Using Images correctly

Creative Commons License

A Creative Commons license lets you dictate how others may use your work. The Creative Commons license allows you to keep your copyright but allows others to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit and only on the conditions you specify.

Watermark

A pale or semitransparent graphics object positioned behind the text in a document or on a photograph.

Attribution

An object used for identification in painting or sculpture; adding credit for a photograph or a piece of art. Painting or photograph by: __________

Public Domain

Creative work that's not copyrighted and therefore free for you to use whenever you want.

What are three ways to obtain images?

Make your own pictures Creative Commons Image Buy images

Labeled for reuse with modification

Results will only include images labeled with a license that allows you to copy and modify the image. This is found under the google tool when doing a google search.

If you use an image that requires attribution (all licenses except CC0), you should add a line of text under the image providing four pieces of information

Title, Author, Source, License

NoDerivatives

You may not make any changes to the image; if you use it, it must stay in its original form.

noncommercial

You may not use the image to make money.

Share Alike license

You need to give your new product the same license as the image you used.

Photo Release Form

a legal document that officially gives you permission to use their image.

Creative Commons

is an organization that makes it easy for people to share their creative work.

T A S L

is the acronym that stands for Title, Author, Source & License.