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Free images - stock, creators, editors

There are various sites that provide free images. Some give you the tools to create the images yourself, and some provide royalty free or creative commons images for you to use.

We have bolded the ones we recommend for quality of images and ease of use.

NB: If photos have people on them, there may be a model-release involved. Please check for these.

Image creators

  • Canva - free to create an account
  • OpenBadges.me - enter an email address and create free badges from a range of shapes and templates
  • Piktochart - create your own infographics or graphics, option for collaboration, easy to use templates
  • Powtoon - create free animated videos and presentations, everything you need is provided

Royalty free or creative commons images ready to use

  • Pixabay - free to use images, no attribution required
  • CGTextures - textures and backgrounds, requires login to download, free account creation
  • Historical Stock Photos - free historical photographs, big American focus
  • Gratisography - free high resolution artistic photos, no strings
  • ImageBase - free high resolution photographs, organised by category, no strings
  • Kave Wall Stock - abstract photographs, backgrounds, textures, free to use (attribution required)
  • OpenPhoto.net- easy to search and navigate, photo attribution easy to copy, full resolution images free to download
  • NASA ArtSpace - royalty free images from NASA
  • PhotoGen - amateur high resolution photos, free, no strings
  • Pixel Perfect Digital - free high resolution professional photos, extra options such as colours sometimes available, attribution information shows when downloading
  • StockPholio - nice photos, easily searchable, copy and paste the credit, downloadable in a range of formats
  • RGBStock - completely free photos, good quality, need registration to download
  • Public Domain Photos - photos of mixed quality, click to get full resolution, no strings
  • Freepik - nice graphic designs, icons, careful of clicking to premium sites, files in Adobe Illustrator format (only for people with graphic design experience)
  • 4freephotos - free photographs, diverse range, a lot of ads, can be difficult to browse
  • Bigfoto - good photographs, lots of ads, can be difficult to browse
  • Free Photos Bank - good photographs, difficult to navigate and find the free ones
  • Freepixels - absolutely free images, limited range of images, cluttered site
  • Freerange Stock - amateur photos for free, quite cluttered site, must be registered to download, free registration

Image editors - resize, crop, apply effects to your own images

  • Autodesk Pixlr - browser-based image editor, lots of features, also Mac and Windows native apps available

Other useful resources

  • Digital NZ
  • 7 ways to find creative commons images
  • Library guide to copyright and Library guide to creative commons
  • Collections Online - Te Papa

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