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Access To Adobe Stock Images
Posted May 10, 2023
by Curt Price
SIUE currently provides access to Adobe Creative Cloud applications to all faculty and staff members. (for instructions on how to install Adobe Creative Cloud apps, please see here: https://www.siue.edu/its/fac_staff/adobe-creative-cloud.shtml)
For students enrolled in a course that requires the use of Adobe Creative Cloud, ITS is providing home use licenses. Please follow the instructions here: https://www.siue.edu/its/labsclassrooms/vlab/creative-cloud.shtml to enable access to Creative Cloud Desktop Apps on your personal device.
Included with the SIUE Adobe Creative Cloud License, is access to Adobe Stock Images (https://stock.adobe.com).
Just log in with your SIUE email address and you'll have access to millions (so they say) of images, photos, graphics, videos, application templates, audio, etc for use in your office documents, web pages, powerpoint presentations... you get the idea. And if you're savy enough, you can use the Adobe Cloud applications you have access to through your SIUE account, to then edit/manipulate these images as needed.
Just search for an image/graphic/video you need, then choose one by selecting the "License" button, and depending on the file types available, it will either pop up with a download prompt to download the file to your computer, or it will ask you what file format you want to download. It may ask you if you want a vector-based image (.ai, .eps, or .svg... which are typically images for use/editing in Adobe Illustrator), or a .jpeg file (a common image file type which can be opened in a wide variety of applications like Adobe Photoshop), or another file if available.
Please note, not all imagery/videos in Adobe Stock are included with your Creative Cloud License. The ones NOT included seem to be limited to the "Premium" images in the Premium section. Everything else that I have seen elsewhere, is available. If the file is NOT included in your license, it will pop up with a pricing option for purchase.
Enjoy!
