lsbennis Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I need some nice but inexpensive vector Illustrations and photo stock for my website but all the sites I have been to are so darn expensive.Does anyone know of any reasonable priced photo stock that is a decent quality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoOneSpecial Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Did you try istockphoto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsbennis Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 Yes...I did go to istock...they have some great vector illustrations but if I'm reading it correctly you can buy credits as you need them at $1.50 per credit and the average price of what Im interested in is anywhere from 15 to 25 credits so roughly I'm looking at about $25 to $40 dollars per image which is ok if I only need a few images but I may need quite a few more then that so this could easily add up to hundreds a dollars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverSoyed Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 What kind of images are you looking for?You might be better off getting some software that is royalty free for commercial use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsbennis Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 What kind of images are you looking for?You might be better off getting some software that is royalty free for commercial use.I do alot of tropical scents but I'm looking for pictures that would visually match the scent description so it could be alot of different images... I guess I could just go with a description and not an image... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoOneSpecial Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Why do you need such high resolutions? Are you printing them on your labels? What are the dimensions of the labels? If you are using them for web graphics and regular sized candle or soap labels the 1 to 3 credit images would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grama Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 I get mine from istockphoto also and alway just get the 1 credit images and they are large enough, usually make them even smaller than the image size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkymonkey66 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Dreamstime.comI get a ton of images there and most are a dollar each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsbennis Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 @NoOneSpecial & Grama...Im just using them for web graphics but where do you find the 1 to 3 credit image photos? Are they the ones in the Dollar Bin? I did look through those and found a few...I guess I should have another look at them.@FunkyMonkey66...thanks for the info I will have a look at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursenancy Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I got aot of free images from dreamstime.com. You have to sign up to download but it's well worth it IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoOneSpecial Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 @NoOneSpecial & Grama...Im just using them for web graphics but where do you find the 1 to 3 credit image photos? Are they the ones in the Dollar Bin? I did look through those and found a few...I guess I should have another look at them.@FunkyMonkey66...thanks for the info I will have a look at them.Once you click on the actual photo you can choose xsmall or small. Here is an example: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-4825101-soap-with-natural-ingredients.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsbennis Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 Thanks NoOneSpecial...that makes sense now, but here is the odd thing, when I go to illustrations/vector they only come in one size and there is no option for a smaller size unless I'm just not looking in the right place....here is an example of what I'm talking about...http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-2940984-coco-coconut.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoOneSpecial Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Thanks NoOneSpecial...that makes sense now, but here is the odd thing, when I go to illustrations/vector they only come in one size and there is no option for a smaller size unless I'm just not looking in the right place....here is an example of what I'm talking about...http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-2940984-coco-coconut.phpWell, vector images can be resized up and down and do not lose their resolution so that is probably why they are only available in one size. Do you have to have vector images? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAVAEBOY Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 You can also try clipart.com They have a few ways of using them. You can download all you want for a week for $14.95. You can search to see if there is anything you like before you join. If you are going to use them alot, the best way is to buy a software package one of the companies sells. It is called IMSI ClipArt&More 3.5 Million. It sells for about $40. With it, you get a full years use of the Clipart.com website. They also have 1000's of fonts that you can download also. I just saw it on buy.com for $30 and change. I've used alot of stuff from there. Most of it is clipart, some photo, and a bunch of other stuff. Ther great thing, is like the photo sites, you can see everything before you download it, and just about all of the images come in various file types. Many are vector, just about ALL of them are jpg or something else useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsbennis Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 @NoOneSpecial...I do want to use some vector images as they work well with my site which is very tropical and bright and they fit nicely with that theme and some of them are absolutly adorable...lol...everything else I'm going to use the xtra small photo stock which is way more reasonable.@Javaboy...thanks for the tip on the clip art I will check out that sight...the only issue I had in the past was that I did not find the clip art to be as detailed as the vector but I will check into it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAVAEBOY Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 (edited) I just went on the clipart.com web site, searched for "Tropical" photos only and discarded any image with the word "fish" in the description, and still came up with over 3000 photos. I'm not saying these were all usable, but there literally are thousands of photographs, and probably tens of thousands of vector graphics on the site, you just have to get used to the search criteria to use. If you want to find vector artwork on the page, search for items that are in EPS format, or there is an option for "vinyl ready" Edited September 22, 2009 by JAVAEBOY Added additional comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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