Monday, 18 February 2013

Week 3; Colour & Image; Sourcing Images


Report on Souring Images

In this brief report I will be discussing how to source images as there are millions of images on the website, however when using images there are certain rules that need to be followed due to copyright obligations. There are numerous stock image libraries that people can use images from for their own reasons and there are licenses that you have to permit to use them; depending on the image they are different ones, such as on Getty Images there are two licenses.

These licenses differ as the royalty-free license is based on the size and it means that you have unlimited use of the image you want once you have obtained the license. The other, is a rights-managed license which is based on usage of the image and it means that these images are from the premier collections and have a high production value. Both of these licenses also differ in terms of pricing, as the pricing for the rights-managed license is based on the usage specifications whereas the royalty-free pricing is decided on the particular image you use.

Another stock image library that is often used is Flickr; once again they also have their own Creative Commons licensing which need to be obligated to. There are 4 licenses, attribution license allows people to use your image as long as credit is given to the owner and the non-commercial license again gives permission for usage for non-commercial purposes.  The no derivative works license prevents people from editing/changing your work and only use the exact copy of the image unedited. The final license is the share alike, which allows other to distribute copies of the image but is overseen. Flickr is an easy website to use as the advanced search engine allows you to have the option straightaway of using images that use the Creative Commons license and allows you to manage whether they are to use commercially or to be used and edited.


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