Както знаете, когато към статията има прикрепени свързани с тематиката интересни изображения, това задържа повече вниманието на потребителите попаднали на статията.
За това ще се постараем в тази тема да съберем ресурси от които да взимате законно и безплатно снимки, графики и други изображения за вашите статии.
1. Flickr.com – Това е сайт на Яхуу! в който всеки потребител качва снимките си. Но за да ползвате снимки от там, трябва да се уверите че те са с Creative Commons лиценз.
Отивате на http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced
Трябва да отметнете Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content
За комерсиално ползване може да отметнете и Find content to use commercially
Ако имате намерение да модифицирате изображението, то тогава трябва да отметнете и Find content to modify, adapt, or build upon
Когато ползвате снимка от Flickr трябва да укажете автора на снимката и да поставите линк към страницата.
2. Списък с български сайтове за безплатни снимки:
http://imagesfrombulgaria.com – трябва да напишете автора на снимката и да поставите адреса на сайта.
3. Списък със сайтове банки за снимки. Прочетете условията в сайта, преди да ползвате изображения от там.
1. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/i...riallimg#focus
2. http://www.4freephotos.com/
3. http://www.public-domain-photos.com/
4. http://www.public-domain-photos.com/free-cliparts/
5. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
6. http://photolibrary.usap.gov/
7. http://www.bestphotos.us/
8. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/index.html
9. http://datedimages.genpics.org/ - interesting old fashioned images!
10. http://www.defense.gov/multimedia/
11. http://www.defenseimagery.mil/index.html
12. http://www.easystockphotos.com/
13. http://content.lib.washington.edu/co...web/index.html - interesting ones here for t-shirts and mugs
14. http://www.montenegrophoto.net/
15. http://freeimagescollection.com/
16. http://www.myfreedigitalphotos.com/
17. http://www.freestockimagesite.com/main.php
18. http://www.alegriphotos.com/
19. http://www.freestockphotos.biz/photo...&a=all&set=all (be careful of the sneaky “shutterstock” ones placed between the freebies here! Otherwise a great site)
20. http://www.freephotos.se/
21. http://images.google.com/advanced_im...hl=en&safe=off make sure to change the
“usage rights” part to search for public domain and commercial license
22. http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html This is an open source book of the manual for the powerful free “photoshop” called Gimp – this is being sold on Amazon for silly money!!!
23. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html
24. http://www.freephotogaleries.com/
25. http://picdrome.com/
26. http://rad.usuhs.edu/medpix/
27. http://www.dotgovwatch.com/?/archive...Libraries.html
28. http://www.princetonol.com/groups/ia...s/clipart.html
29. http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dail...lic_domain.htm Unusual ones here that add a bit of quirky to any blog or logo!
30. http://images.google.com/hosted/life
31. http://nationalatlas.gov/ - good for maps!
32. http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/
33. http://visualsonline.cancer.gov/
34. http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
35. http://photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov/Index.asp
36. http://opengalleries.org/
37. http://openclipart.org/
38. http://pdphoto.org/
39. http://www.pdclipart.org/
40. http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/nhcorg11.htm
41. http://www.photos-public-domain.com/
42. http://photo-sleuth.blogspot.com/
43. http://www.phototeria.com/
44. http://fotolamancha.com/
45. http://pixabay.com/ 5 STAR!
46. http://pddepot.com/
47. http://www.publicdomainfootage.com/
48. http://www.republicdomain.com/
49. http://finallycreative.com/gallery/
50. http://www.arspublik.com/
51. http://publicphoto.org/ careful navigating this one – it’s an AdSense minefield
52. http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/
53. http://www.logodesignweb.com/stockphoto/
54. http://www.reusableart.com/
55. http://www.mathpuzzle.com/loyd/
56. http://images.google.com/search?hl=e...6TzBA&tbm=isch just add your own search term
57. http://www.clker.com/
58. http://www.thepublicdomain.net/
59. http://www.house.gov/
60. http://totallyfreeimages.com/search?...ref=1925945294
61. http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml
62. http://ushistoryimages.com/
63. http://www.senate.gov/
64. http://www.unclesamsphotos.com/
65. http://www.usuhs.mil/
66. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/
67. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page
68. http://www.wpclipart.com/
69. http://patsabin.com/VintagePostcards/
70. http://www.annarbordelivery.net/ann-arbor-photos/
71. http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/digitallibrary/
72. http://www.john-leech-archive.org.uk/
73. https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...ook/index.html
74. http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/library/collections.cfm
75. http://www.wpclipart.com/flags/index.html
76. http://www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/
77. http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/arc...otographs.html
78. http://myfloridahistory.org/fhspics
79. http://www.fromoldbooks.org/
80. http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/mapit/
81. http://www.freenzphotos.com/
82. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
83. http://ian.macky.net/pat/map/country.html
84. http://www.gwpda.org/photos/greatwar.htm
85. http://www.playadelcarmenmexico.org/
86. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cin/index-e.html
87. http://www.coolnotions.com/PDImages/...OfTheBible.htm
88. http://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ngillus.htm
89. http://ian.macky.net/secretmuseum/
90. http://www.yestercards.com/
91. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...ers_Art_Museum “The Walters Art Museum has donated more than 19,000 images of artworks, along with associated information to Wikimedia. Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely licensed educational content for unrestricted use.”
92. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/ This stuff isn’t cheesy clipart any more – you really need to check this out!
93. http://www.appropedia.org/Public_Domain_Search great Google search engine set up to only search .gov sites
94. http://www.clker.com/clipart-202956.html another search engine site for clipart – a bit cheesy (ok a lot!) but you might need some cheese from time to time).
95. http://www.picdrome.com/
96. http://pdphoto.org/
97. http://worldart.sjsu.edu/
98. http://wheel.ucdavis.edu/2012/05/fre...for-education/ A small but nice list here under “Public Domain”
99. http://libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov/
100. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/ National Library of Medicine – some due diligence required here as a few are not in public domain.
101. http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp some nasty creatures here!
102. http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/ only the SMALL images are free but there are good ones there – great to insert into a blog post without taking up too much space
103. http://www.kozzi.com/ One a day only on the free account, but again – high quality
104. http://photodune.net/ Only 1 free image a month – LOVE the ones I got so far.
105. http://www.facebook.com/PublicDomainImageCollection
106. http://www.oldbookillustrations.com/ Some great black and white drawings here - they are free even for commercial use but do read the terms of use.
107. http://www.raffeallafernando.com/wp-...-domain-images
108. http://crowscreekprimitives.blogspot...ages-this.html
109. http://vintageprintable.com I like this one a lot – not a huge collection but nice.. PD in the US only can be confirmed. Otherwise – due diligence! The site load time is a bit slow but be patient.
110. http://bloggersclipart.com/ This one is fantastic! I can’t believe it is not better known as there is even advice with the images on how to best use them. This is definitely 5 star!
111. http://royaltyfreeimagesearch.com/ links to images on Kozzi but without the wait
112. http://spinxpress.com/whatisspinxpress
113. http://pinterest.com/talkingtoowls/p...domain-images/
114. http://publicdomainclip-art.blogspot...1_archive.html Not any ordinary clipart – check this out!
115. http://www.projectpublicdomainpictures.com/ - careful they do want attribution!
116. http://www.newhomedecoration.info/sh...wpclipart-com/ (click on images to get more)
117. http://alice-in-wonderland-public-do...ebyseeing.com/ Alice in Wonderland
118. http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/browse.jsp
119. http://www.insectimages.org/
120. http://animalphotos.info/a/
121. http://www.stickstock.com/index.php
122. http://www.twicepix.net/sets.php
123. http://freephotos.com/
124. http://www.adigitaldreamer.com/gallery/index.php Great for Business and IM graphics
125. http://public-domain.zorger.com/ great old cartoon stuff! Also, note that the images predate 1923, and the webmaster has included a CC image with “No Rights Reserved” – both of which mean you may use the images how you see fit and ignore the instruction to add his link to your site).
126. http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/ Useful for all sorts (t-shirts, posters, greeting cards etc.) – I’ve made a few sales on Zazzle with these and without altering the images. If you decide on this let me give you some advice: Use Paint.Net –or whatever software you are comfortable with – to touch up the images and make the colours deeper etc. before adding them to Zazzle products.
127. http://texturez.com/ cool textures
128. http://www.rgbstock.com/ Can use on websites, can’t use on physical products or sell the images
129. http://compfight.com/ search portal
130. http://www.flashmo.com/page/1 free flash templates
131. http://www.vectorvaco.com/ Great free vector art – IMPORTANT: Stick to using the Categories drop down menu, as the rest of the site is just one big affiliate link pool!)
132. http://www.picfindr.com/ reasonably good but again, watch out for the different windows for “sponsored” images at the bottom half of the screen
133. http://www.mayang.com/textures/index.htm another good texture one – limit of 20 freebies per day
134. http://www.freemediagoo.com/ Nice!
135. http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/slidefile/index.htm
136. http://geekphilosopher.com/photos/photos.aspx free but site requires a linkback
137. http://www.amazingtextures.com/# scroll down to sign up free for 20MB free each day
138. http://www.pics4learning.com/index.php?view=image_use free for educators only..
139. http://www.arspublik.com/ Really good stuff here
140. http://www.arsgrafik.com/ Amazing stuff for graphic designers!
141. http://pddepot.com/ Limited amount of stuff but all good and easy to navigate
142. http://www.gallery.oldbookart.com/main.php check the dates but all usable in some way (when I say dates – read the intro at the top of page)
143. http://www.pdclipart.org/faq.php has another list of sites when you scan down the page
144. http://www.backgroundsarchive.com/index.php
145. http://www.free-stockphotos.com/
146. http://www.freefoto.com/ requires attribution
147. http://www.unprofound.com/
148. http://visipix.dynalias.com/index_hidden.htm Fantastic fine art
149. http://gallery.hd.org/
150. http://www.cepolina.com/ another 5 Star site
151. http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/ *not sure what the new site will offer*
152. http://www.freephotosbank.com/
153. http://www.imageafter.com/index.php
154. http://freecommercialphotos.com/
155. http://grungetextures.com/ 900x600 pixel images are free
156. http://www.photogen.com/terms-of-use/
157. http://photos-free.net/
158. http://www.123rf.com/browsefreeimage...&src=bobbigmac the images that have under 5
minutes left on the timer seem to be free. Go to the homepage and you can sign up for some good free images too
159. http://www.istockphoto.com/ one free image per week – ANY SIZE!
160. http://www.turbophoto.com/Free-Stock-Images/
161. http://www.fontplay.com/freephotos/
162. http://www.sunipix.com/
163. http://f11digital.com/4images/index.php
164. http://www.burningwell.org/
165. http://www.pachd.com/
166. http://www.cgtextures.com/
167. http://photobank.net-poland.com/free...als/thumb.html
168. http://paulbates.com/free-photo-galleries/ linkback required but they are great pics
169. http://www.designpacks.com/
170. http://www.textureking.com/
171. http://www.photorack.net/index.php 5 STAR
172. http://www.freephotosdownloading.com/
173. http://www.abstractinfluence.com/for...php?album_id=2
174. http://www.digitalphoto.pl/en/royalty_free.php
175. http://asianpictures.gm/
176. http://africanphotos.gm/africa/photos
177. http://europepictures.gm/europe/photos
178. http://www.adimagephotos.biz/index.html
179. http://www.freeclipartnow.com/
180. http://www.geograph.org.uk/
181. http://www.studio25.ro/EN check which ones don’t have a watermark
182. http://www.clipart-history.com/
183. http://web.centre.edu/enviro/Photos_files/Photos.htm
184. http://www.christmas-graphics-plus.com/
185. http://www.copyrightfreephotos.com/
186. http://www.hear.org/starr/images/?o=plants
187. http://www.pixelio.de/
188. http://www.nrel.gov/data/pix/searchpix_visual.html sciency stuff!
189. http://www.worldatlas.com/clipart.htm bit confused about the TOS here myself – I think it’s best to read it and make of it what you may
190. http://www.photoshocked.com/ creative commons licence – attribution required, but some really great images here
191. http://www.logodesignweb.com/stockphoto/terms.htm
192. http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/
193. http://www.shutterglow.com/free_photo_directory.php creative commons but great stuff – this link is to their PD image site list
194. http://www.kavewall.com/stock/ CC license
195. http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/
196. http://karenswhimsy.com/public-domain-images/
197. http://fl.biology.usgs.gov/Center_Pu...e_archive.html
198. http://www.fema.gov/photolibrary/index.jsp
199. http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html
200. http://www.coolspic.com/
201. http://www.download-free-photos.com/terms-of-use.html
202. http://www.stockgrafix.com/category....=OR&search=dog
203. http://www.multimedia-stock.com Really great site but a bit@h to get the password requirement right for registering
204. http://photoeverywhere.co.uk/ CC but fantastic images for a travel theme
205. http://icons.mysitemyway.com/free-ic...heck-mark/748/ brilliant site for icons and logos – specially nice Social Media images for blogs. Very handy for Fiverr logo and icon creation gigs!
206. http://www.oldbookart.com/
207. http://antiqueclipart.com/
208. http://www.bayonet.net/clip_art/index.html
209. http://publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.com/
210. http://www.eirefirst.com/clipart.html (A bit clichéd, speaking as an Irishman myself, but good stuff for novelty St. Patrick’s Day products)
211. http://clipart.nicubunu.ro/
212. http://www.ninja-ac.com/ This site is as they say, Ninja!
213. http://www.epa.gov/newsroom/pictures.htm
214. http://speckyboy.com/category/icon-design/ - Great source for icon and tutorial stuff
215. http://cooltext.com/ - Logos, Buttons, Fonts
216. http://www.iconfinder.com/ Fantastic site – Click “Free icons” in small text near bottom of the page
217. http://www.favicon.cc/ Create your own Favicon (the small image beside some website addresses – looks professional!)
218. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/ - lots of categories