General
JISC Digital Media: Finding Video, Audio and Images Online
» http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/guide/finding-video-audio-and-images-online
Wikimedia Commons
“Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone, in their own language. It acts as a common repository for the various projects of the Wikimedia Foundation.”
» https://commons.wikimedia.org
Images
Resources
CC Search
A meta-search interface to Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, and other repositories
» https://search.creativecommons.org
The British Library
» https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/
Socialbrite Free Photos Directory
An annotated listing of repositories
» http://www.socialbrite.org/sharing-center/free-photos-directory/
Startup Stock Photos
“Free photos for startups, bloggers, publishers, websites, designers, developers, creators,
& everyone else. Startup Stock Photos was started as an outlet for photos we were already taking on a regular basis. It’s grown to be much more than that. People and organization all over the world have used these photos to make some really awesome things. We’re happy to have helped.”
» http://startupstockphotos.com
PhotoPin
Uses the Flickr API to search for Creative Commons-licensed images
» http://photopin.com
StockSnap.io
» https://stocksnap.io
Pixabay
» https://pixabay.com
Unsplash
Keyword-searchable collection of high resolution images
» https://unsplash.com
Pexels
» http://www.pexels.com
Wylio
» https://www.wylio.com
MorgueFile
» http://www.morguefile.com
Image*After
» http://www.imageafter.com
Blue Vertigo
» http://www.bluevertigo.com.ar
FreeDigitalPhotos
Despite the name, this is a mix of both free and paid images.
» http://www.freedigitalphotos.net
Free Classic Images
A library of royalty-free vintage and classic pictures
» https://freeclassicimages.com
bgfons.com
Free textures and backgrounds for design and web design
» http://bgfons.com
Music
Resources
Socialbrite Free Music Directory
An annotated directory of directories
» http://www.socialbrite.org/sharing-center/free-music-directory/
MusOpen
“Musopen (www.musopen.org) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on improving access and exposure to music by creating free resources and educational materials. We provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. Put simply, our mission is to set music free.”
» https://musopen.org/music/
Internet Archive Netlabels
» https://archive.org/details/netlabels
ccMixter
“dig.ccmixter is devoted to helping you find that great music, all of which is liberally licensed under a Creative Commons license so you already have permission to use this music in your video, podcast, school project, personal music player, or where ever… We even have several 1,000 tracks that already have permission to use in commercial projects for free”
» http://dig.ccmixter.org
Opsound
“Opsound is a gift economy in action, an experiment in applying the model of free software to music. Musicians and sound artists are invited to add their work to the Opsound pool using a copyleft license developed by Creative Commons. Listeners are invited to download, share, remix, and reimagine.”
» http://www.opsound.org
Incompetech
» http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/collections.php
kmmusic
» https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic
Royalty Free Music For Youtube Partner
» https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11P8F8tOhYTbEd_9B9gqtQ
Open Music Archive
» http://www.openmusicarchive.org
FreePD: Public Domain Music Resources
» http://freepd.com
Free Music Archive
» http://freemusicarchive.org
Free Play Music
» http://www.freeplaymusic.com
Mark Mayer Music
» http://markmayermusic.com/category/free-music/
Audio Farm
» http://audiofarm.org
Rare Tunes
“Raretunes is an online archive of recordings of mainly Scottish traditional and popular music and sound from private collections where the owners wish to preserve their material in a digital format while sharing it over the internet. The archive can also hold and give access to documents in other formats including images, video and written documents.
Most of the recordings here are made available under Creative Commons licences, allowing you to copy them freely for your enjoyment- most only restrict commercial use without getting the owner’s agreement.”
» http://www.raretunes.org
Oddio Overplay
» http://www.oddiooverplay.com/ears/index.html
» http://www.oddiooverplay.com/there/index.html
YouTube Audio Library
» https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music
See also:
Creative Commons: Legal Music For Videos
» https://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos
Sound effects
Resources
FreeSound
» http://www.freesound.org
PacDV free sound effects
» http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html
SoundBible
» http://soundbible.com
Sound Jay
» http://www.soundjay.com
SoundFX
» http://sweetsoundeffects.com
YouTube
» https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/soundeffects
UTOOBASAURUS (YouTube channel)
» https://www.youtube.com/user/utoobasaurus/videos
Danny Dubravko (YouTube channel)
» https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrpoLWBV2cWexCx_luKdLTw
Royalty Free Music For Youtube Partner
» https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11P8F8tOhYTbEd_9B9gqtQ
YouTube Audio Library
» https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/soundeffects
Video
Resources
UTOOBASAURUS (YouTube channel)
» https://www.youtube.com/user/utoobasaurus/videos
Danny Dubravko (YouTube channel)
» https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrpoLWBV2cWexCx_luKdLTw
HDGreenStudio (YouTube channel)
» https://www.youtube.com/user/HDgreenstudio
BestGreenScreen
» https://www.youtube.com/user/bestgreenscreen
GigsMania
» https://www.youtube.com/user/GigsMania
Stock Footage
» https://www.youtube.com/user/ChromaKeyAnimations
» http://www.stockfootageplus.blogspot.co.uk
Screen Art
» https://www.youtube.com/user/ScreenArt1000
AllDesignCreative
» http://www.alldesigncreative.com
» https://www.youtube.com/user/alldesigncreative/
RF Stock Footage
Only 4 videos when last viewed, including spinning Earth..
» https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvnNAjCfAVa5tcIAb3hWTLA
Kanadaka (YouTube channel)
» https://www.youtube.com/user/kanadaka
vidiotschannel
» https://www.youtube.com/user/vidiotschannel
PixelBoom
» https://www.youtube.com/user/pixellboom
» https://www.youtube.com/user/PixelBoomCG
FreeFootageParadise
» https://www.youtube.com/user/Freefootageparadise
FootageIsland
» https://www.youtube.com/user/footageisland
The Open Video Project (‘fair use’ rather than public domain or other free licence)
» http://www.open-video.org
Inspiration and tutorials
YouTube Creator Academy
» https://www.youtube.com/user/creatoracademy
» https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2854319?hl=en
Filmmaker IQ
» https://www.youtube.com/user/FilmmakerIQcom
» http://filmmakeriq.com
Tuts+ Motion Graphics
» https://www.youtube.com/user/aetutsplus
» http://cgi.tutsplus.com