Early versions of Adobe products? [How to access Adobe Prerelease software?]

[mauricee48044239]

Is it possible to get early versions of Adobe products for testing and developing?

I've searched the forums and support sites and can't find anything on this.  It's a pretty common practice but can't seem to find the right place for this at Adobe.  Partner program, developer program, ... ???  Would love any help you might be able to give on this one.

Thanks!

[John Waller]

How early? Which Adobe products? What kind of testing and developing?

[mauricee48044239]

Thanks for replying, John.  A quick clarification here, early version of what is about to be released actually.  I can see how I wrote that incorrectly.  The earlier the better on the pending release, just so that we can address any issues that may arise in our code due to changes with Adobe's product.  We do data security, so our customers protect their data with our solution (PDFs and other Adobe formats) and when they open the secure file it will open in the native app (Acrobat, Reader, Photoshop, etc.) and continue to be protected - the user opening the file has a client on their device that monitors calls in and out of the application.  When Adobe makes changes to their application we would love to know what is changing so that we can adapt before they release.

I hope that makes sense.

[mauricee48044239]

That worked for both Johns. 

[John Waller · Accepted solution]

Try applying at Adobe Prerelease

[mauricee48044239]

I think this is the answer!  Thanks John!  I will definitely give this a try.

Thanks again!

[John T Smith]

If you are asking about non-Cloud programs, CS6 and earlier are no longer sold... and may not run on a modern computer

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[Nancy OShea]

Legacy Creative Suite products are no more.  Adobe stopped making & selling them. 

Creative Cloud products are available on a free 7 day trial after which you must convert to a paid subscription in order to keep using them.

Download and install a Creative Cloud trial

For web developers, Adobe Brackets is open source.

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