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my-picturemaxx
First Steps

In the following you will find the First Steps, which you can do after successful installation & registration in the
my-picturemaxx software.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

Places, search result and light boxes

After logging in and activating your access, you will find the Places area on the left of the program, where you select the desired media providers - the Places - and enter the search criteria. 

 

The large area in the middle is reserved for the search result and services. At the bottom is the space for your lightboxes. 

 

The most important functions of my-picturemaxx can be called up in the individual areas with a mouse click on the right. In addition, all functions can also be selected via the main menu.

my-picturemaxx Oberfläche Erklärung First Steps

Media providers for
Select for search

Before you submit a search query, you specify which media providers should be searched in the Places section.

Marking picturemaxx media network

The search is performed on all media providers.

my-picturemaxx Mediennetzwerk - Auswahl aus Hunderten von Anbietern

Marking one or more Places

The search is executed for the marked media providers. Multiple selection is possible by CTRL+mouse click left or CMD+mouse click (MAC).

my-picturemaxx Mediennetzwerk - Auswahl aus Hunderten von Anbietern

Click on a name in the Places area and right-click to select "Show profile of supplier in my Media Suppliers". You will find a presentation of the media supplier with main topics and contact details, as well as a selection of images.

my-picturemaxx Mediennetzwerk - Auswahl aus Hunderten von Anbietern

Start media research

At the top left of the program window you will find the input field for your search words. If you enter several words with spaces, they will be linked by AND search.

my-picturemaxx Medienrecherche - Volltextsuche auf Deutsch und Englisch - Suche nach Creative und Editorial im Mediennetzwerk

Start search

After entering all the search words, initiate the search by pressing ENTER or clicking on the magnifying glass icon to the right of the search field.

Search filter

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Search result

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Max. Result per provider

my-picturemaxx Mediensuchergebnis

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Search result -

Change view

1. search result

In this area the search results of your search are presented. You can customize the view to your needs under the Search Result View item.

2. search result view

When you click in this tile, a new dialog window opens where you can change the view of your search results. 

You can set the zoom level, choose between gallery, mosaic and list view, adjust the search result structure and set the search result sorting.

3. search filter

To refine your search, you can apply filters. You can filter by license (Rights Managed, Royalty Free), release (Model Release, Property Release), and condition (contractor, price list), or by media type, image type, orientation, minimum size, and color or black and white.

my-picturemaxx Bildersuche Einstellungsmöglichkeiten

4. maximum number of results per provider

Please enter the maximum number of results per provider you would like to have displayed without having to click on "More results". It is recommended that you set this number as low as possible to reduce search time. This is especially true if you are searching multiple providers.
Attention: You will be shown all the results of the providers, this is only about the first view.

MEDIA SELECTION WITH A SYSTEM

Projects and light boxes

You can create as many lightboxes as you like and drag and drop thumbnails into them in the search result or use the lightbox icon.

my-picturemaxx Leuchtkästen für professionelle Bildersuche

You can find the light boxes in the lower part of the screen.

If they are not visible, select Window > Light Boxes from the menu.

my-picturemaxx Leuchtkästen für professionelle Bildersuche
my-picturemaxx Leuchtkästen für professionelle Bildersuche

Additionally, you have the option to organize your lightboxes into project folders to display only the lightboxes that are relevant to you at the moment.

You can find the project folders

in the right part of the screen.

If they are not visible, select

from the Window > Project Folder menu.

INSTANT DOWNLOAD. BASKET.

Download

Have you found what you are looking for? Then you now have 3 options to download your desired media.

my-picturemaxx Leuchtkästen für professionelle Bildersuche
my-picturemaxx professionelle Bildrecherche Download

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Instant download via menu

Add to cart

Instant download by mouse click right

my-picturemaxx professionelle Bildrecherche Download

1. add to shopping cart

- Mark desired media, multiple selection if necessary

- Click the shopping cart button

- Make selection in shopping cart and start download.

1. In den Einkaufswagen legen

- Gewünschte Medien markieren, ggf. Mehrfachauswahl

- Klicken Sie auf die Schaltfläche Warenkorb

- Auswahl im Warenkorb treffen und Download starten.

3. instant download via menu

- Mark desired media, multiple selection if necessary

- Call up File menu

- Select instant download

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