Accessing the CC Libraries Panel in Creative Cloud Console for Importing Assets

Working with CC Libraries panel in Bridge in Creative Cloud Console, accessing the CC Libraries panel in Creative Cloud Console for importing assets, learn how to work with the CC Libraries panel to recover deleted assets, import assets into the library, and link to assets on the Creative Cloud Web, discover what graphics can and cannot be imported via this method for other desktop apps.

Now let’s look at the Creative Cloud desktop console and discuss what it can be used for when working with Libraries. The console opens up when you click on your Creative Cloud desktop icon. By default, you are presented with the Apps tab which shows what current apps you have installed or could install on your computer.

For this video, I am not concerned with this area so I will click on the Your Work tab, which like the Libraries panel, stores all of the Libraries listed that I have created. As a side note, if you ever find that your Libraries are not sinking, make sure to check the Gear Preferences icon in the upper right. Look under the Syncing and Notification tabs. You may want to pause the video to compare my settings to yours. Click the Done button to exit.

Currently I have two options, my Libraries list and Links to the Creative Cloud Web. We will look at the desktop console as it relates to Libraries in more detail in a moment. It has many of the features that you will find when accessing any Libraries panel. While it is very similar to working in Bridge, from here you can view all your Libraries and have more room to organize your assets.

Briefly, I will go to the other just mentioned tab that allows you to link to the Creative Cloud Web, which requires internet access. When you click on any one of the links in the pop up menu, you will have access to all the links in the browser. As our focus is on Libraries for the desktop, I will just point out a few important links. But make sure to explore this area on your own after this segment.

Select the Deleted link. It may take a moment for your browser, in my case, Edge, to open. Here you can see this happening. Deleted. This is a very important area that relates to the CC Libraries panel in all desktop apps. If you have been adding assets to the CC Libraries panel in any app, like Bridge, you likely have clicked the trash can to delete a selected asset. Maybe you did not intend to do this. And you did not click the undo link right away.

You can recover your recent assets via the Libraries panel by choosing View Deleted Items or by going to the earlier mentioned Deleted Link. Locate the asset and choose Restore from the triple dots option area. A message appears in the browser seeing the asset is restored and you can see it back in the library.

If you choose Permanently Delete, you will see a warning. But upon clicking the button, you will no longer be able to recover the asset. A message appears upon success. Likewise, if you want to mass recover or delete more than one asset, click the check box on those assets that you want to perform the action for. Then using the buttons in the upper right, choose one of the mentioned options, again, to complete the restoration or permanently delete.

The other tabs in this Creative Cloud Web are files which contain Creative Cloud documents. If you have files or folders that you have saved on the Creative Cloud on the web under your work, you can add folders and organize files that you can share and collaborate with other Adobe Creative Cloud users that have an ID. Currently, I have none.

We will look at Collaborate and Share as it relates to Libraries in the next segment. Libraries show which ones are owned by you on the desktop or online, as well as if you are sharing a library with others or following someone else’s library. This relates to online collaboration and sharing as well. Online library access can be very useful when you are not on your home computer and need to acquire an asset.

Published refers to published works which may involve 3D or mobile apps. However, this topic does not relate to our segment.

Shared with you. If someone is sharing their work with you, like a folder or a library, it will show up here. Currently I am not.

I will close my browser and return to the Creative Cloud desktop. Coming back to the Creative Cloud desktop and the Libraries tab, as mentioned you can add assets to your Libraries. I will now show this here instead of using Bridge.

Select a library from the list that you want to add a graphic asset to. Then select an asset to see all the options, and then click the plus icon add element which is the same as an asset.

Locate a folder to add a graphic file. When you find the file, select it, and click Open to add it to the library. If you try to add an asset or element that is not supported by the CC Desktop, a warning will appear similar to the one you saw in Bridge. However, if you compare the warning to the one in the previous segment, you will see that there is a greater restriction to what graphics can be imported.

For instance, you cannot add templates or videos using this method. though you can add Illustrator AI, Photoshop PSD, bitmaps, PNGs, SPGs, GIFs, JPEGs, TIPs, and PDF files. Click OK to exit the warning.

As in other CC Libraries panels, though it is a different configuration, when an asset is selected, you have the options of renaming the selected asset, duplicating, deleting, as well as more actions, such as editing, export a copy– this will extract graphics and video from the CC Library– adding to a group, and copying or moving any selected asset to another library. In the upper left, you can sort, view by type or by group.

In the next segment, we will continue looking at how Libraries and the Creative Cloud can be used in sharing and collaboration.