Aug
13
Free Images - well almost
Filed Under Design Resources
It’s always hard finding the right image for the job, it’s even harder sometimes trying to understand if you can use the image legally. A service that we like to use that offers great value for money and a massive range of images is Dreamstime.
Take a look, many images cost as little as $1 so you can’t really go wrong, here’s a little more information form there website.
Dreamstime.com is a powerful Royalty-Free stock photography agency, aiming to supply you with high quality digital images at unbelievable prices. All our stock images are provided by our community’s photographers, shot on film or digital and approved by our in-house designers and photographers. Structured on categories and subcategories, our database is constantly renewed with thousands of fresh images and titles. The format we provide is JPG / RGB, minimum file size accepted is 3MP.
We offer Royalty-Free images and Royalty-Free stock photography which can be used for printing brochures, advertisements, magazine or newspaper ads, as well as for websites or Flash interactive animations. Photographers and designers using film or digital equipment are able to sell their portfolio of images online. Commissions can get as high as 100% awarded to the contributor and a referral program is also available.
Our site has been online since 2000 as a Royalty-Free stock photography website, selling CD imagery. The concept has been redesigned, upgraded and adapted to the market’s need, evolving into a powerful and active community in March 2004.
Starting September 2006, Dreamstime is a member of PACA (Picture Archive Council of America), the trade association for stock agencies in United States.We have a massive growth with traffic increasing as high as 50 times in 12 months. Several hundreds of new members join the community weekly and hundreds of images are added daily. The community involves photographers, illustrators and designers from all over the world representing important magazines, advertising agencies, web design and new media companies.
If you’re a designer looking for high quality stock images, we invite you to check the About our images page, for the main details regarding our accepted usage and restrictions. Credits for downloading the images can be bought from the Buy credits page.
If you’re a photographer looking to sell your images, please visit the following page: Sell your images. We reward 50% from each sale you make. All discounts are supported by the agency, therefore the real commissions are between 50-70%; on specific occasions they can be as high as 100%.
