One big issue that often prevents us in designing an excellent slide is finding the right and suitable image for presentation.
In this article I will share to you 10 best websites that will help you to get a high quality picture. You can use the image for PowerPoint slide or any other purpose with royalty-free.
Here is review of 10 website to get royalty-free images for your PowerPoint presentation:
1. Kozzi.com
Kozzi provides thousands of images, clip art and video clips that you can use for personal or commercial purposes for free. You don’t have to give any attribution for the image you use.
What you need to do is sign up to Kozzi. Once your registration approved you are free to download images, clip art, and video clips available in this site.
Another advantage is you can also become a reseller by inviting other people to join. Only by making people sign up for free you’ll get $ 10 credit that you can use to download premium images.
2. Imagebase.net
Most pictures available on Imagebase were taken by David Niblack. You can use all the images from the website for personal or commercial purposes. No attribution required, and you even don’t need to sign up to download all the pictures available on this website.
3. Flickr
Many of you might be familiar with this site. Flickr has thousands of high quality pictures. Before downloading an image, pay attention to the terms and requirements of the license. The easiest way to make sure about the license is by checking it with Creative Commons Attribution License
You have to sign up first to be able to download a picture. Registration can be done by email or directly from your Facebook account.
Not all images on Flickr can be used for free. Some images have license that you can buy from getty images. So, don’t forget to check closely on the license of each image before you use it.
4. Photl.com
Photl provides many exclusive images. You can download a free image for personal, educational or other non-commercial purposes with limited resolution (849×565 pixel, 1920×1280 pixel). If you want to download an image with greater resolution you should buy an extended license.
You have to register first to download a file. Another requirement is Photl has limited download capacity maximum 10 Megabytes per day. No restriction for paid user.
5. Freerangestock.com
Freerangestock provide many pictures with fine quality. Parts of the pictures have been edited by Freerangestock team so it looks more attractive. And yes you are right, you can use the pictures for personal or commercial purposes for free.
Registration is needed to be able to use it. Freerangestock offering an interesting options. You have two options before downloading the picture: you can download it right away or edit it before downloading. You can cut out the pictures online as needed before you download it.
6. www.sxc.hu
SXC offer you hundreds of thousands of high quality images that you can use for personal or commercial purposes. You can browse their image collection which is containing over 350.000 high quality photos by more than 30.000 photographers.
What you need to do is sign up and start using it.
7. Stockfreeimages.com
Stock Free Images supported and owned by Dreamstime.com, the world leading website in photos supplies.
The license status of all images from Stock Free Images is royalty free. You can download it as many as you like and use it in many ways as long as you give attribution back to the Stock Free Images as the copyright owner.
Registration is needed to be able to use it.
8. rgbstock.com
rgbbstock offer a lot of high-quality images. All images on rgbbstock are free to be used for personal or commercial purposes. You can use them in a digital format on websites, blogs, multimedia presentations, video or in printed materials such as magazines, books, brochures, leaflets and textbooks.
Register and you will be able to use it.
9. Freedigitalphotos.net
Free Digital Photos is a website which offers a unique way to download the images. All images on this website are available for free. You can use it for personal, charitable, educational and even commercial purposes.
No registration needed to download a picture. You only have to give attribution or credit for the image you used for free. But if you choose not to give a credit or if you need a larger version of the image, then you can buy a license for it.
10. Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia has more than 15 million media files that you can use for free. This website is a great place to find various types of content or images under public domain license. It means you are free to use it for personal or commercial purposes.
However, there are some images that still require attribution to the copyright owners. Check the requirement before you use it.
That’s all 10 best websites that you can use to get a high quality images with royalty-free license. Although most of them give you the right to use the images freely, we suggest you to do the following:
- Always check the requirements and licenses before you use any image.
- Learn how to use an image in a presentation properly, so you can avoid terrible mistakes in using image in a presentation.
Enjoy the website and start creating great presentation.
Don’t forget to share your thoughts and comments. If you have information on other great website which offer high quality image for free, please share it on your comment below.
