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Tip #44 B&W Video
While BLACK AND WHITE VIDEO is the most common keyword phrase used, there are, in fact, five other forms:
BLACK/WHITE VIDEO
BLACK & WHITE VIDEO
BW VIDEO
B/W VIDEO
B&W VIDEO
The Ideal Search:
"black and white video" or "black/white video" or "black & white video" or "bw video" or "b/w video" or "b&w video" or "black and white film"
Tip #43 Film or Video
Film and video are pretty much interchangeable in the stock world, with the exceptions of some houses that specialize in vintage film stock.
Most stock houses divide their content into images and videos and using going into their video section usually will provide you with all their film and video, but should you find yourself at a site that requires you to use these keywords, then you should search for both film and video along with the content you are looking for.
The Ideal Search:
"[your content search term]" and (film or video)
Tip #42 Vector
If you know you need a vector don't ever count on the faceted search at the stock house to find every vector for you.
You would be wise to search for vector along with the content you are searching for.
The Ideal Search:
"[your content search term]" and "vector"
Tip #41 Color Illustration
When searching for a COLOR ILLUSTRATION it's a good idea to search for the British spelling COLOUR ILLUSTRATION, if you want to find illustrations submitted by British English speakers.
The Ideal Search:
"color illustration" or "colour illustration"
Tip #40 Black and White Illustration
While BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATION is the most common keyword phrase used, there are, in fact, five other forms:
BLACK/WHITE ILLUSTRATION
BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATION
BW ILLUSTRATION
B/W ILLUSTRATION
B&W ILLUSTRATION
The Ideal Search:
"black and white illustration" or "black/white illustration" or "black & white illustration" or "bw illustration" or "b/w illustration" or "b&w illustration"
Tip #39 Searching for Illustrations
In the stock industry ILLUSTRATION refers to any type of image that is not a photograph. In other words, an illustration is any type of drawn or painted images, reproductions of drawn images, or mechanically created images designed to look like they are not photographs.
Tip #38 Snapshot?
SNAPSHOT is a very useful keyword to search for if you are looking for a nice informal image that has the feel that it had been taken with a point-and-shoot camera.
Tip #37 Searching for X Ray, X-ray or Xray?
Since you don't know which spelling the photographer or keyworder used, its very important that you search for all forms, plus two synonyms you might not have considered:
X-RAY IMAGE
X RAY IMAGE
XRAY IMAGE
RADIOGRAPH
RADIOGRAPHY
The Ideal Search:
"x ray" or x-ray or xray or radiograph or radiography
Tip #36 Synonyms for Sepia Image
When looking for a SEPIA IMAGE you should consider searching for the four other variations of this keyword phrase:
SEPIA TONE IMAGE
SEPIA TONED IMAGE
SEPIA-TONE IMAGE
SEPIA-TONED IMAGE
The Ideal Search:
"sepia image" or "sepia tone image" or "sepia toned image" or "sepia-tone image" or "sepia-toned image"
Tip #35 How to Find Hand Colored Images
When looking for a HANDCOLORED IMAGE you would be smart to also search for the five other variations:
HAND-COLORED IMAGE
HAND COLOURED IMAGE
HAND-COLOURED IMAGE
HAND TINTED IMAGE
HAND-TINTED IMAGE
The Ideal Search:
"hand colored image" or "hand-colored image" or "hand coloured image" or "hand-coloured image" or "hand tinted image" or "hand-tinted image"
Tip #34 Finding Colorized Images
If you want to find a COLORIZED IMAGE you would be smart to also search for the British English variations COLOURIZED IMAGE and COLOURISED IMAGE.
The Ideal Search:
"colorized image" or "colourized image" or "colourised image"
Tip #33 Searching for Micrographs
When searching for MICROGRAPH you should also search for PHOTOMICROGRAPH, either of which are used by photographers to describe images taken under high magnification.
The Ideal Search:
micrograph or photomicrograph
Tip #32 Vertical Format
If you are searching for a VERTICAL image or video, you should also search for VERTICAL SHOT and VERTICAL FORMAT.
The Ideal Search:
vertical or "vertical format" or "vertical shot"
Tip #31 Black and White Image
While BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE is the most common keyword phrase used, there are, in fact, 24 different variations made of six variations for BLACK AND WHITE:
BLACK AND WHITE
BLACK/WHITE
BLACK & WHITE
BW
B/W
B&W
Multiplied by four variations of IMAGE:
IMAGE
PHOTO
PHOTOGRAPH
PHOTOGRAPHY
Considering you may need to also search for the plurals of all variations of IMAGE, PHOTO and PHOTOGRAPH, there are 42 different keyword phrases that are appropriate (and used) for BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE
The Ideal Search:
"black and white image" or "black & white image" or "black/white image" or "bw image" or "b/w image" or "b&w image" or "black and white photo" or "black & white photo" or "black/white photo" or "bw photo" or "b/w photo" or "b&w photo" or "black and white photograph" or "black & white photograph" or "black/white photograph" or "bw photograph" or "b/w photograph" or "b&w photograph" or "black and white photography" or "black & white photography" or "black/white photography" or "bw photography" or "b/w photography" or "b&w photography" or "black and white images" or "black & white images" or "black/white images" or "bw images" or "b/w images" or "b&w images" or "black and white photos" or "black & white photos" or "black/white photos" or "bw photos" or "b/w photos" or "b&w photos" or "black and white photographs" or "black & white photographs" or "black/white photographs" or "bw photographs" or "b/w photographs" or "b&w photographs"
Admittedly this is going way overboard, and no one is going to actually do the ideal search, but it is an excellent example of a situation where you may need to search for more than just your usual keyword to find what you are looking for.
Tip #30 Color Image = Colour Image
If you are want to narrow your search down to only COLOR IMAGES, then you will also want to search for the British variant COLOUR IMAGE.
The Ideal Search:
"color image" or "colour image"
Tip #29 Widescreen Format
If you are looking for a WIDESCREEN FORMAT video, keep in mind that you should also search for WIDE SCREEN FORMAT and WIDE-SCREEN FORMAT, as all three spellings are commonly used.
It's also worth your time to simply search for the variations WIDESCREEN, WIDE SCREEN and WIDE-SCREEN.
The Ideal Search:
"widescreen format" or "wide screen format" or "wide-screen format" or "widescreen" or "wide screen" or "wide-screen"
Tip #28 Searching for Panoramas
PANORAMA is often keyworded PANORAMIC, so you should search for both, to get as many appropriate results as possible.
This coupled with also ending each with SHOT and FORMAT creates six variations:
PANORAMA
PANORAMA FORMAT
PANORAMA SHOT
PANORAMIC
PANORAMIC FORMAT
PANORAMIC SHOT
The Ideal Search:
panorama or "panorama format" or "panorama shot" or panoramic or "panoramic format" or "panoramic shot"