When a library asset is updated, it synchronizes with Creative Cloud and each subscribed user receives the change. You don’t need to be online to use library assets since they are synchronized between your hard drive and the cloud. For example, if you are traveling, the next time your computer connects to the Internet, the library updates with the most recent changes.

Learn more:

• Creating and using Creative Cloud Libraries
  
• Sharing and collaborating on Creative Cloud Libraries

Following are some examples of how you can use team libraries or Creative Cloud Libraries for enterprise:

Store corporate colors, type styles, and brand assets in a read-only library to maintain control, ensure brand consistency, and know that designers always have the most up-to-date assets. Learn more.

You can easily share design elements, colors, text styles, Adobe Stock photos, brushes, videos, and more when collaborating. These items and updates are automatically synchronized across all users.

Web, mobile, and UX design teams often reference buttons, menus, and other user interface elements across multiple design projects. These elements can be saved from Adobe XD and then used as Components across multiple XD projects.

Creative Cloud Libraries Implementation Guide

For detailed instructions on how you can use Libraries to create a corporate style guide, create a UI/UX design system with Adobe XD, and more, download the Creative Cloud Libraries Implementation Guide.

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Ownership and continuity

The identity type of the library owner can affect the longevity and security of assets. Libraries can be stored in two different ways; in the personal space of a user or in the team space. If you are part of an organization or team, you should be able to access team libraries, which allow you to store libraries in the team space - a shared resource. You can access both types of libraries in the same way. They appear together in the Library view in Creative Cloud desktop app and the panel. Team libraries are identifiable by the icon, .

Unlike personal libraries, team libraries are not tied to the individual user account. The creator of a team library is not the owner of the library, the library belongs to the team. Instead of having one owner, you can choose to assign any number of editors to the library. Editors can join or leave the collaboration without impacting the access of the library for the other users.

Collaboration

Invites

In team libraries you can choose to invite individual users or groups of users, there is no limit in the number of collaborators you can have in a team library.

• Individuals: Single users, they can be users within the organization or outside of the organization.

• Groups: Active directory-synced groups, there are two types of groups supported.

  • Azure Active directory-synced groups : Groups created by the administrator in the Organization’s Azure Active Directory, synced via Admin Console to the Organization Address Book.
  • Custom groups : Custom group created by Adobe users using a Creative Cloud interface and used to share Adobe assets.

Learn how to add editors and viewers for collaboration.

Permissions

Team libraries, like personal libraries, offer the option to invite members with the option to Edit or View the library.

• Edit: Allows you to contribute to the libraries, create new assets, add descriptions, organize assets, invite other users and use the assets within the library.

• View: Allows you to view and use assets within the library, it also allows you to invite other users only with view permissions.

Learn how to set permissions for each invitee while sending the invitation.

Access setting

Team libraries introduce a new concept of access setting that will allow you to choose the level of access you want to set on the library. Libraries support two levels of access setting.

• Members Only: Only users invited to the library will have access to the library

• Organization and members: Users invited to the library will continue to have their access, in addition all members of the organization will gain View access to the library.

Management

Library browser

Library browser is the place where a user can discover all the libraries that have been shared with them, this browser will include both personal libraries and team libraries shared with the user. The browser can be accessed from Creative Cloud Desktop or Creative Cloud Assets Website.

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Delete

When a library is deleted, all the assets linked to the library will remain in the various files, projects, and timelines. Except for Illustrator, all currently placed assets should save a rendition in the resolution that they were placed in the document. Resize for broken linked assets will not be possible. 

Broken linked assets will remember they were formerly associated with a library. Assets display error messages stating that a relink is required. You can either embed the asset in the file or relink it to a new asset from another library.

Export and import

Exporting a library is useful when you must back up a copy of the library in your preferred storage solution for archiving content. Exported libraries will retain the linking information, which means that you may be able to delete the library from your account to clean storage space. If you want to revisit a project that was using an exported library, you will be able to import the library and all existing linked assets will be resolved automatically. Learn more.

Best practices for team libraries

Following are some helpful tips and workarounds that may come handy while using team libraries:

Frequently asked questions