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Searches

By entering keyword(s), you may use one or more keywords to define a search using the words: and, or, not as separators.

To narrow a search, use: and, not.
mountain and river - will provide images that contain both mountain(s) and river(s).
mountain not river - will provide images that contain only mountain(s) without river(s).

To expand a search, use: or
mountain or river - will provide images that contain either mountain(s) or river(s) or both.

You may use filters in a keyword search:

Orientation - will provide images that are horizontal, vertical, or both. Clicking an orientation icon will automatically launch the search using the keyword that's in the text box. If the text box is blank, then the search will be done with the last keyword used.

Royalty Free / Rights Managed - will provide images that are either Royalty Free, Rights Managed, or both.

Search within these results - When checked, this will and the new keyword with the previous search.

Search by Image ID - Enter the image id as a keyword. To search for multiple image ids, separate them with either commas or semi-colons.

If you can't find what you're looking for, then you may request a search by submitting the Search Request Form.

Lightboxes

If you have registered, you can create personal lightboxes to store and email images. You add images to a lightbox as you view a search result or a preview, and add the images that may fit your project.

Your lightboxes are kept for in indefinite period of time unless you delete them. You may have as many lightboxes as you wish, and each lightbox can have an unlimited number of images.

When you email a lightbox, the recipient doesn't have to be registered to view your lightbox.

Ordering Images

If you are registered, then you may order images. You order images by adding them to the shopping cart and then going through the checkout process. You may also order images or request a price by submitting the Image Order Form.

Rights Managed and Royalty Free Images

Our images are not free, whether royalty-free (RF) or rights-managed (RM). When you purchase an image from us, you do not own it; you are buying a license to use a copyrighted image that still belongs to the photographer.

When you purchase a license to an RF image, you pay a one-time fee and can use the image with few restrictions, in many different projects, and as often as you like. You do not need additional licenses nor pay additional fees. The one-time fee for this unlimited use is higher than that of the initial fee for the use of an RM image. Other users may select the same image, and use it in a project that may compete with yours.

Stick with an RM image if you want something more unique. Because it cannot be used over and over without limits, an RM image offers you and your clients more chance to illustrate your idea with an image not widely seen. When you purchase a license to an RM image, the license limits your use to a specific project, size, distribution, medium, and timeframe and price varies with these factors. To reuse the photo later on or for additional uses, you need to re-license it.

You may not use any 20/20 Software image, whether RF or RM, model released or not model released, in any pornographic, defamatory, or libelous manner. You may not use any image as a trademark or logo. You may not use any image in a manner that depicts or identifies the people shown in it in connection with sensitive subject matter (AIDS, abortion, sex, promiscuity, mental or physical ailments, illegal drugs, tobacco or firearms) unless that subject is already the content of the image. You may not use our images in a manner that is unlawful or misleading. And you may not resell our image to a party not identified in our original license to you.