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title: Creating a Good Project Image
description: tips and info if you want to make your own project image
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# Creating a Good Project Image

- [General Design Tips](#design-tips)
- [Use Clear Images](#clear-image)
- [Image Rights and Credits](#image-rights)
- [Resources](#resources)

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### General Design Tips

Your project image works like an advertisement. It needs to be a distinct visual identifier that suggests what the project does.

- Try to convey a sense of your project at a glance.
- A few distinct colors and an icon may be all you need.
- You might not need any text. If you do use it, keep it short and large.


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### Use Clear Images

**Bold, simple images usually work best**
- The project image isn’t very large, and may be seen on small screens.
- Consider using icons and “flat” art.
- If using photo, keep it simple. Consider cropping complex images down to a clear compelling detail.


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### Image Rights and Credits
**Only use art and images that you have the rights to re-use**
- Do not use an image that you found in search without identifying the source and use rights.
- The safest images to use are public domain or CC0. You can do whatever you want with these, without attribution.
- You can use images licensed to require attribution (eg: CC-BY) as long as you [give credit to the artist](https://creativecommons.org/use-remix/attribution/) in your project
- Don’t use any company or software logos without checking their usage guidelines. (eg: [GitHub's logo guidelines](https://github.com/logos) ask that you not use their logo in your project images)

**How to credit images:**
- It's best practice to credit image sources when possible, even if not required.
- Your project ReadMe file is the best place to credit your sources.
- The image credit should contain the following information:
> - Title
> - Creator
> - Linked source
> - License

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### Resources

#### Color scheme ideas:
- [Colormind](http://colormind.io)
- [Coolors](https://coolors.co)
- [Adobe Color](https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel)

#### Where to find images

**Photgraphs:**
- [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com)
- [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com)
- [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com)
- [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images)

**Icons:**
- [The Noun Project](https://thenounproject.com) - attribution required for free use
- [flaticon](https://www.flaticon.com) - attribution required

**Image Attribution Guidelines:**
- [Noun Project: How do I give creators credit in my work?](https://thenounproject.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200509928-How-do-I-give-creators-credit-in-my-work-)
- [Creative Commons: How to give attribution](https://creativecommons.org/use-remix/attribution/)
- [CC: Best practices for attribution](https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/best_practices_for_attribution)
- [Wikimedia Commons: Simple media reuse guide](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Simple_media_reuse_guide)


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