New user needs help understanding how to use stock images on 29.99 entry plan

[tim_tennis]

I have just subscribed and don't understand how to use this service. I am the owner of a website, and I want to download some photos that are safe from copyright and legal for me to use on my site.

• My plan says I get 10 photos and one video.
• I see many photos that are marked "Editorial Use" - what does that mean, exactly?
• Do I download photos and then create folders in the library to organize them? 
• What are plan credits and how do I use them?

Any help for this newbe would be greatly appreciated

TIA

[Jill_C]

Review the Adobe Stock License Agreement found here:

https://stock.adobe.com/license-terms

Illustrative Editorial images have some limitations which you will also find described in that page.

[tim_tennis]

Thanks for your reply. Can you provide some useful tips on how to use this service? For instance, if I find a photo that I want to use on my website, what's the procedure for saving it to a folder, etc? If I select to download it will the system give me options of where to save it? Can I save it to a personal folder outside of Adobe?

[Jill_C]

You can save selected assets to your Creative Cloud Library. You can also download to your local storage as well. There's a lot of useful info in these help pages:

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/faq.html

[tim_tennis]

Thanks for that - you've been very helpful

[Jill_C]

Glad to be of assistance, and good luck !

[Abambo]

• My plan says I get 10 photos and one video.

By @tim_tennis

It's not and, it's or. A video will consume most of your plan credits. If I'm correct, you will spend 8 credits on one video. A licence for an image under a standard licence uses one plan credit. You can use more credits than you get allocated, but those come at additional cost. You get each month 10 credits. And the credits roll over up to one year's full of credits (for your plan 120).

• I see many photos that are marked "Editorial Use" - what does that mean, exactly?

By @tim_tennis

“Editorial use” only assets cannot be used commercially, like in an advert, or as a general image for your website. They may be used, however, if you write a blog, to illustrate your blog theme. If you write about Apple devices, as an example, you can use an editorial use picture showing Apple devices. But you can't use that same picture to advertise your services, even if you are servicing Apple devices. 

• Do I download photos and then create folders in the library to organize them? 

By @tim_tennis

That's up to you. As soon as you licensed an asset, you can use that asset as you wish, in accordance with the licensing terms. For use with your website, there are very few restrictions. But you need to know that you are buying the limited right to use an asset, you are not buying an asset. So, as an example, you cannot sell the asset to someone else, to be used on their website too. There are other limitations as noted in the licensing terms and conditions. But as said, you will be able to modify and use the asset as you want on your website, and the licence won't expire, even if you cancel your subscription. 

• What are plan credits and how do I use them?

By @tim_tennis

Plan credits can be used to acquire a licence: 8 plan credits for a video, one plan credit for a standard licence, probably also 8 plan credits for an extended licence… etc. They are called “plan credits” because they are part of your stock plan. You can also buy “credit packs” which give you a number of credits, that are not part of your plan, but allow also to buy licences. 

Both are to be distinguished from generative credits that can be used to generate AI assets…: 

(the number of generative credits that you get allocated is dependent on your plan. Some plans allocate more credits, some other plans allocate fewer credits.)