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donovanj79
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January 20, 2020
Question

Adobe Stock file names

  • January 20, 2020
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Hi there.

I work in a team of designers and we are having issues with the length of some of the file names of stock images. We work under extreme pressure at times, chasing tight dealines so changing file names is not a top priority. Some of the file names are really unnecssarily long and this causes issues when we package our InDesign files.

Is there any chance Adobe could limit the length of file names on Adobe Stock? File names that are more than a few words seems totally unnecessary.

Is it just us, or is this a wider issue for other subscribers?

    3 replies

    RALPH_L
    Community Expert
    RALPH_LCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 22, 2021

    After checking through the webpage source code, I see that this URL is the tag "acquireLicensePage" link. After examining my own photos, I realized that the filename used in this link is my photo title. Thank you Adobe! This makes my title keywords searchable in internet search engines.

     

    If you need shorter filenames simply give shorter titles. 

    Abambo
    Community Expert
    AbamboCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 22, 2021

    This is an old thread and in the wrong forum, but the “download filename” of the given example is shorter and simply the image id:

    What the op is criticizing is not the download filename, but the assets title, which should stay as it is as this will help search engines to index the file correctly.

     

    I'm moving this to the stock forum.

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
    WendellaBee
    Adobe Employee
    WendellaBee
    Adobe Employee
    January 21, 2020

    Hi donovanj79,

    Do you have an example of a file name that is too long? The file name of a licensed jpeg is AdobeStock_nnnnnnnn.jpg and for a preview AdobeStock_nnnnnnnnn_Preview.jpeg where the series of n's represent the asset ID.

     

    EBQ

     

     

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    Camille29162721xs0t
    Participant
    June 23, 2025

    Any resolution to this? Our team is in the same boat as Donovan's. We use Microsoft One Drive and Sharepoint and neither of those platforms will sync our files with the lengthy file names. Any images sourced from Adobe Stock, saved in Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries, placed in indd and then packaged create these extensive file names. What solution is being worked on for this?

    jacquelingphoto2017
    Community Expert
    jacquelingphoto2017Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 21, 2020

    Hi Donovon, 

    Thank you for your feedback. Actually there is a limit to the number of characters to a file name. It is limited to 200 characters. Since search engines such as Google uses the file name for search, many photographer sees it as being a necessity to pack as much as they can in the title. This might be the reason for many of these long file names.

     

    You could however send this concern directly to Adobe by reaching out using the "Contact us" on your account page.

    Best wishes

    JG

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