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Lesson 2 – Objectives

• Recap on the idea of copyright• Look at sources of copyright free images• Gathering images for your poster

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Important point!!!

• We will be using image manipulation software to make the poster

• This means we can potentially combine many different images.

• As such gather a number of images which could be combined.

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Copyright

• Images found through google will be copyrighted

• What does that mean? Well they are owned by someone who you need to get permission from!

• Essentially this heavily restricts what you can use.

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Look at this image

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Can I use it?

• In short no. • We could ask for permission but who do I ask?• Obviously national geographic!

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But that is not where I found it....

It was found on http://www.fanpop.com/

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Websites can not be trusted!!

• The last example was simple to work out who owned it.

• But this is more the exception than the norm.• For example look at this website

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This website was made by a random member of the public.

The monkey image they used was taken from google images.

We have no idea who owns the rights to the photo!!

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Corporations pay big bucks for photos!

• Corporations, especially media companies, will retain the rights to images.

• They may have paid a lot of money for them or potentially may make a lot of money from them.

• For example if the BBC took a photo of a rare animal they could then sell that as no one else will have the image.

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So where do companies get images from?

• They get them from a number of sources• 1) Royalty free websites• 2) Take images themselves• 3) Ask permission to use the photo.

• Did you know? If you send an image to the BBC they can share it with other 3rd parties WITHOUT your permission! Always read terms and conditions

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Royalty free

• There are websites which either sell or offer images for free.

• These images are known as royality free as there are no restrictions placed on them meaning that you can use them as you wish.

• They are sometimes referred to as stock images.

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Finding stock images

• Here are some websites to get you started• http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/• http://sxc.hu• http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Pa

ge

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Adding stock images to your sources table

Notice the user’s name!!! This is the owner of the image.

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Filling out the sources table

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Activity

• Find 5 images which will relate to your movie poster– Remember you are going to create a poster to

promote a fictional film of your choosing• Save the images to your user area• Then add the images to your sources table.• You can get help here

http://dida.pwnict.co.uk/research.html

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Other sources

• Creating images or taking photos• Important point!– Try and take images against a solid colour

background. – This makes editing easier!

• If you plan to scan an image in then ensure it is NOT done in pencil.

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Asking permission

• If you desperately want to use an image you have found on someone's website then you will need to ask for permission.

• You need to – Find their email address or a way of contacting

them– Send an email to them and RECORD the email.

• If you cannot find contact details then you CANNOT use it.

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Formal emails

• The email must be formal. So the following is not acceptable.

• “Can I use an image off your website for my coursework. “

• This will be greeted with a negative response.

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Being formal

• Address them by name (if you know it) or as Sir / Madame

• Write it as you would a letter.• Say exactly what image you would like to use.• Explain why you want to use it and what you

plan to do with it.• Ask nicely!• Use full sentences and paragraphs.

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Activity

• Find an image through Google images which you would like to use.

• Draft an email to the owner of the image and

send that email to your ICT teacher.• The point of this activity is to ensure you can

draft a formal email, not to actually get permission.