Stock Photo Websites

I just wanted to get a consensus on the most common/best stock photo websites that designers here use? I work for a magazine publisher, and I want to know where most of you guys go to get stock vector images or stock photos. Much thanks for any help!

iStockPhoto is my favorite.
Bob

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Hi. In PS CS4 on XP.
I wanted to know what the deal is with stock photo sites.
I have copied a stock photo before from the web, pasted it in Photoshop (which would place it in a new document) & it would be whatever the size the photo is at 72 dpi.
I made a second blank document, letter size @300 dpi. I have dragged the stock photo onto the new document and it looks and prints clear (especially since I only needed the photo an inch by an inch)
I guess my question is, do I really need to purchase the medium or high resolution photos @300 dpi if needing a small size? Especially if they are $300-400??
What is wrong with the low resolution @72 dpi placed on a 300 dpi document (again, if needing a smaller size only).
Now, I have another concern.
I often will blow up images at 300dpi large (for trade show displays) and they are usually originally in the 6-8" range and are enlarged about 3x that size and do come out clear. I just was wondering I guess if you see a stock image thats for example these prices/sizes (below) can't you just get the medium one. Is there really a need to purchase the very high resolution images?:
$ 325.00 USD
Medium resolution300 dpi | 4.7 x 7.1 in | 1415 x 2123 px
$ 425.00 USD
High resolution300 dpi | 8.6 x 12.9 in | 2577 x 3867 px
$ 475.00 USD
Very high resolution300 dpi | 11.3 x 17 in | 3399 x 5100 px
I just feel ripped off sometimes. That's part of why I use iStock, but they have the same options.
Thank you. just wondering!
(ps- not looking to steal web photos, but I often will use them as placeholders til deciding to buy)

hi Stella,
I work for a trade show display company and get asked about image resolution and "how much do I need" on a regular basis...
The short answer is, it depends...
You need as much as you need, and it depends on your standards, and what you want and are willing to accept.
When pictures get blown up (especially for trade show display graphics), if the image resolution isn't high enough, they will look pixelated (that is, you will see the individual pixels and the image will look "chunky")... We see this a lot when people pull low-resolution images off the web. To explain the problem, we made a page with pictures that show what happens (sometimes a picture is much easier to understand than a lot of words). You can see it here: ( http://www.pinnacledisplays.com/image-resolution.htm )
So you need your images to be high enough in image resolution so they won't pixelate.
But if the image is something like a sunset, then you can get away with much lower resolution.
But if it is a computer circuit board with fine detail, you need a LOT of resolution.
It also depends if you are going to look at it from a distance, or if you want to be able to look at it up close.
And it depends on if the photographer took a good (focused) picture in the first place!
As for your comment on istock versus more traditional stock photography websites, we generally recommend people look at istock first since the images are much less expensive there. But you won't always find what you want, and you want to make sure the image is high quality, so it's also good to look at the traditional sites, if your budget permits.
And if you really like the image and think you may use it for multiple things, it is better so spend the money for the highest resolution image rather than deciding you need it later and have to buy a second higher version image.
Hope some of my rambling comment helps! Steve

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The problem I am having is that the stock photo sometimes shows up when I publish the website - even though I have dropped a photo in the space, saved it and re-published it. I have gone into the files and deleted the stock photo and I even went to my webhost and deleted the stupid thing there as well. Regardless, the #*!!%@ thing keeps showing up.
I have reloaded the page to my webhost multiple times. I had the same problem a day or two ago and eventually the stock photo stopped showing up, but I have no idea what kind of hocus pocus made it finally disappear and the correct photo show in its place.
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I ultimately removed all of the photos from the page since they had originally started as "drops" into the placeholders and put my photos in manually (not a big deal, of course). I saved it and "published it" to the folder. . .and there was that stupid photo again. I yanked the photo and put it in the trash and went to my webhost and removed the same photo. . .and finally the stock photo went away.
Every time I update the site (or those pages, anyway), I have to go in and remove that #%^#^& photo.
The moral of the story is that I need to just rebuild the page from scratch - without a template. It shouldn't be too hard, but it's more effort than I want to exert at this point
roxpat

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I can see the folder sitting in my trash, but it won't let me drag it back out. So, just as a test, I tried dragging out the one other file (.jpg) and I can't get that one either. I know this isn't a Mac forum, but I'm desparate and cannot find anything to help me.
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I don't have the time tonight to export and burn a lot of CD/DVDs. I'll try that tomorrow and make sure my photos are moving properly. I also need to export photos to my external hard drive to make sure that route is working.
Wouldn't you know that my Apple Care Plan runs out this Wednesday?! I need to make sure everything is working properly before that expires.
Thank you so much for your help. I really, really appreciate it.

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You people at Adobe sure know how to aggravate your customers!
I downloaded the CS3 stock photos uninstaller and ran it on my MacBook Pro.
Now, the ten-thousand-dollar-question is, did it UNINSTALL as promised?
NO, it did not!
Instead it INSTALLED an infinite number of files and what not.
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It sounds like a great idea to force money from your customers. Maybe not!
J

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