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123RF Corporate+
User’s Guide
Table of Contents
Welcome Message
Moving In
Corporate+ Users Site
Signing In
User’s Dashboard
Searching for Content
Viewing Search Results
Advanced Search Bar
Lightbox
Downloading Content
Image Detail Page
Browse for Similar Content
User Download History
Image Keyword Tags
Editing Tags
Download Info
Faved Photographers
Download This Guide
Contact Information
Changing Passwords
Language Settings
Logging out
Forgot Password
Send Feedback
Welcome Message from our CEO
Congratulations! Millions of Royalty-Free stock photos, illustrations and video footage are now at your fingertips. Your Corporate+ account will be updated with thousands of new and fresh content on a daily basis.
We at 123RF.com believe that digital content should always be accessible, never overpriced and licensing great stock content should be made easy!
123RF.com’s Corporate+ media licensing platform was developed to meet the needs of those in the creative industry. Did you know that up to 80% of the features you will use in your Corporate+ account were requested by your peers and developed by our IT team?
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you and your colleagues on board and we hope you’ll have a great time using Corporate+.
Stephanie Sitt
CEO 123RF.com
Moving In
You should receive the following information from your Corporate+ Administrator:
Corporate+ URL for Users
Corporate+ Username
Corporate+ Password
Please click on the Corporate+ URL for users to access your Corporate+ Account.
Corporate+ Users Site
To gain access to your Corporate+
account, click on the Sign In link here.
Tip You may want to add this
page to your web browser’s bookmark so that you can
easily return to it later.
Corporate+ Sign In
The sign in box will appear asking for
your Username and Password.
Corporate+ Sign In
Enter your username and password as provided to
you by your Administrator and click on the Login
button.
User’s Dashboard Overview
Through regular use your Corporate+
Account will eventually look like this.
This is what a fresh Corporate+
account looks like when you first log into your account. Most
sections will be quite empty.
A
B
C
User’s Dashboard Tour
This panel shows your personal download credit balance as well
as any sharing of lightboxes notifications.
This shows the latest group based activity and the amount of credits remaining for the groups in which
you are a member.
A
User’s Dashboard Tour
This panel shows your latest viewed images. Just in case you need to refer
to them again.
This section shows the history of recently searched
keywords. This allows you to quickly click any keyword and conveniently resume your last
search activity.
The Recent Downloads panel shows what you have recently
downloaded. Switch between Personal and Group downloads by clicking on the
appropriate tabs.
B
User’s Dashboard Tour
The Latest Images tab shows some the latest
images to be added into your Corporate+ account. Check here
daily for fresh content!
C
Click on More Latest Images link to show
you even more fresh content!
User’s Dashboard Tour
Clicking your username on the top right hand corner will reveal a navigation menu.
Searching for Content
Searching for content on the
Corporate+ platform is simple and can be done from ALL
sections.
Searching for Content
1. Key in your desired search item. Separate
keywords with a comma or space. A drop down
list will also appear giving you some suggestions for
popular searches.
2. Select the content type
that you wish to search for. All images will include
Photos and Illustrations. Footage and Audio will
limit results to video and audio respectively.
3. Click on the Search button
to view the results.
Viewing Search Results
Advanced Search Allows you to refine your searches depending on additional criteria.
Search results are shown directly
here.
Mini Lightbox
Quickly switch and manage your lightboxes without moving away
from the results page.
The Advanced Search Bar
Click on << to hide the Advanced Search bar.
Shows you the most recent additions.
Narrow down the content that you expect
to find. My Faves will only search through the
portfolios of the contributors you have
“Faved”
You may also narrow down your search
results by the model’s ethnicity.
The Advanced Search Bar
If you require your models to be of a
certain age group, make your selection here.
Want a particular image orientation? Make your
choice here.
Or by the number of models you desire.
And by the models’ gender
The Advanced Search Bar If you prefer to receive
images which are isolated on white,
choose Cut Out, and if you do not wish to receive any images with nude models, please check the
Without Nudity option. With all these powerful filtering and sorting options, finding the
right content for your projects will be a
breeze!
Make your color preference from this color swatch. Your results will return
images that consist predominantly of this
color.
Random returns results by keyword relevancy. Most downloaded will return our best selling images, while Latest will sort the results
using a recency order, from latest to the
oldest.
Lightbox = Content Bookmark
The mini lightbox is a powerful tool for image
researchers. Use the lightbox to “bookmark”
any content of interest that meets your project’s criteria.
Lightbox = Content Bookmark
1. Click on the Create button to create your first
lightbox.
2. Choose a suitable lightbox
name.
3. Determine if you want this lightbox to be private to you only or if you’re
collaborating on this project as a group, choose the group’s name
from the drop down list.
4. Click on the Submit button to save and create
your first lightbox.
Lightbox = Content Bookmark
1. To change lightboxes, click on this drop down list
to display the available
lightboxes.
2. Select the desired lightbox you wish to make active. All images
added to lightbox will be added to this one from now on.
Lightboxing Content
1. To add an image to the current
lightbox, click on the Add to
Lightbox checkbox.
2. A smaller thumbnail representing the image will
be shown in the mini lightbox.
Lightboxing Content
1. Another method is to click the Add to Lightbox from
an image’s detailed view page.
2. A smaller thumbnail representing the image will
be shown in the mini lightbox.
Exploring the Mini Lightbox Email : Click this to email the lightbox contents. Useful when securing
approval from your Clients.
Remove Lightbox: Click this delete the and its lightbox
contents.
Options : Use this link to
rename the lightbox.
Export Lightbox : Use this link to export the contents of the
lightbox to a PDF file or CSV file.
Exploring the Mini Lightbox
From left to right, these 3 buttons are used to: Left button - Expands the lightbox.
Middle button - Goes to the normal lightbox view. Right button – Minimizes the lightbox.
Downloading Content
1. Before you can download any content, you have to conduct a search and then click on the content you require.
Large preview: When you float your mouse over any content thumbnail, a larger
content preview will be shown to you.
Downloading Content
1. You may also access any image detail page by
clicking on the small thumbnail in your
mini lightbox.
Large preview: When you float your mouse
over any content thumbnail, a larger
content preview will be shown to you.
Downloading Content
2. View through the resolution / image sizes that you require for your project. Click on the Download button of the appropriate size to begin the download process.
2a. Please note that there is a waiting period of about 1 working day or less when you order the larger image sizes (100MB / 200MB / 300MB TIFF) from our Image Enlargement Specialists.
2b. If you or your client will be using the content in a
product for resale. Please select the Extended License
tab to download the appropriate license for the
required usage.
Click here to switch between viewing the
RAW Size info (in MB) or its equivalent Output Size
(in pixels).
Downloading Content
Print Only Extended License Aggregate 10,000 copies of printed products for resale. Content goes on mugs, print canvases, post cards, acrylic displays, print on demand objects.
Electronic Only Extended License Choose this license if the content is going to be used as a core product offering for a mobile app, software application or design template for resale.
Comprehensive Extended License Limitless print runs for both printed and electronic products for resale purposes.
Note: Downloading ANY content under an
Extended License will give you its TIFF (for stock photo) or EPS (for illustrations)
version of the content.
Downloading Content
3. Choose to use your Personal credit allocation
or your Group credit allocation.
Note: If you choose to download using any Group download credit allocation, the image will
be available to other group members.
The summary of the size and its cost in
download credits for this download is displayed.
Downloading Content
4a. Normal download will deduct the required credits
if the image was never licensed before.
4b. Re-license download
will deduct required credits even if the image was
licensed in the past.
Note: Use Re-license, if another
client is requesting commissioned work of a
previously licensed image.
Note: Under Normal download,
previously licensed images can be downloaded for FREE if they have
been licensed before.
Downloading Content
Image Tagging: You may wish to tag downloaded images with relevant information like invoice numbers, customer names or codes to make
customer billing, image identification and retrieval easier.
5. Remember to select the tag before clicking the
download button to apply the tag to the image.
Downloading Content
6. The image has now been tagged. Image tag(s) will only be saved when the
image is downloaded. You may add multiple tags to any
image.
7. Click on the Download button to start the
download process. Check your downloads folder on your computer for the downloaded content.
Understanding the Image Detail Page
Similar stock photos panel shows other noteworthy
images that closely resembles this image.
Keywords panel shows the keywords this image is
associated with. Click on any keyword to conduct
a new search.
The Of the same Model panel shows you other
images that the same model(s) also appear in.
Size & Licenses shows the available image sizes and licenses that are
available for download.
Extended License click this tab if you are using this image on a product
for resale purposes.
The Photographer panel shows the photographer’s name. You may also view the photographer’s Portfolio or Add to Fave list if you like the contributor’s style for easier search options later on.
The image detail shows a large preview thumbnail, allows you to add this image to your lightbox, search for visually similar looking images as well as download a watermarked comp image.
Similar Search Results
The above shows a Browse Similar Images search. Notice that the color tone and content is visually similar to the previous image.
Download History
You may view your
Download History by clicking on the View Download History.
OR by clicking on the Download History menu item here.
The download history may paginate especially when there have been many downloads in a
mature Corporate+ account.
Download History Panels
Here are additional
options that you can use to narrow image results
by a particular date or by specific Tags.
The main Download History panel behaves very much like
the search results pages. Floating your mouse
over any thumbnail will produce a larger preview of
that particular content.
Filtering Download History Results
Info You can use various filters to view your Download History.
[A] Show content downloaded during a certain month and year using these drop down options.
[B] You may also choose to view content that were downloaded using Personal credits or Group credits or both
[C] Content with certain tags associated with it can also be used to short list files in the Download History.
A B C
Viewing Image Tags
Clicking on the Download
Details link under any image detail will show
more information related to the image itself.
Clicking on the View Tags
link under any image detail will show the tags
that are linked to that image download.
Click on any tag to Download Details
shortlist the other images that are associated with
the same tag.
Editing Existing Image Tags
1. Clicking on the Edit
Tags link will allow you to manage the tags
associated with this image.
2. A new window will appear displaying the
existing tags of the image. You may add new tags or remove old ones.
3. Click on the Save
Changes buttons to apply the new tag associations
to the image.
Viewing Image Tags
Clicking on the Image Thumbnail will also bring you the image detail page. Images
that have been tagged will now display all tags associated with it just below the
Photographer’s info panel. [A] A
Other Download Info
Clicking on the number of Total Downloads for an image will tell you the group under which the download was made.
Redownloading an Image
The previously downloaded size of each image is visible towards the bottom of
each thumbnail. Clicking on the Size will automatically start the download
for that image again..
Faved Photographers
If you find that a certain contributor’s portfolio
consistently has shots that meet your requirements
often, you add the contributor into your
favorite photographer’s list. Adding a contributor to
your list of faved contributors allows you to
perform searches for content limited to these
particular portfolios.
Click on the Add to Fave link from any image detail
page to add this contributor to your list of Faved
Photographers.
Click on the Fave
Photographers menu item to manage your
list of favorite photographers.
Managing Your Faved Photographers
Click on the Remove button to remove a certain contributor
from your list of Faved Photographers
Managing Your Faved Photographers
Click on any Faved
Photographer’s thumbnail to view the Faved Photographer’s
portfolio.
Download User’s Guide
Clicking on the Download Guide menu item will allow you to download guides for this user’s guide as well as other guides that will help you maximize the benefits from using your Corporate+ Account.
Contact Information
If you are experiencing any
difficulty in using your Corporate+ account, click on the Contact item to view the
various help options are available to you.
Corporate+ Language Settings
Corporate+ currently
supports 16 languages. Choose your preferred language option here.
Searches can now be made
in the selected language. The entire site’s text will also
be localized accordingly.
Changing your Password
Once you receive your
default password from your Corporate+ Administrator, we recommend that you change your password
immediately to secure your Corporate+ Account.
Click on the Change
Password link to change your password.
Please key in your old password and then your new password. Repeat your new password in the Confirm New Password
textbox. Lastly, click on Change Password to save.
Security Tip We recommend that you choose a password that: 1. Is at least 6 characters
long 2. have a mixture of
alphabets (a-z, A-Z) AND 3. contains numbers (0-9)
as well.
Please note that passwords are CaSe
SeNsiTiVe.
Logging out of Corporate+
When you’re done working with your Corporate+ account or if you are going to leave your computer unattended, please log out of your Corporate+ account to prevent unauthorized access. If you leave your session idle for 10 minutes, you
will be automatically logged out as well.
You may log out at any time by clicking on the Logout link from the menu bar.
Corporate+ Forgot Password
If you have forgotten your
password you may click on the Forgot Password
button.
Corporate+ Forgot Password
Key in your username or email
and then click on Get Password. Then check your email for a
password reset link.
Feedback & Suggestions
We hope that you will enjoy using 123RF’s Corporate+ as much as we have enjoyed developing it for you.
If you wish to share any feedback, suggestions or ideas on how to make your Corporate+ better, please send an email to our Product Manager, Alex whose email address is [email protected]