Images are important elements of any website. The textual content on websites is important for conveying the business message, but images are equally important to create the right impact on the users. Images help to draw the attention of users more quickly when compared to the other elements of websites.
Besides business websites, images are also used extensively on social media sites, eCommerce sites, online stores, and blogs. However, it is important to optimize the use of images while using to get the best results. You will need to consider various aspects like the choice of image sizes, frequency of use, and their placements.
Looking for the perfect images
If you don’t have your images, then you can use the free stock images that are available on some of the online resources. Freerange Stock is one of the best websites with more than 800,000 users. They provide high-quality free images for commercial use. The users can legally use their stock images without having to give any attributes to the provider. Publishers can use these images without having to worry about any violations of copyrights.
Types of Images available on the internet
If you search for images on the net, you will get a lot of results, but you cannot use all of them for free. Let’s check out the different categories to make them easier for you to understand.:
- Right-protected: Pictures under this category cannot be used freely. You will have to pay the owner to buy the Copyrights. However, you can use them only once, or for a limited period, and they are quite expensive.
- Royalty-free picture: Unlike the right-protected photos, here you can pay only once and are allowed to use it unlimited times.
- Common free license images: These pictures are copyrighted. However, the owners still allow others to have them or use them for free.
- Public domain pictures: You can get access to these and use them for free, and for any number of times.
In most cases, the last 2 categories of images are offered by the websites offering free stock images. They also give away images that are clicked or created by their team.
About usage of these free stock images
- Generally, there is no need to take permission to get them, but you might have to register a free account on the provider’s website.
- Carefully read the instructions given on the website, so that you are aware of the additional restrictions (if any) on the usage of images.
- There is no need to give any picture credit unless the provider specifically demands that.
- Do not edit the trademarks or watermarks. Such images might not be suitable for business websites but will work fine for blogs and social media posts.
- Do not use them for any illegal activities.
- In most cases, you can modify the pictures according to your convenience. However, some sites demand that users indicate the changes that they have made.
Conclusion
Now you know about the free images available on the internet for your websites or other projects. Do your research to select the right images for your project.