From the course: HTML: Images and Figures
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Obtaining images - HTML Tutorial
From the course: HTML: Images and Figures
Obtaining images
- [Instructor] Before we go further, let's address the subject of where you get images for your websites. If you needed a photo of the city of Tokyo, you might be tempted to go Google Images, search for an image you like and right click to save that image. No, don't do that. Just because an image is on the internet doesn't mean it's free for you to use. You may well be violating the owner's copyright and that's illegal. Okay, no problem. You'll put the URL for the image as the source in your image element, right? No, don't do that. That's stealing the other person's server resources, their bandwidth and that's illegal too. So, what's the solution? If you're working on a commercial website, set aside money in your budget to hire a professional photographer or artist or buy stock photos. Here are a few of the better known stock photo sites. Let's take a look at iStock because it's also important you read the license agreement to know where and how you can use the images. If you don't…
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