Imagebanks: Cool links to Free Images and Video

If you want to get a head start on any piece of multimedia or digital design project, the best thing to do in preparation is to get familiar with free image/video archives. It took me about an hour to register onto these databases and to find a way to navigate around the images that aren't royalty-free. But, once you're in, the world's your oyster. (Thanks to Brown Belt for most of these resources!)

Image "L'art de vivre" by René Magritte

via artchive.com

Log on and click resources:

Archive.org A great site to access royalty-free paintings by artists. Most images belong to the public domain, and each artist has a page with a bio and list of important works. This is a massive collection, and the most comprehensive one that I know. I've been using this site for years, and students love it as well.

Jet Propulsion Lab The JPL has a fantastic amount of free pictures and multimedia content for use in education.

Imagebanks that require short log-in process- user name and email required: (thanks to Little Miss Brainy for the following link!!!)

Macdesktops: This is a fantastic site for all types of educators, especially if you're interested in manipulating photos or looking for a creative background for your original shots. Check it out!

Imagebanks that require a long-log-in procedure: (I suggest that you give all false info except your email address. No need to distribute unnecessary bits of identity if it isn't needed.)

iStockPhoto.com iStockPhoto is the cheapest way to acquire royalty free stock images.

Corbis Corbis is a leader in the royalty free image world. You can download comp pictures without watermarks to mock up designs

Getty Images Getty is another great royalty free image site. Their comps though have watermarks. (Tip: go to "Creative" and then search "Royalty-free")

UPDATE:

Check out Photographic Libraries Free Public Domain Images and Clip Art

Check out Lucy Ravinsdale's suggestions at  Amatuer Photos and Copyright friendly Pics for Education

If anyone has any other free image database resources, leave a comment, and I'll update this list. Cheers, mates! ;-) - Little Ms. Blog

Comments

[Lucy Ravinsdale]

Amatuer Photos at: http://www.bigfoto.com/

Copyright friendly Pics for Education http://www.pics4learning.com/index.php?view=browse

[Ji Hyun Ha]

It's a Korean image website!
www.imageclick.com. Once you go in, the text is all written in Korean. But, you can still write in English what you want to search in the search box.

[Little Ms. Blog]

Great image bank at www.imageclick.com , Ji Hyun! Yoo Ri just told me that you can see the English version if you click on "English" in the upper righthand corner.

Thanks for link!

Another one is www.imagebank.com

[Little Ms. Blog]

Here's another link that my students found. I can't promise that all images are going to be "clean" and appropriate for young audiences, but the images at this link are unique, artistic, and creative!
Check out the "fantasy art" link at the very bottom on the left!

http://devianart.com/

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[copyright free images]

I visited some of the links and it brought me to a very amazing websites where I can find amazing free images and copyright images.