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After the cancellation of various events, the current situation is also putting many more people in the digital scene under pressure. Several software providers have now promised their users temporary free licences. Alongside offers from Microsoft (Teams) and Google (G Suite), options from Adobe, Avid, Autodesk, Serif, Foundry, ftrack and many more can also be found. You can find a list of the offers, including links, further down!
Adobe Creative Cloud for Students
Adobe is providing schools and universities that currently only have lab access for students with access to the Creative Cloud apps at no additional cost until 31 May 2020. A school’s IT administrator should find out more on this page and complete the form in order to give students and teachers access from home. (The information circulating online that Adobe is currently waiving costs for all Creative Cloud users for 60 days in response to coronavirus is not correct. This offer also exists outside the current situation if you want to cancel an ongoing subscription.)
Until 1 July 2020, free 90-day access to the Adobe Connect web-conferencing tools is also possible. This offer allows you to take part in meetings, training sessions and virtual classrooms from home. More about it here.
Avid: Media Composer, Pro Tools and Sibelius
Avid is offering a free 90-day licence for students and employees for the following programs: Media Composer Ultimate, Pro Tools, Pro Tools Ultimate and Sibelius Ultimate. Eligible groups are those whose buildings are no longer accessible because of the closure. You can find the form and further information for licence requests here.
List of Further Offers
In addition, other companies will probably also endeavour to offer temporarily free access or similar procedures. We will keep the following list up to date in the near future:
- Autodesk: Payment periods extended to 60 days for all users.
- Autodesk: Free access to various software tools.
- Adobe: Substance Suite 30-day trial version reset for everyone.
- Ftrack: Shot Review Tool free for everyone until 31 May 2020.
- Kitbash: Utopia Pack with code brightartdarktimes available free of charge.
- Quadspinner: Gaea free of charge for students and employees until 31 May 2020.
- Isotropix Clarisse for node-locked licences and students free for 60 days.
- Foundry all tools with 30-day trial reset for everyone.
- Marmoset Toolbag all trials reset for all people.
- E-on Software tools with 60% price reduction, two months’ Creator licence and more.
- Serif offers a 90-day trial for all tools and a 50% discount on the licences.
- Pluralsight offers free access to all courses in April.
- Kyno Media Management Tools with 90 days of free access and more.
Further information can be found on the respective pages
