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Working with CC Libraries A Library list A
If you have an individual-user subscription to the Adobe
PHOTOSHOP FOUNDATIONS Adobe CC applications. This technology makes it very easy C Show Items in a List C
Creative Cloud, you have access to CC Library functionality,
B Show Items as Icons
which allows you to easily share assets across various
B
D Add Content menu
to maintain consistency across a design campaign — for
E New Library from
example, using the same color swatches for all pieces,
whether created in Illustrator, InDesign, or Photoshop.
Document
F Libraries Sync Status
In Photoshop, you can create new libraries from scratch
G Delete
(using the menu at the top of the
Libraries panel), or use the “Auto-
Vacuum” feature to create a library
based on an existing file’s contents.

Once you create a library, it is stored in your Creative Cloud
account so you can access the same assets in other Adobe D E F G
applications. You can add new assets to the active library
using the buttons at the bottom of the Libraries panel.

Creating Library Items Understanding Auto-Vacuum
You can add new items to a library using the Add Content When you open a file with more than a flat background
menu at the bottom of the Libraries panel. layer, you will see a dialog box asking if you want to create
a new library from the
Add Graphic adds the content on the active layer as an document you are
object (“graphic”) in the library. opening. If you click

• If you add a Smart Object layer, the layer becomes linked Cancel, no library is
to the new library item instead of to the original file that created. However, you
created the Smart Object layer. can always initiate the
Auto-Vacuum function
• If you add a regular layer, it is not dynamically linked to using the Library from
the new library item.
Document button at
Add Character Style creates a type style in the library the bottom of the
based on the active type layer. If more than one set of Libraries panel, or the
character formatting options is applied within the type layer, Create New Library
only the formatting options in the first character of the layer from Document item in
are stored in the library item. the panel’s Options
menu.
Add Layer Style creates an item in the library that includes
all layer styles applied to the active layer when you click. If you use the Auto-Vacuum feature, the new library
automatically adopts the name of the file from which
Add Foreground Color stores the active foreground color the library is created. Any character styles, defined color
as a color swatch in the library. swatches, applied layer styles, and smart object layers are
added to the new library by default.
Library name

Double-click the
thumbnail to edit
graphic object.
Double-click an item
name to rename it.
Move the mouse
cursor over the panel
to show asset names.

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