Research Guides: Introduction to Media Production: MSP 1701: Gather Media Elements

Free Access to Adobe Creative Cloud

Use Adobe tools for digital content creation

Temple students can subscribe to Adobe Creative Cloud at no charge for coursework or work. Use the following Adobe tools to find and create media elements:

Adobe Stock -- a vast library of high-quality, royalty-free creative assets, including photos, videos, illustrations, vector graphics, 3D assets, and templates.
Adobe Firefly -- an AI design tool for generating images, video, and audio.

How can you access and use Adobe tools?

Log in to TUportal
From the TUapplications drop-down menu, select Adobe Creative Cloud under ALL TUAPPLICATIONS

If you have not already subscribed to Adobe Creative Cloud click and follow the ITS Adobe instructions.

Find Images

Openverse
Search for Creative Commons licensed and public domain content from a variety of sites, including Flickr, Wikimedia Commons, and museums around the world.
Public Domain Image Archive
A curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore and reuse.
The Gender Spectrum Collection: Stock Photos Beyond the Binary
Contains Creative Commons licensed stock photos of trans and non-binary models that go beyond the clichés.
Nappy
Contains photos of people of color in various settings and activities. Photos are licensed under Creative Commons’ public domain license (CC0).
Images of Empowerment
Contains images showing the connection between women’s work, their health, and ability to care for themselves and their families in from countries around the world.
Disabled and Here
Contains disability-led stock image and interview series celebrating disabled Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC).
Allgo Plus-Size
Contains stock photo collections featuring plus-size people.
Google Images
Search for images. On the results page, go to tools > usage rights, and then select different licenses.
Multicolor Search by TinEye
Use this tool to find Creative Commons licensed and public domain images in Flickr that contain certain colors; create a palette of up to five colors to search.
Pixabay
Pixabay has images, video, illustrations and vector graphics that are made available under the Pixabay license. You can use the content for free, for commerical and non-commerical projects, and attribution is not required, but encouraged.
Unsplash
Free, high resolution images that do not require permission to use. Attribution is not required but encouraged.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
Contains a variety of images from America's libraries, archives, and museums, organized by subject and/or theme.
Noun Project
Contains curated, Creative Commons licensed icons.
OpenPeeps
A hand-drawn illustration library with vector elements that can be remixed.

Find Audio

Freesound
Contains collections of sounds (audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps, and more) licensed under Creative Commons and/or available in the public domain.
Soundcloud CC Search
Search for sounds and then filter results using the 'To Listen To' drop-down option.
ccMixter
ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.
Free Music Archive (FMA)
Contains collections of sounds. Try browsing the instrumental genre to find music.
Jamendo
Browse a wide range of musical genres and download creative-commons licensed music.
YouTube Audio Library
Contains Creative Commons licensed and public domain audio content. Search the music or sound effects. Filter by genre, mood, and instrument.

Find Video

Videvo
Contains completely free stock video footage and motion graphics for use in any project, commercial or non-commercial, through use of its own license or CC 3.0 license.
Pixabay
Pixabay has video, images, illustrations, and vector graphics that are made available under the Pixabay license. You can use the content for free, for commerical and non-commerical projects, and attribution is not required, but encouraged.
Pexels
Includes free stock video and photography, much of which is licensed under a CC0 License -- free to use for any purpose without attribution.
Videezy
Contains public domain and Creative Commons video clips.
YouTube
Contains Creative Commons licensed and public domain video content. Search by topic, and then open the ‘Filter’ option to then narrow by Creative Commons. Also check out UnRoyalty which includes high-quality stock audio.
Moving Image Archive
A part of the Internet Archive which offers access to thousands of Creative Commons-licensed videos, organized into sub-collections by subject.
Prelinger Archive
Contains a large number of public domain movies and videos.
Vimeo
Contains Creative Commons licensed and public domain video content. Filter by type of license. However, just because videos have been marked as CC doesn’t mean they’ve been set up to allow downloading. You may have to use another program to be able to actually download the video. You can also browse the Creative Commons licensed videos on Vimeo.

What to Look for When Searching for Creative Commons Content

1. Look for options to search by Creative Commons license type. This may or may not appear on the initial search screen. Vimeo, for example, has a separate page for browsing by license type.

2. Look for options filter or sort by Creative Commons license type in your results list. Free Music Archive (FMA), for example, lets you filter by license type from your search results list.

3. Once you find content of interest, look for details about the license. These details are often located near the creator and title information. You may see a license icon or the name of the license. One or both may be linked. Select the link(s) to get guidance in plain English on how you can use the content.

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