Lightboxes Explained

Lightboxes offer a convenient way of selecting and storing your favourite images from a large image library. You may be searching through hundreds of thumbnails to find one perfect image for a book or advertising campaign. Each time you a see an image that fulfils your criteria, you can isolate it by adding it to your lightbox. By the end of your search you may have several potentially usable images in your lightbox. Your selection can then be reviewed and the shortlisted images either deleted, saved or requested for licensing as appropriate .

Creating a lightbox

To use the lightbox facility, begin by clicking on ‘My Lightboxes’ at the top right of the screen. If you are a new customer you will be prompted to create an account. If you are a returning customer you will be asked to sign in using your email address and password. Once you have signed in you will be able to create new lightboxes and access saved lightboxes. Your lightboxes are personal to you and can only be accessed by users who know your account details.

Using your lightbox

To add images to your lightbox, first log in. You can then begin to browse the image library. When you see an image you’d like to add to your lightbox, simply click the icon beneath the image thumbnail. While you are in the image library your current lightbox will be displayed in the window at the bottom of the screen. You can also switch between lightboxes using this window. To remove an image from a lightbox, click the icon. The facility also enables you to: name your lightboxes create multiple lightboxes save notes beside the images in your lightbox keep track of when the images in your lightbox were added and updated email your lightbox to a friend or colleague (this will be sent as a ‘read-only’ file – recipients will not be able to make changes to your lightbox without your account details)