Just as there are free and other paid applications, free and paid games, there are also images that can be used by everyone for free and without limits and others instead of for their use require copyright and recognition that can also be expressed in money or at least in a quote. For an online project it is therefore required not to take pictures or photos of others without permission, not to republish them as if they were ours, even if modified.
When it comes to free download images, there are three terms that are encountered in search.
- " Royalty-free " paid images
- Images and photos in the public domain not covered by copyright, available for free for any type of use, without any authorization.
- Images and photos with Creative Commons license, not public, but free to use.
Creative Commons is a set of free licenses for the fair use of digital products (Navigaweb.net is also under a Creative Commons license).
The images with this license are free, with any limitations expressed by the license itself, such as the prohibition of modification or use for commercial purposes or the attribution obligation.
In this article we see the best sites where to find free images and photos to download that are free to use, with CC license or in the public domain .
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1) Getty Images offers 35 million images that you can use for free for a personal blog or for Facebook or other social networks (or any non-commercial project). The site provides, for each free image and photo, a code to be incorporated which ensures the right of attribution.
2) Pixabay is perhaps the best of the free image search sites, where you can find and download photos and images that are free and can also be used for commercial purposes without having to mention the source or the author. Not a trivial thing, you can also search in Italian.
3) Unsplash is a site full of high resolution photos that can be downloaded for free and that can also be used for commercial use, without even needing to accredit the photographer.
4) PicJumbo is a photographer's site, with very beautiful photographs.
5) Pexels is an aggregator that organizes images taken from a variety of photographic sources, all with a Creative Commons Zero license, which can therefore also be used for commercial purposes.
6) Google images allows you to search for free images to use and free only for a few days. To do this, open Google Images and do a search. At the top, press on Search tools and then on "Usage rights" to filter the search and find only free and free images, which can also be used for commercial purposes, for example on blogs, forums or other projects.
7) Bing Images is also an excellent site for finding free images or with other types of free license. The problem is that the license filter is found only by changing the location in the United States in the Bing settings (right button at the top).
8) Flickr is an obvious resource, often overlooked, where to find images of all kinds, including free ones. Using advanced search, you can only find photos with a Creative Commons license, and use the content to edit it or for commercial purposes. However, each photo must be credited to its original creator.
9) Pinterest, the social network for sharing images and photos also allows you to find public domain images.
10) Videvo is an exceptional site with lots of high resolution images that can be downloaded for free and used as a desktop or website background or for other projects.
11) Freerange is a nice archive of free photos, organized by categories.
12) Compfight is a royalty free and royalty free image search engine.
13) Lifeofpix is a site of free images to download and use wherever you want, without copyright, with a selection divided into categories.
14) IM Free is a free photo collection site that can also be used for commercial purposes.
15) Jeshoots is a site of free photographs to use and download in high resolution.
16) Photopin is an image search engine to be used freely on blogs and websites.
17) Kaboompics divides photos into tags to search for them easily and all of them are absolutely free.
18) Designerpics is another search engine with photos also divided into categories.
19) Raumrot allows you to scroll through many high-definition quality photos divided into categories, which can also be used for commercial purposes.
20) The Stocks im collects many images from independent sites, made free by their creators.
21) Wikimedia Commons collects the photos and images used on Wikipedia, with over 10 million freely usable multimedia files and many public domain images.
22) Stockvault contains many photos, also excellent quality images that can be used for free.
23) FreeDigitalPhotos allows you to download and use small photos and images online, with the obligation to mention the site.
24) Gratisography contains only free high resolution images that can be used for personal or commercial projects.
25) Burst is a business-oriented stock image site for advertising campaigns and websites.
In other article of free resources we then saw:
- Best sites to download clip art, drawn images and free illustrations
- Sites to listen to free music streaming also for clubs and parties, legally
- Sites to download videos for free, free to use without copyright
