How to Use Lightboxes
Especially if you’re collaborating with other designers or stakeholders, lightboxes are a powerful tool for curating and sharing content on the CGI.Backgrounds website.
Many of our designers use lightboxes to collect a set of potential backgrounds for an automotive rendering project and quickly share them with colleagues or clients.
Other users can view a CGI.Backgrounds lightbox even if they don’t have a CGI.B account, making lightboxes a versatile tool for easily sharing visuals with non-technical staff members or decision-makers before making a content purchase.
In this video, David Baylis walks you through creating and sharing lightboxes on the CGI.Backgrounds website.
Here are the steps for using our lightbox feature:
- Access Lightboxes: Click on the " Lightboxes" button located at the top right corner of the menu. Make sure you are signed into your CGI.Backgrounds account.
- Create a Lightbox: Click the "plus add lightbox" button to create a new lightbox. Give your lightbox a name and click "Create."
- Set Active Lightbox: Any new lightbox you create will be set as the active one. You can switch between active lightboxes by clicking on the lightbox name.
- Add Contents to Lightbox: Go to the homepage and search. Click on the pin button to add the entire location to the lightbox. This will save all the backplates and HDRis to the lightbox together.
- Add Individual Backplates or HDRi Maps to Lightbox: Open a location and scroll through the different thumbnails. Choose one that you like and click the pin button to add it to the lightbox.
- View Saved Pictures: Once you're finished adding pictures to your lightbox, you can view them by clicking on the lightbox name at the top right of the screen.
- Filter Saved Pictures: You can filter your saved pictures by location, backplates, and HDRi Maps.
- Share Lightboxes: You can share your lightboxes with other users by clicking on the "Share" button. This will generate a link that you can share with anyone, regardless of whether they are registered on CGI Backgrounds or not.
Try creating lightboxes to organize your own work, or send a client or colleague a lightbox to help demonstrate your creative vision.
Need a CGI.Backgrounds account? David walks you through the process of creating a free account here.
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