Getty image authorization and output checklist

Official pages reviewed: 26 October 2026. This worksheet records checks; ticking a box does not grant permission.

Image identifier / original filename: ____________________

Source page / original-file location: ____________________

Rights holder / named licensee: ____________________

Planned project and audience: ____________________

Does this image have the permission this task needs?

I have selected the actual route: comp / purchased license / my own original.For a comp, I recorded the download date and the end of the allowed test/sample period. I am not treating preview access as a paid license or permission to publish. Getty downloading FAQ, reviewed 26 October 2026.For a purchased file, the licensee and asset match my records; the intended project and use fit the applicable license. Getty licensing FAQ, reviewed 26 October 2026.For my own photograph, I can establish that I hold the necessary rights and checked any contributor/exclusivity commitments; Getty's contributor FAQ says contributors retain copyright, not that every possible use is unrestricted. Getty contributor FAQ, reviewed 26 October 2026.I checked permitted edits, editorial status, credit/metadata duties and the restrictions on AI purposes and service reuse. A license purchase alone is not my editing checklist. Getty content license agreement, reviewed 26 October 2026.I have permission for the specific third-party processing and any public comparison illustration. If uncertain, I stop and obtain clarification; I do not infer permission from a successful upload.

Before accepting or exporting a result

I retained the untouched source and recorded its format and pixel dimensions.I recorded the exact tool, test date, method/mask, elapsed-time start/end definition, and any login/payment/format barrier.I saved the actual exported file rather than judging only a preview.I reopened the export and recorded its real format and pixel dimensions.I inspected the former mark at full size for readable remnants, seams, blur and broken detail.I checked useful detail outside the repair area, including text and subject edges.I recorded failed or unavailable results without replacing them with a provider's claims.Any public before/after graphic has its own publication clearance. A test comp is not automatically cleared for this.

Uses this worksheet does not clear

I will not publish a comp or put it in final material merely because the mark is gone. Getty downloading FAQ, reviewed 26 October 2026.I will not exceed the licensed use, claim another creator's work as mine, redistribute an asset as a standalone file, or disregard editorial and AI-use restrictions. Getty content license agreement, reviewed 26 October 2026.I will not submit an image to a service whose reuse rights conflict with the rights I hold.If a required check remains unresolved, I keep the item marked unresolved; I do not call the file authorized or the repair accepted.

Decision: proceed / stop / permission clarification needed

Reviewer and date: ____________________

Output filename and notes: ____________________

Checkbox ticks are not saved automatically. Print or save a completed copy.