Select File > Open to browse and select a file in Photoshop (Beta) on desktop.
Last updated on
Oct 28, 2025
Photoshop (Beta) on desktop and Photoshop on the web now support Creative collaboration (beta), allowing you to edit the same document with your design partners simultaneously.
Note
Creative collaboration is currently in public beta for all users on Photoshop on the web and is being gradually rolled out in the Photoshop (Beta) desktop app.
Creative collaboration overview
Experience the power of Creative collaboration in Photoshop (Beta) on desktop and Photoshop on the web. This feature allows multiple members of your team to work on the same Photoshop document at the same time.
Simply Invite your collaborators, and they can meet you in your document. You'll find which collaborators have joined your document, the layers they are working on, and their edits in the History panel.
Creative collaboration now supports almost all commonly used features in Photoshop.
Get started with Creative collaboration in Photoshop (Beta) on desktop
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Make necessary edits, and then select Invite .
Use Creative collaboration to invite multiple stakeholders for collaborative documents.
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In the Save to Creative Cloud dialog box, select Turn on Creative collaboration. This prepares the document for cloud saving.
Enable Creative collaboration to share and edit collaborative documents.
Enable Creative collaboration to share and edit collaborative documents. NoteFiles using Creative Collaboration may not support all features.
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In the Save to Adobe cloud dialog, save the document to the preferred location.
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Select Save.
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In the Share document dialog box, add names or emails of users you want to invite and then select Invite to edit.
TipBe sure to add the people you want to have access, or change the Who has access setting to Anyone with the link.
In the Share document dialog box, enter names or emails for effective collaboration.
In the Share document dialog box, enter names or emails for effective collaboration.
Get started with Creative collaboration in Photoshop on the web
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Open Photoshop on the web > Open an existing document or create a new document.
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Select Invite.
Use Creative collaboration to invite multiple stakeholders for editing collaborative documents.
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In the Turn on Creative collaboration (beta) dialog box, select Turn on.
Enable Creative collaboration to share and edit collaborative documents.
Enable Creative collaboration to share and edit collaborative documents. -
In the Share document dialog box, add names or emails of users you'd want to invite > Select Invite to edit.
TipBe sure to add the people you want to have access, or change the Who has access setting to Anyone with the link.
In the Share document dialog box, enter the names or emails of design partners for effective collaboration.
In the Share document dialog box, enter the names or emails of design partners for effective collaboration.
Tip
- If you have an Enterprise or Teams subscription, you can type in the names of desired collaborators instead of emails.
- Please quit your public Photoshop application before opening collaborative documents in Photoshop (Beta) to ensure a successful experience. You or others you invite cannot open a collaborative document on the public Photoshop application because it's still a beta feature.
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Access collaborative documents
Creative collaboration allows different creators to edit the collaborative documents. When a creator is added to a collaborative document, they receive a notification in both the Photoshop (Beta) app and Photoshop on the web, along with an email containing a link to the document or a document link from the document creators.
Selecting the Open button will take invitees to the document in Photoshop on the web at photoshop.adobe.com, where they can begin editing the collaborative document. Photoshop on the web is currently supported on Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. Please use one of the supported browsers for the best experience.
Select Send to apps > Open in Photoshop (Beta) to launch the beta app if you prefer to edit the document in Photoshop (Beta) on desktop.
Once invitees join the session to edit collaborative documents, their avatars will appear next to the Zoom level for Photoshop web and Invite for Photoshop (Beta) on desktop. You can also see what tools others are using on both Photoshop (Beta) on desktop and Photoshop on the web. This behavior is currently limited to a selective set of tools.
On both Photoshop (Beta) on desktop and Photoshop on the web, the editors’ presence will be shown on the Layers panel to indicate the active layers everyone is working on.
Frequently asked questions
Q: Artboard is one of the key features in use in Photoshop, but it’s unavailable for Creative collaboration. Are there any workarounds for this?
A: We are working hard to make artboards available for collaborators on Photoshop. In the meantime, an effective workaround we've found is to create and open multiple documents for the various versions of designs your team created in Photoshop (Beta) and adjust the window arrangement settings to reveal all documents.
To adjust the window arrangement settings, go to Window > Arrange > Tile all vertically or 2-up vertical or 3-up vertical.
If users have any questions, issues, or feedback with the feature, please contact pscoeditbeta@adobe.com.
