A recent blog post I saw about finding great pictures online made me think that it might be helpful to share some of the places I get multimedia resources online. Obviously, I don’t work as a graphic designer or videographer but I have done a little of each recently (on a small scale). Plus I look for lots of resources as a student minister.
Here are some of the sites I find helpful (mainly ones I use for ministry – I may post about the personal/fun stuff seperately). I’d love to hear what you use!
Photos/Graphics:
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Flickr.com - Use the advanced search and look for Creative Commons licensed photos
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Microsoft – This is pretty basic but if you just need something simple it sometimes helps
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Photos.com – This is a pay site that we use at church
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iStockPhoto – You have to pay for these but we’ve found a few great images for church use
Video:
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BlueFish – They’ve got tons of great ministry and fun videos that are easy to search and are fairly cheap.
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Vine Resources – I posted this before but it is done by some of the graphic/video people at Southeast. They put it all online for churches to use free.
Music:
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Freeplay Music – I don’t know the copyright stuff really well but I believe you can use this for non-profit stuff. They’ve got a pretty broad selection if you’re looking for background music, etc.
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Incompetech – This one has quite a bit of royalty-free music as well. Not amazing but it is free.
Fonts:
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1001 Free Fonts – I’ve used this site for like 8-9 years. Lots of variety. All free.
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DaFont – I just found this one but it looks like its got some great ways of searching for free fonts.
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Better Fonts – New to me but it looks like a good resource.
