Download Free Cliparts

What is Clipart?

• A ready-to-use graphic file.
• Computer software which allows the inputting of illustrations into word documents
• A collection of icons, pictures, buttons and other useful image files along with sound and video files that can be embedded or inserted into web pages.
• image files that are occasionally represented in a proprietary format and viewable only with vendor-specific viewers.
• ready-made computer graphics *Clip art, in the graphic arts, is the use of images either copied or physically cut (hence the term) from pre-existing printed works, either books that have entered the public domain, or books specifically published for such use (which, if they contain images that are not in the public domain, include a license fee in the cover price).

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Downloading Free Cliparts

The term "clip art" originated through the practice of physically cutting images from pre-existing printed works for use in other publishing projects. Before the days of the computer clip art was used through a process called paste up. The clip art images are cut out by hand, then attached via adhesives to a board representing a scale size of the finished, printed work.

After 1986, desktop publishing generated a widespread need for pre-made, electronic images as consumers began to produce newsletters and brochures using their own computers. Electronic clip art emerged to fill the need. Clip art is divided into two different data types represented by many different file formats: bitmap and vector art.

Electronic clip art is available in several different file formats. Clip art file formats are divided into 2 different types: bitmap or vector graphics.

All clip art usage is governed by the terms of individual copyrights and usage rights. The copyright and usage rights of a clip art image are important to understand so that the image is used in a legal, permitted way. The three most common categories of image rights are royalty free, rights managed, and public domain. Public domain images continue to be one of the most popular types of clip art because the image rights are free.