, you can log out of Lightroom and log back in under your new Adobe email address and your Lightroom library will be there, intact.

Was unable to activate the plan using this. Total waste of time and money and it was supposed to be a gift. Don’t buy from this seller.

It was an awesome price at $396 for a year. Ended the subscription after it went up to $660

my son finds Lightroom easy to use and it is enough for his entry level photography with sports photos. He has been complimented on the quality of the pictures that are used for grad posters and the player's posting on their social media sites.