ArtToday is a subscription service featuring more than 750,000 images, including clipart, photos, fonts, and web graphics.  St. Margaret’s has purchased a five-user subscription to ArtToday, meaning that five people may use the service at one time.

 You can get to ArtToday by clicking on the link on the Academic Resources page on the SMES web site or by going directly to http://members.arttoday.com/.

 When you get to the site, follow these steps to log on:

  1. You’ll see four choices in a black bar at the top of the page:  ClipArt, Photos, Web Graphics, or Fonts.  Choose one.

Note:  these directions apply to ClipArt, Photos, and Web Graphics.  Read the directions on the site for information on downloading fonts.

  1. When the username and password box appears, enter the following:

username:  smespix
password:  smes

Note:  if the username is already in use, try smespix2, smespix3, smespix4, or smespix5 (each alternative username uses the same password:  smes).

  1. On the left you’ll see a blank in which to type a KEYWORD SEARCH.  Type a word(s) in the blank and click FIND.  Alternatively, you can narrow your search by browsing through the Categories.
  1. When you see the picture you want, click on it for downloading information.  Most likely, the image will be available in several file formats.  The format you should choose depends on the software you’ll use with the image.  To be safe, choose either the JPEG (.jpg) file format or the GIF (.gif) because they work with most of the software in use at SMES.
  1. Click on DOWNLOAD SEPARATELY.  Then scroll down, right-mouse click on the image and choose SAVE IMAGE AS…  You’ll see a drives and directory window.  Name the file and save it into your folder on the s:\ drive.
  1. ArtToday offers a tutorial on the main members page http://members.arttoday.com/
  1. Note for advance users:  if you plan to use the images for display on a computer monitor (in HyperStudio, PowerPoint, or FrontPage), you may need to adjust the resolution of the image.  If you don’t, the image may appear much larger than you expected.