Using stock photos

The Stock panel allows you to search various stock imagery websites to find images for your designs and then add them to the page.

When you add images from the Stock panel to your document, they are placed as watermarked versions. This allows you to use them in your design so you and your clients can visualize their use before you purchase them.

Before
After
Before and after purchase of stock image.

When the design is complete, the features within Affinity Photo allow you to quickly locate the image online (so you can purchase it) and then help you replace the placeholder with a purchased version.

Search To search for stock images:

On the Stock panel:

  1. Select a stock imagery website from the pop-up menu.
  2. In the search box, type in your keyword(s) and then click the search icon or press the Return key.

Thumbnails of all images matching the search criteria will display in the panel.

To add a placeholder of the stock image to the page:
To purchase and replace a stock image:
  1. Select the watermarked placeholder image on the page.
  2. On the context toolbar, select Open Stock URL. Your default web browser will launch displaying your selected image on the chosen stock imagery website.
  3. Purchase the image and save the file to a convenient local location.
  4. With the placeholder image still selected, on the context toolbar, click Replace Image.
  5. Navigate to, and select, the purchased image and click Open.
To view an image on its stock imagery website:

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