Creative Cloud Libraries, powered by Adobe CreativeSync technology, makes your favorite assets available to you anywhere. Create images, colors, text styles, and more in several Creative Cloud desktop applications and mobile apps, and then easily access them across other desktop and mobile apps for a seamless creative workflow.
For an overview, watch Get started with Creative Cloud Libraries.
Capture
Creative Cloud Libraries provide a mechanism to capture design assets from a variety of apps, and is not limited to desktop applications only. You can capture inspiration, whenever it strikes, using the family of Creative Cloud mobile apps or even download assets from Adobe Stock or the Creative Cloud Market.
App |
Support for saving assets to Libraries |
Support for using assets from Libraries |
Resource offering more information |
Capture CC |
Vector shapes, color themes, brushes, patterns, and looks |
N/A |
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Photoshop Fix |
N/A |
✔ |
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Illustrator Draw |
N/A |
Images and shapes |
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Photoshop Sketch |
N/A |
Brushes |
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Illustrator Line |
N/A |
Color and graphics |
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Capture CC |
✔ |
N/A |
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Comp CC |
N/A |
✔ |
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Premiere Clip |
N/A |
✔ |
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Photoshop Mix |
N/A |
✔ |
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Creative Cloud mobile app |
N/A |
✔ |
App or service |
Support for saving assets to Libraries |
Support for using assets from Libraries |
Resource offering more information |
Desktop applications |
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Photoshop |
✔ |
✔ |
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Illustrator |
✔ |
✔ |
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InDesign |
✔ |
✔ |
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Premiere Pro |
✔ |
✔ |
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After Effects |
✔ |
✔ |
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Dreamweaver |
✔ |
✔ |
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Adobe Muse |
✔ |
✔ |
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Adobe Animate CC |
✔ |
✔ |
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Adobe XD |
- |
✔ |
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Creative Cloud Market (through the Creative Cloud desktop app) |
✔ |
N/A |
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Browser |
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Creative Cloud Assets |
View & manage (rename, delete) only |
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Creative Cloud Libraries provide a mechanism to capture design assets from a variety of apps, and is not limited to desktop applications. You can capture inspiration, whenever it strikes, using the family of Creative Cloud mobile apps or even download assets from Adobe Stock or the Creative Cloud Market.
Mobile
You can add assets to your library using a growing family of Adobe mobile apps. Consult the learning resources for your mobile app to understand how.
Creative Cloud Market
Discover and add assets to Libraries from Creative Cloud Market. Use the Creative Cloud desktop app to browse and add assets from Creative Cloud Market. You can also add assets to a library using Creative mobile apps.
Desktop
Add assets to Creative Cloud Libraries on your computer using a Creative Cloud desktop application. Drag assets to the Libraries panel in the desktop application. You can also view and browse through the libraries on the Creative Cloud Assets page.
See the learning resources for your Creative Cloud desktop application for more information on using Libraries with it.
Desktop
In a desktop application supporting Libraries, open the Libraries panel (Windows > Libraries) and drag objects to the canvas.
Browser
Browse and manage your libraries on the Creative Cloud Assets page. See Browse, sync, and manage assets.
Open the Libraries panel (Windows > Libraries) in a desktop application that supports Creative Cloud Libraries. Now, from the panel flyout menu, choose Share Link or Collaborate.
While adding collaborators to a library, you can choose whether you want to give them Edit-level permissions (edit, rename, move, and delete contents) or View-level permissions (only view the contents of the library and comment on them).
You can also create followable libraries. Anyone who has the URL of such a library can follow it. Whenever you update the contents of the library, followers automatically get the updates across all supported Creative Cloud apps.
In the Creative Cloud Assets left pane, click Libraries. Now, from the library folder menu, choose Send Link or Collaborate.
While adding collaborators to a library, you can choose whether you want to give them Edit-level permissions (edit, rename, move, and delete contents) or View-level permissions (only view the contents of the library and comment on them).
You can also create followable libraries. Anyone who has the URL of such a library can follow it. Whenever you update the contents of the library, followers automatically get the updates across all supported Creative Cloud apps.
Adobe Stock is deeply integrated with Creative Cloud Libraries. You can add a watermarked preview of a stock image to any of your libraries directly using the Adobe Stock website. Then, in Creative Cloud apps that support Libraries—Photoshop, lllustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and After Effects—you can drag the watermarked stock image from the Libraries panel to your creative project. When you're satisfied that the stock image is appropriate for your project, you can choose to license the stock image directly from within the Libraries panel.
Creative Cloud apps that support library-linked assets—Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign—take this integration a notch deeper. When you license the stock image, all linked instances of the stock image in your open documents are automatically updated to the licensed, high-resolution stock image without the watermark.
For more information, see Using Adobe Stock.
Is there a limit to the number of libraries I can create?
Are all assets stored in Libraries usable by all supported apps?
What type of color information is supported?
Can I reuse any asset stored in Libraries across Creative Cloud desktop applications?
Most assets are reusable between the desktop applications. Photoshop layer styles are a notable exception; they are currently reusable only in Photoshop.
If you use an InDesign text style asset in Illustrator or Photoshop, those applications will attempt to map the properties of the asset with the properties for text styles available in the host application. Any properties not found in the host application are ignored.
Where are the assets stored?
Can I share a library with others?
Yes. See Collaborate on libraries.
Do I need a Creative Cloud membership?
Where can I learn more about Creative Cloud Libraries?
You can learn more about Libraries with these resources:
Video tutorials
- How to get started with Creative Cloud libraries (overview)
- Creative Cloud Libraries in Illustrator and mobile
- Creative Cloud Libraries in Photoshop and mobile
Video tutorials where Creative Cloud Libraries are demonstrated in mobile apps
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