GENERAL GUIDELINES
If you choose to use images in your project, you need to properly attribute them.
Some resources:
See this video on youtube about copyright, fair use, and public domain [from commonsense.org/education]
Regarding Creative Commons, see:
EDUCATIONAL USES
You can use media for educational purposes if:
[Thanks to the scholarly communications librarian Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle for above.]
Adobe Creative Cloud - suite of Adobe software including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Available in the Mac computer lab in the Digital Media Studio (EWFM 8a Room 421).
GIMP - Free raster graphics editing software (alternative to Adobe Photoshop).
Inkscape - Free vector graphics editing software (alternative to Adobe Illustrator).
Canva - Web-based image editor.
In addition to being mindful of usage rights for images, it is strongly suggested to search for high-resolution (large) or vector (scalable) graphics to ensure the quality of your final product.