Free image databases

Without mentioning the names of the photographers
(but it would be polite to do this)

• https://unsplash.com/
• https://pixabay.com/de/
• https://www.pexels.com/de-de/

You must credit the photographers when you use images from this website
(write the name next to the picture or in the impressum)

• https://thenounproject.com/ (login required)
• https://www.geomar.de/entdecken/bilddatenbank-des-geomar
• https://www.theoceanagency.org/ocean-image-bank
• https://imaggeo.egu.eu/
• https://multimedia.awi.de
• https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/gallery/
• https://images.nasa.gov/ (but don’t use one of the NASA logos, that’s forbidden)
• … other research institutions

You must check the license for each image on this websites individually

• https://imaggeo.egu.eu
• https://climatevisuals.org/
• https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/news/photosmultimedia.htm
• https://www.flickr.com/
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hauptseite
• https://search.creativecommons.org/

Free scientific icons and vector landscapes

• https://ian.umces.edu/media-library/symbols/ >> scientific illustrations
• https://feathericons.com/ >> only icons
• https://www.svgrepo.com/ >> only icons

Free online media-transfer

• We transfer: https://wetransfer.com
• GigaMove: https://gigamove.rwth-aachen.de/de
• Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/ (account required)

Design programmes …

Adobe programmes for professsionals are only available with a subscription: https://www.adobe.com/de/
Examples: Lightroom: 15 € / month // Photoshop: 26 € / month // All apps: 67 € / month or 20 € / month for students: https://www.adobe.com/de/creativecloud/buy/students.html

… for graphics (like Illustrator)

• Free open source programmes:
  – Inkscape (graphics) https://inkscape.org/
  – https://de.libreoffice.org/ >> Draw for vector Illustrations and Charts for diagrammes
• 75 € one-time payment: Affinity Designer
  https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/
  Deutsch: https://affinity.serif.com/de/designer/
• For animated infographics: https://flourish.studio/ (we have not tried it yet :))

… for photos (like Photoshop)

• Free online photo editor: https://www.befunky.com/ (also for small layouts)
• Free open soure programme https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
• 75 € one-time payment: Affinity Photo
  https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/
• Lightroom Mobile: https://www.adobe.com/de/products/photoshop-lightroom/mobile.html (free on your mobile phone)
• Snapseed (free on your mobile phone)

… for layouts (like InDesign)

• Online Tools for social media cards, invitations and other small layouts:
  – https://www.canva.com/
  – https://www.befunky.com/ (also for photo editing)
• 75 € one-time payment: Affinity Publisher
  https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/publisher/
• Free open source programme: https://www.scribus.net/

… for collaboration and drafts

• Shareable whiteboards (5 boards free) https://miro.com

… for PDFs (Adobe Acobat)

• Acrobat reader is free
• Apple »Preview« / »Vorschau« for PDF merging and taking apart

Dive deeper

Figure guideline from nature

https://www.nature.com/documents/nature-final-artwork.pdf

Creative Commons licenses

https://creativecommons.org/

Commercial site about scientific infographics

www.simplifiedsciencepublishing.com

Information about typography in detail

https://leserlich.info (german)

Making better photos

https://www.dirks-fotoecke.de/ (german)