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  2. Introduction to Photoshop
    1. Dream it. Make it.
    2. What's new in Photoshop
    3. Edit your first photo
    4. Create documents
    5. Photoshop | Common Questions
    6. Photoshop system requirements
    7. Migrate presets, actions, and settings
    8. Get to know Photoshop
  3. Photoshop and Adobe services
    1. Photoshop and Adobe Stock
    2. Creative Cloud Libraries
    3. Creative Cloud Libraries in Photoshop
    4. Use the Touch Bar with Photoshop
    5. Work with Illustrator artwork in Photoshop
    6. Use the Capture in-app extension in Photoshop
    7. Grid and guides
    8. Creating actions
    9. Undo and history
    10. Default keyboard shortcuts
    11. Touch capabilities and customizable workspaces
  4. Photoshop on the iPad
    1. Photoshop on the iPad | Common questions
    2. Get to know the workspace
    3. System requirements | Photoshop on the iPad
    4. Create, open, and export documents
    5. Add photos
    6. Work with layers
    7. Draw and paint with brushes
    8. Make selections and add masks
    9. Retouch your composites
    10. Work with adjustment layers
    11. Adjust the tonality of your composite with Curves
    12. Apply transform operations
    13. Crop and rotate your composites
    14. Rotate, pan, zoom, and reset the canvas
    15. Work with Type layers
    16. Work with Photoshop and Lightroom
    17. Get missing fonts in Photoshop on the iPad
    18. Japanese Text in Photoshop on the iPad
    19. Manage app settings
    20. Touch shortcuts and gestures
    21. Keyboard shortcuts
    22. Edit your image size
    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
  5. Photoshop on the web beta
    1. Common questions | Photoshop on the web beta 
    2. Introduction to the workspace
    3. System requirements | Photoshop on the web beta
    4. Keyboard shortcuts | Photoshop on the web beta
    5. Supported file types | Photoshop on the web beta
    6. Open and work with cloud documents
    7. Collaborate with stakeholders
    8. Apply limited edits to your cloud documents
  6. Cloud documents
    1. Photoshop cloud documents | Common questions
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    3. Manage and work with cloud documents in Photoshop
    4. Upgrade cloud storage for Photoshop
    5. Unable to create or save a cloud document
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    4. Microsoft Dial support in Photoshop
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    15. Adjust color rendering in Camera Raw
    16. Feature summary | Adobe Camera Raw | 2018 releases
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    5. Basic troubleshooting steps to fix most issues
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    4. How to create type effects
    5. Edit text
    6. Line and character spacing
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    8. Fonts
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    10. Asian type
    11. Create type
    12. Text Engine error using Type tool in Photoshop | Windows 8
    13. World-Ready composer for Asian Scripts
    14. How to add and edit the text in Photoshop
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    1. Video editing in Photoshop
    2. Edit video and animation layers
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    5. Paint frames in video layers
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    8. Creative Cloud 3D Animation (Preview)
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  19. Filters and effects
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    2. Use the Blur Gallery
    3. Filter basics
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  20. Saving and exporting
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    10. Troubleshoot printing problems | Photoshop
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    4. Work with color profiles
    5. Color-managing documents for online viewing
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    7. Color-managing imported images
    8. Proofing colors
  24. 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 April 2022 release

Content Credentials (Beta) is a developing feature in Adobe Photoshop that (when enabled) gathers the edits, activity, and attribution information associated with the in-progress content. When exported, these details are captured as tamper-evident attribution and history data (called content credentials) that creators attach to the final content.

This feature aligns with the upcoming C2PA standard to provide digital provenance across the internet. 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 700+ 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.

The April update of Photoshop will be the first major implementation of the newly released 1.0 specification of the C2PA standard. Content Credentials (Beta) will interoperate with other adopters’ products, including software, hardware devices, publishing systems, and media platforms.

This update impacts existing images using Content Credentials (Beta) in Photoshop:

  • Content Credentials (Beta) made before the update will not be fully C2PA 1.0 compliant.
  • If the image has already been exported and attached to an image, we will support a legacy Verify site to inspect and compare images as normal.
  • If the image hasn’t been exported and signed yet, any in-process Content Credentials (Beta) information will be lost in the update. Users who continue with these documents after the update and attach a Content Credential will see a disclaimer in their exported images.
  • Content Credentials (Beta) made after the update will be C2PA 1.0 compliant and can be used as normal.

To learn more about the Content Authenticity Initiative, check out contentauthenticity.org.

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.

Behance supports Content Credentials (Beta) in the single image viewer, where creators can display the content credentials with their work. Viewers can also check the digital attribution history of creative work and explore that information in Verify. 

  • 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. Go to Preferences > History & Content Credentials and select Content Credentials (Beta) to enable the feature.

    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.

  2. 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)

Go to File > Export > Export As and select Attach to image to attach the Content Credentials (Beta) of your final PNG or JPG.

Drop and view on Verify and Behance

Verify

Choose a file on Verify to read an image’s content credentials, which includes its edits and activity, producer details, and signer. 

Try Verify. 

Behance

Behance is the leading online platform to showcase and discover creative work. Casual and professional artists can include content credentials along with their creative works on this platform.

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 

Receive a disclaimer on your Content Credentials noting that unsupported actions were used or complete any Content Credentials work without the use of 3rd Party Scripts. 

Multi-device and multi-user flows 

Complete any Content Credentials work on the same device and with the same user account. 

Images created with pre 1.0 C2PA compliant versions of Content Credentials 

Use images created with Content Credentials from May 2022 or more recently to continue the use of Content Credentials.

Older images with Content Credentials will still work for viewing on a parallel version of Verify.

Offline exports 

Connect to the internet before exporting 

Exporting layers and artboards 

Export as a document rather than layers or artboards 

Co-editing and collaboration 

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 

Additional performance improvements for working with large files are underway. 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.

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 this was not allowed by you, then you will have to go through System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Files and Folders > cai-helper and allow access to the folder by checking the items. 

Allow access to cai-helper

Language support beyond English, German, French and Japanese 

Default to the English version if possible, and additional languages are coming soon!

Education plan users not having access 

While in Beta, Education plan users are unable to access the feature. We are planning support as and when Content Credentials become available in general. 

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).

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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