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Pictures
A picture is worth a thousand words. But it has to be the right picture. Browse these sources for clip art and photos to find just the right pictures for your desktop publishing projects. Pictures for print are the primary focus of the images offered here. Sample the offerings at commercial image vendors. Search through categories of free images for commercial or personal use, most in print-suitable formats.
Best Source of Free Images for Desktop Publishing
Readers share their favorite sources of free images for use in desktop publishing.
Best Source of Stock, Royalty-Free, or Rights-Controlled Graphics
Readers offer their favorite sources of commercial images for use in desktop publishing.
Artwork - Visual Elements
Even before reading the headlines, readers are often drawn to the visuals on a page. Both the choice of images and their placement within a document provide information about the document, its purpose, and its organization.
How to Use Pictures of People
Pictures of people may be used to illustrate a concept or to identify and recognize specific persons such as employees, award-winners, and newsmakers. Whether utilizing pictures of real people or artwork that represents types of people, there are certain guidelines that will enhance the use of people pictures in Web and print work.
Modifying Clip Art
Found the perfect piece of clip art? Use it over and over again. Try these 3 techniques to mulitiply the effectiveness of your clip art.
Use Less Clip Art
Yes, first we're offering free clip art and then we're telling you to use less of it. Funny, isn't it? While there are no hard and fast rules on how much is too much, use these commonsense guidelines and tips to improve the use of clip art in your layouts.
Why is it Not OK to Resize, Rotate Graphics in a Page Layout Program?
If the image you download is not quite right, change it. But be aware of the limitations. Resizing, rotating or flipping, and cropping images in a page layout program can create larger files, increase processing time, and cause output problems with the digital file. Sure, the software can do it. Doesn't mean you should, though.