Need Assitance ? If you have more questions feel free to ask info@imagecrea.com What does Royalty Free (RF) mean? When buying a royalty-free image, what you pay is a one-time flat fee. Thus, it enables you to make use of the image for various projects as long as you wish since there's no limit. You do not own the copyright of the images but have bought out the right to use the images legally without further payments or interruption from the seller. These images cannot be resold or transferred but it offers a wide range of benefits; mainly lower pricing and convenience. Resulting from the fact that Royalty-free images are licensed on a non-exclusive basis, it's typical of people to prefer Royalty-Free images when there's no matter of competition or the image is not the part of the project to be focused on. RF photography concept is that does not require customers to pay royalties on the photo that they use after initial purchase. This greatly reduces the costs and allows far greater freedom with the images purchased. It's possible to use the images in catalogs, brochures, direct mailings, flyers, gift cards, newspaper ad, magazine, trade journal, web sites, as part of promotional, packaging or editorial material etc. What does Rights Managed(RM) mean? RM offers individual images to be rented through the negotiation of a specific price for a specific use and by offering clients the opportunity for exclusive rights and the ability of restricting similar use of the image by others. Once you negotiate a fee with the agency (or photographer) for the specific use you have in mind, any other use is subject to an additional fee. The way you make use of a Rights-Managed image is the key for the Rights Managed licensing fees. The scope of your project is generally what is based on to determine the fee you will be charged. How the image will be used, print run, image size, placement, insertions, duration of use and geographic distribution are included in the factors that are used to calculate the fee. However, the mail parameters in pricing are SIZE, CIRCULATION (the estimated number of people the image is likely to reach) and REPETITION (as in newspapers, books…etc) of the image. Limitations of the permission you received to use the image are also indicated on the invoice. Examples for the use of RIGHTS MANAGED licenses are: Creation of logos, trademarks or corporate identity. Use of exclusive graphical material for advertising or marketing campaigns. Design of products such as books, cards or merchandise with the use of licensed graphical material as the main element. You may get discounts if you would like to license multiple images for the same project or multiple uses. What Is a Lightbox? Resembling to a photo gallery, a lightbox is an online area where you can save and arrange images to review or purchase at a later date. It's possible for all users to reach lightboxes, but it's essential that you be a registered user and logged in to save your lightboxes to view later on. If you have not yet registered or logged in at the time you attempt to save your lightbox or create another lightbox, you will be prompted to do so before you can continue. You do not need to use a lightbox to purchase an image directly from an image search results page, but a lightbox is an easy way to save images for later viewing, or to send via email to a colleague, supervisor or client. Having a lightbox enables you to create new lighboxes, you can also edit them, identify them or delete them. Moreover, you can e-mail or print the whole contents of a lightbox just by clicking the corresponding icon. Furthermore, you can store , enlarge, delete or buy images by clicking on the image. You can view image details and control the number of the images. What Is a Cart? Your cart is your online storage area that allows you to: View information about items you've selected for purchase. Delete items from your cart by clicking Delete next to the item you wish to remove and then clicking OK; Your item will then disappear from your order. Create and change the names of your cart(s) by clicking Manage Carts. Change the number of items you want to purchase. To access your cart, you've got to be a registered and logged-in user, then you are enabled to make use of what a cart offers you. What does exclusivity mean? In order to prevent or others from using the same image(s), you are to purchase exclusivity rights. It provides you the chance to guarantee that you are the only one to use the image of your choice in a certain period of time, in a certain type of use and industry. To maintain your exclusive use, we have got types of exclusivity based on your demands : Spot Exclusivity: It is the type of exclusivity that restricts the relicensing and of the same (or similar) image in the same industry "for the same use". For instance; if a bank, who has licensed an RM image to use on bilboards, doesn't want the image to be used also "on bilboards by another firm in the same industry" in their licence duration, they have to purchase spot exclusivity rights. Industry Exclusivity: It is the type of exclusivity that restricts all uses of the same (or similar) image in the same industry. For instance; if a bank, who has licensed an RM image to use on bilboards, wants the image to be used by no firms and for no uses "in finance industry" in their licence duration, they have to industry exclusivity rights. Use Exclusivity: It is the type of exclusivity that restricts relicensing the same (or similar) image "for the same use in all industries". For instance; if a bank, who has licensed an RM image to use on bilboards, doesn't want the image to be used "by any firm from any industry on bilboards", they have to purchase use exclusivity rights. Total Exclusivity: It is the type of exclusivity that allows relicensing the same (or similar) image for no one, in no industries and for no uses in the same territory and in the same licence duration; which is the most comprehensive exclusivity. For instance; if a bank, who has licensed an RM image to use on bilboards, by no means wants the image to be used by anyone in their licence duration in the same territory, they have to purchase total exclusivity rights. What are the technical details I can receive about your images? All images are available as digital files and are delivered in compressed "jpeg" format. Low resolution files are images with 72 dpi resolution designed for internal use, or for presentation to a client. High resolution files have A4 @ 300 dpi or A3 @ 300 dpi standard resolution. Restricted resolution files are those images with lower resolution than the standard one (A4 @ 300 dpi or A3 @ 300 dpi); these can be provided as standard resolution files, without any additional fees, but with a longer delivery time. In some cases, you have the possibility of asking for an image to be resized. Any resizing involves an additional fee, calculated depending on the requested size. Here are your options of standardized resized files: 100 MB - 40/60 cm @ 300 dpi 200 MB - 50/70 cm @ 300 dpi 300 MB - 70/100 cm @ 300 dpi