Using lightboxes
If you are searching for a number of images for a project, or running several projects at the same time, lightboxes can help you organise the images you are interested in. The lightbox facility lets you add notes to images and send a set of images to a colleague or client for review. You are provided with three empty lightboxes when you register with Alamy, but you are free to create as many as you wish.
Note: you need to be registered with Alamy to use this facility and we recommend that you create and name a lightbox before adding images to it.
Creating new lightboxes:
- Log into your account and click the My Alamy link at the top of the page.
- Click Create a lightbox.
- Type the title of your lightbox (maximum 50 characters) in the box and click the Create button to finalise the process.
Adding images to lightboxes
- Click the
symbol next to the image you wish to add to your lightbox and the image will be added. - Images will be added to the lightbox name that is displayed at the top right hand side of the page. This can be changed by clicking on the lightbox name and selecting from the drop down menu.
- The caption information will be automatically displayed with the image and you can then add extra notes to this, delete or edit it.
Removing images from lightboxes
- Click the
symbol next to the image you wish to remove from your lightbox. - The image will be removed and you will be taken back to the top of the lightbox.
Moving images around within a lightbox
- Clicking the image up
symbol puts the image to the top of lightbox, clicking the image down 
symbol puts the image to the bottom of the lightbox.
To view your current lightbox
- click the View lightbox link at the top of the page at anytime.
To rename or delete a lightbox
- Select the lightbox you want to delete or rename.
- Click the Delete Lightbox or Rename Lightbox link from the top of the page.
- Add the new name of the lightbox or delete and click the Rename or Delete button.
To email a lightbox to someone
- Log into your account and click the My Alamy link at the top of the page at anytime.
- Choose the email a lightbox to someone link.
- Make sure you highlight the actual lightbox you want to email by clicking on it.
- To email more than one lightbox, use the control key on a PC or the apple key on a Mac to select the lightboxes you want to send.
- Once emailed, a lightbox can then be saved within another Alamy account. To do this, rename the lightbox next to where it states ‘Change the name of this lightbox and save it as your own.’