From Notes

Pictures and Images

Creative Commons / Public Domain

Wiki resources

• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fanghong
• Various ICONS/pictures - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:GFDL_images
• More free images - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_images
• More Free media - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons

Other Free (and good images)

• Got Logos?, ^{http://www.gotlogos.com/}
• Open ClipArt, ^{http://www.openclipart.org/}
• http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
• Microsoft Clipart, ^{http://office.microsoft.com/clipart}

Free (but not bad)

• • Close to 200,000 photos. Some gems in there if you look:
    Stock.xchng, ^{http://www.sxc.hu/}
  • has a list of free and almost free but good images:
    Morgue File, ^{http://www.morguefile.com}
  • Search the myriad photos people are sharing on flickr by the type of CC license:
    Flickr's Creative Commons pool, ^{http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons}
  • From their site: "Image*After is a large online free photo collection. You can download and use any image or texture...and use it in your own work, either personal or commercial."
    Image*After, ^{http://www.imageafter.com}
  • Limited selection, but some good ones in there.
    Picture Station, ^{http://www.picturestation.net/start/}

Free (and almost free)

• • Presentation Zen, ^{http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2006/01/where_can_you_f.html}
  • http://flickr.com/explore/

Inexpensive (but good)

• • iStockphoto.com, ^{http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php}
  • Dreams Time, ^{http://www.dreamstime.com/}
  • Shutterstock, ^{http://www.shutterstock.com}
  • Fotolia, ^{http://www.fotolia.com/}
  • Japanese Streets, ^{http://www.japanesestreets.com/}
  • PS Tutorial Blog, ^{http://pstutorialsblog.com/?p=44}
  • Pro Blogger, ^{http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/01/19/finding-cheap-and-free-stock-photos-for-your-blog/}
  • Stock Xpert (aprox $1/pic), ^{http://www.stockxpert.com}

Other Wiki Pedia resources

WikiPedia further information.... Software/Wiki

• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files
• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files#Uploading_non-image_files
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_markup_with_HTML
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Uploading_images
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax

Image Gallery Software

• Gallery 1.5/2.0 ++: http://gallery.menalto.com/wiki/Download
• MakeThumbnails quick!: http://www.molenda.com/makethumbs/
• http://jalbum.net/download.jsp?ref=list
• Google's desktop image search/cateloger: http://picasa.google.com/index.html

List of scripts for gallery creation

• • http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Image_Galleries/
  • http://www.hotscripts.com/CGI_and_Perl/Scripts_and_Programs/Image_Galleries/
  • http://www.linuxsoft.cz/en/sw_list.php?id_kategory=100
• http://jalbum.net/download.jsp?ref=list
• http://coppermine-gallery.net/index.php
• http://www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer/
• http://www.stadtaus.com/demos/gallery_script_en/?6
• http://www.softpedia.com/

Tools

(Also see Software/OpenSource )

Image - Editors

• Gimp:
  • Gimp Main Site, ^{http://gimp.org/}
  • Gimp Addons, ^{ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/plug-ins/v2.2/gap/}
  • Gimp contests, ^{http://www.gimp.org//contest/}
  • Gimp User group support and images, ^{http://gug.sunsite.dk/}

• PhotoShop
  • PhotoShop tricks, ^{http://photoshop.ph.funpic.de/}
  • Photoshop weblog, ^{http://photoshop-weblog.blogspot.com/}
  • Photoshop Templates, ^{http://www.freephotoshoptemplates.com/index.html}

• Online painting program
  • Image Author, ^{http://www.imageauthor.com/}
• http://www.hidetext.net/index.php
• Paint Shop Pro
• Generate random texture background: http://www.thenetter.com/textures-backgrounds/

• http://www.tutorialkit.com

Tutorials

• http://www.webdesign.org/
• http://www.instructables.com/
• http://www.tutorialkit.com
• http://www.good-tutorials.com/

Random samples

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TODO check later

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_coon