In a time when AI can whip up convincing fakes faster than you can say “who made this,” Adobe’s new web app is trying to slow the chaos just a little.

The Content Credentials tool, now in public beta, lets creators secure metadata that shows who made a file, when, and what’s been done to it.

Think of it as a digital trail of breadcrumbs for art, photos, and design files—only with less fairy tale energy and more real-world utility.

This tool isn’t just for Adobe heads, either. You don’t need a Creative Cloud account or even Photoshop installed. You can drag and drop an image or .psd file straight into your browser and stamp it with secure, tamper-evident attribution using C2PA (Content Authenticity Initiative) standards.

That data travels with the file, like a digital ID card for your content, and can be verified on the fly.

It’s not just about flexing credit—it’s about defending against deepfakes, misinformation, and random accounts uploading your stuff without credit.

By adding verified info to your work, you’re making it harder for platforms and bad actors to strip it and pass it off as something else.

Even if someone tries to crop or compress it, the core data stays locked in, letting others know you were here first.

This also plays nice with platforms like Behance and sites that support Content Credentials, where your verified details pop up like a creator’s badge.

And Adobe’s not gatekeeping it—this is open-source tech, so it’s built to work across ecosystems, not just inside the Adobe walled garden.

So if you’re a designer, photographer, or digital artist tired of mystery reposts and attribution drama, this might be your chance to take back the narrative. Literally.