By using Art Limited, you agree to these terms, which contain provisions applicable to all users of our service, including visitors to the Art Limited website. If you choose to register as a member, you will be asked to read and agree to all of the following terms:

1. Prior to submitting your membership, you read accept all the terms and conditions. By accessing or using Art Limited, the user of this site and any individual or entity on whose behalf a user accesses or uses the site agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions and to our policy. Please read them carefully and often as they are subject to change.
2. You must be of legal age, at least 18 years of age in France, and comply with the laws in force in the country from which you are accessing Art Limited. If you are under the age of majority and the laws of your country do not allow you to view such content, you are not authorized to access this site.
3. In order to prevent or limit access to adult or inappropriate content for minors, there are commercially available parental control software (hardware or software, filtering services).
4. Art Limited does not hold any rights in the works and their representation. He may use some of them for promotional purposes, always citing the author. If the consent is not proven, a request will be made in advance to the author.
5. Art Limited makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied as to the operation of the service, or the content or products provided through the service. You expressly agree that your use of the service is at your own risk.
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Go to the "Sign up" menu and follow the guidelines.

You need to get enough Art Limited Credits for the account type you want. For this use the Credits manager. Once you have enough Credits, apply them via the account manager interface.

Art Limited is a community and behind every action there is a person, whether they are sending or receiving. To maximize your chances of getting the attention and interest in you and your work, follow these tips to help you expand your audience which is the one you need to target:

• Express yourself with good writing, honestly and courteously, as you would like anyone to do for you,
• Taking the time to thank a person is smart, but not required, try to group your answers,
• Follow the work of other members, build relationships,
• Share your Art Limited artworks on social networks and bring back more connections,
• Pay attention to your writing, many mistakes are made in title, comments, appreciations, proofread,
• Add real keywords when necessary, as well as relevant and verifiable information,
• Put the arworks you like into your favorites list, give assessments and reviews,
• Your general involvement is taken into account by the Art Limited algorithms, but above all by the other members,
• Do not forget humor, there is always a much worst situation!

If you're on Google+, Facebook, Twitter or any other social network, bring your friends or fans to Art Limited. If your friends ask you to recommend a good online gallery on the web, talk to them about Art Limited. If you have a blog, put a link back to Art Limited. More visitors and members on Art Limited means more audience for your creations, and vice versa, bringing back new contacts.

By following these best practices, coupled with a achieved work, you will ensure a maximum visibility.

We prefer quality, not quantity!
Art Limited is an Art site, we only want very different, strong, original, extraordinary and unusual artworks.

What you need to do

• In a world where creating images is increasingly simple, we focus on creativity, originality, artistic approach, quality, difference.
• Be sure to have a real creation to submit, all coming from you, based on a reflection, a concept, a real work,
• Only submit your best creative completed work, with a very good result, on both aesthetic and technical skills,
• Always ask yourself what you would think of your work if you were not its author before publishing, will you exhibit your creation in a gallery, a museum, or in an great Art center, will you pay for it yourself?
• Don't choose the easy way, be clearly involved in your artistic statement, which must be original, unique and personal,
• In series, don't add several slightly different versions of the same artwork, select only the best,
• Pay attention to your framing, point of view, as well as your foreground and background, composition and staging,
• Take care of your work quality, tonalities, densities, color renderings or shades of grays, finishing,
• Create a specific personal and attractive thumbnail for your artwork,
• Pay attention to the title, the wording and spelling, the grammar, avoid using definite article "The",
• Stay natural in your presentation, avoid the easy effects that are made possible by paint software packages (blurs, trails, grain, texture layers, false old or instant film, etc ...),
• And finally, describe clearly your approach, statement or process to facilitate the understanding of your work.

What you need to avoid

• Consider Art Limited as an image bank, a stock image site, a royalty free image library, or cliparts agency,
• Post artwork or reproduction that weren't created by you, even if you own rights,
• Massive use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) to create images, the artistic intervention on the medium no longer being the artist's responsibility (outsourcing),
• Display descriptive reality (reportage, documentary, journalism, science, product, fashion, wedding, commercial) unless you do it with uncommon aestheticism,
• Photographing or creating something you've found "beautiful or nice" doesn't make it an art masterpiece, this means nothing for us, please argue,
• Raw exhibitionism, nudity or pornography, without aesthetic and artistic research or social value, we are very careful about it and could delete the images,
• Cute, personal, standard family, party, traveling, wedding or special private moments pictures. We are sure you are in love, but this is the wrong place for it,
• You enjoy "funny" and "cute" postcards or posters, our references are rather in Art libraries and major international museums,
• Upload pictures that are too small. (for example less than 500 pixels wide as the smallest side),
• Add too visible signs, use a discreet watermark, done with a sans serif font (Helvetica, Arial, ...),
• Submit wide borders, postcard or poster layouts, it restricts the view and degrades site's visual display, it won't be featured,
• Post a lot of images, our system keeps consistency of your results, lowest ones degrading the perceptive approach of the algorithm,
• Submit in the common feed several versions of identical creations, you are the artist, choose!
• Artworks which have already been seen many times before are usually not reviewed unless they are truely amazing,
• Empty or wrong categories, as well as anything that cannot be considered part of the creative process,
• No description of your work (see recommendations). An artist must be able to give detailed information about his or her creative process,
• Lack of honesty in descriptions, misleading the visitor or editor's understanding, inventing techniques, skills or situations that are false,
• Consider paying members will benefit from corrupted moderators or editors, these fees concern only additional services.
• Doing advertising, personal messaging or (auto) promotion in the image feeds. You have the user blog for such publication.

Using AI - Artificial Intelligence

Art Limited is an artists' site.
The use of any type of artificial intelligence software (such as Bing Image Creator, Dall-E, Midjourney or Stable Diffusion) to generate images is strictly forbidden and such creations will be removed without warning.
We're not against AI, we just want to work here with artists who master real personal artistic skills on their own and don't subcontract the initial realization to a third party.
Repeated violations may result in account suspension.

The criteria we take into consideration

• The originality and creativity, tending towards the expression of novation,
• The quality of the pictorial construction, framing, the balance of the structure and the composition,
• The elegance, aesthetics of the stage, subjects or the scene itself,
• The unique strength of the message and narrative expressed by the scene and its title,
• The accuracy of representation, expression, communication,
• The mastery of knowledge, production of the technique used,
• The quality level of implementation, rendering, finishes,
• The implicit references to defined and recognized Art movements,
• The personal involvement versus the appearance of ease in the creation process,
• The clever choice of all of these criteria in the creation result.

Describing your art work

We understand and know that there is no unique rules defining a work of Art. We try to give some guidelines that are specific to the vision of Art Limited, and will no doubt differ from other media following different editorial lines.
Compared to 500px, 1x or Flickr, Art Limited focuses on artistic works, which makes it closer to Saatchi Art or DeviantArt. Compared to Facebook or Instagram, the site is designed more particularly for artists. The content is much more qualitative and the users are engaged in an artistic process.

Any images that don't fit any minimum of these rules won't be featured, and could received a out of selection by Art Limited moderators, at our discretion and convenience to keep a high editorial line.

Photography

Taking a great shot and presenting it well involves a mix of technical skill, creativity, and thoughtful display. To take a compelling photo, consider the following:

Use the rule of thirds to balance the image.
Incorporate leading lines to guide the viewer’s eye.
Frame your subject creatively (natural frames like doorways, windows or walls).
Be careful of the horizon, unless it's a voluntary choice.

Natural light is often the best; shoot during golden hour for warmth.
Avoid harsh midday light unless using reflectors or diffusers.
Experiment with shadows and highlights for mood.

Use a shallow depth of field (low f-stop) for portraits to blur the background.
Keep important elements in sharp focus (use manual focus if necessary).
Think about how colors interact (complementary or contrasting).
Black and white can emphasize emotion and structure.

Adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation for impact.
Use tools like Lightroom or Photoshop for finer details.
Remove distractions with cropping or cloning tools.

A good presentation enhances the impact of your work.
Optimize resolution for screens (avoid compression artifacts).
Curate your portfolio for a cohesive theme.
Avoid borders, logo or added text.

For paintings or drawings

Capturing a painting or a drawing effectively requires good lighting, composition, and camera settings.

Use soft, even lighting to avoid glare and shadows. Natural light from a window (but not direct sunlight) or diffused artificial lights work well.
If using artificial lights, place two at 45-degree angles from the artwork to minimize reflections.

Use a tripod to keep the camera steady.
Position the camera directly in front of the painting to avoid distortion.
Use a high-resolution camera and shoot in RAW format for better post-processing.

Frame the artwork tightly, leaving a small border for adjustments.
Ensure the painting is straight and fills the frame properly.
Use manual focus or autofocus with a single-point setting to ensure sharp details.

Adjust color balance to match the original painting.
Correct any perspective distortion using editing software.
Crop out unnecessary background.

For Sculptures

Capturing a sculpture effectively requires good lighting, composition, and camera settings.

Use three-point lighting (key light, fill light, and backlight) to highlight details and create depth.
Side lighting enhances textures and shadows, adding drama.

Capture multiple angles, including close-ups of textures and details.
Try a neutral or simple background to avoid distractions.
Experiment with different heights and perspectives to find the most flattering view.

Use a smaller aperture (higher f-stop, like f/8 or f/11) to keep the entire sculpture in focus.
Use a low ISO to reduce noise and ensure clarity.
A tripod helps with stability, especially for longer exposures.

Adjust brightness, contrast, and color accuracy.
Remove any background distractions if needed.
Ensure the sculpture’s texture and details are well-defined.

The account Artscore defines the quality level of an artist on Art Limited, with a base representation of 100. The account score is calculated from all the visible 20 artworks uploaded in the last 24 months and already published in the common feed, completed with other specific account parameters calculation like consistency quality, engagement, selections count, points from different feeds and/or members, etc. Each image gets also its own Artscore, but with a different algorithm. The average of the whole image scores is not the account Artscore.
If you feel your Artscore is too low, you can delete the artworks that didn't obtain enough good results and keep your best ones.
The more you follow the publication recommendations and your image has likes, the more your Artscore will increase.
The Artscore for each single creation is computed at least 1 (one) time per hour since the image is seen.
The Artscore selection proposes creations having obtained an Artscore greater than or equal to 40. This selection is public.

Once your creation is uploaded on Art Limited and published, it is placed in the common feed based on the display rules, and immediately available for all Art Limited teams. Several thousands of artworks are published each day. Moderators explore publications based on various criteria detected by algorithms or visually:

• Respecting the guidelines
• Successfull categories selection
• Artscore already obtained
• Unreported "adult content"
• Spam and abuse

By default, the verification sequence is first MASTER accounts, PRO, ARTIST, CREATOR ones, then BOOK, ordered by best Artscore first. Nevertheless, we may have to examine artworks according to other criteria that would lead to a different order. Verification doesn't bring anything more than verification, and doesn't have any impact on selections or visibility. There are no deadline, time limit or obligation for staff artworks exploration. Once the preview is done, the image is labeled "Editor : Verified", only for information.
We do not respond to personal verification requests.
Editors
They select featured images for Art Limited. A creation need 100% of editors' voting to be selected.

The common feed is the initial entry point for all new image posts by default.
The acceptance of the publication in this feed is controlled, selected, and validated by the moderators and serves as a starting point for the different types of subsequent assessments.
The publication is not mandatory and can be avoided at the time of publication by selecting the appropriate option.
In case of non-acceptance (see details), you will receive an alert in your notifications.
This feed is public, but limited to creations with an Artscore >=20 for non-registered members. The limitation may vary depending on how Art Limited staff wants to improve the level and quality of the site.
Only 1 (one) artwork will be published to the common feed per time slot depending of your current account Artscore (see table below). You can upload several images based on your account quota, they will be automatically published with your own period range based on your latest yet published artwork date. If you didn't published a creation in the previous time range, it will be available immediately in the common feed.

Artscore	BOOK	CREATOR	ARTIST	PRO	MASTER
100	1 day 1 hour	6 hours	6 hours	4 hours	3 hours
95	1 day 1 hour	6 hours	6 hours	4 hours	3 hours
90	1 day 1 hour	6 hours	6 hours	4 hours	3 hours
85	1 day 1 hour	6 hours	6 hours	4 hours	3 hours
80	1 day 1 hour	6 hours	6 hours	4 hours	3 hours
75	1 day 1 hour	6 hours	6 hours	4 hours	3 hours
70	1 day 1 hour	6 hours	6 hours	4 hours	3 hours
65	1 day 1 hour	6 hours	6 hours	4 hours	3 hours
60	1 day 1 hour	6 hours	6 hours	4 hours	3 hours
55	1 day 1 hour	6 hours	6 hours	4 hours	3 hours
50	1 day 1 hour	6 hours	6 hours	4 hours	3 hours
45	1 day 1 hour	6 hours	6 hours	4 hours	3 hours
40	1 day 1 hour	6 hours	6 hours	4 hours	3 hours
35	1 day 12 hours	14 hours	14 hours	9 hours	8 hours
30	2 days	22 hours	22 hours	15 hours	14 hours
25	2 days 12 hours	1 day 6 hours	1 day 6 hours	20 hours	19 hours
20	3 days	1 day 15 hours	1 day 15 hours	1 day 2 hours	1 day 1 hour
15	3 days 12 hours	1 day 23 hours	1 day 23 hours	1 day 8 hours	1 day 7 hours
10	4 days	2 days 7 hours	2 days 7 hours	1 day 13 hours	1 day 12 hours
5	4 days 12 hours	2 days 15 hours	2 days 15 hours	1 day 19 hours	1 day 18 hours
0	5 days	3 days	3 days	2 days 1 hour	2 days

This concerns only the common general feed, the images will appear immediately in profile and personal site(s). Your contacts will be also notified some minutes after a new image is uploaded. Besides, you can check the publication time and date in the information field "Common feed" under your image.

The common feed displays chronologically all the artworks added by the artists.
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Indicates that your creation is not retained by the moderators for publication in the common feed.
You'll find some useful information by referring to the advice and guidelines.
It's not a judgement against you as a person, and it concerns only the creation and its representation.
It doesn’t mean the image is bad, it just means it doesn’t correspond to the idea we have concerning Art, here on Art Limited.
It is in no way a desire to insult or harm the author of the image, but to allow guidance on our expectations, try again!.
The image will not be suppressed, but is hidden from view for non-member visitors as well as from the community feeds.
All your contacts and other site members will still be able to view it, via your profile or notifications, then comment it, rate it, etc.
If you decide to change the image, moderators will gladly review it again for further consideration.
This relates only to the Community part of Art Limited, and is applied to all account types, and all members.
This will not affect the display of an image on personal sites created with a PRO account, as a private space that has no relation to the community site.
After 20 images placed out of selection on your account, new ones will be automatically marked out of selection also and wait for moderators approval for being displayed in common feed.
There is no need to threaten us, to blackmail us into leaving or not paying, you have accepted the rules of Art Limited by creating your account and you need to respect this.
The Art Limited team will not be available for comments concerning the decision of individual images. Unfortunately the moderators don't have the time to argue.

Your contacts' publication is a selection of creations added within the last 6 months by the contacts you follow. This feed is personal.
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Visa artwork selection is an automatic pre-validation selection based on appreciation, creativity and constant qualitative assessment of achievement algorithm detection
The resulting in immediate appearance in this feed when it matches its the level. The formula may vary depending on how Art Limited staff wants to improve the level and quality of the site. This feed is public.
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Artists' artwork selection is made by registered members when an artwork reaches at least 362 points, and will immediately and automatically appear in the selection.
The points requested are subject to changes, depending on the users activity during a specific period, as well when Art Limited wants to improve the level and quality of the site. Only images already published in the common feed (past publication date) are taken into account.
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favourites selection is made by Art Limited users, when an artwork reaches 16 favourites. This selection is subject to changes, depending on the users activity during a specific period, account deletions, as well as how Art Limited wants to improve the level and quality of the site.
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The jury selection is performed by the members of the jury of Art Limited. The artwork will be automatically selected when it receives at least 45 points from its members. The selection is updated each hour and depends of the current Jury team members, as calculations aren't retroactive.

The Excellence selection is picked by the Editors of Art Limited for high quality artworks. This feed is public.

Featured pictures are selected by Art Limited staff and editors.
To encourage creativity and quality, visibility benefits are:

BOOK account

• Featuring on the site home (thumbnails and unique image),
• editor's selection feed,
• Displayed in random bottom bar,
• As well as on top right image,
• Low priority in featuring waiting queue,
• 100 credits bonus from Art Limited.

CREATOR, ARTIST, PRO and MASTER accounts (not expired)

• The same as BOOK account, plus the following promotions,
• Eligibility to "Best Of" selections,
• Published in featured images RSS feeds, High-Definition (higher quality) and Standard-Definition (thumbnails), enrolled into many medias applications and sites,
• Potential display in e-mail messages like new comment, image publication, member exchange, alert, etc ...
• High priority in featuring waiting queue,
• Published in newsletters and e-mail program,
• Promoted in Art Limited's social networks like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Tumblr, etc,
• This promotion insuring an incredible potential burst visibility to unique and direct contacts, exponentially with site visitors, shares, likes, reblogs and others on different social networks outside the site.

If a picture is deleted or removed for any reason, the credit won't be suppressed as well.
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"Best Of" artwork selection is automatically computed based on the highest rating of an image published in the whole editor's selection. This feed is public and updated once per day.
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Any rating/appreciating level used differs from one individual to another. The explanations below are intended to provide a basic reference used by Art Limited. It can be used as a starting point when adding appreciations, but not as the unique reference to refer to.

Appreciation on a positive scale allows us to construct a qualitative model based on the signals of all voters. Thus, each assessment given, even the smallest, coupled with the inter-relationship between users, contributes to the development of the model. As the consequence of users seeking to weaken perception is marginal, this remains insignificant. The only real penalty is the absence of a vote.

This automatic computing is based on a maximum selection of 64 artists who have more than 40 creations and 20 featured artworks with a featuring ratio of 10.0%, who accessed the site in the last 15 days, and who have an average of 249.0 points for their whole work. This dynamic list is computed each night.
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Explorer award is given to ambassadorial users having invited at least 5 new artists in the last month that have shared at least 5 artworks to the community. This merit includes all available invitation modes referencing the user of the referral.

If an artist wants to sell his or her work on Art Limited, information concerning price, copies, shipping, technics used and other relevant points will be provided.
Art Limited acts as a trader between the artist and the buyer and doesn't receive any commission fee when a sale is made.
Art Limited does not print or ship any work.
A contact form is available for each item that is sold, allowing the artist to be directly contacted.

Art Limited makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied as to the operation of the service, or the content or products, provided through this service. you expressly agree that your use of the service is at your own risk.

Art Limited shall not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of the service, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, even if Art Limited has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Upload an artwork
Once you are logged in, go to the upper right menu image icon and and choose the Upload a new image button.
An interface allows you to select a picture file on your hard disk drive, to upload and validate its format.
Once uploaded, you need to publish the artwork to make it visible to community, by clicking on the Edit & publish button on thumbnail or later Edit icon under the image. Afterwards you will be able to add detailed information about it.
You can also upload several image files at the same time and publish them later at your convenience.
An unpublished image is only visible by its author. Only the final publication triggers visibility by other users.
Edit/replace an artwork
Go to your artwork, then click on the "Edit image" pen icon. Then change information you need.
Delete an artwork
Go to your artwork, then click on "Delete image" trash icon.
Adult content
"Adult content" must be checked for suggestive, explicit or implicit scenes of nudity and/or sexuality, violence, bloodstains, shocking situations and behavior and/or any content that may offend an individual, especially children.
Some people do not wish to be confronted with these images by default (personal choice, culture, presentation to others, etc.) and can choose to set it on the interface.
Administrators may mark an "adult content" image if necessary without the consent of the author.
In this case an image marked "adult content" should be visible after obtaining the visitor's consent, registered or not.
Participate to blind comments during 48 hours
Your profile will be hidden during 48 hours for this image and will allow comments without knowing who created it. During this time, the pictures will be hidden from your profile.
Selling your works
The site offers different profiles where you can add information to sell an art work.
Art Limited doesn't sell or trade your work at this time. If a visitor see how much and how you sell your work, he will be able to contact you and trade directly with you.
Create a gallery
To create a gallery for your images, go to the "Image tools" panel menu, then "gallery" tab and follow the form.
Technical characteristics
Use a maximum of attributes, buyers will use them to refine their searches. Select carefully the details of your artwork and leave the information if you are unsure about it.
Advanced critics
Request real commentary and real feedback on your artwork, more views through critical attention and rankings. Such images have a red square marker in the main gallery. Find out all these artworks in a dedicated gallery.

All artworks are checked by Art Limited's administrators one by one. In order to maintain a qualitative editorial line, an artwork won't show up in keyword search results or in any automated selection processings until it is validated.
If an image has been inserted in a wrong category or a minor error has been made, Art Limited administrators will correct it manually.
If too many important errors are detected during image control, the automatic applicable consequences by the site are:
The artwork won't be featured by Art Limited.
The artist must fix the errors (see "ALERTS" tab in message menu).
The image will be reset and resubmitted to validation control later.
Art Limited records errors, a large amount or repeated errors will result in validation priority being set to low.

Reference number of this help: 10

Image categories are facultative, but become important when you select them, especially for image researchers, your work and Art Limited credibility.
The classification is oriented first with the image title then its main subject. Always put yourself in somebody's place to define category, the researcher point of view, and describe it if uncommon. Please read the possible consequences in case of misuse.

Photography: other than digital, e. g. films, instants, alternative processes, specify the type of film or chemical process, as well as the type of camera used in "equipment" text field.
Abstract: this is something without reference to anything in a real or imaginary world, and can't be recognized.
Digital Art: thanks to precise the software(s) used for your creation.
Mixed media: used mediums, materials and techniques.
Portrait: an artwork representing a real or fictitious person, from a physical or psychological point of view. A relationship, expectation, command, demand which, without being expressly stated, is virtually contained in an explicit reasoning or conduct must exist between the artist and the subject.

Color: unaltered colors for photography, polychrome and color artworks (traditional painting and others).
Black and white: only black and white artworks.
Toned: monochrome, duotone, toned artwork (sepia, selenium, gold, platinum, cyanotype, split-toning and others), color changes (even digital) from black and white images.
Colorized: altered, post-colorization, rebuilt colormap, partial, selective and zone colorization, and chemical color-shift as in cross processing, intentional or induced by the process itself.

For example, using a Polaroid film often give a colorized vision of the reality: the category is colorized. Ditto for the use of spotlights during a show for example, when the light is altered to produce a particular effect.

Most often this is an overly simplistic, a too common choice of subject, basic achievement or a non-compliance with the rules (edges, effects, blur, textures, filters, editing, signing, etc. Read again carefully the quality charter). We are looking for originality, freshness, difference, and technical quality. We don't select images that are too common or similar, easy to perform, unless they are truly exceptional. About 1/100 of the images are selected, so do not be offended if your image isn't, it does not mean this is a "bad image", it just does not match the style we are looking for at Art Limited. Continue to explore, browse the selections, visit major Art exhibitions, see and express the world differently them. If too much images are somehow identical, they can be marked as out of selection.
The image won't be selected by editors

A group project is a grouping of artists and especially artworks around a particular theme. It can be public or private, only by invitation, limited in number of images and time.
You can also invite artists to add their images to your projects: to do this, go to the image you want to add, and under it, click on the projects icon to bring up an interface for managing your projects.

You have 2 ways to add an image to group projects:

Add yourself to group projects
You must first choose projects and join them. Once done, go to your image editor, select an image and click on the projects tab.
Simply select the project where you want to add your image.
The project onwer has invited you
The other way is when a project owner invites you to join a project or to add your image into a project, even if you're member of it. You will receive an e-mail with details and instructions to follow. Pay attention to projects. Wrong image insertions will be removed by project owners.

Advanced information under thumbnails, if the option is selected, advanced information is displayed under thumbnails such as:

• selected by Art Limited editors
• means the image is ready for sale
•   advanced critics requested

Keyboard shortcuts

• p key: opens the project dialog box (subscribers only)
• l key: displays the image in full screen
• f key: manage the image in your favorites (subscribers only)
• s key: share the image on social networks
• c key: add a comment to the image
• a key: follow the artist

Tags are like keywords or labels that you should add to your picture to make it easy to find by others, or crawled by web robots and spiders to get more visibility over the web.
You can tag with keywords like "paris fashion moulin rouge eiffel john". Later if you look for pictures of "paris", you can just click that tag to access all pictures that have been tagged with "paris".
You can add tags that belong to personal or popular groups. A number of people have created interesting image collections or a series, with, for example, "johnexhibitionparis2007" for all pictures that were exhibited by John in Paris during 2007.

A blog post is a public place in which you can publish your news, your selections, your preferred artists and pictures, and news on art or special events, for example. It will be seen by all the members watching your work, as well as external site visitors. This visibility impact is huge, so use it the best way you can, respecting the following rules.
Inserting HTML code
You can insert simple HTML code, such as bold, italic, tables,and font sizes. Most advanced ones will be automatically removed. You can also add external images like, for example, a logo, decorative elements, notices and posters via the simple <IMG SRC="..."> HTML tag. You'll find many examples about it on Internet.

A "reference identification" is a marker making it possible to add an element of the site easily.
For an image, you will find this reference in its details (noted [ref-pidxxxx]), allowing to copy-paste it in your journal to be replaced later by its thumbnail with its label, author, as well as a direct link to the original version.
You can also add the artist avatar the same way, the reference (noted [ref-mibxxxx]) being in the description of their profile.

If you have problems with a user, there are several ways to protect yourself.

• Delete comments on your images, hover over the message to suppress and click on the cross on the right to remove it.
• Block user by going to his profile and clicking the block button.
• Serious case contact us at support.

Once logged into the site, go to your ACCOUNT menu and follow the simple instructions.
Art Limited can automatically de-activate e-mail messages if your e-mail address has been detected for any problems (mailbox full, message rejection, bounce, etc ...). To avoid this kind of problem and prior to re-activation, you must approve artlimited.net as an authorised sender on your e-mail system. After you have solved the problem you will be able to re-activate yourself through your account interface.

For security, policy and responsibility, we can't delete your account for you, even upon request.
Once logged into the site, go to your ACCOUNT menu and follow the simple instructions.
In case you have lost your password, you can reset it to identify yourself again.
If you no longer have access to your mailbox, contact the support that will ask you a proof of your identity.