Can I use Premiere on one computer and at the same time use a different CC app on another?

[suemoseley]

My computer was tied up for hours today rendering and I would like to buy a second computer just for rendering. I know I can install CC on multiple computers and have it active on two, but only use an app on one at a time. What is not clear to me is whether Adobe is referring to individual CC apps or the Creative Cloud app itself. Can I leave Premiere open and rendering/exporting on one computer, while using Acrobat, Photoshop and Illustrator on a second computer on the one CC account? Thanks.

[Ann Bens]

Can I leave Premiere open and rendering/exporting on one computer, while using Acrobat, Photoshop and Illustrator on a second computer on the one CC account? Thanks.

By @suemoseley

Short answer: yes.

[Peru Bob]

Longer answer: Not according to the EULA.  Creative Cloud is the software, which is composed of individual apps.

The unasked question: Will Adobe take action against a user if they leave Premiere open and rendering/exporting on one computer, while using Acrobat, Photoshop and Illustrator on a second computer on the one CC account? 

[suemoseley]

Hi, I found the EULA and read through it. It did clarify things for me. It calls Creative Cloud 'a service' and the various programs 'apps'. So as long as I don't have Premiere open on both computers it seems to be fine to do what I want to do. Thanks for mentioning the EULA though - that helped.

[Peru Bob]

Could you please post screenshots of the sections you are referring to and the link to the EULA?

Thanks.

[suemoseley]

https://www.adobe.com/uk/legal/terms.html

Quote from the first paragraph, applications are referred to as distinct from the Creative Cloud services: These General Terms of Use (“General Terms”), along with any applicable Additional Terms (see section 1.2 (Additional Terms) below) (collectively, the “Terms”) govern your use of and access to our website, customer support, discussion forums or other interactive areas or services and services such as Creative Cloud (collectively, the “Services”) and software that we include as part of the Services, as well as any applications, including mobile applications, Sample Files and Content Files (defined below), scripts, instruction sets and related documentation (collectively, the “Software”).

[Peru Bob]

2.1.3 Portable or Home Computer Use. Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 2.1.4, the primary user of the Computer on which the Software is installed under Section 2.1 (“Primary User”) may install a second copy of the Software for his or her exclusive use on either a portable Computer or a Computer located at his or her home, provided that the Software on the portable or home Computer is not used at the same time as the Software on the primary Computer.

1.9 “Software” means (a) all of the information with which this agreement is provided, including but not limited to: (i) all software files and other computer information; 

from here:

https://www.adobe.com/products/eula

I am not an attorney, but I think this can be interpreted both ways: Yes, it's OK and no, it's not.

[Warren Heaton]

It's a non-simultaneous use license intended for using the software at work and at home and that you won't run the same application on both computers at the same time.  So, yes, you can have Premiere Pro rendering/exporting on one computer while using Acrobat, Photoshop and Illustrator on another using the same Adobe ID/CC account.  It's even cross-platform.

If you happen to open Premiere Pro while the render is still going on the other machine, there's nothing on the Adobe side that's going to stop you.

If you forget to log out of your Adobe ID and attempt to launch one of the applications in your plan on a third computer, you'll be prompted with a dialog box allowing you to deactivate one of the two active machines.