Background to Stock.XCHANG
This is a popular site to download free photographs. You do have to look carefully because on the pages that they show free photographs they will also show you ones that can be bought from istockphoto.com. It can be annoying thinking you've found the perfect picture only to find it's one that you have to pay for.
The images are listed under Subjects
[+] Abstract
[+] Architecture
[+] Business
[+] Computers
[+] Concepts
[+] Food
[+] Nature
[+] Objects
[+] People
[+] Places
[+] Seasonal and Events
[+] Signs
[+] Streets and Cityscapes
[+] Transportation
[+] World
Each subject is divided into categories, making it very easy to navigate.
Advantages
- The number of completely free photographs
- Has some tutorials posted showing how to change some of your pictures.
- Able to save images in lightboxes
Disadvantages
- Not as many pictures available as some of the other directories.
- In some categories there are very few free pictures available
- While many of the free photographs are very good indeed - quality not as good as paid ones.
- Only has photos available. Many other directories offer a wider range of media.
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Viterbi
Premium
Thank you BIS.
I would just like to add a site specific to icons, instead of pictures (if anyone is interested to enhance the view of a website):
ICONSPEDIA: http://www.iconspedia.com/
It's all free and it has a very large database.
I would just like to add a site specific to icons, instead of pictures (if anyone is interested to enhance the view of a website):
ICONSPEDIA: http://www.iconspedia.com/
It's all free and it has a very large database.
SquidooSlfMstr
Premium
Great info "BIS." There's another source that you can use for FREE even for commercial purposes AND no attribution required! I just used some for a landing page header. Here's the Licensing Terms: http://morguefile.com/license/morguefile/
Incognito
Premium
I second that - great training resource BIS. A new player in town that I've checked out is PhotoDune.net. They have a nice collection of stock images which I haven't seen replicated across other marketplaces.