Adobe Stock Photos; Searching For Images In Adobe Stock Photos; Chapter 5: Adobe Stock Photos - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

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Chapter 5: Adobe Stock Photos

Adobe Stock Photos

About Adobe Stock Photos
Welcome to Adobe Stock Photos, the newest way to view, try, and buy royalty-free images from leading stock
libraries. With Adobe Stock Photos, you won't have to interrupt your design process to find quality images. Instead,
from inside your favorite applications, you can use the powerful search capabilities of Adobe Stock Photos to find
and download images.
From Bridge, the Favorites pane gives you quick access to these stock images. With your computer connected to the
Internet, simply click the Adobe Stock Photos icon to start browsing thousands of available images. Because of the
tight integration between Stock Photos and Adobe Creative Suite components, you can download images from
Adobe Stock Photos directly into your Illustrator, InDesign, and GoLive projects. From Photoshop, you can open any
downloaded image.
In the design process, you need the flexibility to try different images before deciding which one you want. Adobe
Stock Photos gives you the option to download low-resolution, complementary (comp) versions of images you're
considering. You can work with the comps until you make your final decision, at which point you can purchase and
download a high-resolution image.
For maximum convenience, you can open an account with Adobe. The benefit of opening an account is that you
enter your personal information only once, greatly simplifying the checkout process. You can also look back at
previous purchases, and even download photos again after you purchase them.
See also
"About comp images" on page 106
"Benefits of Stock Photos accounts" on page 109
"Buying stock photos" on page 107

Searching for images in Adobe Stock Photos

There are a few ways to search for images in Stock Photos. If you need help getting a project started, a broad search
may yield a fund of possibilities and suggest areas to explore. If you have a clear idea of what you need, then you can
use Advanced Search to narrow the field.
Related keywords also help you find photos. After you find photos, you can start a new search by selecting one or
more related keywords. Each image is associated with keywords that help you find similar images. The more
keywords you select, the narrower the search results.
Photos matching the search criteria appear as thumbnails in the main window. You can resize the thumbnail by
dragging the Thumbnail slider at the bottom of the screen. When you click an image in search results, a comp image
appears in the Preview pane (it may take several seconds for the image to appear in the pane). To enlarge the comp,
simply resize the Preview pane. You can view metadata information about the image in the Metadata pane under
Adobe Stock Photos Metadata.