Add media

Last updated on Jun 24, 2025

Learn how to share your media and import it from various shared storage solutions.

Team Projects consists of metadata and media references that are stored in a database hosted in Adobe Creative Cloud. The media used in your Team Projects can be stored in various locations such as a network shared storage, a local hard drive, or via cloud storage synced to your desktops such as LucidLinkDropboxGoogle Drive, or OneDrive.

Add media files in cloud storage synced to your desktops, such as OneDrive, and add them directly to your Team Projects.

Decide where to share your media

Adobe recommends choosing a shared location that is accessible to all team members.

  • Cloud-based file-sharing options are easy to access remotely.
  • Shared storage, such as a NAS, works if everyone can access it remotely. Note that VPN is slow for media access.  
  • An external drive with a copy of the media sent to all collaborators also works.

Import media from that agreed upon shared storage

  1. Choose File > Import or use the Media Browser panel. You can import media from a local drive, a network drive, or a shared cloud storage solution like LucidLinkDropboxGoogle Drive, or OneDrive.

  2. Browse to the folder, select the media you want to add and select Import from the context menu.

    The Media Browser panel to browse is open and there are options to import media files.
    Use the Media Browser panel to browse and import media files.

Each team member accesses the shared media and maps them to the project

Each collaborator on Team Projects must have access to the media. You can share these media assets with your team using the following:

  • Creative Cloud files and network shared storage allow collaborators to access the media, download locally, and map them to the project.
  • Alternate cloud storage options like LucidLinkDropboxGoogle Drive, or OneDrive automatically handle the media mapping.