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Where do you find good pictures to add to Joomla sites?
Stock images or photography is images or photographs that can be licensed for specific uses. These images are unlikely to be 'copyright free' but many are licenced for free use in personal or commercial projects.
There are lots of websites that advertise 'royalty free' but all that means is that you don't pay a royalty each time you use the photograph. If you don't want to pay for high quality pictures then look for sites that really do offer free registration, free download and royalty free use of their images. Some sites demand a link back to their collection of images, depending on your website you may or may not want to link. Some images are licensed for personal use but not commercial use, take care to find sites that say personal and commercial use is free. Read the terms and conditions carefully before you download any images.
The best sources of download high-quality images, photographs and pictures will be open and honest and tell you about any restrictions.
Some image collections are free up to a certain size then charge for larger images, for most websites 640 pixels is large enough, so you are unlikely to have to pay for good quality clipart or photographs.
Here is a list of what we consider the best source of truly free photos and images for personal or commercial use. These site offer a great experience, excellent presentation, top quality, huge selection and an easy to use search.
You can add to this collection too.
Hundreds of images, photographs, pictures. Arranged in a tree menu, very easy to find what you want. Fast previewing, with an close-up view when clicked. Free registration, free downloads of all images up to 1200 pixels on the long edge. Larger versions (originals) available to subscribers, very cheap.
Another extensive collection of high-quality images, free download and use up to a certain variable size, then subscription for the higher resolution images. Reasonable price if you are going to use the service.
Nice collection with lots of views of each image, slightly larger image pops up automatically when mouse pointer moves over thumbnails, this can become annoying after a while. Easy search and searchable by colour. Site colours drab.
freedigitalphotos.net requires a link back to their website or acknowlegement if the image is used in print. Only the smallest images are free, each image has prices for different sizes. Images are well prepared, for example the asparagus has no background and a drop shadow so it's ready to use.
Selection of free images at high-resolution, limited selection of free images. Paid images well presented cut out from backgrounds ready for use. Good value considering the amount of work needed.
To add resources to this list please email giving the web address and any relevant details. We consider all submissions but do not guarantee to use them.
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