Native creative workflow
Keep Photoshop inside the governed image workflow
Arena Pro opens folders, photos, and assigned collections inside Adobe Photoshop. Editors can check assets out, retouch them, and check the finished files back into the same governed collection.
When the image library grows, the hand-off matters
A team working with large volumes of images cannot afford to lose the connection between the file being edited, the collection it belongs to, and the people waiting for it. The native panel keeps that relationship visible while the creative work happens in Photoshop.
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Work from the assigned collection
Open the relevant folder, photo, or collection from the Arena Pro panel inside Photoshop.
- 02
Remove the download-and-re-upload loop
Check the asset out for retouching and return the finished file through the same connected path.
- 03
Retain provenance
Check the finished image in at the required quality while keeping its origin attached to the governed collection.
One image, several responsibilities
Each user moves the same collection forward
The integration does not turn Photoshop into a separate island. It connects the creative step to assignment, approval, and the next hand-off in Arena Pro.
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Media manager
Organises the photos in Arena Pro and assigns the collection to the creative team.
- 2
Photo editor
Opens the assigned collection inside Photoshop and checks out the image that needs work.
- 3
Retoucher
Finishes the image in Photoshop and checks it back in at the required quality, retaining provenance.
- 4
Approver
Reviews the finished collection, approves it, and assigns it to the next team.
- 5
Next team
Receives the ready-to-use alert and continues from the same governed collection.
Native means the creative tool and the system of record stay connected
Photoshop remains the place where the image is retouched. Arena Pro remains the place where the collection, assignment, approval, and provenance are governed.
Disconnected hand-off
Download a file
Retouch outside the collection
Upload and reconnect it manually
Arena Pro + Photoshop
Open from the panel
Check out and retouch
Check in to the governed collection