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  1. Creative Cloud User Guide
  2. Introduction to Creative Cloud
    1. Common questions | Creative Cloud
    2. Creative Cloud system requirements
    3. Creative Cloud file sync | Known issues
  3. Download, install, set up, and update
    1. Download Creative Cloud apps
    2. Open Creative Cloud apps
    3. Start workspace
    4. Update Creative Cloud apps
    5. Change the language of your Creative Cloud apps
    6. Uninstall the Creative Cloud desktop app
    7. Uninstall or remove Creative Cloud apps
  4. Manage your account
    1. Convert a Creative Cloud trial to a paid membership
    2. Reset your Adobe password
    3. Change your Adobe plan
    4. Update credit card and billing address
    5. View, download, or email your Adobe invoice
    6. Fix a failed or missed payment
    7. Cancel Adobe trial or subscription
  5. Creative services
    1. Using Adobe Stock in Creative Cloud apps
    2. Using Adobe Fonts in Creative Cloud apps
    3. Creative Cloud Market is no longer available
  6. Collaboration and storage services
    1. What are cloud documents
    2. Cloud documents FAQ
    3. Create or convert files to cloud documents
    4. Set up cloud documents to use offline
    5. Revert to an earlier version of a cloud document
    6. Share your work for commenting
    7. Why can't I see my cloud documents offline?
    8. Creative Cloud Libraries
    9. Collaborate on Creative Cloud Libraries and folders
    10. Collaboration FAQ
    11. Sync your files using cloud storage
    12. Find how much cloud storage you have
    13. Set sync options
    14. Discontinuation of Creative Cloud Synced files
    15. Download Synced files and content
  7. Projects
    1. Project overview
    2. Create Projects
    3. Share Projects
    4. Create new folders and libraries
    5. Move folders and libraries
  8. Organize libraries
    1. Create groups in libraries
    2. Delete groups in libraries
    3. Delete elements in libraries
    4. Move elements in libraries
  9. Creative Cloud mobile apps
    1. Common questions | Mobile apps
    2. Adobe Creative Cloud for mobile
  10. Enterprise and teams
    1. Enterprise Learn and Support
    2. Teams Learn and Support
    3. Quick start guide for team members
  11. Adobe Content Authenticity
    1. Adobe Content Authenticity (Beta)
    2. Inspect tool on Adobe Content Authenticity (Beta)
    3. Adobe Content Authenticity Chrome browser extension
    4. Content Credentials Generative AI training and usage preference

Learn how to create or convert files to cloud documents.

Create a new cloud document

You can create new cloud documents in Adobe Fresco, Adobe Aero, Adobe XD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe InDesign.

Adobe XD | Adobe Fresco | Adobe Aero

Cloud documents are the native file format for Adobe XD, Adobe Fresco, and Adobe Aero—all files in these apps are saved as cloud documents. 

Note:

In Adobe XD, documents can also be saved as local documents. (To save as a non-cloud document, select File > Save As Local Document.)

Photoshop | Illustrator | InDesign

Convert an existing file to a cloud document

You can easily save an existing Adobe XD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, or Adobe Illustrator file as a cloud document from the respective Creative Cloud app. You can also convert single or multiple Photoshop, Illustrator, or XD files to cloud documents from the Creative Cloud desktop app.

Convert Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, or InDesign files to cloud documents

  1. Open the file in your Creative Cloud app. 

  2. Select File > Save As.

  3. Save your document as a cloud document. The dialog box you see depends on your app and how you saved your previous document.

    Note:

    In Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign if you selected Don't show again earlier, you see a different dialog box. 

    Your document doesn't overwrite the existing file. It is saved as a cloud document and gets a new extension.

Convert multiple files to cloud documents

You can convert multiple Photoshop, Illustrator, XD or InDesign files to cloud documents from the Creative Cloud desktop app.

  1. Open the Creative Cloud desktop app. (Select the   icon in your Windows taskbar or the macOS menu bar.)

  2. In the Files tab, select Your files.

    The Your files tab in Creative cloud app showing the files uploaded to Creative cloud.
    You can see your uploaded files under Your files.

  3. Select the Create new icon , and then select Upload.

    The expanded menu showing options to create a folder, upload a file, and launch one of your Creative cloud apps.
    You can also create a new folder or launch one of the available Creative Cloud apps.

    Tip:

    You can also drag and drop the files to convert them to cloud documents.

  4. Select the Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, or InDesign files to be converted to cloud documents, and then select Open.

    The window to select and upload a file from your device to your Creative cloud storage.
    The file upload process starts successfully.

  5. Select Continue to convert the files into cloud documents.

    The Convert file to cloud document window asking for confirmation to convert file and upload the file to Creative cloud.
    You can also select Don't show this again to not get this prompt when you convert files to cloud documents again.

Note:

You can select the Cloud activity cloud_activity_icon.pngicon on the upper right to check the progress of conversion.

The Cloud activity menu showing your cloud storage, sync status of libraries, and the progress of file conversion and upload.
The file is converted and uploaded to Creative cloud successfully.

Once converted, you can view and edit the converted cloud documents from the Creative Cloud desktop app as well as in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe XD, and Adobe InDesign.

The Your files tab in Creative cloud app showing the files uploaded to Creative cloud.
The file was successfully uploaded to Creative Cloud. You can now open and share your files with others.

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