Useful for marketing collateral assets.

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Context

We respect intellectual property and licenses diligently. So please make sure to always respect the licenses.

This page is to list tips & tricks and sources about free to use and modify images / backgrounds / cartoons, etc for internal use to EvoluData (including client work)

We want the liberty to innovate. Ex.: one day, we could add a feature to Tiki that permits to fetch images, icons, etc. from such sources.

Ideal licenses

Use, Share, Adapt, and no need to attribute

• Public domain https://creativecommons.org/about/cc0
• (add others here)

Good sites ideal licenses

We can use, re-mix, without attribution

• https://pixabay.com
  • Also with FLOSS code: https://goodies.pixabay.com/
• https://www.pexels.com
  I’m using this one lately they don’t have trillions of illustration, but they have good quality pictures and they have also videos. Licence is good https://www.pexels.com/photo-license/
• https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/cc0-1.0/

Acceptable licenses

• Use, Share, Adapt, with need to attribute (it's more work, but fair)
• https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Anything Wikipedia accepts? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy
• How to find free royalty-free music for video? https://www.canva.com/fr_fr/decouvrir/telecharger-musique-gratuite-libre-de-droits/

Good sites with Acceptable licenses

Google Image search

Site with not fully Free/Libre/Open licenses

• https://freeimages.com/ Free to use but with some restrictions -> https://freeimages.com/license

General links

• https://roget.biz/banques-dimages-gratuites
• https://blog.sellfy.com/free-stock-images/

Bernard Research (to be merged)

Multi banks search engine

Name	url	Licence	Qty	Comment
Librestock	https://librestock.com	Creative Commons Zero (CC0)	35,000	Easy to use, search in 34 major banks
CC Search	https://search.creativecommons.org	Creative Commons	-	Search in Flickr, Google Images, Open Clip Art Library, Pixabay
Compfight	https://compfight.com	Creative Commons		Image search engine with option to filter search results on commercial or creative common license types. Attribution required in most cases

Image bank

Name	url	Licence	Qty	Comment
PixelBay	https://pixabay.com	Creative Commons CC0	+ 520000	Several shutterstock sample found (?)
Flickr - CC section	https://flickr.com/creativecommons/cc0-1.0/	Creative Commons Zero (CC0)	363,471
Google Image	https://images.google.com			Not possible to search by licence, google use "usage" criteria (?)
EveryStockPhoto	https://everystockphoto.com		29,368,214	Not possible to search by licence.
FreeUse	https://freeuse.io	"free image directory"		few images found per search
FreeImages	https://freeimages.com	https://freeimages.com/license	387,907	Free pictures are not "that" great, look like a plateform to promote Istock (getty image) or others
Pexels	https://pexels.com	Creative Commons Zero (CC0)		Good collection searchable
Unsplash	https://unsplash.com	Creative Commons Zero (CC0)		Images are aligned in collections and have some great images
Realistic Shots	https://realisticshots.com	Creative Commons Zero (CC0)		Not a very big collection but image quality and resolution is high, good for web & print. Images are grouped under different categorized
Stock Snap	https://stocksnap.io	Creative Commons Zero (CC0)		Good large collection of photographs
Kaboom pics	https://kaboompics.com	Creative Commons Zero (CC0)		Good collection of photos updated daily. Attribution is not compulsory
Startup Stock Photos	https://startupstockphotos.com	Creative Commons Zero (CC0)		Good collection of photos for startups and technology related business
4freephotos	https://4freephotos.com	CC 3.0 Attribution		Attribution required if used online
imcreator	https://imcreator.com/free	Creative Commons Zero (CC0) & CC 3.0 Attribution in some cases		A good collection of images placed in different categories. All materials is free for commercial use, some images may require attribution
lockandstockphotos	https://lockandstockphotos.com	Creative Commons License ShareAlike 4.0		All the images you see on Lock & Stock Photos are the works of AJ Montpetit
Pinterest	https://pinterest.com	Open Source		Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try, being used by @maurice.bagalwa in item144293

Icons and Vector Graphics

Name	url	License	Quantity	Comment
Iconmonstr	https://iconmonstr.com	CC0		A handsome collection of 3000 icons. No attribution required
fontawesome	https://fontawesome.io	CC0		Icons to embed in CSS - no attribution required
pixeden	https://pixeden.com	CC0		It has both paid and free icon sets. Attribution on Free usage is not compulsory
freepik	https://freepik.com	CC 3.0 Attribution		It has large collection of vectors, icons, psds, and images. Attribution is required when using materials for Free
icons8	https://icons8.com	???	27500	Need attribution when using for free. This row was originally marked as "CC 3.0 Attribution", but… is it really? https://intercom.help/icons8-7fb7577e8170/en/articles/5534926-universal-multimedia-license-agreement-for-icons8 seems to say otherwise.
All Free Download	https://all-free-download.com	CC 3.0 Attribution		All in one images, vectors, icons, fonts, psd materials
thenounproject	https://thenounproject.com	CC 3.0 Attribution		Attribution required
vecteezy	https://vecteezy.com	CC 3.0 Attribution		A very large collection of vectors, shapes, icons and more. Attribution required

Interesting stuff to be check

• Getty image give 35ml image free of use
• https://shotcut.org/bin/view/Shotcut/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#What_are_some_sources_of_royalty
• https://github.com/Ranks/emojione
• https://blogdumoderateur.com/liste-ressources-gratuites-blue-vertigo/
• https://everypixel.com
• https://bang-marketing.com/publications/ebang/trouvez-des-photos-de-qualite-sans-vous-ruiner/
• https://wptavern.com/openverse-why-this-project-is-good-for-wordpress-and-the-web