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ENVR 3005 - Environmental Sustainability: Risks and Challenges: Resources for Making Infographics

Find Copyright-free Images

Stock photos, videos, music

Most are free to use (double-check the license terms).

Pexel (photos, videos)
Free to use for any purpose.
Pixabay (images, videos, music)
Free to use for any purpose.

Generate Images with AI

Image Generation

Free models:

Stable Diffusion XL (via Poe)
Playground-v3
Supports longer prompt
FLUX-schnell
Supports longer prompt. Good at text display in images.

State-of-the-art models (but not free):

Find Infographics (for inspiration)

Statista
a database for finding statistics, also offers infographics
Visual Capitalist (e.g. on topic Energy)
a good source for business, finance, and economic data visualizations
Information Is Beautiful
features well-designed, data-driven infographics on various topics

Canva Tips

Canva can help you:

find infographic templates & direct edit
use icons, graphics without copyright concerns
generate high quality images (using DreamLab)

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