Review ownership, licensing, and technical requirements for images in Adobe Stock's design templates.
Your template files, thumbnails, and preview files have different rules for which images you can include. Review these requirements before you submit.
Images in thumbnails and preview files
You can include images as placeholders in your thumbnail and preview files. Placeholder images must be one of the following:
- Assets you created yourself
- Images licensed from Adobe Stock
Images embedded in template files
You can embed images directly in your template file only if:
- You created the images yourself.
- You own the rights to display and distribute them.
IP ownership
As a reminder, per your Adobe Stock templates Contributor Agreement, you represent and warrant that you own - or have sufficient rights to - all IP in the content included within your template file, including all copyright, trademarks, patents, rights of privacy, rights of publicity, and moral rights.
What you can't include
Don't submit content you didn't create. The following are not allowed:
- Photos, images, or graphic elements sourced from websites or online search results
- Content licensed from other stock sites
- Logos or references to brands, including Adobe and Adobe products
Legal and release requirements
Images embedded in your template file must comply with the legal requirements of Adobe Stock. Where applicable, you must also provide:
- A model release for identifiable people
- A property release for identifiable private property
Review the Adobe Stock account and submission guidelines for full details on content ownership and prohibited activities.
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