Registration benefits and form.

There are many benefits to registering with Photo Researchers. This will take less than a minute. Registering will enable you to save and manage your light boxes and, if you elect, receive updates about new collections and services. It is also the first step towards applying for a hi-res download account.

Note: You will not be asked for any financial information to register.

Click here to register.

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Registration status & password.

If you are not sure if you are registered simply go to the registration page . Once you fill in your email address and submit it, you will get a notice that you are already registered or a registration form if you are not yet registered. 

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Saving lightboxes.

If you are registered and logged in, the lightboxes you create will be automatically saved. They will be available the next time you visit our site and log in.

If you don't wish to register with us you can create one lightbox and email it to yourself or another email address to save it.  It will be deleted once you leave the web site.

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To view your current lightbox.

There are two links to view the currently chosen lightbox. One is on the top, under the keyword search area, "My Lightbox." You can also click on the info telling you the number of images in your lightbox. This appears under the lightbox pulldown menu.

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Emailing lightboxes.

You can email a lightbox whether you are registered or not and also whether you are logged in or not. On the right-hand side of the web page is an email form; once you fill it out and submit it, the current lightbox will be emailed.  The recipient will receive a link to the current lightbox.  Any changes you make after sending will not appear in the previously emailed version.

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Creating new lightboxes.

You must be logged in to create new or multiple lightboxes.

On the upper right-hand corner of any search page, search result page or lightbox page you will see a dropdown menu.  The last item listed on this menu is an option to create a new lightbox. Once you choose this you will be prompted to enter a name. Once you click submit the new lightbox will become part of the lightbox pull down menu list.

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Viewing all your lightboxes.

Once you have created a number of lightboxes for different projects you may wish to view the list of lightboxes with a few thumbnail images.  These thumbnails can help you remember the content of each lightbox.

You must be logged in to view all your lightboxes.

In the right hand column you will see a link "Lightbox Manager." Click this and the images on the rest of the window will be replaced with a list of all your lightboxes. Under each lightbox name you will see a few thumbnails from the contents of each.

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Deleting one of your lightboxes.

Eventually you may have a number of lightboxes you no longer need.

To delete the lightbox you are currently working on, first click to view the contents. On the left an option will appear to delete.

If you wish to delete numerous lightboxes or not the one you are currently working on, click on the "Lightbox Manager" link. With each lightbox listed, you will see an option to delete.

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Sorting images in the lightbox.

If you wish images in a lightbox to appear in a specific order, perhaps placing similars next to each other, you will need to use the sort feature.

Click on the "Lightbox Manager" link. With each lightbox listed you with see the sort option.  A new window will open and you can drag the images into the desired order.

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Selecting images from one lightbox to add to another.

Sometimes you may wish to add images from one lightbox into another.

First, select the lightbox that you wish to add images to. Then Click on "Lightbox Manager". With each lightbox there is a "View" option. Choose this to open the lightbox into the main portion of the window.

You will see that under each image you have the option of "add to lightbox". It will add those images you pick from the lightbox you are viewing into your chosen lightbox.

Note: Adding them to another lightbox will not delete them from the lightbox they are already in.

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Keyword search tips.

* Keywords. Enter your search terms as keywords or "phrases", separated by spaces, in the text box. Surround a phrase in double-quotes ("") to match multiple-word keyphrases such as "tree frog", "Easter Island", "college student" and "farm animals".
 
* Refining your Search. To exclude images from your results by keyword, precede a search term by a minus sign ("-") or the word "not". For example, to search for images that depict dogs but not cats, enter "dog not cat" (or equivalently, "dog -cat").
 
* Photo Numbers. To locate an image by photo number, simply enter the number as a keyword into the text box.
 
* SEARCH TIPS: The search uses boolean logic and by default all search terms are "AND", which means that a search for "red dog swimming" is translated to "red AND dog AND swimming".

The other boolean terms used in addition to AND are: OR and NOT. NOT can also be represented by a minus "-" sign. For example if you were looking for white cats, but not medical cat scans in black & White you would either do the following samples:

white AND cat NOT scan
is the same as:
white AND cat -scan

Also parentheses and quote marks are supported. Parentheses are used to group the terms as in:
white AND (cat OR dog)

which is different than:
white AND cat OR dog

The first only returns white cats and white dogs, and the second returns white cats and dogs of any color.

Quote marks are used to denote phrases such as "wild cat".

All of these can be combined.
e.g."big cat" -lion

You can also search by image number.

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How to download a hi-res image file.

You must be logged in and have a download account. Download accounts are available for qualified customers.

Under the thumbnail of each image in your lightbox you will see the option to "download image". This option also appears on the "preview" page. This is the window which opens when you click on a thumbnail to view a larger version of it. 

Once you click on this a short form requesting information about image usage will appear. Once you fill this out the download process will begin.