The price you pay depends on the term of your subscription. The longer the term, the better the value! However, no matter what the term of your subscription, you will be able to download up to 250 photos per 24 hour period.

Credit card, checks and money orders are accepted. However, if you wish to purchase by check or money order, we will not be able to process your transaction online. Instead, please call 1-800-255-8800 or 1-309-688-8800. Your subscription will be activated as soon as we receive your payment.

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Click here to subscribe. You will be asked to set up a username and password, provide your contact information, billing address, and credit card so we may bill you. Once you've subscribed, you may log in with your username and password and start downloading!

Seasonal and date-specific themed images are provided to our subscribers at least three months in advance, with major holidays provided even sooner in advance. You also have free access to over 100,000 images from the liquidlibrary.com.

We have developed a talented roster of full-time professional freelance illustrators and photographers with a wide range of styles and techniques. Each image is a custom creation found only in liquidlibrary.

liquidlibrary images can be used on your Macintosh or PC with page layout programs such as QuarkXPress, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign; and draw programs such as Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW! and Macromedia FreeHand; and image-editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Corel Photopaint. If your application was not listed, please consult your manual for compatibility.

Technical support is available on our website in the form of FAQs and e-mail question submissions. Please check on our website first to see if your question can be answered. If you are still unable to get the answer you need, please call our free technical support department at 1-800-255-8800 or 1-309-688-8800.

If you purchase a liquidlibrary subscription and change your mind, a refund can be issued with the following stipulations: you must request your refund within 3 days of your purchase, and you must not have downloaded more than 5 images. You must also sign an affidavit indicating that you will destroy all copies of any images you've downloaded and that you will not use them in any way.

It's possible that this is related to how your Adobe Reader preferences are set. Try following the steps outlined below...

1. Open Adobe Reader
2. Select Edit -> Preferences -> Internet -> Web Browser Options
3. De-select the "Allow fast web view" checkbox
4. Click "OK"

You are permitted to download up to 250 images per 24 hour period from liquidlibrary during the term of your subscription. However, we do request that you limit your downloads to only the photos you need in order to avoid strain on our web servers.

You may use our royalty-free photos for:
· Web pages and other multimedia applications (See: Can I use images from liquidlibrary on Web sites? below for details)
· Advertisements and promotional materials
· Product packaging
· Theatrical exhibitions
· Personal (non-commercial) materials
· Comps, layouts, and other materials for test or sample use

For the full list of terms and conditions, please read our End User Licensing Agreement.

Generally speaking, you can use our images in almost any graphics project. However, there are a few limitations:

A. The image may not be resold as part of a printed collection or appear in a catalog displaying stock images, such as rubber stamps, stationery, plaques, or advertising specialty items, etc.

B. The image may not be given away or sold as part of stock advertising materials such as ad planners, preprinted ad slicks, or similar camera-ready or electronic items.

See our License Agreement for more details.

For more on this issue and others, please read our End User Licensing Agreement for the full list of terms and conditions.

No, you are not permitted to share your username and password with anyone! If other people in your business would like access to your subscription, we have a compelling multi-seat licensing offer. Please contact us at 1-800-255-8800 or 1-309-688-8800 to discuss your options.

Each login may only be used on one computer at a time. You may use the service on multiple computers, just not as the same time. If you are receiving this error message and are not attempting to have multiple users, please contact us.

We will not share your email address with other organizations without your consent. For details, see our privacy policy.

Yes, you are permitted to use any images that you have downloaded and used during the term of your subscription after your subscription expires. We grant you a traditional non exclusive, world-wide and perpetual license for images that you have used however; you may only continue to use the image(s) in the same product or service that they were incorporated in during the subscription term. Any images that have been downloaded and not used during the term of your subscription are not permitted for first use after the subscription expires. This would be considered stock piling and in violation of our End User Licensing Agreement.

Yes, you are permitted to use liquidlibrary images on behalf of your client or employer for the purposes outlined in our End User Licensing Agreement. You are not permitted to make the images available to your client outside of a layout or product that you yourself design or create.

If you need to show others the images you are considering for a project, we recommend that you create a lightbox. This is a great way to make a client or colleague part of the creative process. We also recommend that you track the image number of each liquidlibrary image directly on the clients invoice in order to provide documentation of the image used for the project.

Yes, you may use liquidlibrary images on your own website or clients websites, but only as design elements. You may not display the images in any digital format or for any digital use at a resolution greater than 640x480 pixels, except in editorial or preliminary design work. This restriction is necessary to prevent inadvertent copying and/or downloading of the images by third parties. For more on this please read our End User Licensing Agreement.

No, you are not permitted to create an online gallery using any images from our site.

No, you are not permitted to claim copyright on any work that incorporates images from liquidlibrary. Copyright of images from liquidlibrary is retained by us. Intellectual property laws protect works of art that are derived from the original work. We recommend that you consult legal counsel in order to make an informed decision.

No, you are not permitted to use images from liquidlibrary for electronic applications such as e-greetings or website templates. Part of what your customer is paying for is the use of the images contained within those templates, and we do not permit this.

Use in an electronic template requires a separate license and fee, and you may obtain information about such a license from templatelicense@liquidlibrary.com.

No, you are not permitted to use images from liquidlibrary for a logo or company trademark.

Type a keyword (or image number, if you know it) in the search field at the top of your screen and click the Search button. Our advice is to start wide, and narrow your search depending on how many thumbnails appear in your search results.

There are a number of ways to zero in on the types of images you are looking for. The first is to use the Match All / Match Any option. This option functions when using more than one keyword. For example, using the keywords cat dog with Match Any selected will find all images keyworded withcat OR dog. Selecting Match All with these same keywords will only return results keyworded with cat AND dog.

Another way to narrow down your results is to use the not these words option. If you wish to find all images with cat as a keyword but NOT dog,type cat into the search field and dog into the not these words field.

Only looking for photos that are in color and oriented horizontally? Use the filters to find them. Just deselect black and white (B/W), vertical (Vert) and Square. Then, make sure Color and horizontal (Horiz) are selected. Choose the combinations that best suit your needs.

NOTE: Be sure not to exclude too much. For example, don't exclude Color AND B/W, Horiz AND Vert.

Select a category from the drop-down menu and click the Search button. To narrow down your results you can combine other search options along with your category search. For example, you can keyword search within a category. We recommend you start with just one or two keywords and then add other keywords or search options if you're still getting too many results.

See what's new on liquidlibrary. Use the Date Added option to search for images that have been added to the site in the last 30/60/90 days.

To search by color click the Color Search checkbox. A color wheel will display below it. You can either click in the color wheel to select a color, or type the hexadecimal value for the color you wish to search for in the Web input field below the color wheel. Once you've selected a color you can fine-tune it by clicking in the Tint bar just above the color wheel. Additionally, you can find the contrast for your selected color by clicking on the Contrast swatch.

One other way of performing a color search is by finding an image you like and going to the info/download page. There, beneath the keywords, you'll find a group of swatches representing colors included in that image. Click on any of the swatches to find images containing the matching color.

Any number of the preceding search options can be combined to narrow down your results. However, we recommend that you start with only one or two at a time. Then, if you find you're getting more search results than you desire, you can try adding other options to narrow down your results.

Each liquidlibrary image is associated with several descriptive keywords. An image of a woman with a soccer ball, for example, will appear in your search results whether you type "woman" or "soccer" in the Keyword field. Only thumbnails assigned to the keyword(s) you type in the Keyword field will appear in your search results. If you choose not to use the keyword window, you may have to wade through hundreds of thumbnails to find the image you need.

Choose keywords that best describe the image(s) you are looking for. If you are searching for something as specific as a snowy owl, type "owl" in the keyword window rather than "bird," a much broader term. Of course, the same image will appear in your search results if you type "snowy" or "predator".

The search engine assigns keywords to its images based on guidelines standardized by The Picture Agency Council of America (PACA). Most nouns exist in our database in singular form. "Scissors" appears in the plural thanks to common usage, but "cake," "dog," "house" and "insect," for example, should be typed in singular form. Using "dog" in the singular doesn't restrict thumbnails from containing images with one dog or many dogs. Acronyms such as "USA" exist in our database without periods.

250 downloads a day are available to anyone who subscribes to liquidlibrary. To download one of these images:

· Click the "View Details" icon below the item you want to download.
· Click Download to the right of the image. A larger version of the image will appear in a new browser window.
· Right-click (Windows) or click-hold (Mac) the larger image.
· Select Save Picture As... or Save Image As...
· Click Save in the dialog box that appears.

Sure: download a sample image here.

Cause #1: You might be downloading the small "thumbnail" version of the image rather than the full underlying file.
Fix #1: Make sure you are right-clicking (PC) or clicking and holding (Mac) on the text link to the bottom of the picture of your image-- and not on the picture itself.

Cause #2: As is standard practice in the industry, we provide you with JPEG files (identifiable by the .jpg extension added to the file name), which by definition are compressed to facilitate transmission and therefore are not as large as the original file.
Fix #2: When you load the file into a photo editor such as PhotoShop it will automatically expand to full size.

Click the image thumbnail and the price, image type, color type, image size, resolution, and file size will appear.

Should you have any trouble downloading images, feel free to call CustomerOne. Our CustomerOne associates may be reached at 800-255-8800, Mon.-Fri. 7:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. CST. Or you may e-mail the webmaster. Please be prepared to provide information regarding your equipment and account.

The liquidlibrary Flash movies are produced by our partners at Bigshot Media Inc. If you are a Macintosh user, please read these instructions carefully to open and edit liquidlibrary Flash movies.

Flash files that download with an extension of .FLA will work in older versions of Flash such as Flash MX 6.0. Flash files that download with an extension of .FLV will only work with Flash version 8.0 or higher.

liquidlibrary Flash movies have no resource fork and become automatically associated with QuickTime.

We suggest that Macintosh users launch the Flash Player and open the SWF from inside the player, or browse to the SWF file and open the liquidlibrary Flash movie from inside a Web browser. You may re-publish the FLA to create SWF with a valid Macintosh resource fork.

liquidlibrary Flash movies have no resource fork and become automatically associated with Simple Text.

If you own a copy of Macromedia Flash, we suggest that Macintosh users launch Flash and open the FLA from inside the Authoring Environment. You may re-save the FLA to create a valid Macintosh resource fork.

If you need support we are at your service. Please contact our customer service team for assistance.

Lightboxes are personal folders that store thumbnails with their accompanying details, helping you manage images as your creative projects evolve. There are two ways to manage your lightboxes:

· The first is the lightbox pane located along the bottom of the screen, which will appear on all pages as you search for images. You can expand or collapse the lightbox pane by clicking the (-) or (+) icon on the top right of the lightbox pane.
· The second is the "lightboxes" link in the top navigation, which will open a page for you to manage your lightboxes.

Not Signed In
A default lightbox is already created and any images added will be placed here. If you are not signed in you may place images into the default lightbox only and you can view them at anytime. If you do have an account and forgot to sign in before creating a lightbox simply sign in and your images from this visit will not be lost.

Signed In
The default lightbox is already created and any images added will be placed here until you add a new lightbox or rename the default lightbox. By using the drop down boxes in the lightbox pane you can move between lightboxes. You can also view, rename, e-mail, get the url, add new or delete any lightboxes. If you click the "lightboxes" link from the top navigation to manage your lightbox you can copy/move images within lightboxes, view, rename, e-mail, get the url, add new or delete any lightboxes.

· Click the "Add to Lightbox" icon beneath the thumbnail your wish to add.
· Drag thumbnails into the lightbox (Please drag images slowly for best performance).
· Click on the image to view details and click the link "Add to Lightbox".

· In the lightbox pane - Click the red icon on the bottom right of each image
· From the "lightboxes" link in the top navigation - Select the check box next each image you wish to delete and then proceed to click the link "delete selected"

Are you having trouble with the images you've added to your lightbox not showing up? You may need to clear your cookies and/or cache.

· Internet Explorer - Click on Tools > Internet Options > General Tab
· Firefox/Netscape - Click on Tools > Options > Privacy Tab
· Safari - Click on Safari > Reset Safari
· If your browser isn't listed here, or you need additional information, please visit your browsers web site.

When sharing lightboxes you may find the need to leave notes about a particular item in your lightbox. For this reason, we've provided you with the ability to leave individual per-item notes.

To add or edit lightbox notes, click on the icon. To view a note in its entirety, click on the portion of the note displayed beneath the thumbnail.

Lightbox comments are similar to lightbox notes. The main difference being that lightbox comments are meant to display comments related to the lightbox as a whole as opposed to individual items within the lightbox.

If you have a multi-seat account on liquidlibrary you can share your lightboxes with other users in your account. This feature is especially useful when multiple people are working on the same project.

Go to the lightbox you'd like to share and click on the "Shared (No)" link near the bottom of the page. Your lightbox name, along with your username will now show up in the lightbox menu for all other users who belong to your multi-seat account.

Yes, once your lightbox is shared all other users in your multi-seat account will be able to add images to it.

Anyone who has Admin privileges for your multi-seat account will be able to perform all of the same updates that you, the lightbox owner, can perform.

We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.

liquidlibrary credit card transactions are secure because a 128-bit SSL encrypted session protects your personal information as it travels between your computer and our server. Additionally, credit card details (such as credit card number and expiry date) are not stored on our server once the transaction is complete.

In addition to credit cards we also accept payments made via PayPal (online), check (by mail) or money order (by mail).

NOTE: If you choose to pay by mail your account will not be activated until your check or money order has cleared the bank.

Once you've created and assigned a seat to a user, that user will have his/her own username, password and contact/shipping information that will be associated with your multi-seat account.

Seat holders can be assigned any of the following:
 · Registered Guest
 · Web access
 · Admin privileges
 · Magazines / CDs

Primary
This belongs to the parent of the account (by default: the person who created the multi-seat account). Primary seats always have administrator privileges and cannot be unassigned. Primary seats can, however, be reassigned by anyone who has administrator privileges.

Assigned
This means that the person who was assigned this seat has received the notification e-mail and has followed the link provided to review/update their account information.

Pending
This means that the seat has been assigned, but the person who it was assigned to has not yet followed the link provided in their notification e-mail.

If an account remains in pending status for longer than expected, you may remind the seat owner by sending another notification e-mail.

When you assign a seat to a user an e-mail is sent to that person indicating that they have been assigned a seat under your account. The e-mail indicates whether or not they have been assigned admin privileges and provides them with a link that will automatically log them into their account. Once they follow that link they can perform a variety of tasks such as changing their default username and password, updating their contact / shipping information, etc.

A Registered Guest is someone who has been assigned a seat but does not have Web Access.

Registered Guests can...
 · log into their account
 · be assigned Admin privileges
 · be assigned Magazines / CDs
 · create and share multiple lightboxes

Registered Guests cannot...
 · download images from liquidlibrary

A "Web Seat" refers to seats for which you've assigned the ability to download images from liquidlibrary.com.

Web Seats are purchased via our Multi-Seat subscription form. They are available in 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 1-year terms.

If you already have a Multi-Seat account and wish to add more Web seats, you may do so by clicking the "Buy Web Seats" button. Your newly purchased seat(s) will be prorated for the remainder of your current subscription term.

It's possible that you may want to assign magazines or administrator privileges to someone who does not need the ability to download images from liquidlibrary.com (aka a "Registered Guest"). For this reason, we allow you to create as many seats as you need. You can then assign your available Web Seats to only those users who require download capabilities.

"Admin" refers to a user who has been given administrator privileges. Administrators have the ability to update all information related to the multi-seat account.

Examples of tasks admins can perform:
· Assign, reassign or unassign seats and magazines
· Assign or unassign admin privileges
· Update billing address
· Add seats or magazines
· Renew seats or magazines

There is no limit to the number of Admins you have associated with your account.

By default, the person who created your account (the "Primary" seat) always has administrator privileges.

To unassign a seat, one of your administrators must log into your multi-seat admin tools, click "Edit Seat", then click "Unassign".

If the unassigned seat was a Web seat, that Web access will now be available to assign to another seat.

Web access can be assigned to an existing seat, or you can click "Add Seat" to assign Web access to a new user.

All seats associated with your account are linked together by a parent (aka Primary) seat. Therefore, it's necessary that this account always remains in existence.

If you wish to change ownership of this seat (i.e give it to another employee or member of your institution) you may reassign it.

To do so, one of your administrators must log into the admin tools, click the "Edit Seat" button and then click "Re-assign".

If you have an active account, any seats you add are prorated based upon your account's current expiration date. When you renew your active account, the term you purchase (e.g. 1-month, 6-months, 1-year) begins as soon as your current subscription expires. So, it's necessary that you establish which seats will be associated with the account prior to renewing.

If you have purchased magazines and cds from liquidlibrary, you will need to determine where you would like to have them sent.

By default, they will be sent to the Primary account holder.

If you wish to have them sent to someone else, you must first ensure that the new recipient has a "Seat" under your account. You can confirm this by going to the Magazine / CD Admin page and checking to see if that user is listed under "Assigned Seats." If not, go to the Multi-Seat Admin page and click "Assign Seat."

Once you assign the seat, the user will be sent a notification e-mail instructing them to set up their username, password and contact/shipping information. Once they've done so, they will show up on the Magazine / CD Admin page. At this point, you can assign them magazines.

"LL" is our abbreviation for liquidlibrary magazine.

Enter a number in the corresponding field to assign the number of available liquidlibrary magazines and CDs you'd like that user to receive. Then, click "Update" at the bottom of the column.

By default, all magazines and CDs are assigned to the primary seat. Any magazines and CDs that you assign to another seat will be automatically deducted from the primary seat holders total.

"PM" is our abbreviation for Print Media magazine.

Enter a number in the corresponding field to assign the number of available Print Media magazines and CDs you'd like that user to receive. Then, click "Update" at the bottom of the column.

By default, all magazines and CDs are assigned to the primary seat. Any magazines and CDs that you assign to another seat will be automatically deducted from the primary seat holders total.

By default, all unassigned magazines & CDs will be sent to the Primary account holder.

If you have active magazine / CD subscriptions, any subscriptions you add are prorated based upon your subscription's current expiration date. When you renew, your new subscriptions begin as soon as your current subscription expires. So, it's necessary that you establish how many subscriptions will be associated with your account prior to renewing.