i have no idea why they called the site “Compfight“, but it’s a terrific way to search flickr for photos that have a “creative commons” license.
What creative commons usually means is that you can use the image freely, as long as you credit the original photographer, and pay attention to the specifics of the license (for example ‘no derivate works’, ‘no commercial use’ etc).
Here’s a video screencast in which i show how to use compfight to find some really good images. Let me know in the comments how useful you find it (or how i could improve 😉
Related links:
- Search compfight dot com here.
- (Yes you’ll need java plugin to make the video screencast work.)
- More video screencasts from Michael Chalk over there on his “tech help” channel at screencast-o-matic.
- Also search creative commons for other media.
I immediately started using this unfortunately named tool for searching flickr. Easy to use but sometimes the option to search just 'creative commons' is not available. I wonder why.
Interesting, Jill. I haven't noticed that.
That search via creative commons itself is also pretty good (listed last in the related links).