Image search
Quick search
To search for an image enter your search words (separated by spaces) into the entry field and then click "search".
By default all entered words will have an "and" relationship.
This means that all words you enter must be present in the description for it to fulfill the criteria.
For an "or" search enter the word or between search words: for example, woman or women.
For a "not" search enter, for example, man not elderly.
In image search you may search for one or several keyword(s) or for an image number.
In quick search you can limit your search to one or more of the following options:
Search in:
- Royalty-managed (RM)
- Royalty-free (RF)
- Photograph
- Illustration
- Black & white
- Color
If you also specify a country of utilization, the search result will only display images which may be utilized in that country.
Advanced search
Use "advanced search" to make additional search options available to you.
Search in:
- Formats (vertical, horizontal,...)
- Categories (people, food, animals,?)
- Collections (nonstock, Botanica, Phototake;...)
If you obtain too many results:
you can further refine your search by selecting an image type from the menu.
Through this method you can restrict the search result exclusively to photographs, illustrations, etc.
If you obtain too few results:
you may have entered too many criteria. The result displays only items which match all your data and search words, so the more information you enter, the fewer results will be displayed.
Hints for searching:
- Select general search words
- Check for correct spelling of all search words
- Check whether the image numbers you entered are correct
- Try both singular and plural forms of your search word
- Replace your search word with suitable synonyms. Example:
Young people instead of teenagers.
- Try both ä, ö, ü as well as ae, oe and ue. Example:
Luebeck or Lübeck
- Avoid extremely specific commands
- Avoid using the symbols "+" and "-"
mauritius images provides a digital as well as an analog archive. The image you desire may by stored there.
If you get no results for a German search word, try entering an English term or vice versa.
Please use a space between search words (hit space bar once).
You can further restrict your search by using the check boxes of the individual keywords when you have the detailed view of an image. Remember that you may not get any search results if you are too restrictive.
Do you need help? Please send an email to our image editors or call us at +49(0)8823/42 20.
are happy to search for you!
Search result
You can also adjust the layout of the search result page (number of lines and rows) to your preference by simply selecting the desired results per page and image size at the top of the page.
In order to move back or forth in the search result, enter the desired page number into the "Go to" field and then click "Go". You can also click the displayed page numbers.
Every displayed image has five small symbols below it. By clicking a symbol you get to the respective function:
- Magnifier: Here you can enlarge the image and download it for layout purposes.
- Light table: Here you can place the image in one or several light tables.
- Shopping cart: Here you can add the image to your shopping cart
- Arrow: Here you can download layout data.
- Calculator: Here you can calculate the price for an image.
Detailed view
By clicking the "magnifier" you get a detailed view of the image;
you can see all keywords associated with the image and download the layout data for the image.
If you click the "light table", the selected image will be added to a light table of your choice.
If you click the "shopping cart", the selected image will be added to your current shopping cart.
Are there other motifs similar to my selected image?
Please send an email to our image editors or call us at +49(0)8823/42 20. We are pleased to be of assistance!
I am looking for a specific motif, but I don't know which keyword to use.
You can enter similar search words and thus adjust the search to the desired image or you can give us a call at +49(0)8823/42 0. We are happy to help you!
I cannot find what I am looking for!
Please send an email to our image editors or call us at +49(0)8823/42 0. We are happy to help you!
Image deliveries
You can get our images via
- email link
- email attachment
- download
When registering you can specify your preferred mode of delivery.
Cookies
By permitting "cookies" the user has the opportunity to be logged-in immediately next time he/she visits our website
from the same computer and to use the light table without entering a password.
"Cookies" are no security risks for your computer!
Can mauritius images cookies do harm to my system?
No, they cannot. They cause no security risks. Other servers cannot access these cookies.
Activating cookies
When visiting mauritius images please activate the function "accept cookies" in your browser.
In the following sections you will find the path to the relevant settings for the two most
common browsers Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator for PC and Mac respectively:
In Internet Explorer 5 or earlier, on your PC menu you will find the setting "Internet" under
Tools - Internet options - Security. Please press "adjust level". Under the two settings "accept stored cookies"
and "accept cookies per session" please click "activate" in both cases. In Internet Explorer 6 cookies are
set in the "Privacy" tab from the same menu.
In Internet Explorer on your Mac menu you will find the setting "receive files"-"cookies" under Edit - Option.
Please select the option "never ask me again".
In Netscape Navigator on your PC or Mac menu you will find the category "expanded" under Edit - Settings. Please activate "accept all cookies".
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
Image download
How do I download an image for layout purposes?
You can download image material for layout purposes individually or as a compilation from the light table.
Please use the function "download layout data" in the light table for this purpose.
By clicking the link "enlarge" below the image, you open the layout image.
You can download this image by clicking the right mouse button on the PC and selecting the function "save image as".
If you are using a Mac, depress the mouse button until the function "download image on data carrier" is displayed.
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
What does zip mean?
Zip is a format which enables you to download several files as a packed/compressed file and thus reduces loading time.
For opening such files you need a common decompression program, such as WinZip (for Windows) or the StuffIt expander (for Macintosh).
Download
Windows - Explorer:
Click the button "download JPEG" - image is opened in the browser window - right click the image - select option "save image as" and specify where you want to save the image.
Windows - Explorer 2nd option:
Right click the button "download JPEG" - select option "save target as" and specify where you want to save the image.
Mac - Netscape:
Click the button "download JPEG" - the window for specifying where you want to save the image on your computer opens directly.
Mac - Explorer:
Click the button "download JPEG" - image is opened in the browser window - right click the image - select the option "save image as" and specify where you want to save the image.
Mac - Explorer 2nd option:
Right click the button "download JPEG" -- select option "download link to data carrier" and specify where you want to save the image.
Mac - Safari:
Click the button "download JPEG" - image is opened in the browser window - right click the image - select the option "save image as" and specify where you want to save the image.
Mac - Safari 2nd option:
Right click the button "download JPEG" - select option "load linked file under" and specify where you want to save the image.
Mac - Mozilla:
Click the button "download JPEG" - the window for specifying where you want to save the image on your computer opens directly.
After saving the image the image file is stored in the selected place.
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
How do I receive the final version of my image without a server connection or in case of short-term network failure?
In such cases we send the images as email attachment or FTP to your email address.
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
Problems during download
Sometimes errors or other problems occur during download.
In such cases please do not hesitate to contact our support team .
The download time depends on system traffic and the speed of your connection and is also influenced by how fast or slow your computer works.
Please be patient and allow the file to arrive at your machine before initiating further work.
In the following you will find some solutions for cases where a download is not immediately successful:
- Such interruptions may be caused by your Internet connection, by Internet traffic or by an unstable connection.
Your browser may not be able to handle such large quantities of data. Try downloading again.
- If you see a screen filled with text during download, your browser is not set correctly for receiving compressed data.
Try to then load the file directly to your hard drive, by clicking the command "download" in Mac and simultaneously keeping the "option" key pressed.
If you work with a PC this is done via the "Alt" key. You may also have opened the file in an inappropriate application;
you need an image management or image processing program on your computer.
- For decompressing the received file it usually suffices to double-click the icon. On a PC you can unzip this file with the extension .EXE using WinZip;
in MAC you use the HQXthru Stuff-it Expander. It is automatically unstuffed with a double-click;
thus you get a compressed copy and a decompressed copy of this file. Now you can open, import or de-stuff this file in your desired image processing program.
- An error occurred during decompressing: The file may not have been downloaded in its entirety. Try again.
- MAC users may require the program Stuff-it 4.0. or higher.
PC users may have to navigate to the program WinZip; but on most computers you open our zip files by double-clicking the icon.
- If you don't find the file you downloaded, go to "search" in your computer: If you have not renamed the file,
you only need to enter the image number and the image will be found. Or you perform another download by clicking the command "download"
in Mac and simultaneously keeping the key "option" pressed. If you work with a PC this is done via the "Alt" key.
After the download the icon will be displayed on your desktop.
- If you continue to have problems we will send you the ordered image by email.
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
Light table functions
You can
- name/rename
- email
- split
your light table or create a new light table.
Several views are available to you:
You can choose between brief view, detailed view or view in the search result format.
Images which are placed in the light table can be moved to the shopping cart or erased from the light table.
Images which are placed in the light table can be moved or copied to a different light table.
Images which are placed in the light table can be downloaded for layout purposes.
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
Login
1. Enter your user name (user ID) in the indicated field.
2. Enter your password in the indicated field.
3. Click login.
4. "Remember me on this computer": By activating this function you are automatically logged in when entering the homepage of mauritius images.
When you are logged in, you can logout at any time by clicking "logout" (top right). Then another person using your computer is not able to purchase an image or view your light tables or shopping carts.
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
"My account" Functions
Here you can administer your profile data
- Change of basic data
- Change of user name
- Change of password
- Subscribe to or cancel newsletter
- Select or change mode of image delivery
Additional functions:
- Administer users
- View previous orders
- Specify or change payment method
- Specify or change search preferences
- Specify or change utilization preferences
- Specify or change preferred views
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
Newsletter
What's in the digital newsletter issued by mauritius images?
Through our newsletter we inform our customers and interested journalists about new additions to our image inventory,
new photographers, contests and news about mauritius images.
How can I cancel the newsletter?
In every newsletter you find the function "cancel newsletter". Please click this function and your name will be removed from our mailing list.
Under "my account" you will also find the option to be removed from the mailing list.
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
How can I subscribe to the free mauritius images newsletter?
Newsletters can only be mailed to registered users. When registering at www.mauritius-images.com the registration form offers the option
"order newsletter". Please click this field and your name will be added to the mailing list.
Change password / forgot your access data
Change password
Under "my account" you can change your personal password.
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
Forgot your access data
Click the button "forgot my password" to the left of the login field, fill in the form and mail it. We will immediately email your access data to you.
Registration
How to register
The mauritius images homepage has a button "new registration". Here you can register as a customer by simply filling in all fields and mailing the form.
After receipt of the registration we will immediately send you a written confirmation of registration including your access data.
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
Why register?
A number of expanded functions are reserved for registered users.
After registration the following options are available to you:
- Cost-free download of image date without watermarks for layout purposes
- Online order of image data
- Creation and administration of light tables
- Creation of your own account.
In addition, you regularly receive the mauritius images newsletter, information about marketing campaigns, such as contests and customized personal care.
Rest assured that your data are not passed on to third parties, but only required for expanded functions.
Image order RF
Information about royalty-free images
Royalty-free means that you acquire an expanded license for image utilization.
The images, however, do not become your property, and thus may not be leased, rented, presented as gifts, sublicensed or sold.
But a utilization of the images that is not limited with respect to time or location is possible.
You can employ the images in various media as often as you like without having to inform us about such utilization.
Additional information about the acquisition of images, including restrictions on utilization and details about licensing are available
from your mauritius RF consultant. Contact us by freecall at telephone number 00 800-300 90 800 or by email at info@mauritius-rf.com.
Image order RM
Information about royalty-managed images
How and why to use licensed image material?
mauritius images provides you with the entire comprehensive service and the benefits presented by the area of royalty-managed images.
In addition to a professional search service, high quality standard and access to a large inventory of digital and analog images,
licensed image material presents numerous other advantages.
Clarification of rights:
Our customer consultants will inform you in detail about the rights and copyright issues sometimes involved in image utilization.
When you have selected an image, we will clarify all important issues with you so that you can utilize your desired motif confident
that you will not be faced with legal problems.
For example, you may not simply use the image of an illuminated Eiffel Tower in a print product for distribution in France
(not even, if you have purchased the image royalty-free) without having obtained the appropriate rights prior to publication.
Identical provisions apply to many other trademarks and protected buildings in the entire world.
In such cases we will provide all necessary advice about the legal framework conditions.
Image blocking
We provide you with the option to have images blocked free of charge for dominant utilization within your branch.
So you have found your desired image. Now we need some information to calculate the fee for the image. We will also provide you with comprehensive information about legal aspects.
Shopping cart
Your shopping cart is divided into two sections:
1. royalty-managed material (RM)
2. royalty-free material (RF)
This provides the best overview of the material you selected.
Images can be removed separately or in total from the shopping cart.
RM images
You can calculate the prices for your utilization online.
Fill in the provided form and you will get a price calculation.
Attention! The final clarification of rights' release must be performed telephonically!
For this purpose please contact your mauritius images customer consultant at +49(0)8823/42 36 or by email at sales@mauritius-images.com!
RF images
Select the desired image size in your shopping cart and you will immediately see the price for the image data online!
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact your mauritius RF consultant! Freecall at: 00 800-300 90 800 or by email at info@mauritius-rf.com.
Watermarks
In preview mode our images bear a watermark.
After registration you will get the image view without watermark and you can download layout data without watermark.
In case your images still bear a watermark subsequent to registration, you should erase the cookies in our browser and try again.
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
Website Support
Browser
Which browsers do I need to research the image database?
- All common browsers are suitable for research and download, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape, Safari, Opera?
I cannot access the database via my personal login. What do I do wrong?
- Your browser must accept cookies. Your personal settings, including your access data, are stored in a cookie on your computer.
You can turn cookies on and off as well as cancel them.
With most browsers this function can be found under "settings".
What do I do in case of error messages after login or after a search?
- Error messages can almost always be overcome by closing and then restarting the browser.
If the error cannot be corrected, our support team will be happy to help you our support team .
How do I reach mauritius images?
- Our technical support is available from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm Central European time. By email our support team or at telephone number +49(0)8823/42 47.
- The service line of our image editors is available from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm Central European time. By email images@mauritius-images.com or at +49(0)08823/42 20.
I cannot login
Login requires previous registration. Are you registered and still cannot login? Please check whether you have activated the option "accept cookies" in your browser.
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
Payment methods
With mauritius images you can choose from three payment methods:
- Invoice
- Credit card
- Direct debit
When registering with mauritius images you can select your preferred payment method. You can change this selection at any time under "my account".
Forgot your access data / want to change your password?
Forgot your access data?
Click the button "password forgotten" to the left of the login field, fill in the form and mail it. We will immediately email your access data to you.
Want to change your password?
You can change your personal password under "my account".
Do you need help? Send an email to our support team or call us at +49(0)8823/42 47.
