Copyright Free Images?

15 years ago

I will always need to pay for images if you are to use them for anything business related.

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David Lamb

15 years ago

Try Wikimedia Commons.

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JohnCalvinII 15 years ago

Originally Posted by David Lamb

Try Wikimedia Commons.

My #1 source.
#2 is Flickr.com click advanced search and scroll down to Creative Commons
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John Alves

15 years ago

The best ones are sxc.hu and morguefile.com. You will find some good quality pictures at those sites for free. You could also try getting photos from the public domain. They are free as well because the copyright has expired. They are usually located in older books. You can find a lot of them on Project Gutenberg - free ebooks online download for iPad, Kindle, Nook, Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, Sony Reader

You need to be living in the United States to use the public domain material though. Copyright laws are different in other countries.

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Steve B

15 years ago

Have you considered Google Images?

Before you say "that's trespassing" do this:

Go to Google Images

Click on "Advanced Image Search" (to the far right of the search box)

Near the bottom you will see "Usage Rights: return images that are..."

Click on the expanding box that says "not filtered by license"

Go down to "labeled for commercial reuse"

Then type in your keywords or phrase.

The search should return images that you can use commercially. I would suggest also checking with the image source if possible just to be sure that you are legal. You may have to attribute an image to the source in order to use it.

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SB274

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Steve B

Have you considered Google Images?

Before you say "that's trespassing" do this:

Go to Google Images

Click on "Advanced Image Search" (to the far right of the search box)

Near the bottom you will see "Usage Rights: return images that are..."

Click on the expanding box that says "not filtered by license"

Go down to "labeled for commercial reuse"

Then type in your keywords or phrase.

The search should return images that you can use commercially. I would suggest also checking with the image source if possible just to be sure that you are legal. You may have to attribute an image to the source in order to use it.

Steve

VERY Cool, I never knew about that. Thanks for the tip Steve.

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Qamar

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Steve B

Have you considered Google Images?

Before you say "that's trespassing" do this:

Go to Google Images

Click on "Advanced Image Search" (to the far right of the search box)

Near the bottom you will see "Usage Rights: return images that are..."

Click on the expanding box that says "not filtered by license"

Go down to "labeled for commercial reuse"

Then type in your keywords or phrase.

The search should return images that you can use commercially. I would suggest also checking with the image source if possible just to be sure that you are legal. You may have to attribute an image to the source in order to use it.

Steve

Hey Bro, thanks a million times. I have been having headaches for days searching for this kind of valuable info that you have provided for us. Thanks a million again!

Qamar

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Michael Oksa

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Steve B

Have you considered Google Images?

Before you say "that's trespassing" do this:

Go to Google Images

Click on "Advanced Image Search" (to the far right of the search box)

Near the bottom you will see "Usage Rights: return images that are..."

Click on the expanding box that says "not filtered by license"

Go down to "labeled for commercial reuse"

Then type in your keywords or phrase.

The search should return images that you can use commercially. I would suggest also checking with the image source if possible just to be sure that you are legal. You may have to attribute an image to the source in order to use it.

Steve

I just wanted to highlight this part as some people will gloss right over it and think they can use the advanced search without doing ANY due diligence.

Good tip, though.

All the best,
Michael

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Bradley J Anderson

15 years ago

Google is your friend.

public domain images - Google Search

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pizzatherapy

15 years ago

You may be able to find any number of sites that offer Public domain images which are free...

But my absolute favorite copyright free image site is called:

The Morgue File...

Here is the URL:

morgueFile free photos for creatives by creatives

Honestly you will be blown away at the free images that you can use there.

Here is a link to their liscence:

Morguefile free photo license

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marcuslim

15 years ago

The best place online for free royalty free stock images

stock.xchng - the leading free stock photography site

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carcrazy

15 years ago

Yeah thank-you for the tip about Google images.

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pmbrent

15 years ago

Depending on the images you are looking for, you can utilize Microsofts online clip art gallery.

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michigan6804

15 years ago

Yes, Google is a very good friend to have indeed

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newtoebookswriting

15 years ago

www.openclipart.org: 100% copy right free. use the images in any way you like!
no credit required

www.morguefile.com: only restriction is you cant sell the pictures as is. for example, you cant just save the picture and put it on CD to sell. you can how ever use the pictures for websites and so on. you dont have to give credit

stock.xchng - the leading free stock photography site : you can use the pictures for commerical use. how ever not all! do a advanced search to filter out the ones that dont require you to give credit. also dont use pictures of real people from it....you can get sued sometimes.

Free Photos and Textures : i emailed the owner of the site. he said you can use the images for commericial purposes, how ever if you can you should give him linkback but this is not neccesary.

Free Vectors - Download Free Vector Art!

wned by photovaco so same rules apply

Even thought these websites don't require credit or link backs and attributions.
it is good courtesy to give it anyway if you are able to.

Good luck!

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iuditg

15 years ago

This should help you
15 Best Places for Designers to Get Free Stock Photos Online

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hebsgaard 15 years ago

Very useful stuff iuditg. Thanks a lot! This will definitely save me a bundle on images for my sites.
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seobro

15 years ago

Try NASA images. Like those are in the public domain and free to use. I believe for other government images that is also the case. Here are your tax dollars at work in a way we can see. I have found many of these images have a dark background if you know what we mean.

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maxx12

15 years ago

I dont think Nasa images are free to use..

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highave

15 years ago

You can get it from google and yahoo.

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Deema

14 years ago

You can use my textures for free, even for commercial projects. You don't have to give credit to the source if you are absolutely can't, although I would really appreciate if you do.
High Resolution Textures

However, they are NOT copyright free. Copyright free means that they belong to nobody (or to the public).

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Warrior X

14 years ago

Edit: What I meant to say was that:

www.dreamstime.com has a good number of free images that don't require attribution.
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Qamar 14 years ago

Originally Posted by JeremyH

Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket has a good number of free images that don't require attribution.
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Hi, how can we know that a certain image is free?

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- Ricochet 14 years ago
  
  I too was wondering where to obtain free images to use.. and walla.. an abundance of sources.. WF rocks.. tnx all
  
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- Warrior X 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Qamar
  
  Hi, how can we know that a certain image is free?
  
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  Sorry the site I meant was Stock Photography: Download Free Stock Photos & Royalty Free Images, under the "free images" tab.
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AbdullahKaragoz

14 years ago

Why not just search images on Google and use them?

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Qamar 14 years ago

Originally Posted by AbdullahKaragoz

Why not just search images on Google and use them?

You could be stealing images that are not suppose to be downloaded.
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patselby

14 years ago

Thanks for this question because I am always looking for photos to use

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RobertBayes

14 years ago

As has been mentioned, there are a ton of very good copyright-free images to be had. I use a lot of Creative Commons and public domain material, and have never had difficulty finding excellent quality images - even for very specific needs.

I should mention that extends beyond just graphics - there are loads of excellent apps, content, etc. both with Creative Commons licensing, and in the public domain.

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fitz10

14 years ago

Just a heads up, make sure you're careful with Google Image Search and Flickr. Both are a great source of free photos but most do require attribution...

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1lov1

14 years ago

wow, I used most image sites especially when needing images for cpa/facebook ads and that MorgueFile is great.....thanks for that one

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Kezz

14 years ago

Public Domain Pictures is always my first go to as it's the highest quality I've found for images you can use freely:

Public Domain Pictures - Free Stock Photos

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warrenseah

14 years ago

Wow, this thread is great! It a good list of copyright free images rolodex !

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gorufus

14 years ago

Flickr creative commons is a good source, like a few have said above. I'm not a lawyer, but as far as attribution goes, most pictures just require a credit from the source. So if you were to put a box below the image in your blog or where ever you post the picture, with something like "courtesy of" that may work. But don't take my word for it.