Share all the great images you find on 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß with your friends on social media at the click of a button.
If you’re not familiar with stock photography or the rules around copyright, there are some guidelines that need to be followed when it comes to sharing images online. Something as simple as finding an image on Google and sharing it on Facebook could actually be a breach of copyright law, so it’s important to make sure you’re sharing images in a safe way to stay on the right side of the law.
If you want to know more about copyright, you can find some information in our blog post ‘how to find out who owns the copyright to an image‘.
We’ve put together this quick how-to guide to help you share images from the 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß site quickly and safely.
1. Use the share button
You’ll find the share button on any image page on the 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß site. Using the share button is great as it automatically generates the credit information for you, meaning you don’t have to worry about breaching copyright. The images will also have the 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß watermark on them, as an added layer of safety to protect the photographer.
You can safely share watermarked images on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Google+ using this button.
Here’s a quick guide to using the share button:
You’ll find the share button on the image page, below the image:
To share an image on social media, all you need to do is click the share button and select the social media channel you want. Here’s a round-up of what each social media site is good for, but if you want to know more, check out our blog series on ‘Choosing the right social media site for your business’.
- Facebook – a great place to reach out to friends and colleagues. Eye-catching images make your posts stand out as people scroll through the news feed, meaning people are more likely to click on your post if the image grabs their attention
- Twitter – with a character limit in place, adding an image to your Tweets can be an effective way of increasing engagement on the content you post – after all, they say a picture speaks a thousand words…
- LinkedIn – this is the best place to reach out to all your professional contacts, whether it’s your clients, colleagues or customers
- Pinterest – a brilliant way to share and save all the images you love, and loads of people use this channel to find creative inspiration. There’s also a great feature when you use the share button for Pinterest – you’ll be given the option to pin your original image, or choose from a number of related images! For example:
2. Use the email button
This is a great alternative if you’re not active on social media, or if you want to share an image with a particular person. All you need to do is click the ‘email’ icon below the image (right next to the share icon) and then enter the email address of the person you’re sending the image to.
3. Share a lightbox
Creating a lightbox is an awesome option for sharing more than one image, as it lets you share multiple images in one go. If you’ve never used our lightbox feature before, check out our blog ‘how to create a lightbox on 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß’ for a quick how to.
Once you’ve created your lightbox and are ready to share it, here’s what you need to do:
- Sign into 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß and go to the ‘My 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß’ drop-down list in the top right-hand corner of the page, or click on the lightbox icon in the header
- Select ‘Lightbox’ from the drop-down list and open the lightbox you want to share
- Click the ‘share’ button (the little envelope icon) in the white panel towards the top right of the page
- Select the lightbox that you want to send, then enter the email address of the person you want to share the lightbox with in the ‘To’ field, or pop your own email address in and the link to the lightbox will be sent to your inbox. One you receive the link, you can copy and paste it and share it with as many people as you like.
- If you share the lightbox with someone who has an 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß account, they can save the lightbox to their own account by scrolling to the bottom of the page, naming it and clicking ‘Save’.
Here are some handy links to help you get to grips with image buying:Â