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A free online tool for designing with pictures. Make your own picture art for presentations.

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Do you want to create awesome designs from scratch in as little as a few minutes?

Canva's awesome suite of features make it easy to turn ideas into stunning designs. Simply search for the best graphics, photos, and fonts, then use Canva's drag and drop tool to create a design.

Whether your next design project is a creative collage, a social media graphic or even a web mockup - Canva's features make it possible for anybody to create amazing designs.

Photo straightener: Keep your photos in line with our photo straightener tool

Don't leave your photos crooked like a sad portrait hanging on a nail! Whether you tilted a bit too much when you took your snapshot, or scanned a photo at a slight angle, use our rotate tool to straighten any photo.

With Canva there's no draw time: watch the rotation effects live with every part of your design and make sure every image is lined up and on point.

Image cropper: Crop your photos for great framing and masterful composition

The days of scissors, framing, and matting are long gone. Canva lets you get creative with digital cropping! Every photo in your design can be cropped, scaled, and placed with just a few clicks.

Crop your own photos to fix up your compositions, or try creating new looks with recropping images from our vast stock photo library. And never worry about cropping to fit into a grid or frame - we'll take care of that for you!

Add text to photos: Create a narrative for any photo

We make it easy to caption your photo to add important information or change your mild-mannered house pet into a lolcat. After your photo is placed, choose the text tool to scroll through an expansive collection of textholders and layouts with perfectly matched fonts and stylish typography.

You can even customize your message by choosing your own font, style, and color. The possibilities are endless!

Speech bubble maker: Give your photos a voice with speech bubbles!

Introduce the world to the comic adventures of you and your friends! Add speech bubbles and word balloons to any design and fill them with punchy dialog. Search our image library for speech bubbles to see plenty of colors and styles you can drag and drop right into your layouts, then simply click and start typing. Whether you're narrating a comic strip built from your own photos, or showing the deep inner thoughts of your houseplants, we make adding speech bubbles a snap.

Give your photos a delicate fade with our transparency tool

Give your design some depth with transparency! Adjust each design element's opacity by clicking on the down arrow and adjusting the transparency slider. Individually lower transparency to give your images a gentle, faded appearance. Want to be fancy? Layer transparent images with colored shapes and backgrounds for great effects and superior design, or combine transparency with photo filters to create plenty of new looks.

Photo enhancer: Enhance your photos to save any "off" shots

Import your photos into Canva to make them shine even brighter than they would on film with our bevy of photo enhancing tools. Does your photo look dull and washed out? Try increasing the saturation. Is your shot a bit dark and murky? Adjust the brightness and contrast until the subject comes into perfect view.

You'll be able to see all of the enhancements in the layout screen as you make them, and we'll be sure to hang on to your original files so you can filter and enhance them again and again.

Photo blur: Add artistry to your images with the blur slider

The world looks a bit better when it is softened around the edges. Give your designs an ethereal feel by applying a bit of blur to your photos. There are tons of creative possibilities! Add a little bit of blur to your photos to give them an air of photobooth fantasy, or heavily blur a photo to use as a background for other design elements. Drag the blur slider the other way and it becomes a sharpening tool, great for adding definition to your shots or correcting an unfocused photo.

Photo vignette: Grant your pictures vintage flair with our photo vignette tool

Aside from the fabulous fashion of the times, old film photos have a warm, sentimental feel that's hard to capture. Recreate the darkened halo of vintage cameras by applying a vignette to your photos. There's so much a little vignette can do: Give your photos a melancholy tone with a grayscaled vignette, or enhance your compositions by pulling attention to the center of the photos. Use vignette together with our photo filters to give your photos retro chic.

Design grids: Looking for layout inspiration? Try a design grid

Start your design off with a solid foundation! We have plenty of design grids to choose from to divide your page in half, in quarters, or other more complex arrangements. After selecting a design grid, it's easy to drag in your own pictures, use images from our stock photo library, or fill any box with color. We'll even handle the cropping for you! Perfect for photo collages, social media posts, blog graphics, and plenty more.

Free icons: Complement your designs with the crisp lines of our icons

Is there anything more recognizable than a bright yellow smiley face? In addition to a vast library of stock photos, we also give you access to plenty of vector images and graphics to add to your designs. Combine eye-catching icons and symbols to all of your designs to give them a flat, trendy look. Pair icons with our fresh fonts to create signage, letterhead, logos, business cards, and more!

Photo frames: Add photo frames to adorn your memories

Your precious moments deserve the star treatment! Show them they're special with an awesome picture frame. Whether you're going for cute or crisp, we have plenty of frames to choose from to help highlight your photos. Scroll through our library to find round frames, silly frames, simple frames, or whatever else you might be looking for. Then drag and drop your own photos or another image from our library and we'll crop and scale it so that it fits just right.

Web wireframe: Begin with the basics and create a web wireframe

Start designing your website with a web wireframe: a no-frills blueprint of your site's user interface and functionality. Not only do we make it easy to drag and place simple shapes, but our image library comes with plenty of free widgets, sidebars, and interface elements built and ready to go. Not only does Canva allow you to tweak your wireframe design until it's perfect, but once you're finished we make it easy to continue developing your wireframe into a fully-functioning design mockup.

Stickers: Amp up your images with some surprise stickers

Recreate grade school fun with digital stickers! Search our image library for "stickers" for plenty of outrageous slogans and cherry stamps you can drag to your social media photos and collages. Adorn a picture of your sweetie with a sticker to show you're thinking of them or punctuate the collage of your road trip with fun-filled memes and phrases.

Badges: Build a better badge with Canva

Getting ready for a conference or networking meet-and-greet? Make a great first impression with a dapper badge or name tag! Try out one of our many textholders: complete designs with great typography, that adjust to scale as you input your own information. You can even customize the colors and add your own company logos or other identifying information. With Canva you can be sure your badge will stand out from the crowd.

Add texture: Give your designs texture and feeling from our image library

When a flat color won't do, give your designs some texture with Canva! Choose from a wide variety of textured backgrounds, from real-world papers and fabrics to fanciful designs and patterns. Search our image library for textures to accentuate with photo filters and transparency to use in any part of your design

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A free graphic design tool. They have tools for virtually any graphic design need to create your own graphics for all sorts of projects.

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Vectr - Free Online Vector Graphics Editor

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Free online software to edit your images.

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Create your own clipart and icons. Part 1.

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Create your own clipart and icons. Part 1.

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Watch this short tutorial on how to make your own clipart!

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Create your own ClipArt and icons in Microsoft PowerPoint Part 1 of 2

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Create your own clipart and icons. Part 2.

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Create your own ClipArt in Microsoft PPT Part 2 of 2

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These are Microsoft instructions on inserting pictures into your PPT. No ads, and best of all there are related links on the left side for inserting other items.

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Depending on which version of PowerPoint you're using, you can insert pictures, photos, clip art, or other images to your slide show from your computer or from the Internet.

You can add single or multiple images onto a slide, the slide master, or to the background.

Insert a picture from your computer on your slide

1. Click where you want to insert the picture on the slide.

2. In the dialog box that opens, browse to the picture that you want to insert, click that picture, and then click Insert.

Tip: If you want to insert multiple pictures at the same time, press and hold the Ctrl key while you select all the pictures you want to insert.

Insert a picture from the web on your slide

1. Click where you want to insert the picture on the slide.

2. (PowerPoint 2013) In the Bing Image Search box, type what you are searching for, and press Enter.

Or

(Newer versions) Ensure Bing is showing on the left in the drop-down list of sources to search. In the box, type what you are searching for, and press Enter.

Use the Size, Type, Color, Layout, and licensing filters to adjust the results according to your preferences.

3. Click the picture you want to insert, and click Insert.

Tip: After you insert a picture, you can change its size and position. To do so, right-click the picture, and click Format Picture. You can then use the Format Picture tools that are on the right of your slide.

Insert clip art

Unlike some earlier versions of PowerPoint, PowerPoint 2013 and newer versions don't have a clip art gallery. Instead, use Insert > Online Pictures to find and insert clip art using the Bing search tool.

For example, after you select Online Pictures, you might search for horse clip art and see a variety of images under a Creative Commons license.

Insert a picture into the slide master

If you want a picture to appear on every slide of a specific type in your PowerPoint template, add it to the slide master. To learn more, see What is a slide master?

Insert a picture into the background

If you want a picture to appear as background without affecting all slides in a Master, change the background settings for the slide. Learn more at Add a picture as a slide background.

See Also

Add clip art to your file

Create and share a photo album

Add a picture as slide background

Create and save a PowerPoint template

What is a slide master?

You can add one or more images to a slide.

Insert a picture from your Mac, a network, or iCloud Drive

1. Open the slide you want to insert a picture on.

2. In the dialog box that opens, browse to the picture that you want to insert, select that picture, and then click Insert.

To insert multiple pictures at the same time, press and hold the Shift key while you select all the pictures you want to insert.

Insert a picture from your smartphone

If you've taken a picture on your smartphone, you can make it available to insert in PowerPoint for macOS by saving the image to iCloud Drive and then following the previous procedure on this page.

Office 365 for Mac subscribers also can use the Continuity Camera feature to transfer a picture from a smartphone directly to a PowerPoint slide. See Add pictures to a file by using your mobile device for the details.

Insert a picture from the web on your slide

1. Open the slide you want to insert a picture on.

2. The Online Pictures pane opens on the right side of the PowerPoint window.

3. In the Search Bing box at the top, type what you are looking for, and then press Enter.

4. After the search results are shown, you may optionally select the Filter button to narrow your search results with the Size, Type, Color, and Layout filters.

5. Click a picture to select it, and then click Insert.

You may select more than one picture. The Insert button shows you how many pictures you've selected.

After the picture is on your slide, you can resize it and move it wherever you want.

Insert photos by using Photo Browser

The Photo Browser in Office helps you browse through existing photo sets on your computer, such as photos that you have in iPhoto or Photo Booth.

1. Open the slide you want to insert a picture on.

2. In the dialog box that opens, browse to the picture that you want to insert, select that picture, and then drag it onto the slide.

To insert multiple pictures at the same time, press and hold the Shift key while you select all the pictures you want. Then drag them onto the slide.

Insert a picture from your Mac, a network, or iCloud Drive

1. Open the slide you want to insert a picture on.

2. In the dialog box that opens, browse to the picture that you want to insert, select that picture, and then click Insert.

To insert multiple pictures at the same time, press and hold the Shift key while you select all the pictures you want to insert.

Insert a picture from the web or your smartphone

Pictures from the web: We're sorry, but PowerPoint 2016 for Mac doesn't support inserting pictures from the web.

Pictures from your smartphone: If you've taken a picture on your smartphone, you can make it available to insert in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac by saving the image to iCloud Drive and then following the previous procedure on this page.

Insert photos by using Photo Browser

The Photo Browser in Office helps you browse through existing photo sets on your computer, such as photos that you have in iPhoto or Photo Booth.

1. Open the slide you want to insert a picture on.

2. In the dialog box that opens, browse to the picture that you want to insert, select that picture, and then drag it onto the slide.

To insert multiple pictures at the same time, press and hold the Shift key while you select all the pictures you want. Then drag them onto the slide.

Insert a picture from your Mac, a network, or iCloud Drive

1. Open the slide you want to insert a picture on.

2. In the dialog box that opens, browse to the picture that you want to insert, select that picture, and then click Insert.

To insert multiple pictures at the same time, press and hold the Shift key while you select all the pictures you want to insert.

Insert clip art on your slide

1. Open the slide you want to insert a picture on.

2. In the dialog box that opens, browse to the picture that you want to insert, select that picture, and then drag it onto slide.

To insert multiple pictures at the same time, press and hold the Shift key while you select all the pictures you want. Then drag them onto the slide.

After you insert a picture, you can change its size and position. To do so, right-click the picture, and click Format Picture. You can then use the Format Picture tools that are on the right of your slide.

Insert photos by using Photo Browser

The Photo Browser in Office helps you browse through existing photo sets on your computer, such as photos that you have in iPhoto or Photo Booth.

1. Open the slide you want to insert a picture on.

2. In the dialog box that opens, browse to the picture that you want to insert, select that picture, and then drag it onto slide.

To insert multiple pictures at the same time, press and hold the Shift key while you select all the pictures you want. Then drag them onto the slide.

Insert a picture from your computer on a slide

1. Select the slide where you want to insert an image.

2. Browse to the picture you want to insert, select it, and then click Open.

After the picture is on your slide, you can resize it and move it wherever you want.

Drag a picture from File Explorer or Finder onto the slide

You can drag a picture from File Explorer (in Windows) or Finder (on macOS) and drop it onto a slide. The picture will be centered on the slide. Then you can move, resize, or style the picture as you like.

Insert a picture from the web on your slide

1. Click where you want to insert the picture on the slide.

2. In the Search box at the top, type what you are looking for, and then press Enter.

3. After the search results are shown, you may optionally select the Filter button to narrow your search results with the Size, Type, Color, Layout, and licensing filters.

4. Click a picture to select it, and then click Insert.

After the picture is on your slide, you can resize it and move it wherever you want.

Insert a picture from OneDrive for Business on a slide

Office 365 business subscribers can insert pictures stored on OneDrive for Business or SharePoint Online. (This feature isn't available for pictures stored on OneDrive for your personal account (hotmail, Outlook.com, msn.com, or live.com).)

1. Select the slide where you want to insert an image.

2. Browse to the picture you want to insert, select it, and then click Open.

After the picture is on your slide, you can resize it and move it wherever you want.

Add style and formatting to a picture

When you insert a picture, PowerPoint for the web places the picture on your slide and puts a Picture tab on the ribbon.

1. With the picture selected, click the Picture tab.

2. Choose the Picture Styles option that you want to apply to the picture:

Click the down arrow at the right end of the gallery, as illustrated above, to see the complete gallery of style options.

The kinds of image files you can add to a slide in PowerPoint for the web

Image-file formats that PowerPoint for the web supports include:

.bmp

.gif

.jpg and .jpeg

.png

.tif and .tiff

.wmf and .emf

Use a background picture

See Change the background of your slides.

See Also

Add clip art to your file

Take a picture and insert it

1. Open the slide you want to put the picture on.

2. On the floating ribbon, switch to Insert.

3. Tap Pictures > Camera.

Your device's camera is turned on.

If your presentation is horizontal, try turning your device sideways to take the picture.

4. Take a picture.

5. If you're satisfied, tap the check mark. To discard the picture and try again, tap the arrow.

6. Use the crop or zoom tool to adjust the picture if you like.

7. Tap the check mark to insert the picture on the slide.

Insert from your device or online storage

1. Open the slide you want to put the picture on.

2. On the floating ribbon, switch to Insert.

3. Tap Pictures > Photos.

4. Use the tools across the top of the window navigate to where the picture's stored.

5. Tap a picture to select and open it.

6. Use the crop or zoom tool to adjust the picture if you like.

7. Tap the check mark to insert the picture on the slide.

Take a picture and insert it

1. Open the slide you want to put the picture on.

2. On the floating ribbon, switch to Insert.

3. Tap Pictures > Camera.

Your device's camera is turned on.

If your presentation is horizontal, try turning your device sideways to take the picture.

4. Take a picture.

5. If you're satisfied, tap the check mark. To discard the picture and try again, tap the arrow.

6. Use the crop or zoom tool to adjust the picture if you like.

7. Tap the check mark to insert the picture on the slide.

Insert from your device or online storage

1. Open the slide you want to put the picture on.

2. On the floating ribbon, switch to Insert.

3. Tap Pictures > Photos.

4. Use the tools across the top of the window navigate to where the picture's stored.

5. Tap a picture to select and open it.

6. Use the crop or zoom tool to adjust the picture if you like.

7. Tap the check mark to insert the picture on the slide.

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Depending on which version of PowerPoint you're using, you can insert pictures, photos, clip art, or other images to your slide show from your computer or from the Internet. You can add single or multiple images onto a slide, the slide master, or to the background.

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Here is a short page on step by step instructions for inserting Clip Art into a Word document. Helpful links are on the page as well.

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How to Find Clip Art in Word

Each version of Microsoft Word below has slightly different steps for finding and inserting clip art. Follow the instructions for the Microsoft Word version you currently use.
For Word 2016 and 2013:

1. Open the Word where you would like to insert the clip art.

2. Click the [Insert] tab > From the "Illustrations" group, click [Online Pictures]. A pop-up will appear allowing you to search Office.com or Bing.

3. In one of the search boxes, type a keyword for the clip art you would like to find (e.g., potato) > press [Enter].

4. From the resulting list of pictures, choose the one you would like to add > Click [Insert].

For Word 2010:

1. Open the Word document where you would like to insert the clip art.

2. Click the [Insert] tab > From the "Illustrations" group, click [Clip Art]. A clip art pane will open to the right of the document.

3. In the "Search for" box, type a term or keyword for the clip art you would like to find (e.g., "potato") > Click [Go]. The clip art will appear in the pane below.

4. To insert the clip art, place your cursor where you would like to insert the clipart in your document and click the image from the clip art pane.

For Word 2007:

1. Open the Word document where you would like to insert the clip art.

2. Click the [Insert] tab > From the "Illustrations" group, click [Clip Art]. A clip art pane will open to the right of the document.

3. Select "Organize Clips" on the bottom of the pane.

4. In the left menu, double-click "Office Collections."

5. Double-click any category that interests you.

6. To insert the clip art, place your cursor where you would like to insert the clipart in your document and click the image from the clip art pane.

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Each version of Microsoft Word below has slightly different steps for finding and inserting clip art. Follow the instructions for the Microsoft Word version you currently use. For Word 2016 and 2013: Open the Word where you would like to insert the clip art. Click the [Insert] tab > From the "Illustrations" group, click [Online Pictures].

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Even though this is for teachers, it works just as well for students. Watch this short video on how to create a yo-yo. This is a good tutorial to learn shape basics.

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How to Make Basic Clip Art Tutorial for Teachers! (PowerPoint)

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This gives you a quick tutorial on how to create characters. Another creative way to use shapes in PPT to make your own pictures.

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How to Design Cartoon Character in PowerPoint

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In this PowerPoint tutorial, you will learn how to design an awesome cartoon character in PowerPoint. You may also download this template for free from here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BydchlM4GvL3dDNlMExULW1pbU0 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/powerpointschool/ Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nahiduzzamaan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nahiduzzaaman Make sure you like and subscribe to this channel to get more awesome PowerPoint tutorials everyday.

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Copyrightlaws.com: Copyright courses and education in plain English

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Do you use images in presentations? This article will help you establish best practices for legally using images in presentation slides and minimizing your risks of copyright infringement. Images include photographs, charts, maps, illustrations and more. You may also like our online copyright course that includes an entire module on legally using images.

Are You Legally Using Images in Presentation Slides?

How much attention do you pay to copyright law when you create slides for a presentation? While it's important to focus on the non-legal aspects of the presentation such as content and images to enhance speaking points, it's just as important to consider copyright issues. Here are some tips to get you started:

Include copyright management as a regular part of planning your slides and content.

Incorporate the permissions process into your planning.

Be aware of your budget, if you have one, to pay for permissions.

Plan for the possibility that if you're unable to secure permissions on time or the fees are too high, you'll need to adjust your content accordingly.

As with most copyright issues, the matter of legally using images in presentation slides is nuanced. The answer to many questions is often "it depends" or "maybe" or "let's examine your particular circumstances." Understanding copyright issues will help ensure you're legally using images in presentation slides.

First Ask Yourself: Are the Images Protected by Copyright?

When you find an image online or elsewhere, assume it's protected by copyright. Once you identify the image you want to use, start thinking about its copyright status and whether you need permission to use it.

Google has made it easier to determine an image's copyright status by now providing copyright-related metadata for images in Google Images, when this information is available. To learn more, see Google's article Image Rights Metadata in Google Images. Note that some images don't have this metadata and you'll need to do further research.

How Can You Avoid Copyright Concerns When Using Images in Presentations?

There are a number of ways of legally using images in presentation slides that don't require you to clear copyright permissions with the images' copyright holders.

Use Public Domain Images

If you determine that copyright in a work has expired and the work is in the public domain, you can use the work without obtaining permission. In the U.S., a work is in the public domain 70 years after the author's death. Be mindful that a work that's been manipulated or adapted may constitute a new work. That new work may have a new and longer copyright duration, even though the underlying work is in the public domain.

State or Summarize Facts, News and Historical Events

You may state or summarize facts, news and historical events without permission as long as you don't reproduce them exactly as you found them in the source.

This basic principle of copyright law works for text but is more difficult to apply to the use of images. You could, however, use data or summarize it rather than reproduce, adapt or share a source table or chart without permission.

Create Your Own Images

Instead of using third-party content, another way of legally using images in presentation slides is to use a chart or photograph that you or a fellow employee created. The employer owns the copyright in any works its employees create during the course of their job duties. So, keep in mind that if you take a photo as part of your employment duties, your company likely owns the copyright in it.

Use a Stock Photo Agency

Your organization may have an account with a stock photo agency where you can find images that suit your purpose. You must follow the terms and conditions of the agency's license agreement to legally use these images in your presentation. Familiarize yourself with the license your stock photo agency uses (e.g., see the iStock Content License Agreement).

Use Images with a Creative Commons (CC) License

Just because an image has a Creative Commons license doesn't mean you have unrestricted use of it. Read that license! Does it specifically allow your use of the image? Review the terms and conditions of the CC license to ensure your use complies. You can learn more about Creative Commons licenses here.

Bottom line with CC licenses:

you'll need to acknowledge the author of the image

read the terms of the conditions of the CC license to see what's permitted and what requires further permission

CC licenses are irrevocable so you can use the image under the license as long as you need to

Don't Rely on Prior Copyright Permissions

If you already have permission to include a photograph in a management training session at your company's headquarters in Baltimore, it doesn't mean you can use that photo in a public presentation being made across North America. Know the terms of licenses and assignments (i.e., permissions). If they don't apply to the current situation, either seek additional permission or use an alternative image.

Use Images As-Is

Even if you have permission from the copyright owner, you may need specific permission to re-color, make black and white or color, crop or otherwise manipulate images. Standard stock photo agency licenses, for example, may not allow these additional uses without further permission.

Does Fair Use or Fair Dealing Apply to Using Images in Presentation Slides?

Fair use or fair dealing may apply to your use of images in your presentation. These provisions may permit you to reproduce a work without permission in some situations. You'll have to apply the fair use or fair dealing criteria to your particular situation to determine if it falls within these statutory provisions.

Fair use and fair dealing are not without risk. The only way to know for certain if your fair use or dealing assessment is correct is in a court of law. It's wise to know your organization's risk tolerance for an inaccurate fair use or fair dealing determination. It's also advisable to consult internal policy, a copyright specialist, and/or your legal counsel on these matters.

Familiarize Yourself with Copyright Law

Everyone needs to be familiar with the basics of copyright. Whether you're designing presentations, writing the company newsletter, or photocopying materials, copyright should be part of your workflow. To understand how to legally use images, concentrate on:

what images are protected by copyright law

when you need to obtain permission to use images and when you can use images without permission or without additional permission

additional rights to consider when legally using images such as moral rights that protection the paternity and integrity of an author and privacy rights

Want more helpful information like this? The Legally Using Images eTutorial teaches you
how to avoid expensive and time consuming legal hassles, determine which
images require copyright permission and which you can safely use for free.

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Legally Using Images in Presentations Slides - Copyrightlaws.com

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Do you use images in presentations? This article will help you establish best practices for legally using images in presentation slides and minimizing your risks of copyright infringement. Images include photographs, charts, maps, illustrations and more. You may also like our online copyright course that includes an entire module on legally using images.

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Finding Clipart & Photos for Print & Multimedia Projects

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Finding Clipart & Photos for Print & Multimedia Projects

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Made for college students, this website gives advice on choosing photos from the internet that a student would want to include on presentations and projects for school. Read Dr. Smith's advice on giving credit to the work's author to practice observance of Copyright Law.

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This month, I am going to share something that my students frequently ask me for. I create a lot of multimedia projects and handouts. My students always want to know where I get the pictures and clipart that I use for educational projects. Quite frankly, finding free images for projects can be time consuming. Sometimes changing the settings on Bing and Google to find appropriate images does not yield the results that I want.

So, I am sharing a list of free websites. Some of the websites state that no attribution is needed. Others request that credit be given. Unless I am using the clipart that came with the old version of Microsoft Office, or images included in a paid subscription website, I give credit anyway. I think it is safer that way.

This is my disclaimer. I have not placed the images on these websites. I would screen them before sharing them with students. While many of the websites have ads, I can typically find what I need if I am patient. I recommend carefully reading the license, copyright, and terms of use pages on each of these websites. This will help you make an informed decision about using the clipart and photos. Enjoy! I put the professional development below this list.
References
PIRO4D. (2017). Camera [Online Image]. Retrieved October 18, 2017 from https://pixabay.com/en/camera-canon-camera-lens-2251051/.
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Finding Clipart and Photos for Print and Multimedia Projects | Knowledge Quest

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This month, I am going to share something that my students frequently ask me for. I create a lot of multimedia projects and handouts. My students always want to know where I get the pictures and clipart that I use... Read More ›

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A resource available from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Try out the different websites to see what you can find.

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Before you use any images on your website, it's critical that you make sure that you have a license to use them.

UCSC provides a photo repository of images that you have permission to use.

If you need to find additional images for your site, below is a list of tips and resources for you:
How to find free-to-use images on Google https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/29508?hl=en
! Important Note - many of the images on Google are mostly aggregated from Wikimedia Commons and are by no means representative of the universe of free images available.
Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/
Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators.

! Important Note - if you search Creative Commons , the SEARCH engine automatically resets when you search again - so with every new search, you have to make sure the "Creative Commons" boxes are ticked.
Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Unsplash https://unsplash.com/archive#_=_
Free (do whatever you want) hi-resolution photos. 10 new photos every 10 days.

! Important Note: A lot of media folks know about this site, so you'll often see these images frequently used.
Free Pik https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/fast-food-background
You have to register and download (for free) their software.
Public Domain Project
https://www.pond5.com/free
LACMA
https://collections.lacma.org/
The Met https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/metropolitan-museum-of-art-releases-400000-hi-res-images-into-the-public-domain/
About the project (via This is Colossal): On 16 May 2014, Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced that more than 400,000 images of public domain works in the Museum's world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from the Museum's website for non-commercial use including in scholarly publications in any media; without permission from the Museum and without a fee. The number of available images will increase as new digital files are added on a regular basis.
The British Library https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary
From the BPL: "We have released over a million images onto Flickr Commons for anyone to use, remix and repurpose. These images were taken from the pages of 17th, 18th and 19th-century books digitized by Microsoft who then generously gifted the scanned images to us, allowing us to release them back into the Public Domain. The images themselves cover a startling mix of subjects: There are maps, geological diagrams, beautiful illustrations, comical satire, illuminated and decorative letters, colorful illustrations, landscapes, wall-paintings and so much more than even we are not aware of."
The Getty https://search.getty.edu/gateway/search?q=&cat=highlight&f=%22Open+Content+Images%22&rows=10&srt=a&dir=s&pg=1 Internet Book Archive https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages www.bbc.com/news/technology-28976849
Other lists:

Other resources:
Open Culture
https://www.openculture.com/

From their website: Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given us great amounts of intelligent audio and video. It's all free. It's all enriching. But it's also scattered across the web, and not easy to find. Our whole mission is to centralize this content, curate it, and give you access to this high-quality content whenever and wherever you want it. Some of our major resource collections include:
Free culture
Larry Lessig's site. Lessig is an academic champion and leader in the free culture movement.

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A Guide to Copyright and Fair Use Laws for Online Images

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This article is from RivalIQ, an online social analytics company. Scroll down for great tips on how to create your own images.

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Everyone has heard the adage, "A picture is worth a thousand words."

Pictures are also worth a crap load of money to the person suing you for copyright infringement. Today we're talking about online images copyright and fair use laws (in the United States). Pay close attention folks; this could save you a lot of Benjamins down the road.

All About Online Images Copyright

As content creators, we understand the importance of images. Using images to break up a wordy post can make it appear less daunting, and the right image can drive your message home. At a more juvenile level, images make reading way more fun. The average two-year-old has no idea how to read, but if you give him/her a stack of picture books they are entertained for hours. I'm of the belief that we never grow out of loving pictures - and while it's tempting to Google the exact image we have in mind (I'm guilty of it!), it's critical that we don't get sloppy and neglect copyright laws.

What is Copyright?

We see the little © all over the place, but what does it mean and how did it get there? To get a comprehensive and accurate understanding of copyright, I went to the most official source I could think of - the United States Copyright Office.
Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture (source: US Copyright Office).
Now that we have a pretty explicit description of what copyright is, it's time to address when copyright protects a piece of work.

Copyright attaches the second a piece of original work is created and fixed. This applies to both published and unpublished works. Copyright protections are in effect the moment you write a blog post, snap a photo, or create a video. The moment you upload a selfie, you're protected by copyright. Even if you never publish that selfie on Instagram because your face looks so splotchy that a filter can't fix it - that image is still protected by copyright law.

You may be asking, "What's the deal with the ©?". Copyright is an automatic right and registering a piece of work with the US Copyright Office is voluntary. The automatic nature of the law gives you the freedom to place a © on any of your work. However, if you choose to bring a lawsuit for infringement, you will have to register your work.

Exclusive Rights of Copyright

A serious perk of copyright is that it gives the creator of an original work complete control over its use and distribution. The Copyright Act grants five rights to a copyright owner:

1. The right to reproduce the copyrighted work.

2. The right to prepare derivative works based upon the work.

3. The right to distribute copies of the work to the public.

4. The right to perform the copyrighted work publicly.

5. The right to display the copyrighted work publicly.

When can you use someone else's image?

The rule of thumb is that you must receive authorization from the creator in order to use his/her image (you'd be smart to get this in writing). Does this mean that every single one of the billions of pictures on the internet is either authorized by the creator or in violation of online images copyright? The answer is no - and this is where fair use comes into play.

All About Fair Use

Fair use is an exception and limitation to the rights of exclusivity that are granted by copyright to the creator of a piece of work. In the US, fair use allows for limited use of copyrighted material without authorization from the author of the creative work. The purpose of fair use is to provide limited use if it benefits the public.

Don't get too excited! Fair use isn't a green light to use any image under the sun - like everything in life, there are rules, and this isn't one that is meant to be broken or exploited. After reading Section 107 of the Copyright Act, I not only gained an enormous respect for law students, but I also learned the limits of fair use.
The fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright (source: 17 USC Section 107).
As you can guess, fair use isn't a black or white sort of thing. If you aren't a lawyer with a very in-depth understanding of copyright law and online images copyrights, there can be a lot of confusion as to what is considered beneficial to the public. To help clarify things, four factors determine whether the use of an image is considered "fair":

1. The purpose of use: educational, nonprofit, scholarly, reporting, reviewing, or research

2. The nature of use: fact-based or public content (courts are usually more protective of creative works)

3. The amount and substantiality used: using only a small piece of the image, using only a small thumbnail/low-resolution version of the image

4. The market effect: you could not have purchased or licensed the copyrighted work

As you can imagine, using a low-resolution image is probably not the ideal situation if your goal is to create a professional-looking piece of content. On the flip side, if you're doing a movie or book review, it's nice to know that inserting a picture of the film or book won't get you in trouble.

These fair trade rules are pretty nitty-gritty. If you're interested in learning a more about what is considered fair use, check out t his article from Columbia University. You can also familiarize yourself with some specific internet cases. Reading about the rulings should give you a better understanding.

How does this affect content creators/curators?

The answer is pretty simple: As content creators and curators, we have a responsibility to follow these rules for online images copyrights because, at the end of the day, it's on us if we mess up. I assure you the company you're guest blogging for will be very unhappy if they receive this in their inbox:

Just to be clear, in the case above the demand for the single image misuse was $8,000! Now before you start getting all stressed out by this excerpt of a cease and desist email, I have really good news for you: this email can be easily avoided.

Safe Options For Online Images Copyright

It should be pretty clear by now that fair use laws are pretty complicated. Heck, if you've gotten this far in the post, past all the legal jargon, I commend you! While you can choose to do a ton of research, familiarize yourself with the rules, and continue to use Google Image search to source images, I personally think this is a pretty risky choice. It only takes one slip up to get slammed with a very unwelcomed cease and desist email.

Create Your Own Images

What do I recommend? Elect to either create your own images using graphic design tools like OmniGraffle, Indesign, or Photoshop. If you don't have an ounce of design skill in your body, try using a tool that aims to make design simple for everyone like Canva, Snappa, or Pablo. If the cost of design software is holding you up, try testing out Vectr, a free graphics software, or Gimp, a free and open-source image editor.

Download Free Stock Photos

If you use a TON of images, or you don't have the budget to pay for images, you can always download free stock photos. Here is a shortlist of some of my favorite free stock image sites:

StockSnap.io: StockSnap has hundreds of beautiful high-resolution photos that are free from copyright restrictions. They add new photos every week and can subscribe to have them sent to your inbox.

Unsplash: Unsplash is built by a community of over 41,000 photographers who aim to inspire. This site has over 200,000 images that companies including Slack, WordPress, Squarespace, and Apple have used.

Flickr is probably the most popular resource for free stock images. They have a combination of professional photos and amateur photos, so you may have to do some digging to find what you want. While a lot of the pictures are fair game on Flickr, you have to confirm that you follow the rules of the creative commons license they have selected.

Stock.Xchng: With a robust search engine, this is one of my preferred places to "shop" for free images. Stock.Xchng is owned by iStock, so the first row of images are often paid images - but the pictures that follow are entirely free!

Pixabay: If you're after high-quality images, Pixabay is where it's at. Also, you don't have to create an account to download a picture. Just click "download," and you're set to go.

Purchase Stock Photos

The perk of choosing paid over free is that you'll have a much easier time finding what you're looking for. Here are a few of my favorite resources:

Getty Images: With one of the largest image databases (over 80 million still images and illustrations), you're guaranteed to find what you are looking for. The downside: the images are often expensive, and Getty is one of the biggest purveyors of cease and desist emails (so make sure you pay for them!).

Fotolia's subscription service can save you a lot of money if you plan on using images often.

iStock: If you have a particular image in mind, iStock's awesome search box will help you quickly get what you need.

Cutcaster: If you aren't a fan of subscription services, Cutcaster gives you the opportunity to pay as you go. Also, their photos are extremely organized, making finding what you want a pain-free process.

If you are going to take one thing away from this post, make it this: If even an iota of doubt exists as to whether or not an image is subject to copyright, assume that it is. Either consult an expert in copyright law, or take the safe bet and visit one of the stock photo sites I've listed above. I can not express how expensive of a mistake using a copyrighted image is. The good news - it's a mistake that can easily be averted!

If you have any questions, please leave them in the comment section below. I'll do my very best to answer them.
This article was originally published on January 16, 2014, and has since been updated.
Danielle is a digital marketing expert. She is always searching for or helping others learn the latest tips and tricks to improving social media, content marketing and other digital areas. When she's not working, she likes to spend her time keeping up to date on pop culture, getting her yoga on, and obsessing over how awesome the 90s were. You can find her on Twitter, @Danielle_Prager , and on .

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A Guide To Copyright and Fair Use Laws For Online Images

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Everyone has heard the adage, "A picture is worth a thousand words." Pictures are also worth a crap load of money to the person suing you for copyright infringement. Today we're talking about online images copyright and fair use laws (in the United States).