About Stock Photos


What is stock photography?

Stock photographies are sets of ready imagery which can be used immediately. Images are photographed in advance and stocked for future use and thus the name stock photography. The main benefits of using stock photos are that you see the final artwork before buying the rights to use and these images can be license immediately. There are 2 main categories for stock photos, Royalty Free and Rights Managed. The cost for stock photography, especially Royalty Free images are much lower compared to assignment photography. Stock photos saves you the cost of model, photographer's fees, location, props, art direction and editing cost.


What is Royalty Free?

The Royalty Free Digital Stock Photography is a concept where user of the images does not have to pay any royalty for repeated use of the images. The buyer does not own the copyright of the images but have bought out the right to use the images legally without further payments or interruption from the seller. These images cannot be resold or transferred but it offers a wide range of benefits; mainly lower pricing and convenience.


What are the differences between Royalty Free and Rights Managed?

Rights Managed offers individual images to be rented through the negotiation of a specific price for a specific use and by offering clients the opportunity for exclusive rights and the ability of restricting similar use of the image by others. Royalty free photography concept is that does not require customers to pay royalties on the photo that they use after initial purchase. This greatly reduces the costs and allows far greater freedom with the images purchased.

Licensing


Can I use the comping / preview images for my final artwork?

The Low-Resolution (Comping) Image(S) May Be Used for Comps And Layouts. The Low-Resolution Image(S) May Not Be Used In Any Final Materials Distributed Inside Of Your Company Or Any Materials Distributed Outside Of Your Company Or To The Public, Including, But Not Limited To, Advertising And Marketing Materials Or Any Online Or Other Electronic Distribution System (Except That You May Transmit Comps Digitally Or Electronically To Your Clients For Their Review), And May Not Be Distributed, Sub licensed Or Made Available For Use Or Distribution Separately Or Individually, And No Rights May Be Granted To The Low-Resolution Image(S).


What are the terms and agreement?

All individual suppliers/photographers have their own set of licensing agreement. Kindly read the relevant licensing agreement for more details.

FAQ

1. Q : How do I go about purchasing?
   
   A : Well, firstly you will have to register as a user on our website. You can do that by clicking on the “Register” link towards the upper right hand corner of the site. Once you have registered, use your username and password to log into the website by clicking on “Sign in” at the same place that you clicked on “Register”. Once you are logged in, select the items you would like to purchase and place them into the shopping cart. From the shopping cart, you can proceed to pay using Visa, Mastercard or American Express. Once the transaction has gone through, the items will automatically be moved to the “Download Area” were you can download immediately.
   



2. Q : Is there a time limit to download?
   
   A : No, the items stored in the download centre will be there for an infinite period of time. You can come in at anytime to download whatever images you need, as long as we are selling the particular images.
   



3. Q : Can I only download from my computer?
   
   A : No, you can download from any computer that has internet access. Just go to www.imagehit.com and log in using your registered username and password.
   



4. Q : Will the images/files that I download be the same images/files that I get from the CD?
   
   A : The files/images downloaded from the website will be the same files that you will get if you copied it from the CD.
   



5. Q : I have downloaded an image but the size is much smaller than it is supposed to be.
   
   A : More often than not, the image files which are downloaded are in compressed jpeg format. The image files are compressed to jpeg for easier file transfer through the internet and for easier storage. To obtain the uncompressed size, just open the file in any graphics software (e.g. Adobe Photoshop) and resave the image as a .tiff file.
   



6. Q : Won’t image quality be lost if I re-save the image in .tiff format?
   
   A : Saving the images as .tiff file would ensure that further degrade by jpeg compression would not occur.
   



7. Q : How do you send the images to me?
   
   A : For single images, it will be downloadable from the download centre. As for VCDs, you may download the images immediately after purchase.
   



8. Q : I have purchased a CD and it is in my download centre. However, it will take me ages to download the images one by one.
   
   A : Don’t worry. There is a link called “Request CD Zip” just below the thumbnail of the CD cover in your download centre. Just click on it and it will open up your default email client with an auto generated email to us. Just click on “Send” and we will create a zip link for you to download the whole CD at one go.
   



9. Q : Are the images Royalty-free?
   
   A : Yes, the images on ImageHit.com are all Royalty-free. We do not sell Rights-managed images.
   



10. Q: Do you charge a "research fee"?
    
    A: No. This is a service we are happy to provide for you free of charge. You only pay for your images or your cds.
    



11. Q: I would like the actual physical picture/film/slides, do you have them?
    
    A: I am sorry but we only supply the image in digital format.
    



12. Q: Do you have a PDF Catalog for your collection?
    
    A: We do offer a PDF catalog for individual CDs, however we do not offer a PDF catalog with our entire collection.
    



13. Q: What do you mean by resolution?
    
    A: This is the measure of the photo in terms of digital size. The higher resolution images are capable of prints at bigger size.
    



14. Q: I need a High res image for my proposal, can you give it to me, if the client likes it, I will purchase it.
    
    A: I am sorry but we can not provide you with a full high res image for the purpose of a comp. You may use our non watermark comping/preview images for presentation purpose. If you like to check the quality of the images, you may use our imagezoom function.