We have a really good list of sites in this thread. For cut outs, I don't know if we have any free sites listed. I typically make my own cut outs either from clip art characters or photos. I agree having a quick resource library would be valuable. Hopefully someone will chime in with some suggestions for those.
I also work for a public agency. Here are a list of some of my favorite free image sites, and a couple of video sites. Just be sure to look for the terms of use for each site, since some require attribution and some do not. Also, you may find some medical illustrations that are copyrighted and cannot be freely used.
Flickr -- do an advanced search and search on Creative Commons. Graduated from the BoiseState Graduate EdTech Program and one thing instilled by them was copyright protection was key.
A word of caution.. http://sxc.hu/ may have images that are free but you need to ask permission for use in things you intended to sell. Read the license Agreement. In short it says that they cannot 100% tell you if an image is copyright protected or not and if you decide to use a copyrighted image and you get in trouble for it, it's on you.
They were all photographed without their permission so the risk of that goes to you.
Where images, video and audio are concerned, IMHO (especially when my business relies on them...), I prefer to pay for my content, heck....even the iStock Licencing system is complicated enough!
My company runs a stock photo company for the eLearning industry with lots of people cutouts. Feel free to check it out here: eLearningArt.com
The images there are for sale, but there is a set of free images you can grab from the website. Give me another few hours and I'll also post another free download into the Articulate downloads section for the community to use. I've been meaning to do that. Feel free to use any of those downloads in your courses. I'll post again once they're up. Stay tuned.
http://compfight.com/ is a nice way to search for Flickr images. I think it's better than searching directly on Flickr and there is a search option for Creative Commons vs Commercial etc.
All- As promised. Here's another set of free e-learning images. I'm releasing these to the Articulate community to use in training courses. In the zip, you'll find:
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Hi Mindy and welcome to E-learning Heroes!
We have a really good list of sites in this thread. For cut outs, I don't know if we have any free sites listed. I typically make my own cut outs either from clip art characters or photos. I agree having a quick resource library would be valuable. Hopefully someone will chime in with some suggestions for those.
Free stock images are available at:
http://sxc.hu/
Hi Mindy,
I also work for a public agency. Here are a list of some of my favorite free image sites, and a couple of video sites. Just be sure to look for the terms of use for each site, since some require attribution and some do not. Also, you may find some medical illustrations that are copyrighted and cannot be freely used.
http://morguefile.com/
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml
http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/sessionexpired.asp
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.archive.org/details/FedFlix
http://www.cdc.gov/learning/featured.html
Wow! I don't know why I haven't joined a forum like this before.....your suggestions were timely and helpful! Thank you!
If you have ppt 2010 you can also use the "remove background" and "make background transparent" functions to make your pictures useable for courses.
See you around.
Bruce
PS - there are NO other forums like this one!
Hi Mindy,
You can download this package of 19 free cutout people, which is quite decent http://www.ronenbekerman.com/19-free-cutout-people-by-xoio/
And you can also create an account here http://www.kropped.com/ and have access to more free resources.
Hope this helps!
Flickr -- do an advanced search and search on Creative Commons. Graduated from the BoiseState Graduate EdTech Program and one thing instilled by them was copyright protection was key.
A word of caution.. http://sxc.hu/ may have images that are free but you need to ask permission for use in things you intended to sell. Read the license Agreement. In short it says that they cannot 100% tell you if an image is copyright protected or not and if you decide to use a copyrighted image and you get in trouble for it, it's on you.
The same is true of the 19 Free Cutout people.
They were all photographed without their permission so the risk of that goes to you.
Where images, video and audio are concerned, IMHO (especially when my business relies on them...), I prefer to pay for my content, heck....even the iStock Licencing system is complicated enough!
Bruce
Bruce, I could not agree with you more. I always try and make my own content and if I can't find it, purchasing it is the safest way to go.
@mindy
My company runs a stock photo company for the eLearning industry with lots of people cutouts. Feel free to check it out here: eLearningArt.com
The images there are for sale, but there is a set of free images you can grab from the website. Give me another few hours and I'll also post another free download into the Articulate downloads section for the community to use. I've been meaning to do that. Feel free to use any of those downloads in your courses. I'll post again once they're up. Stay tuned.
Best,
Bryan
RE: Flicker
http://compfight.com/ is a nice way to search for Flickr images. I think it's better than searching directly on Flickr and there is a search option for Creative Commons vs Commercial etc.
Thanks for all the resources folks!
Michael
If you create an account with www.epictor.com, you get a cut out person per month for free.
Best if you put a reminder in your calendar...
All- As promised. Here's another set of free e-learning images. I'm releasing these to the Articulate community to use in training courses. In the zip, you'll find:
Here's the link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2332114/eLearningArt_GiveAways/eLearningArt.com_FREE_images_Articulate.zip
I hope you enjoy!
Best,
Bryan
Bryan Jones
eLearningArt
P.S. Tom, David, or Jeanette- Could one of you please post these in the downloads section of the community? Thanks!
Thanks Bryan!
Thank you very much, Bryan!!
Thanks Bryan, its becoming more challenging to find "free / creative commons" pics for courses.
Really helpful freebie..Thank you.
Thanks to all, and especially to you, Bryan, for supporting the Articulate community. When I purchase, yours is the first place I'm looking at.
Good weekend, all!
Nice resources. I love this place.
Thanks Bryan and all, I was getting tired of using just the Microsoft Office free images when the budget is low...
Now I have many more places to search.
I also love this place!
Here are some more free images.
Thanks Andrew.
Love, love the elearningart images.
Big fan!
Love the sharing! Thanks everyone!
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