Note: Your SVSU email address gives you access to Adobe Express part of the productivity suite of Adobe Creative Cloud. Registered students only have access to Adobe Express app (labs and home). They do not have access to the Adobe Creative Cloud apps unless they are in a lab.
Adobe Express is available on the web and on your mobile device, view Adobe Express System Requirements.
Overview
Adobe Express Premium is a online design app with an integrated suite of tools that allows all registered students, faculty and staff access to create graphics, short videos, and web pages for free. Adobe Express includes branding features with the ability to apply your fonts, colors, logos to any project, and more to stay consistent with university standards. Adobe Express allows sharing within SVSU so you can easily collaborate on projects with others.
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Log into Adobe Express
- Visit express.adobe.com
- Click Sign In (upper-right corner)
- Click Log in with school account,
- Type in your SVSU email address, click the blue Continue button.
- Click Company or School Account, your account may be authenticated with Multi-Factor Authentication (if you have not logged in to SVSU services yet in your browser).
- After your account is verified you will be logged into Adobe Express, (Figure 1).
Adobe Express Premium Features
Adobe Express makes it easy to get started in creating your project. Quickly design a poster, presentation, (info)graphics, and social graphics, videos, web pages among others. Your SVSU email address gives you access to thousands of stunning designs.
- Hundreds of professionally designed templates to get started and modify them or create a design from scratch.
- Apply Quick Actions for images, videos, or create a QR code in just a few steps.
- Add your branding assets (e.g., colors, fonts, and logos) and apply to any project.
- Schedule social media posts and publish content with ease.
- After logging into Adobe Express (Figure 1.), you can resume an existing project, create a new project, and share/invite others to collaborate within SVSU.
Figure 1.

Adobe Express Tools
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Create a Graphic
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With Adobe Express, you can create professional eye catching graphics. Select from a library of professionally designed templates to get started where you can customize with your text, logos, colors, images. Upload your own images (.jpg or .png) or choose from Adobe Stock royalty-free photos.
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Create a Video
- Adobe Express includes a video maker. Build it from pre-built video themes (nine) that include fonts, transitions, and color schemes. Otherwise, you can use a branded theme. Choose from several templates that will guide you frame by frame with questions in relation to the template you picked. Upload your video, add text, photos, icons, and add a voice narration. Explore how to make a video.
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Create a Web Page
- Adobe Express includes a web page builder. Choose a web page theme (thirteen) or add a branded theme. Project ideas include portfolios, presentations, blog posts, photo galleries and more. Begin by adding a title then use the included page elements to build your design. Explore how to create a web page.
Design a Brand
Apply consistent branding in Adobe Express (e.g., logos, colors, and fonts) across your projects adhering to SVSU university standards, then invite others to work with with you, (see Collaborate with Colleagues).
SVSU Templates in Adobe Express
You should be signed in to Adobe Express before clicking the links below.
Collaborate with Colleagues on Adobe Express
- Easily invite others (within SVSU) to work with you on a design. Click the Share button in top right of your screen and select Invite.
- After the invitation is accepted, the project will show in a new tab on their Projects page under "Shared with You."
- Only one person can edit at a time.
- Only the owner of the project can publish or update a link.
- Collaborators are able to download the project.
Explore how to Collaborate on Adobe Express
Adobe Express Content Scheduler for Social Posts
The Content Scheduler is a newer release from Adobe is not currently a Premium feature for SVSU Adobe Enterprise licensing. Content Scheduler only works for a personal Adobe accounts allowing you to create and schedule social media posts. Up to 2 posts can be scheduled each month.
Adobe Express on your Mobile Device
Web apps
Mobile apps
Adobe Express is available on your mobile device(s) iOS, Android, Galaxy Store, Microsoft Store, download Adobe Express.
Adobe Express FAQs