Find Royalty-Free Images with Adobe Stock
Notice: Faculty and staff at UIW have a license for educational use as employees. This license is unavailable for students.
Adobe Stock is an online platform that offers a vast collection of high-quality, royalty-free stock photos that can be used in various creative projects. It is fully integrated with Creative Cloud, allowing users to easily access and license high-quality visual content directly within other Adobe applications. If you want to access Adobe Stock, follow these steps:
- Log in to Cardinal Apps.
- Open Adobe Creative Cloud.
- Log in with your UIW email if prompted.
- From the waffle menu in the upper right, find and select Stock.
- Open the All Apps menu if you do not immediately see the "Stock" app.
Need more detail?
Delve into the in-depth walkthrough below, complete with images and various notes for every step.
In-Depth Walkthrough
Step 1
Log in to Cardinal Apps on your desktop and open the Adobe Creative Cloud app.
Step 2
On the Sign in page:
- Enter your @uiwtx.edu email address. This is the same email address you use to log in to Cardinal Apps.
- Click Continue.
Note: Ignore the options to "Continue with..." services. Adobe apps and services are available to UIW employees specifically through their UIW email and login.
Step 3
After logging in to Adobe,
- Open the waffle menufound in the upper right of the webpage.
- Choose "Stock" from the drop-down menu.
- If you cannot locate "Stock", you can access it from the "All apps" menu. This menu contains all Adobe apps.
Finished. You can now access a library of thousands of stock photos. Search by topic or name to get started.
FAQ
I've found a photo I want to use, how do I download it?
Select the photo, click the License button to download and save the digital asset to your library.
Am I going to have to pay for the content I download?
If you are logged in as a UIW user and you see a 'License' button next to an image, it means there is no fee associated with it. However, if you are asked to pay a fee, it's possible that the item you're trying to access is not available as part of UIW's Adobe license. In such cases, you can contact the UIW Help Desk with specific inquiries to get more information.
Can I download stock videos?
Sorry, but UIW's educational license does not grant access to stock videos.