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    The best sites for "royalty free" images

    Being financially limited I am looking to compile a few select sites where I can utilize images for free with out any worry of legal ramifications.

    One I have used that I find useful is
    stock.xchng - the leading free stock photography site

    Does anyone else know of any other good FREE image sites? so not places like getty, shutterstock, istockphoto

    thx

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    Do make sure free = can be used for commercial purposes.

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    i-stock and shutterstock are pretty cheap anyway; if you're passing on the fee people are unlikely to bat an eyelid at around a fiver for a stock image.

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    Dreamstime - also has a whole bunch of free photos - otherwise is like istock.

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    iStock used to be great, but putting their costs up so many times in the past few years means they're not that godd value anymore. Getty are killing what made the site great in the first place.

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    New bees

    I have been searching for good sites which gives me images for free because now that the competition is so intense that some new start ups end up doing it to get more people. I did find a nice start up site through wikipedia which has very nice and unique photos, esp of flowers and objects. The big thing is the site provides High Res Images for free. Yes, you might not need high res images for graphic design as such but I found it very useful when I was asked to make posters for a flower company.

    Here is the link to the site - The free photostore. It is worth keeping an eye on this site every now and then for new updates. You can always be sure that the new sites will have the most updates.

    I will see if I can get more such sites and get back.

    Hope it helps!

    Cheers
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave L View Post
    i-stock and shutterstock are pretty cheap anyway; if you're passing on the fee people are unlikely to bat an eyelid at around a fiver for a stock image.
    whoah and if you need 5 - 10 images ?

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    Your best bet is to take your own and license images that you don't have the means to create yourself. Even a compact camera, with some photographic expertise and liberal use of the manual setting can produce some relatively good pictures.

    They won't be as detailed as SLR photography but with some tinkering and adjustments in Photoshop they could serve the purpose.

    I'm looking to invest in a digital SLR for just such a purpose but my girlfriend won't let me (she says it's a waste of money because she's got one I can use THAT I BOUGHT HER FOR CHRISTMAS!!!) :(

    You can also try Flickr's Commons that has public domain images from time gone by.

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    Quote Originally Posted by byronc View Post
    whoah and if you need 5 - 10 images ?
    It costs you £58 for ten at Shutterstock... Of course you can get exactly the image you want for free if you have and can use a camera but they're only really free if you value your time at £0 per hour.

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