Registration and Log on
Your Account
Searching for Images

ANT Collections

Layout Files and Image information
Using Lightboxes
Sharing a Lightbox
Buying Rights to use an Image
Selecting and Adding images to an Order
Requesting a Quote
Setting Usage
Paying by Credit Card

Currencies
Adding a payment to your Trading account
Printing out your License Agreement / Invoice
Downloading Images

Registration and Log on
You are free to search this site without Registering or Logging on. If you want to view and download Layout files, use Lightboxes, request Quotes and Purchase the rights to use images you will need to Register or Log.
Register or Log in.

We recommend that when you have finished working on the site that you Log out this will make sure that your account is not used by an unauthorised user.

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Your Account
On the Your Account page you are free to change the follows details:
Your Display Preferences.

Change your Password
Change your Name and Contact details
Your Company membership details

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Searching for Images
We offer you three ways to find appropriate images on the site. Keyword search, Advanced Search and ANT Collections.

Keyword Search
Enter a Keyword in the search Box press Enter or click on Search. The site will display all the Keywords or Key phrases that contain your entered word. Select one of the displayed Keywords by left clicking on it, a selection of images will be displayed.

You will be able to view all the keywords associated with the displayed images in the column on the left hand side of the screen. Adjacent to each Keyword are the two words “and” and “New”.

By selecting “and” the site will narrow the search of images Using this Keyword. You can continue to narrow your search as often as you require.

As you narrow your search you will find the trail of the keywords that you have used displayed in the coloured box immediately above the displayed images. If you wish to step back in your search you can click on the appropriate point in the trail.

By selecting “New” the site will will display a new selection of images based on this Keyword.

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Advanced Search
Using Advanced Search gives you a number of specific fields in which to search. By selecting a second or additional fields you will continue to narrow your search.

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ANT Collections
We have put together Themed Collections of special images. Select these by clicking on ANT Collections.

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Return to Last Search Results
From anywhere in the website you can return to the results of your last search by clicking on the Return to Search Results button by the keyword search box.

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Layout Files and Image Information
To view, download and print watermarked layout files double click on the thumbnail image. You will also find Caption and Credit details and other relevant information about the image in this view.

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Creating and Using Lightboxes
As you search through the site you will come across images that you may want to use. By selecting these images and adding them to one or more lightboxes you are putting together your own edited collections of images. Your Lightboxes can be Shared or e-mailed to a colleague.

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Selecting and Adding images to a Lightbox
We have already created a Lightbox under the name of “New Lightbox” which you will find in the right-hand dropdown box above the images.

To add one or more images to this Lightbox from the search view check the small box below the images, or use the “Select all” button, then click “Add to Lightbox” above “New Lightbox”. If you are in the Layout (enlarged) view of an image just click on “Add to Lightbox”.

When you first add the images to the Lightbox a screen asking you to give your Lightbox a name will appear. Having done this, your re-named Lightbox will appear in the dropdown list along with another “New Lightbox” for you to use when required.

Once you have more than one Lightbox in the dropdown list you may add images to any of them by first selecting the Lightbox from the list, then adding your selected images.

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Viewing Lightboxes
Select the Lightbox you wish to view from the drop-down list, click the View Lightbox button.

Renaming a Lightbox.

In Lightbox View select the “Re-Name Lightbox” tab along the top of the images and follow the instructions.

Deleting a Lightbox
In the Lightbox View select the “Delete Lightbox” tab along the top of the images and follow the instructions.

Creating additional Lightboxes
Select "New Lightbox" from the Lightbox dropdown and add your selected images.

Comments
Under each image in a Lightbox is toned box with the word “comment” or “edit”. By clicking on the word a window opens in which you can type a new, or edit an excising, message. Save the changes and they will appear in the toned box.

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Sharing Lightboxes
We offer you two ways to share a Lightbox.

1. E-mailing a lightbox
You may send an e-mail containing a link to a view of your lightbox to anyone you wish.

The recipient will receive an e-mail with a link to an un-editable view of your Lightbox. Upon viewing they will be asked if they wish to save the Lightbox as one of their own. Once they have saved the Lightbox as theirs they will be free to edit it. Your comments will not be saved with the lightbox.

2. Sharing a lightbox
Once you have created a Lightbox you may “Share” it with other Registered Clients of the site. While viewing the Lightbox you wish to Share select the Share Lightbox tab. You will be asked to enter the e-mail address of the person you wish to share the Lightbox with and click on search. The site will search it’s database to make sure that the e-mail address belongs to a Registered Client.

Once this is confirmed you will be asked to select a level of collaboration, either “Write” or “Read”. “Write” will allow the new User to add images and comments but does not allow them to Share or E-mail the Lightbox to others. “Read” means that they can only view the lightbox.

You have the option to send an e-mail to the Clients, with whom you are Sharing the Lightbox, containing a link to the Lightbox. They will find that it has been added to their dropdown list of Lightboxes. The Lightbox is credited to you, as the Administrator of the Box, the level of collaboration you have given each Client is also displayed.

Either you or the Clients, with whom you have shared the Lightbox and given “Write” permission to, can now add or remove images and comments. The next time any of the clients with whom the lightbox is shared view the Lightbox they will see the changes that have been made. If more than one client is working on the Lightbox at the time the changes are made they will need to “Refresh” the screen to updates it.

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Buying Rights to use Images
As you are aware ANT Photo Library does not sell images as such, we sell you the rights to use images for a particular use that you specify. The fees we charge vary depending on that use.

To buy these rights from us you need first to select your images, place them in an Order, set usage and request a quote. Once you have received your quote you can proceed to purchase the rights and Download the Hi-res files.

On this web site you may have many Orders at any one time. We have designed the site this way so that you can split your purchases up into different projects, budgets or however you would like to split them. You may add as many images as you want in a order.

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Selecting and Adding images to an Order
We have created a Order under the name of “New Order” which you will find in the right-hand dropdown box above the images.

To add images to this Order from the search or Lighbox view check on the small box below the images, or use the “Select all” button, then click “Add to Order” above “New Order”. If you are in the Layout (enlarged) view of an image just click on “Add to Order” .

When you first add the images to the Order a screen asking you to give your Order a name will appear. Having done this, your re-named Order will appear in the dropdown list along with another “New Order” for you to use when required.
If you have more than one Order in the dropdown list you may add images to any of them by first selecting the appropriate Order and then add your selected images.

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Requesting a Quote
To request a quote to buy the rights to use images you need to add the images to an Order. View the relevant Order and “Set the Usage”. To do this you can either click on the “Set Usage for all Images” or “Set or Update Usage ” link to the right of each thumbnail. If you have selected “Set Usage for all Images” you can edit the usage for particular images later

Once you have set all the usage fields for all the images in an order request a quote by clicking on the “Request Quote” button to the right of the screen. Your order will come to Customer Service, we will quote your order and send you an e-mail, with a link to your now quoted order.

You have the options to Purchase the images, Edit your quote, if you would like to discuss your quote please contact Customer Service. Details can be found on the "Contact us" page.

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Setting or Editing Usage
Once you have placed one or more images in an Order, you will want to set the Usage. To do this you can either click on the “Set Usage for all Images” or “Set or Edit Use” link to the right of each thumbnail. If you have selected “Set Usage for all Images” you can edit the usage for particular images later

The Rights Selector will open. Select the general Usage from the dropdown list. This will bring up a relevant set of questions that asks you to give us the information we need to quote for your use. Please make sure that you answer all the questions accurately and fully.

Once you are satisfied you have selected the appropriate answers you can either click on Save and Finish to return to your order or Save and Add if you have additional uses for the same image that you would like a quote on. If you select Save and Add an additional copy of the image will be added to your order and you will be able to set the rights for a second usage for the Image.

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Edit your Quote
B y selecting “Edit Quote” this will take you back to the pre-quote stage You will be able to edit the usage and add or remove images. You will need to request a new quote.

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Cancelling an Order
To cancel an Order select the relevant order from the dropdown list click on “View Order”. Once in the Order screen select the “Cancel Order” tab along the top of the images and follow the instructions.

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Currencies.

Our web site quotes in either US$, Australian$ or Euros. However, all Credit card transactions will be made in Australian Dollars. The conversion to Australian Dollars is calculated at the time of purchase using up to date exchange rates. The invoices for all Credit card transactions will be in Australian Dollars.

Due to fluctuations in the currency markets the actual amount that is charged to your credit card account may differ from the amount quoted.

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Purchasing Images.
Once you have received our quote and wish to purchase the rights to use the images for the usage you selected, click on the “Purchase” button to the right of the screen. We will then ask you to agree to the Terms and Conditions under which we supply images. Once you have read and accepted our Terms and Conditions you will move through to the secure payment section of the site.

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Paying by Credit Card
We give you the option of either paying by MasterCard or Visa. Please fill in the relevant details in the form provided. Click on the make payment button, you will them be asked to approve the payment before committing.

All transactions will be made in Australian Dollars. The conversion to Australian Dollars is calculated at the time of purchase using up to date exchange rates. The invoice for all transaction will be in Australian Dollars.

Due to fluctuations in the currency markets the actual amount that is charged to your credit card account may differ from the amount quoted.

Before moving through to the Download Screen a window will pop-up showing your License Agreement / Invoice. Please print it out but clicking in the window and pressing Ctrl+P on a PC and Command+P or select Print from the file menu on a Mac.

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Adding a Payment to your Trading Account
if you have a 30 day trading account with us you may elect to add the purchase to your account. Before moving through to the Download Screen a window will pop-up showing your Delivery Note. Please print it out but clicking in the window and pressing Ctrl+P on a PC and Command+P or select Print from the file menu on a Mac.

We will invoice you shortly using the rights that you have set for each image.

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Printing out your License Agreement / Invoice or Delivery Note.
Once you have approved your payment a window will pop-up showing your License Agreement / Invoice or Deliver Note. Please print it out but clicking in the window and pressing Ctrl+P on a PC and Command+P or select Print from the file menu on a Mac.

Go to the License Images and Download screen, all your orders that have been approved for payment are listed, select the relevant one a window will pop-up showing your License Agreement / Invoice or Delivery Note. Please print it out but clicking in the window and pressing Ctrl+P on a PC and Command+P or select Print from the file menu on a Mac.

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Downloading Images
To download hi-res files you will first need to have been through the quote and purchase process mentioned above.

Once you have purchased the rights to use the images the the hi-resolution files will be available to you for download.

You will need to go to Licensed Images and Download useing either the link to the right of the Lightbox dropdown list or from the dropdown list in your Orders.

The images that are currently available to you for download are listed. These Images are available for download for 14 days from date of purchase. Once you start downloading the file it is available to you for a further 24hours only. Please contact ANT Photo Library if you need access to these files beyond these times.

Please make sure that you will be using Hi-res files before downloading. We charge a Layout Fee of $100 or €100 for each Hi-res file downloaded from this web site and then not used!

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