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  • 12-11-2010 3:38am
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    businessboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭


    Just a quick question.

    Where is the best place to get good quality images royalty free that cost nothing to use on a few of my websites.

    dont wanna pay a fortune from some of the well known sites just for few pics.

    any help would be great.


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    #2
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    iStockPhoto isn't free, but it's only between 1 and 4 euro per pic.


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    Placebo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭Placebo


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    iStockPhoto isn't free, but it's only between 1O and 2O euro per pic.

    fyp :)


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    ivanc
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭ivanc


    businessboy wrote: »
    Just a quick question.

    Where is the best place to get good quality images royalty free that cost nothing to use on a few of my websites.

    dont wanna pay a fortune from some of the well known sites just for few pics.

    any help would be great.

    http://www.sxc.hu/ Completely Free!:)


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Placebo wrote: »
    fyp :)

    What are you on about ? :rolleyes:

    http://www.istockphoto.com/buy-stock-credits-pay-as-you-go.php?refnum=petplan

    Credits are approx €1.20, with most images costing between 1 & 3 credits; maybe 6 credits if you want a larger image that you need to crop / edit.


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    Funkfield
    Registered Users Posts: 1,602 ✭✭✭Funkfield


    http://www.webdesignerheaven.com

    Used this a few times. Excellent resources.


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    #7
    lil_lisa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭lil_lisa


    I would strongly suggest paying a little bit for images. If you want a really professional looking website its best. I find the royalty free images are missing that little something.


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    #8
    en.r4cart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 141 ✭✭en.r4cart


    just google


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    #9
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    en.r4cart.com wrote: »
    just google

    I would hope that you mean google "free stock images for websites" and not just search for images from other websites that are copyrighted ?


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    charlesM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭charlesM


    businessboy wrote: »
    Just a quick question.

    Where is the best place to get good quality images royalty free that cost nothing to use on a few of my websites.

    dont wanna pay a fortune from some of the well known sites just for few pics.

    any help would be great.
    You can get them cheap here >>>
    http://www.istockphoto.com

    Credits are approx €1.20, with most images costing between 1 & 3 credits; maybe 6 credits if you want a larger image that you need to crop / edit.


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    #11
    donbon
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭donbon


    en.r4cart wrote: »
    just google

    If you're advocating stealing images that's terrible advice, people could lose their jobs following it.


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    #12
    Trojan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,413 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    Regards the "just google it" advice - I got a phone call from one of our web design clients on Monday: they'd received an invoice in the post for over €900 from a stock photography company for using a single 200px × 250px copyrighted image without permission. (We did not supply this image - they "google'd it").

    Always, always use images from sources where you know you have permission explicitly - if you're on zero budget use free Creative Commons licensed images with correct attribution, and make sure the version of the licence doesn't disallow commercial use or derivative works. If you've even a small amount of cash at all, istockPhoto is a great place to go.

    Web designers: I strongly recommend adding something like this in your contracts:
    You guarantee to us that any elements of text, graphics, photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork that you provide us for inclusion in your website are either owned by you, or that you have permission to use them.

    And of course make sure you know where every image you use on sites you develop is coming from.

    I am not a lawyer and the above does not constitute legal advice, but I suggest you talk to one if you have any queries about any of this.

    🎙️ The Recognized Authority Podcast



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    #13
    was.deevey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭was.deevey


    I find depositphotos.com pretty decent and reasonable if you are looking for alot of images on a budget. Many of the same photos appear on istock and in most cases cost less than half - not as big a selection though but worth a look.


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    #14
    Spunog UIE
    Registered Users Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭Spunog UIE


    If you are paying for an image from iStockPhoto or similar I would recommend that you do a reverse image search for the image you choose using a site such as TinEye (http://www.tineye.com/). You may be surprised how many people are using it (maybe even direct competitors) and may want to opt for a different image. Obviously this is less of a concern if you are going to photoshop the source image a bit.

    I've used iStockPhoto a good few times and found it to be a good service but the one thing that really annoys me about them is that your credit will expire after a year. I hate when companies who pull crap like this.


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