Get Inspired
Please see this information about fair use. It explains well all the things you need to consider before using other people's images in your blog. Scroll down to the section called Fair Use to see more. Using an image from a company's website seems to be fair use as long as the words about it are your own, you link back to the site/give credit to the copyright owner, and do not copy a substantial amount of the product website for fair use onto your own website.
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Creative Commons Search
Creative Common Search is a search portal that offers convenient access to search services provided by other independent search services. From this one site you can link to Google Images, Flickr, Fotopedia, Wikimedia Commons and other media sites. Do not assume that all images found on the independent sites will fall under CC license.
Free Stock Photo Sites
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morgueFileThe morguefile contains photographs freely contributed by many artists to be used in creative projects by visitors to the site.
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stock.xchangeThis site requires registration for a free membership and contains over 400,000 free stock photos.
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Google Advanced Image SearchNext to "usage rights" change the drop down menu to the appropriate license. For class purposes, this will likely be "free to use or share."
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Free Stock PhotosThis collection contains 16,797 free images available in a variety of commercial and editorial licenses, including public domain, creative commons, and custom agreements.
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FlickrMany Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.
Best Practices for Using Open Access Images, Media & Music
- This is a high visibility project-- don't be afraid to ask for help!
- Keep track of where you find information, images, and music you may use
- Write a script
- Sketch out a storyboard
- Determine the best technology tools for your project
- Create
- Build in time for editing
Google Advanced Image Search
Finding video content to reuse
