Pexels
Videos & photos
High-quality stock video and photography for talking-head B-roll, product demos, and lifestyle cuts.
- Stock video
- Stock photos
Motion & B-Roll · Free stock library
Free stock videos & photos from Pexels, Pixabay & Unsplash
Millions of royalty-free stock clips and images, searchable inside captionrich. Layer B-roll on any word in your transcript — or let Auto B-Roll place matching footage automatically.
No separate stock-site logins. Videos from Pexels & Pixabay; photos from all three platforms, including Unsplash.
Media · Photos
VideosPhotosGIFsUpload
PexelsPixabayUnsplash
coffee shop · landscape
Latte pour
Cafe window
Barista
Beans
Steam
Table
Photo by Jane Photographer on Unsplash
Three free libraries, one picker
Pexels, Pixabay, and Unsplash — free to use.
Switch platforms with one tap. Search the same way for videos, photos, or illustrations — then place B-roll on the exact word it illustrates.
Pixabay
Videos, photos & illustrations
A wide pool of free clips, photos, and illustrations — great when you want more variety than pure photography.
- Stock video
- Photos
- Illustrations
Unsplash
Photos only
Beautiful still photography for covers, hold frames, and clean B-roll stills — with photographer credit handled in-app.
- Stock photos
How it works
Stock footage without leaving the editor.
- 01
Open the media picker
From the transcript, insert media on any word or selection. Choose Videos, Photos, GIFs, or Upload.
- 02
Pick a platform & search
Switch between Pexels, Pixabay, and Unsplash (photos). Filter landscape or portrait and preview results instantly.
- 03
Trim and place as B-roll
Set the hold duration for photos, trim videos, then drop the clip onto your timeline. Attribution shows under every stock result.
One media picker
Videos, photos, GIFs, and uploads together.
Everything that becomes B-roll lives in the same place — so free stock, your own files, and reaction GIFs stack cleanly without a messy export pipeline.
Photos
Still images hold for a duration you choose — ideal for product shots, illustrations, and clean Unsplash photography.
Sources · Pexels · Pixabay · Unsplash
Built for talking-head video
Free stock that fits a text-based editor.
Faster than tab-hopping stock sites
Search, preview, and place without downloading zips or hunting license pages mid-edit.
Pairs with Auto B-Roll
AI can pull matching stock for keyword moments, then you swap any pick from the same libraries.
Credit & guidelines handled
Unsplash photographer links and download tracking run through our proxies so you stay within API guidelines.
What you get with free stock media
- Free stock videos from Pexels and Pixabay
- Free stock photos from Pexels, Pixabay, and Unsplash
- Keyword search with landscape / portrait filters
- Trim videos and set photo hold duration
- Manual B-roll and Auto B-Roll share the same libraries
- Upload, paste, and GIPHY GIFs work side by side
FAQ
Questions about free stock media in captionrich
captionrich includes free stock videos from Pexels and Pixabay, and free stock photos from Pexels, Pixabay, and Unsplash. Search and place them as B-roll without leaving the editor — no separate stock-site accounts required.
Yes for typical social and commercial video under each provider’s license. Pexels, Pixabay, and Unsplash offer royalty-free media for commercial projects, with each site’s own terms (for example, don’t resell unaltered stock as standalone products). captionrich surfaces photographer credit in the picker where required.
No. Stock search runs through captionrich’s editor. You sign in to captionrich and search stock media from the B-roll picker — keys stay on our servers.
Yes. Open the media picker, choose Videos or Photos, pick a platform (Pexels, Pixabay, or Unsplash for photos), and search by keyword. Filter by landscape or portrait, preview, trim, and drop the clip onto any word in your transcript.
Stock media is the free library you browse manually. Auto B-Roll is the AI that reads your transcript and inserts matching stock automatically. Both use the same providers, and every auto insert stays fully editable.
Yes. Upload your own videos and images, paste screenshots, pull reaction GIFs from GIPHY, and layer free stock from all three platforms in the same project.
More features
Add free stock B-roll in one click.
Pexels, Pixabay, and Unsplash — free for your videos, built into a text-based editor that runs in the browser.
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