Tips & Tricks for your Image Search

Welcome to mauritius images’s new website

Dear customers, Header & Footer.............................................................................. 3
Should a question arise when using our clear and intui-
tive website, you will surely find the right answer quickly Image Search................................................................................... 4
in these tips & tricks.
View- & Filter Options.................................................................. 5
Lots of fun and many hits during your View Options..........................................................................................5
image searches, Filter Options.........................................................................................5
Your mauritius images Team Collections Filter..................................................................................6

Search Visual Worlds................................................................... 7

Search Photographers................................................................. 8

Lightbox Functions....................................................................... 9
Large Lightbox Menu......................................................................9
Small Lightbox Menu.....................................................................11

Preview Presentation & Image Details...............................12

Similarity Search...........................................................................13

Cart & Purchase Process........................................................... 14

Choice – Premium Collection................................................. 18

Authentic – Lifestyle & People Collection......................... 19

Contact............................................................................................. 20

PS: For any further questions we are always available.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have sugges-
tions regarding the design and/or functionality (for con-
tact details see last page of this flyer).

… should you have questions about your image search

the details for your personal contact can be found on
the website in the footer under Contact. We look for-
ward to hearing from you!

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Header & Footer

The header ( 1 ) of the website with the search field was The footer contains a lot of interesting information and
designed sticky, so it remains permanently visible and links - just have a look. Moreover the footer and imprint
you can trigger an image search at any time, no matter can be reached from anywhere with just one click. The
where you are on our website. links are in the line at the bottom right ( 3 ).

Next to the search field are the links to the other main
pages Novelties, Visual Worlds and Photographers.

If you move the mouse over the header, the respective

icons and menu items will turn blackberry red ( 2 ). This
colour indicates activated features, filters, pages throug-
hout the website.

The icons on the right are self-explanatory:

Click to open the lightbox menu.

Click to open your shopping cart.

Click to open a contact menu to easily contact

your personal contact person.

Click to log in with your data or register as a new

customer.

Language selection: German

Language selection: English

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Image Search
The search box in the header allows you to search for
your subjects by entering keywords.
Search
To do so, enter the your search terms (regardless of
upper or lower case) in the search box.
Spaces between keywords will trigger „and“ searches.
Example: „woman dog“ will initiate a search for images
that contain both keywords, woman and dog.
Combining keywords with „or“, e.g. „woman or dog“, will
initiate a search for images on which either a woman or
a dog can be seen.
To exclude terms simply add „not“ between the key-
words. Example: „woman not dog“ will show you images
showing women, but no dogs.
If you want to search for combined terms or phrases,
please put the search term in quotes, e.g. „New York“.
As soon as you enter the first letters of your search term,
an auto-suggest pull-down menu will open show-
ing suggestions for keywords, which will provide search
results.
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Tip: You can also search for image numbers. Just
enter the image number (only one per search) in the
search field.
As soon as you have clicked on a suggested keyword or
typed in your search term, the image search will be trig-
gered automatically. Your search result will then be dis-
played.
In order to keep track of the search history and to be
able to easily change the search parameters at any time,
search terms and filters will be displayed in the form of
blackberry-coloured bread crumbs ( 1 ).
Tip: The bread crumbs can be deleted individually. To
delete all set search terms and filters, click on „Delete
All“ ( 2 ).
Above the search result, the number of hits for your cur-
rent search for the entire image stock (All Images) and
for our premium collections Choice and Authentic will
be displayed ( 3 ). The collection for which the search is
currently active will be blackberry-coloured and under-
lined. With just one click, you can easily switch from the
search result All Images to the Authentic search result
or the Choice emotions filter (see page 18).
Tip: To see more images, you can optionally expand or
collapse the left menu column Options & Filters ( 4 ).
To start a new image search, simply click on „Delete All“
( 2 ).
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View- & Filter Options

Click on Options & Filters to show or hide view and filter License Filter: Choose between Rights Managed and
options. Royalty Free images.

View Options
Choose between three different view options. The active
option will be highlighted in blackberry red.
1 If the preview is activated, a larger image preview
will open when moving the mouse over an image
in the search result (mouse-over-preview).
2 Choose between Grid View (Google View) and
Slide View to display the search result.
3 Set your preferred background colour.
Release Filter: Find images that have a specific release
type.
Format Filter: Portrait, landscape, square and more.
Media Type Filter: Choose between images and illust-
rations.
Size Filter: Search for the right image size (at 300 dpi).
Age Group Filter: Select desired age groups of people
depicted

Filter Options
Various filters will allow you tolimit your search results.
The filter options are located below the view options
( 4 ).

Exclusive Filter: Find images that are offered exclusi-

vely at mauritius images.

Colour Filter: Search within the palate for your desired

colour

Record Date Filter: Filter by date created or date pub-

lished.

Online Filter: Filter by publishing period.

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View- & Filter Options

Collections Filter

Search specifically in our collections: After clicking

Select Collections ( 1 ), a window with all the collec-
tions we represent will open ( 2 ). Click to select one or
more collections and start your image search by clicking
Apply ( 3 ).

The selected collections will be displayed in the bread

crumb line and can be deleted there ( 4 ). Previously
entered search terms and/or filter options will also be
included in the search.

Close the Collections Filter by clicking on the X in the

upper right corner ( 5 ).

Some collections include both Rights Managed and

Royalty-Free images. The License Filter can be used to
limit the search result to the preferred license type.

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Search Visual Worlds

In order to present you the best and newest imagery The structure of each Visual World page is identical.
for various themes, we have categorised and edited our Main components are attractive image sliders ( 2 ).
image offer. Each of the Visual Worlds represents one Below are more of the best images from the respec-
unique theme portal, which can be searched for your tive topic area ( 3 ). Search within the Visual World by
desired images. using the additional search field ( 4 ) and the previously
described filter options below the image slider.
Visual Worlds are available for the following themes
(displayed as a pull-down menu when clicking on For a larger search result, the search field in the header
Visual Worlds ( 1 ). The sequence may change and vary): can be used ( 5 ). Doing so will trigger a new search over
the entire mauritius images image stock.
• Choice
• Authentic
• Literary Gallery
• Postal Gallery
• Landscapes & Nature
• Plants & Gardens
• Germany - Country & People
• People, Countries & Metropolises
• Animals
• Architecture
• Inspiration & Spirituality
• Food
• Interior & Deco
• Concepts
• Business, Education & Social
• Lifestyle & People
• Medical & Science
• Celebreties & Movies
• Historical

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Search Photographers
Our image portfolio includes several thousand photo-
graphers. Each of the 150 best is presented to you by a
dedicated website, where you can view all images by
this photographer and search within their images.
Click on the teaser image of a photographer to view the
respective image slider and the photographer‘s entire
portfolio ( 4 ). Each photographer‘s portfolio can be
searched using the previously described filter options.

Click on Photographers in the header ( 1 ) to open the
photographer website. This consists of an image slider
of the current Photographer of the Month and a brief
bio ( 2 ). Clicking on the image slider will take you to the
photographer‘s portfolio.
Use the search field in the header ( 5 ) for a larger
search result as this will trigger a new search over the
entire mauritius images image stock.

Below the current Photographer of the Month an

alphabetical search function ( 3 ) and the portfolios of
all other top photographers can be found.

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Lightbox Functions
To store image selections permanently in a lightbox,
various useful functions are available. Please note that
all lightbox functions described below are only available
to logged-in users.
Drag and drop images within the lightbox or from one
lightbox to another. Simply drag the image to a new
position within the lightbox or another lightbox ( 4 )
with the left mouse button pressed.

You can access your lightbox menu in two ways: via the
light bulb icon in the header (large lightbox menu), or
by clicking on the arrow on the left in the narrow menu
bar at the bottom of the screen (small lightbox menu).

Large Lightbox Menu (click on the light bulb icon in

the header 1 )

The lightboxes are collapsed by default and can be

expanded with the arrows on the right side of the
screen ( 2 ).

You can select the desired action for your lightbox in the
lightbox menu ( 3 ):

• Create
• Edit
• Delete
• Rename
• Send lightbox link via e-mail
• Move
• Copy
• Duplicate
• Add to Cart
• Download LowRes (.ZIP)
• Download HighRes (.ZIP)
• Download as PDF file

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You can also move several images via the corresponding
action menu item. Hold the CTRL-key (Mac OS: cmd )
and mark the images to be moved by mouse click. The
selected images will be given a blackberry-coloured
frame ( 1 ).
Tip: Use the drop-down menu on the right side of the
screen ( 3 ) to sort your lightboxs according to diffe-
rent criteria:

Then, click on the menu item Move to open a window

with all your lightboxes. Select one or more lightboxes
to which you want to move the images ( 2 ). Multiple
selection will move the marked images to all selected
lightboxes.

To copy pictures, proceed as above. Unlike moving, the

marked images will also remain in the source lightbox.
By clicking on the double-arrow icon to the right of
the sort field, the display order can be reversed.

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Small Lightbox Menu
Open the small lightbox menu by clicking on the
arrow on the left of the narrow menu bar below the
search result ( 1 ).
The narrow menu bar will also display the number of
images in your active lightbox.
Click on the up arrow on the left to open your active
lightbox ( 2 ). To activate another lightbox use the drop-
down menu on the far left. Then, you can trigger the fol-
lowing actions:
Newly added images will appear on the left in the light-
box.
Move images within a lightbox by using drag-and-drop.
If a lightbox has not yet been created, images will auto-
matically be placed in the lightbox „My first lightbox“
after clicking on the light bulb icon. Rename the light-
box using the menu.
To activate another lightbox click on the menu arrow to
the right of the name of the active lightbox and select
the desired lightbox for activation.

• Create
• Edit
• Delete
• Rename
• Send lightbox link via e-mail
• Move
• Copy
• Duplicate
• Add to Cart
• Download LowRes (.ZIP)
• Download HighRes (.ZIP)
• Download as PDF file Tip: Images that have already been added to a light-
box can be recognised by the blackberry-coloured
Add images to the active lightbox either by clicking on light bulb icon below the image ( 4 ).
the light bulb icon below the image or simply by drag-
and-drop. Drag the image with the mouse downwards
in the direction of your lightbox. As soon as this shows a
blackberry red colour ( 3 ) you can let go of the mouse.

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Preview Presentation & Image Details

Important information about the image can be seen in Click on the thumbnail image to display the preview of
the thumbnail view. ( 1 ). the image in the line below ( 2 ).

All important metadata will be displayed to the right of

Exclusive – only available at mauritius images the image.

Image from our premium collection Choice Tip: Click on the corresponding link in the column
„Credit“ ( 3 ) to see more images from that collection
Not yet added to a lightbox or the photographer.
Already added to a lightbox

Not yet added to cart

Already added to cart

Triggering the keyword-based similarity search

License model type

This image is part of a series with similar images.

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Similarity Search
Click on Show more keywords in the preview ( 1 ) to
trigger the keyword-based similarity search of the entire
image stock.

A new window will open ( 2 ). Select the keywords you

would like to activate for a new search and click Search
to trigger a search in the entire image stock.

The chosen keywords will appear in the search box and

in the bread crumbs above your search results ( 3 ).
So, you can quickly and easily customize/change the
search.

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Cart & Purchase Process

This chapter is only relevant to you if there is no roy- 3 From the preview menu
alty agreement between your organisation and mauri-
tius images in place. For our existing customers with an
agreed royalty structure the shopping cart icon will be
hidden.

Images can be added to the cart via the following func-

tions:

1 Directly from the image search (by clicking

on the cart icon under the respective image)

The number of images in your cart will be displayed in

the header to the right of the cart icon.

2 From the lightbox (as described in chapter 6) To complete a purchase, open the cart by clicking on
the cart icon.

The schematic menu in the upper line will show you

where you are currently in the purchasing process and
will guide you through the next steps ( 4 ).

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Before completing your order, please select the desired

usage. Click on the menu item Change under the res-
pective image ( 1 ).

Now, an intuitive menu will open in which you can

select the desired usage and other usage parameters.
Click on Apply to confirm the use and return to the cart
( 2 ).

Please note that you cannot complete the order until

you have selected a usage type for all images in the cart.
Images for which the usage has yet not been specified
will be recognised by the blackberry-coloured marker
on the right edge of the screen as well as a correspon-
ding text ( 3 ).

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Once you have selected a usage type for all images in

the cart and have accepted the Terms and Conditions
and Privacy Policy, you can complete the order ( 1 ).

On the following page „Complete order“ you can define

your desired payment method and enter instructions
that will be noted on the invoice, e.g. „For customer
Smith“ ( 2 ).

After the payment has been completed, you can down-

load the images (individually ( 3 ) or as a batch ( 4 )
and/or the invoice ( 5 ):

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Alternatively: royalty calculator via the preview

menu

For RM images, the menu for selecting the desired

usage type will appear under the image information in
the preview view ( 1 ).

In the case of RF images, the menu for selecting the

desired image size will appear in the preview view
under the image information ( 2 ).

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Choice – Premium Collection

CHOICE is an exclusive and elaborately revamped pre- Tip: Choice is also a Visual World in which you can
mium collection with handpicked, strictly edited carry out searches as described.
imagery from mauritius images. Exceptional motifs, aes-
thetic, modern recording technology, change of per-
spective and special lighting conditions characterise
CHOICE. Our website now enables you to carry out a tar-
geted search within this sophisticated image offering.

The images in this collection can be recognised by the

-icon below thumbnail image. ( 1 ).

After any image search, the number of images, which

have been found in your search and belong to the
Choice collection will be shown on the right above your
search result:

When clicking on the number of Choice images, a fil-

ter specifically developed for the extra keywording of
this collection with about 50 selectable conceptual key-
words will open ( 2 ). Click on an concept to further nar-
row down your search result.

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Authentic – Lifestyle & People Collection
Spontaneity and naturalness are the focus of the Click on the number of Authentic images to display
Authentic collection, offering „real life“ people and life- these images as search results.
style themed images in a modern and authentic visual
language. These high-quality images were selected spe- Delete the Authentic filter by clicking on the appropri-
cifically for the creative market and can be easily filtered ate bread crumb above the search result.
out of the entire image stock of mauritius images.

After any image search, the number of images of the

Authentic collection found will be shown on the top
right.

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Contact
mauritius images GmbH
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82481 Mittenwald
phone +49 (0)8823 42-0
mail info@mauritius-images.com

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Sales UK, North America, EU Sales F, BEL

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Sales D/A/CH Region

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Customer Support
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Founded in Berlin in 1920, mauritius images GmbH is Germany‘s oldest
independent picture agency and one of the Europe‘s leading picture
agencies.

The focus of our carefully curated image offerings is in the areas of travel,
nature, lifestyle and people. As a supplier of first-class collections by
internationally recognised photographers we stand for a high-quality
portfolio. We attach particular importance to exclusivity, authenticity
and a modern, European image style.

The over 100 million RF and RM motifs (depending on country) in our

image collection also include versatile collections from the areas of
Food, Beauty, Medicine, Illustration and symbol photography as well
as historical images. Magazines, newspapers and book publishers are
just as much a part of our customer base as advertising agencies and
corporate customers.

mauritius images is the exclusive sales representative in Europe for

Masterfile Corporation, one of the North America’s leading picture
agencies.

Benefit from our personal and professional service. We will be happy to

help you with individual image selections or advise you competently
regarding questions about copyright, royalties and technology. Please
give it a try.

mauritius images GmbH

Mühlenweg 18
82481 Mittenwald

www.mauritius-images.com