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Digital Images

June 19, 2009...Access to Corbis Ending on June 30, 2009. Corbis has announced that on June 30th, it will end its educational access to digital images via (http://education.corbis.com/). Please refer to the list below for alternatives.

Recommended Site: Flickr/Creative Commons

Flickr/Creative Commons was selected as our preferred site for digital images due to the quality and selection of images in the public domain. Please see the attached instructions for setting up an account with Flickr and downloading images

About using images

Some image providers do not require registration for downloading; however, most sites require you to become a member. Even sites that promise free images may provide some images at a cost to you. Please read the usage and licensing information for each image carefully. Westwood College has no formal relationship with any of the providers below, so use images at your own risk.
 

Free Registration, free downloads:

 
 

Free Registration, free downloads + unique focus or service:

 
  • Urban Dirty. Free, but no information about who owns the pictures or who has the rights to the pictures. Small, but specialized group of photos.
  • Photo Rogue. Photos taken by request. Sign up to make a request, and a photographer will go create what you ordered.
  • Abstract Influence. Diverse community of photography and design enthusiasts, designed as a participatory forum. Must register to download, but site encourages commentary.

Free Registration but must pay for images:

 
  • Stock Exchange. Free to register. Awesome Photoshop tutorials. Royalty-free images. Cost is $1 and up depending on size of picture. Earn credits to purchase images if you join and upload your own.
  • iStockphoto. Pictures are fantastic with a very large collection of pictures, videos, illustrations and audio. Costs per picture or video downloaded. All are royalty free.
  • Dreamstime. Large collection of clipart. Cost of photos are .20 and up
  • Fotolia. Free registration, pay per image or pay for a subscription by the month, 6 months, or 1 year. Costs are .14 to .17 per download.

More options and/or more information:


 
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