{"id":5561,"date":"2013-01-29T14:06:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T14:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/bigstock-basics-find-the-perfect-image\/"},"modified":"2018-05-29T19:10:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T19:10:59","slug":"bigstock-basics-find-the-perfect-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/bigstock-basics-find-the-perfect-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigstock Basics: How to Find the Perfect Image"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFinding the perfect image can be as easy as 1-2-3. Keeping the below steps in mind can make your search even more effective.<\/p>\n

1. Enter Basic Keywords<\/strong>
\nLet\u2019s say you want to find an image of a dog. But not just any dog<\/a>. You want an adorable dog. To begin, you can enter the basic keywords dog<\/strong> and adorable<\/strong> in the main search box. You don\u2019t want to add too many<\/em> keywords. Entering too many keywords can be limiting, and you’ll end up with too few results.<\/p>\n

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2. Exclude Keywords<\/strong>
\nAfter your first search, you will notice that you now have a lot of photos of adorable dogs; however, some cats have managed to sneak in there too. To filter the cats out, we can use the Exclude Keywords<\/strong> field in the REFINE YOUR SEARCH<\/strong> box to the left of the search results. <\/p>\n

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Simply type the word cat<\/strong> in the Exclude Keywords<\/strong> field, and press Search<\/strong>. Poof! You have now filtered away the felines.<\/p>\n

Please Note: The Exclude Keywords<\/strong> field can take more than one term. You can remove other unwanted subjects (children, for instance) from your adorable dog images by adding words like children<\/strong>, boy<\/strong>, girl<\/strong>, and baby<\/strong>, just to be safe. And, after clicking on Search<\/strong> again, you will be left with only your adorable dogs. No cats, no kids<\/a>. You can go on to add any term you do not want included.<\/p>\n

3. Open It Up<\/strong>
\nAfter filtering what you don’t want, include what you do<\/em> want. Let\u2019s say you want your dog to have a yummy bone<\/strong> in the image, you can do so by typing bone<\/strong> next to adorable<\/strong> and dog<\/strong> on the search bar right below the REFINE YOUR SEARCH<\/strong> title.<\/p>\n

4. Select The Format<\/strong>
\nIf you want a specific type of image, an illustration instead of a photo for instance, you can use our check boxes (also in the REFINE YOUR SEARCH<\/strong> box, to the left). Just check the type of image you want – image, illustration, or vector – and the search will exclude the others.<\/p>\n

5. Sort the Results<\/strong>
\nBy default, results are returned showing you the most popular<\/em> images in your search. The order can be changed to show images that may be more relevant<\/em> to your keywords. You can also choose to view the newest<\/em> images in the category. To switch sort order, use the links on the upper right corner, on top of the results, as shown below.<\/p>\n

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Remember, you can refine your search even further. Select whether you would like the images to be only horizontal or vertical.  You can even check or un-check our SafeSearch<\/strong> box to include or exclude material that may not be appropriate for all ages.<\/p>\n

And, of course, you can always use our “Categories<\/a>” for inspiration. Happy searching!<\/p>\n

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Finding the perfect image can be as easy as 1-2-3. Keeping the below steps in mind can make your search even more effective.<\/p>\n

1. Enter Basic Keywords<\/strong> Let\u2019s say you want to find an image of a dog. But not just any dog<\/a>. You want an adorable dog. To begin, you can enter the basic keywords dog<\/strong> and adorable<\/strong> in the main search box. You don\u2019t want to add too many<\/em> keywords. Entering too many keywords can be limiting, and you’ll end up with too few results.<\/p>\nRead More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42],"tags":[44,179,182,188,190,486],"class_list":["post-5561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-illustrations","tag-tips","tag-vectors","tag-images","tag-photos","tag-search","col-sm-6"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcS8aA-1rH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8265,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561\/revisions\/8265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}