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Stock Photography, Multimedia, Graphics, Art & Image Search
Stock photography sites and other sources of photos, graphics, illustrations, art, and multimedia have exploded online. Royalty-free or rights-managed. Print or web use. Traditional stock photography sites offer quality digital photos on CD, by subscription, or on a pay per download basis. Cost per image can be in the hundreds of dollars, especially for unique use. A new competitive model is shaking up this marketplace: micropayment stock photography sites allow clients to download images for a small payment (typically $1 to $5), with profit made on volume. Image search technology has improved, enabling easy access to high-quality pictures, multimedia resources, video, and audio. Image organizers allow you to arrange, edit, and output your photos to CD-ROMs or the Web. Photo sharing sites provide a free place to host and share your pictures. The list below provides a sampling of the tools available.
Multimedia Search
Singing Fish Multimedia Search Lycos Multimedia Search AltaVista Multimedia Search Yahoo Video Search Multimedia-Search.com IceRocket Blinx Truveo Creative Commons Audio/Video DocuSeek JournalismNetPhoto & Image Search
Google Image Search IxQuick Altavista Image Search Ithaki Images All The Web Image Search Yahoo Picture Gallery Ditto.Com Proteus The Amazing Picture Machine PicSearch Microsoft Design Gallery Creative Commons ImagesPhoto & Image Organizers
Google's Picasa Allume Systems Personal ImageManager Thumbs Plus ACDSee 8Photo & Video Sharing & Community
Flickr Photo.net WebShots BubbleShare Zooomr PhotoBucket SnapFish Smugmug Multiply YouTube (video)Unique Digital Backgrounds
Original abstract art for graphic design, web templates, and many more uses!
FractalliciousStock Photography Sites
Buy or sell images at the sites below. Royalty-free or rights-managed. Sources for every budget. Sales for professionals and amateurs alike.
Microstock Photo Sites
Sales on a subscription or pay per download basis. As low as 25¢. Quality can be every bit as good as the high-end companies.
Guide to Microstock Photo Agencies Microstock reviews Microstock Discussion Group BigStockPhoto Fotolia Shutterstock (buyers) Shutterstock (submissions) DreamsTime iStockPhoto CanStock StockXpert 123RoyaltyFreeHigh-End Stock Photo Sites
The traditional sources. Costs per image can be in the hundreds of dollars.
Eyewire Comstock Corbis Alamy Masterfile Veer Foto Search Image Library and Archives Getty RandomEye Image Grabber CreativePro (metasearch) Photo Canada Photographers Direct Acclaim Images