Especially when you're in a hurry and trying to finish PowerPoint presentations as quickly as possible, images are the last thing on your mind. You might be familiar with this situation.
Unless you have your own in-house image database, finding good, royalty-free images for your presentation can be difficult. In this article, we present the top 5 websites for free images.
What are stock images and what can they be used for?
Stock photos are images that you can download without a license . You can find them on various websites, and there are many different databases with stock images on a wide range of topics.
You may freely use these images for personal, editorial or commercial purposes.
The top 5 image databases for stock images
#1: Pexels
The first website is Pexels, where you can find a wide variety of stock photos as well as free videos . All photos on Pexels are tagged, which significantly simplifies the search function.
#2: Pixabay
Pixabay, as an image database, also provides videos and even illustrations uploaded by its community. You do not need permission to use this content.
#3: Unsplash
One of the best-known websites for royalty-free images is Unsplash. The high-quality images available on this website come from experienced photographers all over the world.
#4: Free Images
This page also offers a wide selection of high-quality, professionally created stock images.
#5: Stocksnap.io
StockSnap is particularly well-suited for social media or blogging purposes , as it is built on the basis of user contributions.
Extra tip: Images from Microsoft
If you are a Microsoft 365 subscriber, you also have access to a growing library with a wide variety of images, icons, illustrations, videos, and more . These are freely available to you as a subscriber and can be used, for example, for documents, presentations, workbooks, and emails.
To access this library and insert items from it into your documents, select "Pictures" on the "Insert" tab and then "Archive Pictures" .
Next, select the elements you want and then click "Insert".
Conclusion: When you need something fast but still looks good: Stock images from image databases!
Take a look at the websites we have suggested and make it easier for you to find images for your next presentation .
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