Photo and Graphic Design Resources

Last updated by neal.legler 4 years ago
This list is by no means exhaustive. As Internet resources tend to come and go, please make updates or notes as new resources appear and other resources become obsolete. 
 
USU Approved Images Library 
 
SmugMug (UMAC photos)  
User email:  smac@usu.edu  
Password: Contact Neal, Erin, Elisa, or UMAC for details. 
 
Pexels  (Free stock photos) 
 
Pixabay 
 
Unsplash  (Free stock photos) 
 
Smart PNG/JPG Image Upscaler 
Upscale and enhance images that are too small for the size they are expected to fill by using the AI technology. Supports batch process. 
 
Museo 
Visual search engine that connects with various art museums for public domain museum imagery: 
 
SameEnergy 
A new (at time of addition beta) visual image search engine, with a creative commons filter and the ability to upload an image to search by: 
 
SVG Repo 
Browse 300,000+ SVG vectors and icons, free for commercial use: 
 
Stockio  (Free vectors, photos, icons, fonts, and videos) 
 
Public Domain Image Resources  (list of resources from Wikipedia) 
 
All The Free Stock:  (Lots of free stock stuff) 
 
Freeimages.com  (Free Royalty Stock Photos)  
 
TinEye Labs ( Look for images by color, plus a reverse image search.) 
 
Free fonts  (plus loads of design inspiration): 
 
Web Designer Depot 
Lots of articles on new design resources, many of which are free. 
 
75 great resources for web designers 
 
 
Morgue File  (Free stock photos) 
 
Vector Graphics  (free vector graphics) (Choose wisely because some of these are not so great.) 
 
Logo EPS  (Great resource for downloading social media and other icons) 
 
The Noun Project  (Great resource to reference for illustrating your own small icons) 
 
Designspiration  (Great resource to refer to for Typography treatments!) (Main Campus utilizes some of these trendy styles) 
 
Brands of the World  (Fun resource for finding popular commercial branding) 
 
Logo Pond  (Brand Identity/Logo inspiration resource) 
 
Shutter Stock  (We have a 10 image per month subscription) 
Contact Neal or Erin to purchase. 
 
Design Your Way  (Curated font and mockup and other resources) 
 
DaFont  (Great font resource. Most designers will already know about this resource.) 
 
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