I know not of a repository,

But I could donate a couple photos of mine, and maybe get a photographer friend to get a dozen or more, once you start collecting them.

regards,

JS
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On Friday 08 August 2003 11:51 am, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:

I'm looking for public-domain photography and drawings. Not just royalty-free, because I'm wanting to include them in a collection (although it could be creative-commonsly licensed). Does anyone know where such a repository might be? Would anyone be interested in contributing if I were to start one?

My main purpose is coming up with a set of GIMP-scripts to make communication boards for children with speech problems, and I need a large archive of pictures to be able to include. However, I think open-source images (not just royalty-free) are also very much needed for a variety of reasons.

Jon

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On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:

I'm looking for public-domain photography and drawings. Not just royalty-free, because I'm wanting to include them in a collection (although it could be creative-commonsly licensed). Does anyone know where such a repository might be? Would anyone be interested in contributing if I were to start one?

My main purpose is coming up with a set of GIMP-scripts to make communication boards for children with speech problems, and I need a large archive of pictures to be able to include. However, I think open-source images (not just royalty-free) are also very much needed for a variety of reasons.

If any of the images at my web site are of interest you are welcome to go ahead and do so. I would appreciate an email if you do. Also if you want the original, not the one on the web site, say so. All those on my web site have been shrunk for bandwidth purposes.

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johnnyb@eskimo.com (2003-08-08 at 0751.28 -0700):

I'm looking for public-domain photography and drawings. Not just royalty-free, because I'm wanting to include them in a collection (although it could be creative-commonsly licensed). Does anyone know where such a repository might be? Would anyone be interested in contributing if I were to start one?

Go to http://art.net/~jeremy/ and check the copyright note. You can try http://www.xach.com/photos/gallery/2000-05-30-textures/ too or http://home.globalcrossing.net/~jjens/Pics/index.html. There is also a list in http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_image_resources but I have not verified any of them about the license.

I do not remember what is the status of the images used in Grokking the Gimp, they were from USA governmental sites, dunno if they are OK with derivative works if original authorship is declared or no derivatives are disallowed or what. Verify yourself.

GSR

On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 07:51, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:

I'm looking for public-domain photography and drawings. Not just royalty-free, because I'm wanting to include them in a collection (although it could be creative-commonsly licensed). Does anyone know where such a repository might be? Would anyone be interested in contributing if I were to start one?

As you can see from the immediate responses, there seem to be lots of us who would like to help.

My main purpose is coming up with a set of GIMP-scripts to make communication boards for children with speech problems, and I need a large archive of pictures to be able to include. However, I think open-source images (not just royalty-free) are also very much needed for a variety of reasons.

Can you tell us more about the kinds of photos you'd like? Things? Actions? And maybe some links to tell us more about communication boards?

Thanx,

Is it for autistic kids? Sounds like something they could really use. I could perhaps just take pics w/ my camera of whatever, royalty-free, and you could use it for that purpose. (My son is autistic, and from the research I've done it sounds like something parents w/ kids who have a communication-challenged child would need/want in their home.) What do you need pics of in particular?

-----Original Message----- From: gimp-user-bounces@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu [mailto:gimp-user-bounces@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Trefftzs
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 2:47 PM To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Sources of Public-Domain Photography and Images

On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 07:51, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:

I'm looking for public-domain photography and drawings. Not just royalty-free, because I'm wanting to include them in a collection (although it could be creative-commonsly licensed). Does anyone know where such a repository might be? Would anyone be interested in contributing if I were to start one?

As you can see from the immediate responses, there seem to be lots of us who would like to help.

My main purpose is coming up with a set of GIMP-scripts to make communication boards for children with speech problems, and I need a large archive of pictures to be able to include. However, I think open-source images (not just royalty-free) are also very much needed for a variety of reasons.

Can you tell us more about the kinds of photos you'd like? Things? Actions? And maybe some links to tell us more about communication boards?

Thanx,

Might want to check out the package "lletters" it display's a keyboard, you type or mouse a letter ("B") and it displays a picture/drawing of a Butterfly, or Balloons, or... It then will play a wav file that says the letter "B" and the object "Butterfly". Might be easily adapted to your application.

see: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/packaged and/or
http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages2.pl?keywords=lletters&searchon=names&version=all&release=all -----
Timothy Jedlicka, bonzo@lucent.com, 1-630-713-4436, AOL-IM=bonzowork Network Entomologist, Lucent Technologies, Testers For Hire

Maybe you could tell us an email address where we can send appropriate images off list.

{If you'd rather not broadcast that sort of thing online, does anyone have a spare subdomain with bandwidth & disk space to start a repository?}

I think most of us probably have some connection with kids (or adults) with communication difficulties and this could be a really good thing.

On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 14:09, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:

Is it for autistic kids? Sounds like something they could really use. I

And other similar problems. My son has a bizarre genetic problem that has so far prevented him from speaking.

could perhaps just take pics w/ my camera of whatever, royalty-free, and you could use it for that purpose. (My son is autistic, and from the research I've done it sounds like something parents w/ kids who have a communication-challenged child would need/want in their home.)

Yep, this is the basic idea. I don't know how well it will work, but it's something my wife is wanting me to do, and Picture This! doesn't work on Linux.

What do you need pics of in particular?

Everyday things. A bed, a potty, a plate of food, a television, different toys, balls, a stroller/wheelchair, books, games, etc. Anything else you want to take pictures of is good, too. The system I have in mind will be generic enough to use for making GIMP into an application like Print Shop as well. Basically, I'm going to have a set of templates, which will be existing images with coordinates defined to put text or images.

The first release will be done in script-fu, so it's going to be pretty ugly. However, if I have time, I may make it a full-blown plugin, so it has a nice UI.

Jon

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From: gimp-user-bounces@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu [mailto:gimp-user-bounces@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Trefftzs
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 2:47 PM To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Sources of Public-Domain Photography and Images

On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 07:51, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:

I'm looking for public-domain photography and drawings. Not just royalty-free, because I'm wanting to include them in a collection (although it could be creative-commonsly licensed). Does anyone know where such a repository might be? Would anyone be interested in contributing if I were to start one?

As you can see from the immediate responses, there seem to be lots of us who would like to help.

My main purpose is coming up with a set of GIMP-scripts to make communication boards for children with speech problems, and I need a large archive of pictures to be able to include. However, I think open-source images (not just royalty-free) are also very much needed for a variety of reasons.

Can you tell us more about the kinds of photos you'd like? Things? Actions? And maybe some links to tell us more about communication boards?

Thanx,
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{If you'd rather not broadcast that sort of thing online, does anyone have a spare subdomain with bandwidth & disk space to start a repository?}

How much disk space and bandwidth? I could spare 10GB and 1MB/s or so. I'm moving in a couple months, but should be able to keep about the same unless my new ISP has a bandwidth cap or something.

Brian ( bcwhite@pobox.com )

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