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Free Stock Photos · Search 30+ sites with LibreStock. LibreStock : un moteur de recherche qui regroupe 40 sites d'images libres de droits. Sur le blog nous vous présentons souvent des services de photographies libres de droits. Il faut dire que trouver des photos que l’on peut utiliser commercialement gratuitement n’est pas simple, et est une préoccupation récurrente des professionnels du web. Malheureusement, les sites proposant des photos libres de droits manquent souvent d’exhaustivité. Une solution existe avec LibreStock qui est un moteur de recherche connecté à 40 sites de photos libres de droits. Idéal donc pour avoir toutes ses sources d’images libres de droits et gratuites à un seul endroit et centralisées dans un méta-moteur.

Ces sources multiples donnent accès à 42 500 photos, ce qui permet largement d’illustrer à peu près toutes les situations sans passer par Fotolia ou d’autres stocks payants. À l’usage, le site est agréable avec un design très épuré (mention spéciale pour ce logo peu ordinaire). The Ultimate List of Free Stock Images for Your Blog Posts. 7 More (Mostly Free) Visual Content Tools Any Social Media Team Can Use. It’s been a while since we published our list of 9 Mostly Free Tools and Any Social Media Team Can Use, and our recommendations in that post still hold. In addition, we have some new ones to put in the mix. This new lists focuses mostly on visual content tools that we use daily or weekly to create images to share, add visual impact to our content or message, and make all aspects of visual content marketing easier. As noted in the headline, most of these tools are free, while those that aren't are very inexpensive, especially considering the value they add to your content marketing.

Let’s get started. Giphy Giphy is a great free tool that helps you find, surprisingly enough, GIFs that can add a little pop to your content. On the Giphy.com site you can upload your own GIFs, search for GIFs or browse categories, stickers, artists, or favorites. Pablo Pablo is the free image capture, edit, and sizing tool created by Buffer. Image Resizer Clipping Magic Meme Generator Word Swag Image Chef. No Photoshop? No Problem: 10 Visual Content Tools for Beginners. Design isn't something that every marketer feels comfortable doing, but the reality is every one of us will need to design something at some point in our careers. Whether it's a website, some sales collateral, or an ebook, there will be some design expertise required to finish the project. The reason why we often get bogged down in it all is because often, we don't know how to use the tools at our disposal to get high-quality designs.

But here's a little secret, marketers: You don't need Photoshop to create great designs. Below are 10 design tools even the most design-phobic marketers can use to create gorgeous visual content. 1) Canva Canva is your one-stop shop for easily creating customizable designs. Then all you have to do is drag and drop your images into place, resize them, and voilà! 2) PlaceIt At some point in every marketer's life, there comes a time when they need to take a screenshot to be used in a real-life scenario. 3) HubSpot Image Editor 4) Death to the Stock Photo 8) Skitch.

53+ Free Image Sources For Your Blog and Social Media Posts. Here at Buffer, we think a lot about visual content. We’ve shared our own study on the importance of images in Twitter posts for more social sharing. We’ve explored tools that help anyone create visual content. Our social media management tool incorporates image posting because we know how important that element is to engage your followers and fans.

But there’s one question we get asked quite often: Where can you find free images that are high quality and cleared to use for your blog posts or social media content? It’s a question with a lot of different answers and caveats. Nearly every image created in the last 30 years is still protected by copyright—a protection that gives virtually every author the exclusive right to use or reproduce their work. But you can find a public domain photo, use a Creative Commons image that might need attribution, or even create your own image from scratch. Understand these terms before using any free images A few things to know before we get started. 1. 2. Flick - Creative Commons. Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license. Here are some recently added bits and pieces: Attribution (CC BY 2.0) » 91767649 photos (See more) Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND 2.0) » 25009436 photos (See more) Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) » 117052837 photos (See more) Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 2.0) » 63465514 photos (See more) Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) » 131662580 photos (See more) Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 2.0) » 49480401 photos (See more) Public Domain Dedication (CC0) » 4786372 photos (See more) Public Domain Mark » 13393877 photos (See more) "Creative Commons is a non-profit that offers an alternative to full copyright.

" creativecommons.org Briefly... Attribution means: You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit.