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Collaborate on Creative Cloud Libraries and folders

Learn how to collaborate on folders and libraries with other users from your Adobe Creative Cloud account.

Note:

Starting December 11, 2023, new users and organizations will not be entitled to Creative Cloud Synced files. Starting February 1, 2024, Creative Cloud Synced files will be discontinued for personal accounts that existed before December 11, 2023 (learn more here). Starting October 1, 2024, Creative Cloud Synced files will be discontinued for business accounts associated with organizations that existed before December 11, 2023 (learn more here).

You can collaborate with other users and share a private folder from your Creative Cloud account with specified users. All invited users can then work co-operatively with read-only (locked) assets in a shared private folder. Collaborators can view, edit, rename, move, or delete contents of the shared folder if they've been granted the necessary access rights and permissions.

To share public links to files, folders, and libraries with others (share assets with read-only access), see Share files and folders.

Collaborate on Creative Cloud Libraries

You can share libraries with collaborators using Adobe Home, Creative Cloud desktop and mobile apps, and the Creative Cloud desktop app. For a list of Creative Cloud apps currently supporting libraries, see Creative Cloud Libraries.  

Note:

Collaborators require an Adobe ID. If they don't already have an Adobe ID, they can create one when they accept the invitation.

Share libraries from your desktop app

Follow these steps to share a library from within a desktop application supporting Creative Cloud Libraries:

  1. Go to Window > Libraries. In the Libraries panel, select a library from the pop-up menu.

  2. Open the drop-down list and choose Invite people....

    Photoshop app displays the 'Invite people' option under Libraries
    Collaborate on libraries from within a Creative Cloud app

    This opens the library in the Creative Cloud desktop app.

  3. Provide email addresses and an optional message for one or more collaborators with whom you want to share the library.

  4. Choose whether you want to give the collaborators Edit permissions (Can edit) or View permissions (Can view). These permissions apply to all the collaborators whose email addresses you entered.

  5. Select Invite to send out the collaboration invites.

    Your collaborators receive an email message inviting them to join the collaboration. Existing Creative Cloud members also receive a notification via the Creative Cloud desktop app and Adobe Home.

Share libraries using Adobe home

To share libraries using Adobe Home, follow these steps. 

  1. Go to Adobe Home > Files

  2. In the Libraries & brands tab, go to the Personal and shared (if not already selected).

  3. Hover over the library you want to share and select it. 

    This will display a banner at the bottom of the screen containing the share option; select Share.

    Libraries and brand tab on the Adobe Home website displays the added and saved libraries.
    You can view all private and public libraries added to Creative Cloud under Libraries & brands.

  4. In the Share dialog box, enter one or more email addresses to add collaborators with whom you want to share the library.

  5. Choose whether you want to give the collaborators Edit permissions (Can edit) or View permissions (Can view & use). These permissions apply to all the collaborators whose email addresses you entered.

    • Can edit: Collaborators can edit, rename, move, and delete the contents of the library.
    • Can view & use: Collaborators can only view the contents of the library, comment on them, and use them for personal projects.
  6. Select Invite to invite the collaborators with whom you want to collaborate.

    Adobe home window displays the share library dialog box with the option to add collaborators to 'edit' or 'view and use' files
    Share a library to invite one or more collaborators.

Manage collaborators

You can easily manage collaborators in a shared folder. In the Invite People pop-up dialog, do the following:

  • To change permissions, select the drop-down list next to a user's name. Then select Can view & use /Can edit as per your requirement.
  • To remove a user, select the drop-down list next to their name. Then select Remove.

Share libraries using Creative Cloud desktop app

You can also use Creative Cloud desktop app to share libraries. Follow these steps to invite collaborators to your library.

  1. Open the Creative Cloud desktop app. (Select the   icon in your Windows taskbar or the macOS menu bar.)

  2. Go to the Files tab and select Your libraries in the left sidebar.

    Creative Cloud desktop window showcasing the 'Files' and 'Your Libraries' options that appear on the left-hand-side of the screen
    Selecting Your libraries will open the libraries panel, where you can view/edit your saved assets.

  3. Select the More options icon … for the library you want to share. Then select Invite people...

    Creative Cloud desktop window showcasing the 'Invite' option under 'Your Libraries'
    Select Invite people to invite multiple collaborators to edit, view, comment, or modify a library.

  4. Add email address of the collaborator and select the level of access to be given (Can view & use and Can edit) from the drop-down list.

    You can also add a message with the invitation.

    Invite Collaborators section within the Share Libraries window within the Creative Cloud Desktop App
    Select Invite to edit and extend an invitation to collaborators.

  5. Select Invite to...

    The collaborator(s) receive an email with the link to view, edit, and collaborate on files in your library.

View prototypes and design specs shared with you

The prototypes and design specs received for review are shown in the Shared with you section of the Adobe Home.

The Adobe home window displays the Shared with you tab under Files.
Select Shared with you to access files and folders where you've been added as a collaborator.

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