Adobe Stock Photos

Buy photos directly from InDesign or Illustrator

Adobe Stock Photos integrates seamlessly with your design process. You can use the Place command to use downloaded comps in your work. When you’re ready to purchase a photo, you can start the process from InDesign® or Illustrator®. Then, you can use the Links palette to replace the comp with the full image.

  1. In Illustrator or InDesign, do one of the following:

    • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a comp image and choose Purchase This Image from the menu.

    • Choose Purchase This Image from the Links panel menu.

    • Open the drop-down menu on the Go To Bridge button and choose Adobe Stock Photos > Purchase Image(s). (This option places all the comps in the shopping cart, if you downloaded more than one comp.)

  2. Adobe Stock Photos starts, and the photo is automatically placed in your shopping cart.
  3. After purchasing the image, return to Illustrator or InDesign, and then click Relink in the Links panel.
  4. In the Relink dialog box, navigate to the folder that contains your purchased image, either a folder that you chose or the Purchased Images folder in the Adobe Stock Photos folder (in Windows, My Documents/AdobeStockPhotos/Purchased Images; in MAC OS, Documents/AdobeStockPhotos/Purchased Images).
  5. Select the purchased image and then click OK. The comp is replaced with the full version of the photo.