What To Think About
Define
Define Images Needed
This is where one must start the process… think about these things:
- Who is my audience ?
- What do I need the moving or still image for ?
- Where will this image be sourced?
- When was the image created & Why does that matter ?
- How do I want the image to affect my audience?
Find
Find Images:
Finding images that will benefit your needs will now be an easier process. Some things to consider…
- How can you use limiters to get as specific as possible in the various search engines and platforms?
- Grouping source types that are similar will be helpful. It will give you options.
- Using key terms during the search process. You may stumble upon material unknown and expansive.
- Some physical materials through archives or personal items may add value to images and overall project.
There are various platforms and websites that offer a plethora of still and moving image sources that are highlighted below.
Evaluate
Evaluate Images:
When you have a solid collection of images that you believe will benefit your work, you must take the time asses if they are the best option.
- Is it truly purposeful to your work?
- Looking at the image, what signs or symbols are they using to convey a message?
- Are you looking at the original (primary) source of your image?
- How is the artist using their work to manipulate the artist.?
- What bias may be present?
- Is it reliable?
Interpret
Interpret & Analyze Images:
One of the most crucial steps in this process is understanding the meaning behind the material chosen.
- Look for sense, content, physical details that stands out. The aesthetic.
- Read text that may be associated with the piece. It will add context that may also be analyzed.
- Has the image been altered? By whom? Is the alteration important? Why or why not?
- Is there literature in the scholarship about the image chosen?
- Can this image be used as a point of discussion?
Great Resources for Still and Moving Images
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Creative Commons is an American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses, known as Creative Commons licenses, free of charge to the public |
Wikimedia Commons is an online repository of free-use images, sounds, other media and JSON files. It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. As of Octover 7, 2918 there are over 50 million media files on the site. |
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Flickr is an image hosting service and video hosting service. There are limiters that only search free images. Over 3.5 million new images are uploaded daily. |
Unsplash is a website dedicated to sharing stock photography under the Unsplash license. The website claims over 110,000 contributing photographers and generates more than 9 billion photo impressions per month on their growing library of over 810,000 photos |
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Pixabay.com is an international website for sharing photos, illustrations, vector graphics, and film footage under a proprietary license. As of November 2017, Pixabay offers over 1,188,454 free photos, illustrations, and vectors and videos. |
Canva is a graphic-design tool website, founded in 2012. It uses a drag-and-drop format and provides access to over a million photographs, graphics, and fonts. It is used by non-designers as well as professionals. The tools can be used for both web and print media design and graphics. |
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Shutterstock is an American stock photography, stock footage, stock music, and editing tools provider. It maintains a library of around 200 million royalty-free stock photos, vector graphics, and illustrations, with around 10 million video clips and music tracks available for licensing. |
iStock is an online royalty free, international micro stock photography provider. The firm offers millions of photos, illustrations, clip art, videos and audio tracks. Images cost between 1 and 3 credits, with the price of credits ranging from $10.00 to $0.22 depending on volume purchased and subscription plan. Artists, designers and photographers worldwide contribute their work to iStock collections in return for royalties. Nearly half a million new photos, illustrations, videos and audio files, are added each month. |
You Have Amazing Options! Create or Enhance Images With These Platforms
| Power Point : Video Tutorial | Photo Shop : Video Tutorial |
| BeFunky : Video Tutorial | PixTeller: Video Tutorial |
| Gravit Designer : Video Tutorial | Vectr : Video Tutorial |
| Canva: Video Tutorial | Pixlr: Video Tutorial |
| Gimp: Video Tutorial | Infogram: Video Tutorial |
| Krita: Video Tutorial | TigerWare : Click Me! |