Learn how to search Creative Commons pictures on Flickr. It helps if you are a Flickr member; basic membership is free.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint
OS: Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X
There are a number of sites that provide royalty-free pictures that can be used in your PowerPoint presentations. One such site used to be Microsoft's Office.com site. There are several other sites that provide free pictures. However, none of these resources can match the amazing breadth and variety of picture content you can find at Flickr, a photo-sharing site. Additionally, Flickr makes it easy for you to find pictures that you can legally use in your presentations since it lets you search for pictures within the Creative Common license.
So what exactly is Creative Commons? When Flickr members upload their own pictures, they are provided with an option to place them within the Creative Commons license. In broad terms, this means that anyone can use these pictures free of cost. There are several subsets of the Creative Commons licenses, including whether pictures can be used commercially or not. You can understand these varied subsets within the Creative Commons license on the Flickr Creative Commons page. We will look at how you can search within these subsets on Flickr later in this tutorial.
If you use pictures from Flickr, it is a good idea to credit the photographer. Look at our Attributing Creative Commons Pictures in your PowerPoint Slides tutorial to explore one way to credit the photographer or the owner of the picture.
Let us explore how you search for Creative Commons pictures within Flickr. It helps if you sign up as a Flickr member. Basic membership is free. You then search for Creative Commons pictures. Follow these steps to learn more:
The Flickr site is constantly evolving. That may explain why screenshots on this page may sport an interface different from what you see when you log in. However, the options will continue to work in the same way. If you see something different, please help us by placing a comment on this page. You might have to scroll a little to see the comments area. Thank you.
Picture Basics: Searching Flickr for Creative Commons Pictures (Glossary Page)
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