Texture Archives: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 10:49, 5 July 2015

Free / no Copyright / CC-BY

Here are some links to archives which offer textures "without any copyright", compatible CC licenses or public domain. Attention: If you want to extend this list, note that "free" or the lack of any copyright message doesn't mean anything. To be public domain or "without any copyright", it must be explicitly noted.

Flickr - mixed CC licenses
OpenGameArt (3400+) - various open source licenses
LuGher Texture (3400+) - free to use in personal and commercial projects
Accustudio (~1000) - free of any copyrights
The Texture Barn (~500) - "Royalty-free textures for computer graphics, illustration, game design and everything else"
Ben Cloward (~300) - free but author would like to be notified where it is used
Pixar - CC-BY 4.0

Mostly free with own license

The most and the biggest free texture archives offer the textures free for any purpose, but it is not allowed to redistribute them as a texture pack. The issue with these terms of use is that they limit how these textures may be redistributed which in turn would limit how OpenClonk may be redistributed. But OpenClonk content is released under the CC Attribution license which doesn't impose this kind of restriction. So the textures from these archives are not open source, we can't include any textures from these sources.

However, if you find really good textures there, it doesn't hurt to ask the original authors whether it is possible to grant permission to use a certain texture under a CC license that is compatible with open source. Same holds for images collected for example from flickr that are not licensed under a CC license.

CG Textures (30000+)
Image After (~10000)
Mayang's Free Texture Library (3800+) - max. 30 textures may be used
texturemate (4400+)
2Textured (2700+) - "The textures may be used freely in commercial or personal works but reselling or redistributing of the textures on other texture sites is forbidden"
Freetextures.org (~1000)
Texturez (800+)
Free Stock Textures (800+)
Free Texture Site (600+)
Zen Textures (450+)
Noctua Graphics (400+)
Texture King (300+)

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 * [http://www.flickr.com Flickr] - mixed CC licenses
-* [http://http://opengameart.org/textures/ OpenGameArt (3400+)] - various open source licenses
+* [http://www.opengameart.org/textures/ OpenGameArt (3400+)] - various open source licenses
 * [http://www.lughertexture.com/ LuGher Texture (3400+)] - free to use in personal and commercial projects
 * [http://www.accustudio.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=1&Itemid=77 Accustudio (~1000)] - free of any copyrights
 * [http://texturebarn.headfirstdm.com/ The Texture Barn (~500)] - "Royalty-free textures for computer graphics, illustration, game design and everything else"
 * [http://www.bencloward.com/resources_textures.shtml Ben Cloward (~300)] - free but author would like to be notified where it is used
+* [https://community.renderman.pixar.com/article/114/library-pixar-one-twenty-eight.html Pixar] - CC-BY 4.0
 == Mostly free with own license ==
-The most and the biggest free texture archives offer the textures free for any purpose, but it is not allowed to redistribute them as a texture pack. So, in all cases, we need to print the license and copyright message with every redistribution. As this licenses for textures from these archives are incompatible with the CC-by license, we don't favour textures from these sources. However, we can still include them as long as we mention that these textures may not be freely redistributed by default. Before you contribute any textures of these archives, carefully read their terms and conditions as they all differ from one another:
+The most and the biggest free texture archives offer the textures free for any purpose, but it is not allowed to redistribute them as a texture pack. The issue with these terms of use is that they limit how these textures may be redistributed which in turn would limit how OpenClonk may be redistributed. But OpenClonk content is released under the CC Attribution license which doesn't impose this kind of restriction. So the textures from these archives are not open source, we can't include any textures from these sources.
+However, if you find really good textures there, it doesn't hurt to ask the original authors whether it is possible to grant permission to use a certain texture under a CC license that is compatible with open source.
+Same holds for images collected for example from flickr that are not licensed under a CC license.
 * [http://www.cgtextures.com/ CG Textures (30000+)]
 * [http://www.imageafter.com/textures.php Image After (~10000)]
 * [http://mayang.com/textures/ Mayang's Free Texture Library (3800+)] - max. 30 textures may be used
+* [http://texturemate.com/ texturemate (4400+)]
 * [http://www.2textured.com/main.php 2Textured (2700+)] - "The textures may be used freely in commercial or personal works but reselling or redistributing of the textures on other texture sites is forbidden"
-* [http://textures.pedramk.com/index-html.php?pos=texture textures.pedramk.com (~1000)]
 * [http://www.freetextures.org/pgs/graphic/graphic_1.html Freetextures.org (~1000)]
 * [http://texturez.com/ Texturez (800+)]
+* [http://freestocktextures.com/ Free Stock Textures (800+)]
 * [http://www.dougturner.net/blendersite/index.html Free Texture Site (600+)]
-* [http://www.back-of-beyond.co.uk/texturemainstone.html Back of Beyond (~500)]
 * [http://zentextures.com/ Zen Textures (450+)]
 * [http://noctua-graphics.de/english/freetex_e.htm Noctua Graphics (400+)]
 * [http://www.textureking.com/ Texture King (300+)]