Image Bank

Online repository of digital photos, illustrations and videos organized under the form of a website that allows users to browse, upload, and download files by respecting rules defined by the administrator of the website. Each of these websites offers a search engine that allows you to search for images by key words, types of files, orientation, image size, etc.

Some websites provide free images, others charge for their images with different prices according to the size, quality and type of image. To purchase images, users need either to buy credits or make a subscription for their account. For free images, the website generally specifies the condition of use, such as attributing the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor. ^[1]

The table below provides a general idea about a number of image banks available on internet.

• High resolution images
• Few legal restriction for the use of its images
• Possible to edit images before downloading them
• No sign up required to download images

• Large quantity of images
• Combination of many free image websites

• Large quantity of amateur pictures
• The format of certain images is less flexible for future use

• Images are free only for personal and non-commercial use
• No sign up required to download images
• Provide images from other image bank websites
• The images provided are not for free

• Complex license for the use of its images
• Up to10 downloads a day for members

• Complex license for the use of its images
• Provide images from other image bank websites
• The images provided are not for free

• Small quantity of images
• Few legal restriction for the use of its images
• Provide images from other image bank websites
• The images provided are not for free

• Few legal restriction for the use of its images
• No sign up required to download images

• Small quantity of images
• Relatively low resolution of images
• Few legal restriction for the use of its images
• No sign up required to download images

• Images are mainly western life-oriented
• Two forms of images are possible for downloading (Zip file or Jpeg image)
• No sign up required to download images

• Very poor for free images’ search
• Poor for not for free images’ search

• Large quantity of images
• No pay-as-you-go credit proposed. Subscription is compulsory for the purchase of images

• Images are more nature-oriented and daily life-oriented
• No sign up required to download images

• Large quantity of images
• Few amateur pictures
• Images are mainly western life-oriented

• Large quantity of images
• Few amateur pictures

• Large quantity of images
• No pay-as-you-go credit proposed. Subscription is compulsory for the purchase of images
• One free photo and one free vector every week for each registered user

• Small quantity of images
• Images are mainly of current trends in Japanese street fashion