Finding+Images



As an MICDS student, you often have multimedia projects to complete, from blogs to websites to wikis and imovies. You need to find images. Fast. And not just any old images, but images that you can use legally. That means not picking the first image you see on Google images!

Create your own images, fast! Just add words. [|Image Chef] Ms. Voss's personal favorite. Just click "Get Started," choose an image you like and fix it up, right click it and save to your file. [|Says-It] [|GlassGiant] [|Text2Pic] No so easy on the eyes, but contains a wealth of templates to put text into [|Graffiti Creator] [|Newspaper Generator] [|AmazType] Ridiculously cool for book-lovers. Type in a word and see what happens. [|Catalog Card Generator] For nerds and librarians ONLY. Create your own perfect catalog card.
 * Image Generators**

Upload and tweak your own pictures to make them more fun. More funner? [|MagMyPic] Upload your own photos and make them look like magazine covers. [|Picnik] Create great effects with your photos. [|Dumpr] Turn your photo into a rubik's cube, a sketch, a stone mosaic, and more. [|Flickr Toys] Having fun with photos since 2005
 * Photo Enhancement**

[|ToonDoo] [|PimPamPum] Love this. Create cartoons from Flickr images.
 * Cartoon Generators**

If you choose not to create your own images, you should look for images that artists and photographers WANT to share--freely, without their permission. When using images from the sites below, double-check to make sure that the owners of the images are willing to share them freely--some may have minor restrictions. **Note:** you still need to cite where you find these images!! Use the following sites to find these kinds of images.
 * Copyright-Friendly Images**

[|Creative Commons Search] Use the search box at the top to search for your topic, and then click on the tabs to find images and other content from Google, Flickr, and Yahoo. So much more legal than using a regular Google search. [|OpenPhoto] [|Flickr: Creative Commons] Another way to search Flickr Creative Commons images. This page explains the different types of rights that owners maintain over their images.

Many images are in the public domain because of their age or owner, meaning that you can use them freely. Again, these sites are great places to start looking. [|American Memory] The motherload of free primary source material. Know it. Search it. Love it.
 * Historical Images**