In order to optimise your usage of the SCOTLANDSIMAGES web site you may benefit from reading the following user guidelines;
Image Search – find the images you need using our comprehensive search parameters.
Viewing – view search results, preview images and image details, zoom on images, add to lightboxes and shopping basket
Lightbox
– create and save collections of images and e-mail thumbnails to clients and colleagues for consideration
Shopping Basket –
check prices for your specific usage, confirm usage details then pay and download high resolution images for immediate use
Image Search
To search for images using keywords, type your words into the 'Image Search' box at the top right of your screen and click on GO. Do not include commas or full stops.
Keyword Phrases:
You may wish to search for known specific phrases such as "Blurred
Background" or “Arid Climate”.
To do this you must insert the keyword phrase in
“double quotes” - not single quotes in the Image Search
box. By default the Image Search box will display the phrase 'Put "multiple word" terms in quotes'.
You may use and, or,
not in between keywords as required. Keywords separated by spaces
will have the same effect as using and.
Examples:
cat and mouse will find images which contain both
cat and mouse
cat mouse will find images which contain both cat
and mouse
cat or mouse will find images which contain either
cat or mouse or both
cat not mouse will find images which contain cat
but not mouse i.e. it will exclude cat images containing mouse.
By default the keywords will
respond to a partial word match, i.e. the keyword fly
will include the words flying and flyer.
Advanced Search Options.
Underneath the Image Search box is the link Go to Advanced Search Options. If you click on this link a new panel will display the advanced search menus.
On the left of the panel words or phrases can be entered in the Advanced Search box. Above the box are 3 options: all words, any words, and exact phrase.
If you check all words your search will find images with keywords that match all words or phrases entered.
If you check any words your search will find images with keywords that match any of the words or phrases entered.
If you check exact phrase your search will only find images with keywords that match the exact phrase entered.
Once a search is initiated you will see a refine search option appear below the Advanced Search box. When this link is clicked, any search criteria entered in the Advanced Search box will move to the refine search box below, allowing you to enter additional words/phrases to refine the search further i.e. search within search results.
Each time this process is repeated, a list of search criteria entered so far will display in the refine search box.
In the centre of the panel is the Search Filter. There are initially two drop-down menus. The top menu is the list of all search Categories available. When you select a category all the images associated with that category will be displayed. A further drop-down menu of sub-categories will also appear to the right of the categories menu. If you select a sub-category the images so far displayed will be narrowed further to those associated with that sub-category.
The bottom menu is the list of all Contributing Institutions.
If a specific institution, such as National Library of Scotland, is selected only images from that particular institution's collection will be returned. The default option is All Contributor Institutions which will return all images.
To the right of the panel are further Search Options.
Two drop-down menus offer the option of refining your search further by specifying Colour and Orientation.
It is possible to clear all search criteria information by clicking the Clear Advanced Search Criteria link.
Viewing
Once search results are displayed you can select the number of thumbnails you see per page from the 'select image display' pull-down menu on the top right of the page.
The total number of images found and the number of images displayed on the current page are shown at the top left of the page.
To navigate through the different pages click on the page number you wish to view or click on the arrows to move forwards or backwards through the pages.
The image reference number and image title are displayed below each image.
There are also icons to add the image to the lightbox or shopping basket.
When you click one of the icons to add an image the colour will change to indicate the status change. Click the icon again to remove the image from the basket or lightbox.
Click on the image itself to go to the Image Preview page and see the enlarged image and image details.
On the right of the Image Preview page are listed the keywords associated with the image.
You can search for other images associated with any number of the keywords by checking the relevant boxes alongside each keyword and clicking on 'Search'.
Also displayed are the pixel dimensions of the image, the image size in MB uncompressed and the size at which the image will reproduce at 400dpi. The copyright status and photographer name are also shown.
You can add images to the lightbox or shopping basket from the preview screen. To return to your last search click on 'return to search'. To view the preview of next or previous image in your last search click on 'previous image' or 'next image'.
Lightbox
(you must be registered and logged on to use this facility)
You can create as many lightboxes as you wish. They will be automatically saved for subsequent visits and will remain until you chose to delete them.
The name of the lightbox that is currently active is displayed in the top strip, underneath your name, and alongside it is the number of images in that lightbox.
To view your lightbox click on the lightbox name in the top strip or select 'view' from the 'my lightbox' pull-down menu.
To create a new lightbox, delete a lightbox, change the name of a lightbox, or select and view another lightbox, select the appropriate option from the 'my lightbox' pull-down menu.
Add images to a lightbox by clicking the lightbox icon below each thumbnail image or to the left of the preview image. To remove an image from the lightbox, go to the lightbox click the remove icon below the image and click 'save' to save your changes to the lightbox.
You can remove multiple images from a lightbox, or copy or move images to other ligthboxes by checking the boxes below images and then clicking on the relevant command on the top right of the lightbox.
To add or edit notes for images in the lightbox, click 'view image notes' on the top right of the lightbox, enter text in the appropriate 'image notes' box and click 'save' to save your changes. Click 'hide image notes' to hide the image notes boxes.
To e-mail a lightbox enter the lightbox, click on the 'e-mail' button on the top left, and in the pop up screen that appears enter the email address you are sending to,and your message and click 'Send'. The recipient will receive a link to the lightbox you have created; they do not need to be signed in or registered to see the lightbox. You can also enter your email message in the box in top middle of the lightbox and save the contents to send later.
You can add an image to the shopping basket from within the lightbox by clicking the shopping basket icon below the image.
Shopping Basket
(you must be registered and logged on to use this facility)
In this section you can enter all the relevant details of your proposed usage of an image and calculate the price. There is no commitment to buy until you progress to the purchase page.
Click the 'edit' button to the right of the image, then select from the pull-down menus which appear to specify your intended usage.
Click 'update' to calculate the price for the edited image only. You can apply the price to more images in the shopping basket by checking the boxes underneath other images and clicking 'update all'
Clicking 'remove' will remove the image from the shopping basket.
Clicking 'delete from basket' will remove the images from the shopping basket.
The total cost along with the VAT due for purchasing all images in the shopping basket with their selected usage is displayed at the bottom of the window.
Once you have refined the details in the shopping basket and are happy to proceed to purchase the images as specified, continue to the checkout by clicking on 'check out'.
In the checkout you can check and edit your contact and invoice details, and enter job reference details. You can opt not to download images in the current session by checking the relevant box and can also send a download link to a third party.
Once you have completed this stage click 'proceed' to review your order. Check the box to indicate you have read and accepted the terms and conditions of SCOTLANDSIMAGES.COM and click on 'proceed' to move on to the purchase screen.
The purchase screen deals with credit and debit card payments. Enter your card details here. Once you click 'pay' the total amount will be charged to your credit or debit card account. The payment may take a few moments to process. Please do not click more than once, but wait for the transaction to complete.
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