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Images and pictures have been used by nearly every type of publication. Websites, magazines, and advertisements are just a few of the kinds of content medium. Browsing the internet while searching for free images can be a lot of fun and rewarding when intellectual property law is respected.

The Necessity for Images

When an artist or writer creates a work, often they will select or gather images that pertain to the specific idea in which they are writing.
Engaging images in the content appeal to the visual perception of the reader, if there were no images at all then even the best written publication may be overlooked. Regardless of the saying "you cannot judge a book buy it's cover" it can certainly help grab the attention of browsers and potentially turn them into a sale.

When appealing images are placed within a website or blog it is a good practice to name the images according to what they represent. This will help the search engines find the content and index it faster and will even bring a few extra visits through image search results. The images should be [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] captivating if at all possible. A website that simply posts useless and meaningless images is just as bad as a website that does not use images.

Best places to find Free Images

A great way to get high quality and high resolution images for a website or other publication is to use a [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] digital camera to take pictures. However, when the photographs are converted into images or logos it is critical that trademarks and symbols are not apparent in the picture, otherwise intellectual property rights may be of concern.

Wikimedia commons is a popular website for royalty free content. This search wiki has thousands if not millions of contributors which upload their content and share it according to specific creative commons licensing. Content is easily found through various search criteria including source, license, author, location, type, [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] and content topic.

Another favorite of many digital and graphic artists is a photography social network called Flickr. The resources which are found on this photography network are nearly limitless. Millions of photographers from all calibers upload and share images on this portal. Since the photographers who upload their images to this site are typically not professional photographers, often the images are openly free to be shared according to the creative commons license. However, there are a lot of professional photographers who upload images as well and it is important again that notice is given to the creative commons license. The advanced search feature of the website allows for an easy searching filter by creative commons license type. When or if there is a question about the license of a particular image or set of images, it is always best to simply ask a photographer. There is an easy messaging system that allows for messages to be sent directly to any member [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] of the site.

The Image search feature on Google images produces millions of results for nearly any image query. However, it is critical that consideration is given to the license of the images as many are copyrighted rather than free. The image search does allow for a query to be made for free images only, It is [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] recommended when searching with this tool that the option is used to search only for free or creative commons license types. The Creative commons license type must be observed for free images because there may be additional terms described by the license which will be discussed later in the article.

Transferring free images to a website

In order to transfer an image to a publication or document various factors should be considered. For instance will the image be used in a website or within a brochure? These various content mediums must be considered prior to simply downloading an image. The process for posting an image to a blog or bulletin board can be much different than downloading an image for a greeting card design.

Some of these basic processes are demonstrated briefly in the video titled "images for free". Hotlinks, downloads and other methods should be considered. Once the various methods are learned then they will become second nature and the process is much more efficient.

In order to hotlink an image within a website or blog the code must be generated to pull the image from the host where the image originally resides. Many websites offer an automated hotlink code generation tool. It is obvious that these websites encourage hotlinks to their images.

However, not every website allows hotlinks to images and some actually block the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] practice. The reason many webmasters block hotlinks is to control bandwidth theft. In the past many web hosts charged by the amount of bandwidth used, but as bandwidth becomes cheaper many hosts allow for unlimited bandwidth and hotlinks are not considered a problem. If there is a question or uncertainty about a websites hotlink policy it is always best to ask prior to making a hotlink to a freely available image.

Displaying a free hotlinked image on a blog, website or bulletin board could not be easier. When a hotlinked image is utilized this will offload the bandwidth from the website being displayed. To use an image [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] as a hotlink it is best to find a site that generates this code already, then the code can be used as a template to utilize this for other free images from sites that do not generate the code. Typically code will be generated for Bulletin Board (BBCode) or pure Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). This code can then simply be copied from the site and pasted directly into a form for a bulletin board post or into a websites html page by content management system (CMS) tool etc.

Transferring free images to a PC

Static documents such as brochures, greeting cards, magazines and other physically printed medium are designed using images that are manipulated and edited on a local PC. Although this process is more involved it does allow for great customization and changes to be made to a free image that has been downloaded from the internet. Again, creative commons intellectual property rights licensing must be observed. Some license types allow for derivative works to be created as long as the original author is credited but then again some do not allow their work to be changed.

One of the first steps to transferring free images to a PC is to consider how the images will be stored. Images take a lot of space especially if they are high resolution. An external secondary hard drive may be considered [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] in lieu of utilizing the existing space on a local PC. Wherever the images may be stored, the storage structure and file - folder system should be planned. This will help with image retrieval and allow for efficient editing and manipulation. If image storage can be planned first of all, then slow image organization software will not need to be used to clean things up later.

If a webmaster allows their images to be copied for free, then it is very easy to copy the images to a local PC. Most websites allow the right click option to be used which will produce a menu option "save as" or "save target as" when right clicking on top of a website image. Again make certain this is allowed prior to copying images. Nothing could be worse than building a great webpage or nice looking web post and then receive a DMCA take down notice. It is always better to ask first as many professional photographers will allow their images to be copied free of charge as long as they are given credit for their photography work.

Legally copying free images

Intellectual property laws have recently become [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] a more prevalent issue since the inception of the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] internet. Hence the US government has heightened copyright laws and penalties for breach of copyright. If a webmaster were to receive a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) take down notice from an internet service provider or other legitimate authority it is in the best interest [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] of the webmaster to immediately comply with the request. This is especially true if the webmaster knows that they have copied the image from another website.

A common licensing structure is well known throughout the internet called creative commons licensing. This license structure [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] is not only applicable to images but to video and written work as well. Webmasters which plan to copy free images would be well advised to first research creative commons licensing regarding which models allow copying and which allow derivative works, et cetera. This is important for hotlinked images as well as copied images.

Webmasters who are considerate of other professionals will find that a little courtesy will go a long way. Simply requesting the use of an image can help to build networks and relations with content providers for future projects. Adhering with federal intellectual copyright law will also help to establish a good reputation for any business or professional.
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