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High resolution photos/ clipart....where to buy

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  • 04-01-2016 3:39pm
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    Youngblood.III
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    Anyone recommend a site to buy high resolution clipart/ photos for business card/ website use. thanks


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    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Google 'stock photography' and you'll find gazillions of them.

    The big ones are shutterstock, istockphoto, bigstockphoto, dreamstime, fotolia.......

    Be careful of signing-up for monthly/plans and be aware that some sites sell 'credits', credits per-download often vary depending on the resolution you need.

    There's also a few free options like https://www.deathtothestockphoto.com

    Were you looking for anything in particular.


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    smash
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    Death to stock is a great resource. You could however also commission something unique without spending too much money using snapwire.


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    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    smash wrote: »
    You could however also commission something unique without spending too much money using snapwire.

    Nice find smash, bookmarking.


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    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Graham wrote: »
    Nice find smash, bookmarking.
    I've been on it since it's beta launch. It's a good resource, and has even used by large multinationals.


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    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    smash wrote: »
    I've been on it since it's beta launch. It's a good resource, and has even used by large multinationals.

    Are you buying or snapping? Any vague indication of pricing? Thanks

    Apologies OP for briefly hijacking your thread.


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    smash
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    Graham wrote: »
    Are you buying or snapping? Any vague indication of pricing? Thanks

    Apologies OP for briefly hijacking your thread.
    I signed up as a photographer to see what it's like. Haven't been on in a while actually, but basically you'll have a company come and say something like "Offering $100 for a photo of a woman in a cafe using her phone" and the photographers have to submit photos to enter the competition. The photographers are vetted, and you must only select a max of 3(I think) industries. So if you're signed up as a photographer for retail/factory/motor then you can't enter a wildlife competition. You can only submit a photo where someone is identifiable if you have a model release form attached. I can't remember exactly how the commission structure works.


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    Youngblood.III
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    Thanks everyone, anyone know what size (mb) i should be getting, bear in mind I will also need it for a business poster and maybe van signs too


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    Graham
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    Youngblood.III wrote: »
    Thanks everyone, anyone know what size (mb) i should be getting, bear in mind I will also need it for a business poster and maybe van signs too

    The larger the better if you're talking about blowing something up to van sized proportions. Talk to your sign-writer.


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    Web Graphic Designer
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    Worth mentioning you'll only need 150 instead of the usual 300dpi/ppi for any large format work (A2+).
    Billboards, livery and large outdoor usually even less and supplied to printers at around 25% scale.


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