by Dr.Minimizer » Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:00 am
The ones on freepik are provided royalty free as long as you follow their rules (too complicated to go into here but basically okay for collaging or book covers, and you have to attribute them). Some of the photos on book covers, and a lot of the ones as collage backgrounds, I took myself. For example with "Little Miss Witness" the background is the sink in my bathroom, and that's my hand. The girl is from Freepik and this is so noted in the credits page inside the front cover (this is the "attribution" I'm talking about).
As another example for "The Man Who Shrank the World" both the background and woman are from a different image site, but used images provided by specific studios which asked to be attributed by name, so you see those names listed specifically. Each one will have its own rules so just be sure to follow them carefully.
Some of the pay sites like Adobe and Shutterstock have "trial memberships" where you can get up to 10 free images which again you can use if you follow their rules carefully, including attribution. I remember finding one I really liked but when I went to check their rules they said you had to pay if you wanted to use it for any printed media, so I blew it off.
The ones on freepik are provided royalty free as long as you follow their rules (too complicated to go into here but basically okay for collaging or book covers, and you have to attribute them). Some of the photos on book covers, and a lot of the ones as collage backgrounds, I took myself. For example with "Little Miss Witness" the background is the sink in my bathroom, and that's my hand. The girl is from Freepik and this is so noted in the credits page inside the front cover (this is the "attribution" I'm talking about).
As another example for "The Man Who Shrank the World" both the background and woman are from a different image site, but used images provided by specific studios which asked to be attributed by name, so you see those names listed specifically. Each one will have its own rules so just be sure to follow them carefully.
Some of the pay sites like Adobe and Shutterstock have "trial memberships" where you can get up to 10 free images which again you can use if you follow their rules carefully, including attribution. I remember finding one I really liked but when I went to check their rules they said you had to pay if you wanted to use it for any printed media, so I blew it off.