Clipart.com offers a more robust version of the clipart functionality available through
Microsoft Office applications. If you are familiar with Office clipart, you will feel right at home on this site. One of the beautiful things about the site is that there is no software to download. With an Internet connection and a subscription, you can download anything from stock photography and illustrations to fonts and audio files.
Clipart.com’s website says its downloaded files will work with a number of image-related software programs, including Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Quark Xpress, Word, Publisher, and PowerPoint. If you are familiar with any of these applications, you shouldn't have any problems editing the files to fit your needs. Note: if you need support using the files in one of these applications, you will have to seek help in the application. Clipart.com's support is limited to its files.
As you would expect, there are other limitations. If you are seeking photos with resolutions higher than 72 pixels per inch (the standard on Clipart.com), you will have to shop elsewhere. Clipart.com provides a link to Photos.com, where you can find higher-resolution photos (for a fee, of course).
Clipart.com clearly outlines the limitations of using its files. Essentially, the images, fonts, and sounds can be used for commercial and noncommercial use as long as you abide by the following criteria: you view only the content; other viewers cannot download and use your content; the files do not comprise a large portion of the overall content of the application; and the use does not compete with Jupiterimages. Any clipart software or membership site out there will have the same or similar limitations.
