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Salty · Sep 13, 2005, 08:17 PM

Photos of it anyway...

I need to fill about 30 seconds worth of video with stills of money (the topic for the day) and Google's image search feature really doesn't bring up many good options. So if anyone knows of any great stock photo places that don't charge or something, or if you have images that you'd like to give me that'd be great! Thanks...

MacMan4000 · 06:56 AM

hmm, I scanned a front and back of a twenty at high res and photoshop refuses to open it.

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rickey939 · Sep 13, 2005, 08:22 PM

Whoa.

Salty · Sep 13, 2005, 08:26 PM

Well I could have told you it'd do that. That's why I wanted photos. Most govs now make software and hardware makers not allow money to be scanned...

Thanks anyway though

ironknee · Sep 13, 2005, 08:26 PM

wow...big brother

was it a new or old 20?

MacMan4000 · Sep 13, 2005, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by ironknee

wow...big brother

was it a new or old 20?

the new colorful ones.

EDIT: Graphic Converter opens it fine

Click here!

ironknee · Sep 13, 2005, 08:28 PM

couldn't you go to the church's collection plates and take a snap of that?

alligator · Sep 13, 2005, 08:33 PM

Can't you just use a camcorder and record someone rolling in a pile of $1's?

Salty · Sep 13, 2005, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by ironknee

couldn't you go to the church's collection plates and take a snap of that?

Nope, most of that is cheques in envelopes

, and besides I need it to be done for this Sunday haha

I'm thinking of asking our Senior Pastor if I can just get a whole butt load of twenties hahaha...

ironknee · Sep 13, 2005, 08:37 PM

^^
just be careful if he asks, "what's it worth to you?"

nah j/joking...you're a man of god, go to a bank and ask if you can take pictures of their money...promise them a blessing as collateral.

edit: or...rent a dvd of a movie that has scenes of money and take a screen shot of it?...

rickey939 · Sep 13, 2005, 08:52 PM

$$$

Doofy · 09:02 PM

Has it gotta be current legal tender?

I'm asking 'coz I've spent a large portion of today checking out bullion... ...loads of images there...

http://www.cmi-gold-silver.com/index.html
http://www.guernseymint.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.atsbullion.com/
http://www.ccsilver.com/home.html
http://www.wexfordcoin.com/

Oh, and...

http://www.friesian.com/notes.htm

kmkkid · Sep 13, 2005, 10:46 PM

Google Image Search - Money Pile:

Results 1 - 20 of about 698 for money pile. (0.06 seconds)

Seemed easy enough to me.

CanadaRAM · Sep 13, 2005, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by ironknee

wow...big brother
was it a new or old 20?

Inevitable, since kids all over the continent were producing forged bills with scanners and inkjet printers...

CanadaRAM · Sep 13, 2005, 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by kmkkid

Google Image Search - Money Pile:

Results 1 - 20 of about 698 for money pile. (0.06 seconds)

Seemed easy enough to me.

And... not one of them with copyright clearance to use it for any sort of publication.... Next....

kmkkid · Sep 13, 2005, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by CanadaRAM

And... not one of them with copyright clearance to use it for any sort of publication.... Next....

You checked all 698?

kmkkid · Sep 13, 2005, 10:57 PM

http://www.dreamstime.com/pileofmoney-image116935 says you can register and recieve one free. And it's even Canadian 20's. I'd just take that image and rotate it for 30 seconds

Or some other effect.

effgee · Sep 13, 2005, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by Salty

...I need to fill about 30 seconds worth of video with stills of money (the topic for the day) and Google's image search feature really doesn't bring up many good options. So if anyone knows of any great stock photo places that don't charge or something, or if you have images that you'd like to give me that'd be great! Thanks...

istockphoto is your friend, royalty-free, various resolutions per image, between $1 and $3 a pop.

Salty · Sep 14, 2005, 12:07 AM

Thanks for the links guys... and... pile of money... frick I was searching for money photos... or just money...

CanadaRAM · Sep 14, 2005, 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by kmkkid

You checked all 698?

Nope, smarty

.

But what you see on Google Images omits the context on the original website, so unless you went to each one to check on the policy whether they were released for use, you would't know, so the 698 as displayed on Google are unusable -- because Google does not own copyright on any of them, they cannot offer use of them.

Every photo is copyright by the producer inherently, and has to be released explicitly -- not the other way around.

Watch out for those royalty-frees as well, sometimes they are royalty-free only for limited uses, and will attract fees if used for broadcast, for example. Read the fine print...

kmkkid · Sep 14, 2005, 02:30 AM

I know that most all of those photos if not all are copyrighted. I was just stating that I found a lot of hits, where he said he didn't find any useful hits from google. I'm sure some of those are freebies, I just wasn't willing to wade through that many photos for another person

.

TubaMuffins · Sep 14, 2005, 03:09 AM

tsk, if you had asked a few days ago I could have taken a picture of a few thousand in twenties from work. sorry.

Goldfinger · Sep 14, 2005, 03:49 AM

Originally Posted by MacMan4000

hmm, I scanned a front and back of a twenty at high res and photoshop refuses to open it.

[removed oversize image --tooki]

Same thing with all the Euros here.

JoshuaZ · Sep 14, 2005, 04:39 AM

Hmm... I wonder if that'll happen with the Yen...

Eriamjh · 06:55 AM

Originally Posted by MacMan4000

hmm, I scanned a front and back of a twenty at high res and photoshop refuses to open it.

There is a pattern of five circles (among other things) that the scanner and/or software recognize as "money" and prevent you from using the file. There is a name for it, but I can't remember it nor can I find any info on the net.

Found it! The EURion constellation is the pattern of 5 circles that is likely stopping you. This is the best link I can find showing it, but it is a PDF.

Here's one:

dav · Sep 14, 2005, 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by Salty

I'm thinking of asking our Senior Pastor if I can just get a whole butt load

taken out of context, for your amusement

ReggieX · Sep 14, 2005, 06:52 AM

Originally Posted by alligator

Can't you just use a camcorder and record someone rolling in a pile of $1's?

Not in Canada, it would hurt like hell!

Eriamjh · Sep 14, 2005, 06:55 AM

Originally Posted by ReggieX

Not in Canada, it would hurt like hell!

$1 BILLS, not Loonies!

Salty · Sep 14, 2005, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by Eriamjh

$1 BILLS, not Loonies!

Wait... you can get single dollars in BILL FORM!?

Salty · Sep 14, 2005, 11:06 AM

By the way I finally found some good pictures, figure these should be good enough for 30 seconds worth of video... I found a side that has most Canadian bills before 2002! (With small water marks)

iLikebeer · Sep 14, 2005, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by CanadaRAM

Inevitable, since kids all over the continent were producing forged bills with scanners and inkjet printers...

Yeah, some old friends from high school got their dorm room raided by the secret service several years ago. One of them tried to pass off some bills at a bank. Idiots.

Eriamjh · Sep 14, 2005, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by Salty

Wait... you can get single dollars in BILL FORM!?

Not anymore in Canada, apparently.

Salty · Sep 14, 2005, 11:30 PM

By the way found a great site with tons of bills, and thanks Doofy for those coin sites

Maybe I'll post the movies when I'm done... frick I wish I still had my hosting account... I don't think anyone's going to notice the small water marks on the pictures I found.

That said, Keynote has not been behaving as far as Quicktime Export goes! It's giving me weird errors about either the file havinga problem or not having enough disk space but I have no idea what the problem could be!