Stock photos and Cds.

[AcRoNym]

i want to get a huge archive of images all top quality. Ive looked on stockbyte getty and photos, one cd with 100 images was $400 this is a lot isnt it? Photos sounds ok 99$ and dl upto 50 images a day for a month, altho theres some bs about the terms and use of the images.. i just want to be able to use them wherever for any template any print media and any design i can be arsed with terms of use and all that. Does anyone know a good site? i would like a cd or dvd with 1000's on one disk if its poss

[bytech]

http://sxc.hu/ - need to sign up, but it is free. Great stock photography.

[AcRoNym]

any one buy cds?

[trainer]

I have purchased CDs on behalf of my employer, and I can tell you that when dealing with professional quality vendors, a content-to-cost ratio of 100 images : $500 is not uncommon at all. Case in point, Getty.

Comstock has multi-disc bundles and other special offers that are a little less shocking.

Thanks to whoever posted that link to sxc.hu, it looks promising. IStockPhoto is another great free resource that I use personally.

[AcRoNym]

wonder why there soo expensive tho? yea fair enuff pro quality et al, but even some software houses cant afford that, the director of a soft co bought one i know he said it cost $700 canadian, and it had hundreds of pics on.

thanks for that link trainer i might purchase one.. otherwise what do you think of photos.com and $99 for one month max 50 dl's per day? Theres some small print on there site tho about the actual useage on templates..

[trainer]

I would be very skeptical of any post-purchase restrictions they place on the content. Read carefully.

That being said, you just need to weigh the quality of the content versus the amount you anticipate actually using it. Depending on the quality of the images and the selection available, if you d/l 50 quality stock photos for $99 I definitely would consider that "worth it."

[syngar99]

i just google search when i need an image

[AcRoNym]

Originally Posted by trainer

I would be very skeptical of any post-purchase restrictions they place on the content. Read carefully.

That being said, you just need to weigh the quality of the content versus the amount you anticipate actually using it. Depending on the quality of the images and the selection available, if you d/l 50 quality stock photos for $99 I definitely would consider that "worth it."

thats 50 a day for a month aslo!

syngar i need pro pics tho.. without restrictions on there usage obviously i ain't gonna sell them on though

cheers trainer

[syngar99]

ah, wish i had known when i was working as a tech asistant at the college i had access to t he image libraries from corel that we buy

[aervytz]

Hey everybody try www.dreamstime.com they're new but have great stuff.
I will keep an eye on this site, very useful.

[samer]

i just google search when i need an image

images may be copyrighted.

[thebassman]

www.istockphoto.com

[Pawel]

http://www.highrezimages.com

A niche stock agency specializing in medium and lare format photography.
No 35 mm or digital accepted. Files from 1 to 400 meg. New agancy expanding its database.

[thebassman]

www.stockstash.com is another good oen run by a friend of mine...

[robert adams]

seldom will you get unrestricted rights to a photo unless you are willing to pay a lot of money and that is unusual at that.


robert

[WordArtist]

Originally Posted by samer

images may be copyrighted.

But still everybody use it. Don't they?

I wonder what happens when the owner of the image finds it?

[realestate]

istockphoto.com
$0.5 per image