Resources
The Resources panel searches 14 royalty-free sources for video clips, images, audio, and reference material to use in your productions. Resources are user-owned and channel-assigned — they belong to you, not to a single channel, and can be assigned to multiple channels.
Sources
| Source | Types | API key? |
|---|---|---|
| Pexels | video, image | Yes |
| Pixabay | video, image | Yes |
| Unsplash | image | Yes |
| Freesound | audio | Yes |
| Europeana | image, video, audio | Yes |
| NASA | video, image | No (free) |
| Wikipedia | reference | No (free) |
| arXiv | reference | No (free) |
| Smithsonian | image, reference | No (free) |
| Library of Congress | image, reference | No (free) |
| Internet Archive | video, audio, reference | No (free) |
| Wikimedia Commons | image, video, audio | No (free) |
| Met Museum | image | No (free) |
| Web Search | video, image, audio | No |
TIP
9 of 14 sources work without any API key. You can start researching immediately.
Searching
- Enter a search query
- Select content type: Video, Image, Audio, or Research
- Optionally filter by source and license (CC0, CC-BY, etc.)
- Results appear with thumbnails, titles, and source badges
Preview
Click a result to preview:
- Video — trimmed to a 5-second sample
- Audio — trimmed to a 10-second sample
- Images — full preview
Download
Click Download to save media to your resources library. Downloads are auto-assigned to whichever channel context you're currently browsing. Each download stores source, license, attribution, and original URL alongside the file.
Identical files are automatically deduplicated — uploading or downloading the same file twice reuses the existing record.
Upload
Drag-and-drop files directly into the Resources panel:
- Video clips, images, animations, sound effects
- Up to 500MB per file
- Automatically detected file type
Library
The Library tab shows all your downloaded and uploaded resources. Resources is a user-level section — reach it via the Storyboard editor (Search the web / Upload open Resource Search and Resource Upload inline as modals) or via the Composition editor's media browser. Since resources belong to you and can span multiple channels, they aren't nested under any single channel.
Channel Assignment
A single resource can be assigned to multiple channels, and a channel can reference many resources. Downloads auto-assign to the current channel context, but you can manage assignments manually from the library.
AI Content Attribution
Resources generated by AI services (TTS audio, MusicGen music) are automatically tagged with attribution metadata:
- An "AI Generated" purple badge appears on these files in the library
- The metadata records the generator, the generation date, and a marketplace-restriction flag
- Default marketplace restriction is
free-with-attribution— you can use AI-generated assets freely but should credit the generator
This helps you track which assets are AI-generated when preparing attribution for YouTube descriptions or other platforms.
Attribution
Click Generate Attribution to create a text block listing all resources used for a script — source names, licenses, and links. Copy-paste into your YouTube description.
Example output:
Media Credits:
• "Cosmic Nebula" — NASA (Public Domain)
• "Ocean Waves" — Pexels, by John Doe (Pexels License)
• "Ambient Piano" — Freesound, by composer123 (CC BY 4.0)
• "Milky Way Galaxy" — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)