Re: Clipart - recommendations?

Hello...

I've used this site extensively over the last couple of years. I've always
found excellent quality photos as well as "serious" art. I've never had any
reason to contact customer service, so I can't give my opinions there. One
note...the sites I have constructed using their stuff are not commercial
sites. Based on my experiences, I would give them a very strong
recommendation.

I do realize that others' experiences and opinions will be different.

Dusty

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andie" <infomail(at)cogeco.ca>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: Clipart - recommendations?


> Please note that though many clip art may be "royalty free" most can not
be
> used on commercial sites or on business literature. You really need to
read
> the small print in the license agreement. Clip art and images are two
> different things as is high-res and low-res images.
>
> My experience with www.arttoday.com has not been a good one. I tried out
> their "free" area first to get an idea of what they had (I needed images
for
> a brochure I was doing) and they seemed to have fairly decent images. So I
> paid for the one-year service and once I got a look at what they had, I
soon
> realized it was not good enough. Their clip art is good but I found that
for
> most of the "business" images they were using what seemed to be staff
> members posing a their desks in different poses. It looked like they did
one
> shoot were the person just made a small subtle change in position a
hundred
> times and each change was shot.
>
> Within two days, I e-mailed their customer service department and asked
for
> a refund. They refused saying I should had looked at their free stuff
first
> to get an idea. I said I did and that their free images did not represent
> what they had in their paid service. Their response - too bad.
>
> I'm very big on customer service and something like this is enough for me
to
> never go back or recommend the service. I guess it depends what you are
> looking for but as far as "people in business poses" is concerned - it was
> not a good selection.
>
> My opinion only - someone else may have had a different or better
> experience.
>
>

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