Print This Page DST: Gather Images

There are a few ways to gather images for your digital story. This page will focus on gathering images using google image search. Before you begin, it is important to realize what constitutes fair use of other people’s images on the web. Basically, any time you use an image, you must give credit to the location where you found the image. That means you must collect both images and citations.

Searching for Images

  1. Open Safari. Steer it to an online source of images that have been labeled for reuse, such as those available to you at http://adamswriting.com/teaching/resources/fair-use-images.
  2. Search for terms that describe your desired image. Try simple noun-noun combinations, or adjective-noun combinations. You do not need to write a full sentence.
  3. When you find an image that interests you, discern whether or not that image is usable, based on its size. It is recommended that your images are 500 pixels by 500 pixels or greater.Tom Brady Rules. Deal with it.
    As you can see in the example thumbnail, the image shown is 471px by 526px … right on the border of large enough. Images smaller than 500×500 tend to blur and distort once inserted in iMovie, so they’ll look awful in your project.
  4. In google images, click on the thumbnail to view the image that you would like to download. This takes to you a page that has the image you’ve selected on the left, in front of the web page where the image lives, and some controls on the right.Tom Brady Rules, kids!
  5. Click on “See full size image.” This will allow you to view only the image, without its web page.
  6. Hold down the “ctrl” key and click the mouse button on the image. Select “Add image to iPhoto Library”Picture 13
  7. Once the image is in iPhoto, you will be able to use it in iMovie.
  8. Back in Safari, click on the browser’s back button.
  9. Click on “Website for this image.”
  10. Select the website address (a.k.a. “URL”) in the address bar of Safari. Copy it (command+C).
  • IF YOUR PROJECT REQUIRES MLA CITATIONS DO THE FOLLOWING.
    • Click “command” key and “T” to open a new tab. Navigate the new tab to http://www.easybib.com.
    • Create a citation for the website. You should be able to paste the URL and use the “autocite” button.
    • Copy the citation you’ve created and paste it into a file for safe keeping. You will need it later when you create your Sources page.
        • IF YOUR PROJECT DOES NOT REQUIRE MLA CITATIONS DO THE FOLLOWING.
          • Paste the URL into a Word document or Keynote presentation.
          • Save the presentation/document until later when you’ll create your credits slide.

        Repeat these steps as needed. Remember to keep track of your citations so that you can give credit to their sources. By the way, the citation for the image used in this directions page follows.

        Axner, Marya, and Marcelle E. DuPraw. “Yeeha! Rebroadcast of 1992 Wimbledon final! – MensTennisForums.com.” MensTennisForums.com – Unofficial Men’s Tennis Message Boards and Chat. Web. 17 Sept. 2009. <http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=6780>.

        “NFL Tom Brady: “I Wish I Knew! I Wish I Knew!” Heaven4sure.com Life Lessons.” Heaven4sure.com Home. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. http://www.heaven4sure.com/MeandGodQuestions/LifeLessons/tabid/58/ctl/ArticleView/mid/387/articleId/436/language/en-US/NFL-Tom-Brady-I-Wish-I-Knew-I-Wish-I-Knew.aspx.