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title: "Using Acquia DAM assets"
date: "2025-02-25T11:15:45+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to use Acquia DAM assets in CKEditor, Drupal fields, and Site Studio layout canvas for enhanced content creation."
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Rebranding notice!

Acquia announces rebranding of its “Acquia CMS” offering, which includes a collection of Drupal modules. “Acquia CMS” is now referred to as “Drupal Starter Kits”.

Using Acquia DAM assets in CKEditor
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To use Acquia DAM assets in CKEditor:

1.  Click **Content** > **Add content** > **Article**. Alternatively, append `/node/add/article` to your application name.
    
    The system displays the Create Article page.
    
2.  Access the body toolbar.
    
    ![Accessing body toolbar](https://acquia.widen.net/content/ub4avnzklo/jpeg/cms_accessing-body-toolbar.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
3.  Click **Insert from Media Library**.
    
    The system displays the Add or select media page.
    
4.  In **Select media source**, select **DAM**.
    
    ![Selecting DAM](https://acquia.widen.net/content/acjwed0ot5/jpeg/cms_selecting-dam.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
5.  Select the required assets from Acquia DAM.
    
    ![Selecting assets](https://acquia.widen.net/content/xd7ubghkuf/jpeg/cms_selecting-assets.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
6.  Click **Next: Select Format**.
7.  In **Embed code**, select properties to embed assets.
    
    ![Selecting properties](https://acquia.widen.net/content/rskqizi5s7/jpeg/cms_selecting-properties.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
8.  Click **Insert selected**.
    
    The assets are available in the Drupal site.
    
    ![Viewing assets in Drupal site](https://acquia.widen.net/content/fpmbxxhtbv/jpeg/cms_viewing-assets-in-drupal-site.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    

Using Acquia DAM assets with the Drupal field
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To use Acquia DAM assets with the Drupal field:

1.  Click **Content** > **Add content** > **Article**. Alternatively, append `/node/add/article` to your application name.
    
    The system displays the Create Article page.
    
2.  In **Media** > **Image**, click **Add media**.
    
    ![Adding media](https://acquia.widen.net/content/2rfphwgk9z/jpeg/cms_adding-media.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
3.  In **Select media source**, select **DAM**.
    
    ![Selecting DAM](https://acquia.widen.net/content/acjwed0ot5/jpeg/cms_selecting-dam.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
4.  Select assets from Acquia DAM and click **Insert selected**.
    
    ![Selecting assets](https://acquia.widen.net/content/jbcafs63dv/jpeg/cms_selecting-assets-1.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
    The assets are available in the Drupal site.
    
    ![Viewing assets in the Drupal site](https://acquia.widen.net/content/yle8jvyd70/jpeg/cms_viewing-assets-in-the-drupal-site.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
5.  Click **Save** to verify that your site renders the assets correctly.
    
    ![Verifying site](https://acquia.widen.net/content/jqeixwapus/jpeg/cms_verifying-site.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    

Using Acquia DAM assets with Site Studio layout canvas
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To use Acquia DAM assets with Site Studio layout canvas, do the following:

1.  Configure Site Studio so that it can support Acquia DAM media types.
2.  Create content.

### Configuring Site Studio

1.  Click **Site Studio** > **Configuration** > **System settings**.
2.  Configure the DAM Media types as follows:
    
    ![Configuing Site Studio](https://acquia.widen.net/content/c78wi91kis/jpeg/cms_configuing-site-studio.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
    Note
    
    Drupal Starter Kits DAM automatically enables the DAM Image media type.
    

### Creating content

1.  Click **Content** > **Add content** > **Page**. Alternatively, append `/node/add/page` to your application name.
    
    The system displays the Create Page page.
    
    ![Creating](https://acquia.widen.net/content/2fgm057p4i/jpeg/cms_creating-page.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
2.  In **Layout Canvas**, click **Add content**.
3.  In the left navigation pane, navigate to **Basic components** and click the plus icon corresponding to **Image**.
4.  Double-click the image.
5.  Click **Browse**.
    
    ![Browsing](https://acquia.widen.net/content/9wjazyeswj/jpeg/cms_browsing.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
    The system displays the Image media page.
    
6.  In **Select media source**, select **DAM**.
    
    ![Selecting assets in DAM](https://acquia.widen.net/content/2aahmlxk3i/jpeg/cms_selecting-assets-dam.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
7.  Select assets from Acquia DAM and click **Insert selected**.
    
    The assets are available in the Drupal site.
    
    ![Viewing available assets in Drupal sites](https://acquia.widen.net/content/efg7of6jds/jpeg/cms_viewing-available-assets-in-drupal-sites.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)
    
8.  Click **Apply** to verify that your site renders the assets correctly.
    
    ![Applying changes](https://acquia.widen.net/content/utkycz659a/jpeg/cms_applying-changes.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=r1vkzh)