stock image
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- noun
- /stɑk ˈɪmɪdʒ/
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- The buttons for the Meeting With My Muse, Tuesday Treat, Worldly Wednesday, Tea Time, and I'll Flash You Friday posts were compiled using stock images from FreeDigitalPhotos and RGBStock.
Examples
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A succession of stock images will immediately spring to most people's minds.
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Despite what you may read about the demand for stock images, the business has been infused with professionals who make a substantial investment in location rentals, props, models, and the like to produce very high-quality images in a variety of subjects currently in vogue.
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But those are stock images.
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Designs through various stock image websites, please do not use any images without permission.
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They offered stock images that were not used for anything else or didn't quite make the cut.
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That said, stock images can be a little expensive, so you may want to do a little research before shelling out your hard-earned money on these images.
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If you do have to use a stock image, use the 'search Google with this image' add-in from Chrome to make sure it hasn't been used hundreds of times before.
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Generally, you can't shoot an obvious stock image, such as a woman drinking coffee at a Paris bistro with the Eiffel Tower in the background, and submit it as an editorial image just because you don't have a model release.
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In today's tutorial, I am going to show you how to take the basic elements found in Photoshop and create a dynamic composition with the use of stock images, which will include 3D renders and textures.
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Many websites use stock images to illustrate their articles and blog posts.
Synonyms
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An image like a drawing or photograph that shows something
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A picture showing a person or thing
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A low cost photo sold online or a site that sells these photos
A photograph available to buy or license for ads and publications
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'stock' in the sense of items held in supply or available for reuse combined with 'image' (picture) yields a picture kept for reuse. Although the full legal/licensing nuance (professional production, licensing for commercial/editorial use) is extra detail, a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer it denotes a pre-made, reusable picture.
Etymology
The compound noun stock image comes from the word stock, which meant a 'supply' kept on hand. Photographers and agencies kept a supply of ready pictures people could pay to use, so a stock image is a ready-made picture you can use.