How to submit Design Templates that meet Adobe Stock’s standards

Design templates are creative launchpads that customers can edit and replace with their own content in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, or Adobe InDesign. Our design templates Contributors are artists and agencies invited to submit their work and undergo an additional vetting process before their templates are published. 

Interested in contributing design templates? Review our full guidelines and send us your portfolio by filling out this form. We only need one entry per applicant and will contact selected candidates on an individual basis. If you do not hear back immediately, please do not resubmit the form. We will follow up if we have any questions about your application.  on an individual basis. If you do not hear back immediately, please do not resubmit the form. We will follow up if we have any questions about your application. do not resubmit the form. We will follow up if we have any questions about your application.  on an individual basis. If you do not hear back immediately, please do not resubmit the form. We will follow up if we have any questions about your application.  

If you’d like to see examples of files that were correctly configured for acceptance, check out these free design templates. For more inspiration, check out these paid design templates for our collection.

 
Note: The design templates program at Adobe Stock is invitation-only.

What to submit

• Brochures and Catalogs: tri-fold and bi-fold layouts for pamphlets, and leaflets; multi-page layouts for catalogs, booklets, lookbooks, style guides, and product lists

• Business Cards: horizontal and vertical business card layouts 

• Calendars and Planners: print layouts for calendars, planners, and lists

• Collages & Moodboards: photo collages, moodboards, and sketchbook mockups  

• Digital Magazines & Books: digital-only multi-page layouts for magazines, articles, publications, books, and journals meant for screens

• Digital Presentations and Proposals: screen-based layouts for presentations, slides, reports, and proposals 

• Flyers and Posters: layouts for flyers, posters, and ads

• Stationery: sets of layouts for varying paper sizes such as letterheads, envelopes, postcards, business forms, etc. 

• Frame Mockups: mockups of photo frames and albums

• Image Effects: image effects and photo masks 

• Infographics: includes charts, graphs and more

• Invitations and Cards: layouts for invitations, save-the-dates, greeting cards, and postcards. 

• Label and Sticker Sets: layouts for labels, graphics, and stickers

• Logo and Icon Sets: includes sets of logos and icons as well as art kits and scene generator kits 

• Menus: print layouts meant for food and drink menus

• Mobile Mockups: mockups for mobile devices (phones, tablets, watches) 

• Mobile UI/UX: sets of icons, symbols, or elements meant for mobile UI/UX design or usage

• Pattern and Texture Sets: gradient, overlay, pattern, and texture sets 

• Print Design Mockups: mockups meant for print such as apparel, products, advertisements, and stationery

• Print Magazines: multi-page layouts for magazines, articles, publications, books, and journals. 

• Print Presentations and Proposals: print layouts for presentations, reports, and proposals

• Resumes: layouts for resumes, CVs, and cover letters 

• Screen Mockups: mockups for desktop devices/screen displays

• Social Media: layouts meant for mobile-based social media, such as Instagram 

• Text Effects: text and logo effects applicable to any font

• Web Banners: layouts for web banners and online advertising  

• Web UI/UX: layouts for websites; icons, symbols, or elements meant for computer desktop or laptop screen UI/UX design or usage

Adobe Stock Design Template Requirements & Guidelines

Design templates must meet certain requirements and guidelines  to be accepted into our collection. Please review the following general guidelines for essential information: 
 

• Submission Guidelines

• Uploading Design Templates to Contributor Portal

• Metadata Requirements

• Category Requirements

• Standard Paper and Screen Sizes for Adobe Stock Templates

• Inspiration Guidelines for Design Templates

App-specific template Requirements

• Photoshop Templates Requirements

• Illustrator Templates Requirements

• InDesign Templates Requirements

General Best Practices

• Organize and label layers, pages, and artboards clearly so customers understand how to customize your content

• Submit seasonal templates 2-3 months prior to event (e.g. start submitting December holiday templates in September)

• When using dates that include the year, use 20XX instead of a specific year (e.g. 2025) to keep your templates evergreen

Adobe Stock Design Template File Submission Requirements

Every design template should be packaged as an individual .zip file with the following  3 elements ONLY:

Template File

Must be submitted as a template format:

• Photoshop: .psdt

• Illustrator: .ait

• InDesign: .indt file

Must be under 500 MB in filesize

Print templates 

• Colorspace: CMYK

• Resolution: 300 ppi

Screen/Digital Templates

• Colorspace: RGB

• Resolution: 72 ppi

Thumbnail Image

Must be named Thumbnail.jpg

• Colorspace: RGB 

• Width: 2048 px

• Height: 1424 px

• Resolution: minimum of 72 ppi

Preview Image

Must be named Preview1.jpg

• Colorspace: RGB

• Width: 2048 px

• Height: 1536 - 6144 px

• Resolution: minimum of 72 ppi

See the Submission Guidelines for Adobe Stock Design templates for more details.

Fonts in Adobe Stock Design Templates

• All  Adobe Stock templates  are required to utilize Adobe Fonts . Creative Cloud users have access to thousands of fonts included with their subscription. The integration of Adobe Fonts in Creative Cloud apps eliminates the need to search for, download, and install additional files, while also guaranteeing high-quality, properly licensed fonts for users.
• When selecting fonts for your template, avoid using fonts from the Adobe Font Marketplace as they require an additional purchase on top of Creative Cloud subscriptions.
  
• For more details, see the Using Adobe Fonts in Templates guide.

Assets within Adobe Stock Design Templates

• Assets may be used only if they are self-created: Contributors must own all rights to the assets used within their templates and have all necessary licenses and releases to use the assets. Contributors cannot use any licensed stock content in templates. We also do not accept Creative Commons Zero (CC0) or public domain images as part of a template. This includes modifying a stock image so it’s no longer recognizable or using stock or modified stock for 3D textures. NASA CC0 images may be used for maps, globes, and textures if NASA is included in the title of the template.  
• Adobe Stock images may be used in the thumbnail and preview images for the design template to illustrate how the template can be utilized by customers. However, only images the Contributor has the rights to may be used in the template itself.
• Our Stock Contributor User Guide Legal Guidelines is a valuable resource for more information.

General Guidelines for Embedded Assets

Do not submit content that does not belong to you, or incorporate photos, images, or other graphic elements that are not yours - this includes content found on websites, through online search results, content licensed from other stock sites, and logos/references to brands (including Adobe and Adobe products).

Assets embedded in your template file must comply with existing  Adobe Stock legal requirements  -  you must have full ownership of the image and have the proper model and property releases (if applicable).

Review the Adobe Stock Account and Submission Guidelines to ensure you understand content ownership and avoid any prohibited activities.

Additional guidelines related to using images in design templates: 

• Images in Templates 

• Model and property release requirements

• Generative AI Content in Design Templates

• Thumbnail & Preview Images for Templates

Text within Adobe Stock Design Templates

Adobe Stock design templates  provide creators with design solutions that are meant to be customized to their needs. To ensure your success as a templates contributor, read on for best practices for setting up text in your documents and what kind of text you can include in your templates.

General Text Guidelines

• Fonts must be from Adobe Fonts, including unused/hidden text layers.

• Text must be editable , unless it is utilized as a design element.  

• Do not use personal brand name, Adobe, Adobe Apps, or other brand names in the template, or layers.

• Ensure that any text within a template is spelled properly in the content and in the layer names. 

• Any placeholder text should use lorem ipsum and very generic names, streets etc. where possible. (see image below).

• Avoid IP infringement - don't use real names and references to identifiable people, companies, and locations. 

• Mobile and web templates (such as UI kits, social media kits, etc.) meant to be used with certain apps and/or devices should only be described with referential phrasing such as "for Facebook" or "for iPhone" etc. for legal compliance.

• Images/Mockups of objects should not include brand names. (I.e., using 'IPhone' with a smart phone mockup 

Examples: 

• Names: John Smith, Jane Smith, Mary Doe, First Name Last Name 

• Companies: Your Company, Your Logo

• Emails and websites: You@Example.com, www.YourCompanyURL.web 

• Phone numbers: 555-555-5555

• Addresses: 123 Street, City, State 45678 

• Social media handles: @Username

• Dummy text and paragraphs: Subtitle text, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet 

Using generic text makes it clearer that these text fields are placeholders only and are meant to be replaced by the user. 

Additional Guidelines to text in design templates: 

• Generic Names

• Phone Numbers 

Moderation process

Design templates are evaluated based on these criteria:

• Legal standards: Do the files adhere to our IP and Legal guidelines? 

• Technical qualities: Is your template optimized for easy use and does it adhere to our specs?

• Metadata: Are titles and keywords accurate and is the form correct? 

• Similarity: Is the content too like another Adobe Stock design template or something you’ve already submitted?

Refusal Reasons

All templates submitted to Adobe Stock go through a review process to ensure that the content meets Adobe’s design and technical quality standards. 

Refusal reasons are provided to enable Contributors to learn and improve future submissions. We may refuse or accept content at our discretion. To help you become a successful Adobe Stock template Contributor, we’ve listed some common reasons for rejection that you can avoid: 

If you are not sure why the design template was refused, contact our support team at template-contributor-support@adobe.com. 

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