Creative Assets

The following list has been put together as a guide to helping you find images, audio and video for us in your media based project. We advise that you always check the licence on the media you are using and follow their instructions carefully. 

Images

Pixabay (must create an account, but all images are free and do not require attribution) 

Pexels (must create an account, but all images are free and do not require attribution) 

Flickr - The Commons (check individual image licence)

Wikimedia (check individual image licence)

Europeana (images, videos & audio - check individual licences)

StockSnap (images are free and do not require attribution) 

Canva (can also create assets online - some images require £) 

(Just beware of the shutterstock advertising on most of the above sites - the shutterstock photos are normally clearly labelled as such, but they often will appear in such results and will cost money to use) 

Audio

Adobe Audition Loops (Includes thousands of uncompressed, royalty-free audio sound effects and music loop files)

Freesound (SFX. must create an account, check individual licences)

BBC Sound Effects (SFX. no attribution required)

Free Music Archive (music. check individual licences)

Bensound (music. attribution required)

Incomptech  (music. attribution required)

YouTube Audio Library (music & SFX. check individual licences) 

Video

Videezy (no attribution required, some videos £) 

Videvo (no attribution required, some videos £) 

Pexels Video ((must create an account, but all videos are free and do not require attribution) 

Icons

Noun Project (check the individual licence, some £) 

Icons 8 (check the individual licence, some £)