Adobe Stock License Approval

Assign a product profile for Adobe Stock with a quota of 0 in the Admin Console to disable the members from licensing Adobe Stock assets. This profile allows them to identify and download already licensed assets, and download previews of new assets. 

The following error message appears if the members attempt to license assets:

Configure Art Buyers with an Adobe Stock product profile with available credits.

For details on how to configure the Admin Console, see Adobe Stock for enterprise.

Choose Window > Libraries.

Choose Adobe Stock from the drop-down list in the Libraries panel. To search for Adobe Stock assets, enter a keyword in the search box.

Click the Download button () to add an asset preview to the selected library.

Drag-and-drop the asset from the library to the composition.

After creating the project, select all layers, click the Add Content button () and select Graphic on the lower-left corner of the Libraries panel. The document is added as a single PSD file to your library.

Click the  button and choose Collaborate in the Libraries panel.

Enter the email ID of the Art Buyer to license the assets and an optional message in the browser window.

An email and a desktop notification (if Creative Cloud is running) are sent. The Art Buyer, authorized to license Adobe Stock assets, is required to accept the invitation by clicking Accept in the email or the Creative Cloud application.

Click  Accept in the email or the Creative Cloud application to accept the invitation sent by the designer. You can now view the designer's library using the Libraries panel.

After accepting the invitation, you can view the designer's library using the Libraries panel.

Double-click the document in the library to open it.

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the thumbnails of Adobe Stock assets in the Libraries panel and choose License from the context menu.

An alert message to license each Adobe Stock asset appears. Click OK.

After licensing, the asset previews are automatically replaced by HD, non-watermarked files. Also, the Licensed badge appears on the thumbnails of licensed assets in the Libraries panel.

Do one of the following:

• Select all layers, click the Add Content button (), and select Graphic in the lower-left corner of the Libraries panel to add the final document to the library. The designer can now open the document with HD, non-watermarked licensed image.

Tip: Rename the new file (for example, Licenses purchased) and delete the previous files to avoid confusion between the two versions, when the project is opened using the Libraries panel.

• If you don't add the final document to the library, () icon appears on the Adobe Stock asset layer in the Layers panel when the designer opens the document. The designer can perform any one of the following steps:
  • Right-click the Adobe Stock asset layer and choose Relink To Graphic Library from the context menu. Then, select the corresponding asset with the licensed badge using the Libraries panel and click Relink. 
  • Right-click the Adobe Stock asset layer and choose Update Modified Content from the context menu.

The watermarked image is automatically replaced with the HD, non-watermarked file in the designer's document.