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  2. Introduction to Photoshop
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    5. Photoshop | Common Questions
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    7. Migrate presets, actions, and settings
    8. Get to know Photoshop
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    1. Work with Illustrator artwork in Photoshop
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    3. Substance 3D Materials for Photoshop
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    5. Use the Capture in-app extension in Photoshop
    6. Creative Cloud Libraries
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    1. Photoshop on the iPad | Common questions
    2. Get to know the workspace
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    4. Create, open, and export documents
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    18. Japanese Text in Photoshop on the iPad
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    23. Livestream as you create in Photoshop on the iPad
    24. Correct imperfections with the Healing Brush
    25. Create brushes in Capture and use them in Photoshop
    26. Work with Camera Raw files
    27. Create and work with Smart Objects
    28. Adjust exposure in your images with Dodge and Burn
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    2. Introduction to the workspace
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    5. Supported file types | Photoshop on the web beta
    6. Open and work with cloud documents
    7. Apply limited edits to your cloud documents
    8. Collaborate with stakeholders
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    1. Photoshop cloud documents | Common questions
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    1. Photoshop for design
    2. Artboards
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    4. Copy CSS from layers
    5. Slice web pages
    6. HTML options for slices
    7. Modify slice layout
    8. Work with web graphics
    9. Create web photo galleries
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  25. Content authenticity
    1. Learn about content credentials
    2. Identity and provenance for NFTs
    3. Connect accounts for creative attribution
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What is Content Credentials (Beta)?
Updated in the October 2022 release

Content Credentials (Beta) is a developing feature in Adobe Photoshop for creators to add their attribution details to their exported images. When enabled, Content Credentials gathers details such as edits, activity, and producer name then binds the information to the image as tamper-evident attribution and history data (called Content Credentials) when creators export their final content.

This feature aligns with the C2PA standard to provide digital provenance across the internet (beyond just Adobe products). It creates an open format for sharing information about the producer’s identity and the ingredients and tools used to make the content. These ultimately provide useful attribution information for audiences once the producer shares or publishes the image.

Content Credentials (Beta) is part of a growing ecosystem of technologies available through the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI). Adobe and our 800+ CAI members are dedicated to restoring trust online by creating a standard way to share visual content without losing key contextual details such as who made it, when, and how. Alongside the CAI, Adobe also co-founded a standards development organization, the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), to develop an open, global standard for sharing this information across platforms and sites.

Note:

Content Credentials (Beta) is currently available in English, German, French, and Japanese.

Why use Content Credentials (Beta)?

The Content Credentials (Beta) feature in Photoshop is part of a broader project called the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI). CAI is an Adobe-led community of creators, technologists, journalists, activists, and educators - focused on addressing digital misinformation through an open, extensible approach for capturing, editing, and publishing content with provenance and attribution.

When to use Content Credentials (Beta)

The Content Credentials (Beta) feature is most useful for creators when they want to track attribution and provide a layer of transparency for their audience. The feature can be used by casual and professional artists alike to provide a layer of trust for some of the following purposes:

  • Creator attribution - Creators can use Content Credentials (Beta) to capture their editing process and add edits and attribution to their work to share with their viewers. This feature also ensures that they receive credit for their content as it is published and shared.
  • Photojournalism - Photographers can capture editing details, image history, and attribution to share with their audiences. Check out our case study that demonstrates the end-to-end system of Content Credentials (Beta). 
  • NFTs - Buyers and sellers of non-fungible token (NFT) artwork can use Content Credentials (Beta) to see the history and attribution of a piece of artwork before it enters the blockchain. 

You can learn more about asset vs. token provenance for NFTs and how to add your cryptocurrency address to Content Credentials (Beta). 

How to use Content Credentials (Beta) on Photoshop

Enable and Opt-in to Content Credentials (Beta)

  1. To enable Content Credentials for your document, go to Window > Content Credentials (Beta) and click the Enable Content Credentials. Once enabled, the panel should refresh to display attribution settings. Likewise, you can right-click on any open document tab and select Enable Content Credentials.

  2. You can also enable the feature for all new documents or for documents with existing Content Credentials by going to Preferences > History & Content Credentials > Content Credentials (Beta) Document Settings. We recommend selecting Enable for new and saved documents with Content Credentials to ensure all your edits and activities are captured to provide the most accurate history of how your image came to be.

    Note:

    Content Credentials (Beta) attaches content credentials to an image only if a user explicitly enables the feature and chooses to attach them upon export.

  3. To adjust your Content Credentials (Beta) settings, go to Window > Content Credentials (Beta). You should be able to view this icon on your panels bar. This panel allows you to select what information about your content you would like to be attached to your content. 

Preview your work's Content Credentials (Beta)

Either use the Content Credentials (Beta) icon in the panels bar or go to Window > Content Credentials (Beta) and select Preview. You will see the following options: 

  • Produced by: the chosen name of the person or entity who exported the content.
  • Produced with: the editing application used to produce this work.
  • Edits and activity: the actions taken on the content by the producer.
  • Signed by: the organization that claims the content credentials.
  • Signed on: the date the content is signed by the signer.

Export work with attached Content Credentials (Beta)

When your document is enabled with Content Credentials, go to Export As to see your export settings. In the Content Credentials (Beta) section, you can select Publish to Content Credentials cloud or Attach to file (JPG & PNG) to include Content Credentials with your images. Choosing None will not include Content Credentials with your exported image. 

You can also select Preview to view how the Content Credentials will appear to others. When you’re ready, export your content as a JPEG or PNG. Your final image is good to go, with content credentials added.

To update the export default settings, go to Preferences > History & Content Credentials > Content Credentials (Beta) Export As Options. We recommend selecting Publish to Content Credentials cloud to ensure your data is always protected, even if it gets separated from your image.

What is Content Credentials cloud?

Adobe’s Content Credentials cloud is a public, persistent storage for your attribution and history data. Publishing to this cloud will help keep your files smaller and make your Content Credentials more resilient. If the Content Credentials ever get stripped from your image, those stored in the cloud can be recovered through a search.

Users who prefer to store their Content Credentials within the file can set that in Preferences or in the Export dialog.

View your Content Credentials on Verify

Choose your image to inspect your Content Credentials on the online Verify viewer. This viewer can be used to check any image for its Content Credentials, see the overview of ingredients that made the image, and compare versions to understand the changes made to the image over time.

Try Verify. 

Behance supports Content Credentials

Behance, the leading online platform to showcase and discover creative work, supports Content Credentials (Beta) in the single image viewer, where creators can display the content credentials with their work.

Check out Behance. 

Supported File Types

Content Credentials (Beta) only supports exporting JPG and PNG files during this beta.

Content Credentials known issues 

Content Credentials (Beta) is still in development, so the following features in Photoshop aren’t fully supported yet: 

Issue

Workaround

3rd Party Plugins and Scripts 

No current workaround available. You will receive a disclaimer on your Content Credentials noting that unsupported actions were used.

Multi-device and multi-user flow for non-PSD & PSDCs.

Convert your file to a PSD or PSDC or complete Content Credentials work on the same device with the same user account.

Images created with pre 1.0 C2PA compliant versions of Content Credentials

Use images created with Content Credentials from April 2022 (or more recently). Older images with Content Credentials are supported on a legacy Verify site.

Offline exports are not supported

No current workaround available. Users should connect to the internet before exporting

Exporting layers and artboards 

Export as a document rather than layers or artboards 

Co-editing and collaboration 

Only one name is currently supported in Content Credentials (Beta). Ensure the user who exports the image is the one whose name and other attribution information is intended to be sealed in the Content Credentials

Extremely large files 

If facing issues with PNGs, try to use them as JPEGs. If you receive the following message, it is likely that the file is too large to attach a Content Credential. Additional performance improvements for working with large files are underway.

Extremely large files

Mac users unable to open use Content Credentials for use after loading  

There will be a pop-up upon the first load of Photoshop that asks if "cai-helper" can access the documents folder.

cai-helper

If you did not select OK, then you will have to navigate to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Files and Folders > cai-helper and allow access to the folder by checking the items listed below cai-helper.

Allow access to cai-helper

Language support beyond English, German, French and Japanese 

No current workaround. Content Credentials will default to English if Photoshop is set to an unsupported language.

Education plan users can’t access

While in Beta, Education plan users are unable to access the feature. We are planning for Education plan users to have Content Credentials access when the feature generally becomes available.

Enterprise plan users can’t access

Enterprises currently must be added to an access list to use Content Credentials. For Enterprise users who don’t have access, ask your admin to request.

Are your content credentials missing from published content?

Many digital applications and tools erase image metadata when the image is loaded or published, including information related to Content Credentials (Beta). If you find your image’s content credentials are missing after publishing online, it’s likely because that application doesn’t yet support Content Credentials (Beta).

If you used Content Credentials cloud when exporting your image, you can re-connect the content credentials on Verify. 

Minimum and recommended system requirements for Content Credentials (Beta)

  • Internet connection  
  • Creative Cloud or Photoshop subscription
  • Processors  
    • Mac Intel/ARM; Windows Intel  
  • Operating Systems   
    • Mac 10.15.7, 11 or later  
    • Windows 10 (64-bit) version 1809 or later 
  • Browsers supported 
    • Two most recent versions of these browsers for Mac & PC: Chrome, Firefox 
    • These versions depend on your device’s operating system
      • Mac only: Safari
      • PC only: Microsoft Edge  
  • System Administrators: System must be able to access these endpoints: cai.adobe.io and cai-identity.adobe.io

To know more, visit Photoshop system requirements and known issues.  

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