What are Content Credentials?

Content Credentials allow creators to attach extra information to their content when they export or download it. By including this information, creators can receive more recognition for their work, connect with others online, and enhance transparency for their audience. To learn more about Content Credentials and why you should consider including them with your work, read the Content Credentials overview. 

How to use Content Credentials in Photoshop

Enable Content Credentials

Preview your Content Credentials

An individual document’s associated Content Credential can be previewed before export using the Content Credentials icon in the Panels bar or going to Window > Content Credentials (Beta) to display the Content Credentials (Beta) settings panel and select Preview.

Based on your settings, the following info will appear:

• Producer: the name listed on your Adobe account
• Produced with: the application or device used to produce the final image
• Edits and activity: the editing and processing actions taken to produce the final image
• Assets: the other pieces of content used to produce the final image
• Signed by: the organization responsible for issuing the Content Credential and recording the information within in a valid way

Export your work with Content Credentials

Once you are ready to export your work with its associated Content Credential, go to File > Export > Export As to review your export settings. In the Content Credentials (Beta) section, you can choose how to include a Content Credential with your exported image:

• Publish to Content Credentials cloud: This keeps file size smaller and allows your file’s Content Credential to be more resilient. If it is ever stripped from your content, it can be recovered with Verify. In Verify, your published Content Credential may appear as a possible match for content that is visually similar to your own.
  • Adobe’s Content Credentials cloud is a public, persistent storage solution for your Content Credentials, separate from the cloud file storage included in your Adobe plan.
  • If you find that your content’s Content Credentials are missing after publishing online, the publishing platform likely does not yet support Content Credentials. If you publish your Content Credentials to the Content Credentials cloud, they can be recovered on Verify. 
• Attach to file: Directly attach a Content Credential to the exported JPG or PNG file. This increases file size, but can keep your Content Credentials more private. Attached Content Credentials are less resilient, and can be stripped from your content when published or shared online.
• None: Do not include a Content Credential with the exported file.

You can set any of these options as your default Export As setting in Preferences > History & Content Credentials > Content Credentials (Beta): Document Settings.

Supported File Types

Content Credentials can currently be included with the following file types when exporting from Photoshop: 

• JPG
• PNG

Minimum and recommended system requirements for Content Credentials

• 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.  

Content Credentials | Known issues 

Content Credentials (Beta) is still in development, so the following features in Photoshop aren’t fully supported yet: