Free Resources for Content Creation
Openly Licensed Media
Most content creators, especially travel bloggers, invest huge money on gadgets to capture images, videos. These gadgets come with overhead cost of data storage and editing. To avoid unnecessary expenditure on gadgets and save time, content creators can use media from online repositories, shared under creative common licenses. Here's a list of few such repositories.Images, Video, and Audio
- Openverse provides access to openly licensed media, including images, audio, and other content. All media available on Openverse is under Creative Commons licenses or public domain, ensuring legal and ethical reuse.
- Pexels offers high-quality, royalty-free photos and videos contributed by photographers and creators worldwide. The content is free to use for personal and commercial purposes without requiring attribution, though giving credit to the creator is appreciated.
- Unsplash is a platform offering high-quality, royalty-free images that users can download and use for personal or commercial projects. The images are contributed by photographers around the world and are free to use without the need for attribution, though crediting the photographer is encouraged. It provides a vast collection across various categories like nature, travel, architecture, and more.
Icons
With excessive consumption of reels on social media platforms, attention span of humans have decreased. Moreover, a content consumer prefers images over text. Therefore, while creating a content, it is essential to use icons alongside texts to keep users engaged. We list down some repositories for downloading free icons.- IconArchive provides a wide range of free and premium icons for personal and commercial use. Icons are available in various categories, including technology, nature, business, and more. Users can search, browse, and download icons in multiple formats like PNG, ICO, and ICNS.
- Flaticon provides free and premium vector icons in formats like PNG, SVG, EPS, and PSD. Users can search, customize, and download icons individually or in themed packs. It supports design tools through plugins and offers a subscription for high-resolution downloads and attribution-free use.
- Font Awesome is an icon library offering scalable vector icons and social logos. It supports customization through CSS, is accessible via CDN or download, and integrates with frameworks like Bootstrap. A Pro version provides additional icons and features.
Media Editing
Due to easy access to AI based text generation softwares like ChatGPT, we have observed an increase in text-based content online. Many website owners simply copy-paste texts from ChatGPT to increase their page authority. Therefore, as a content creator it is important to master the art of story-telling through media. Even though media is easily accessible online under creative commons license, the task of the content creators is to aggregate and build a coherent story using freely available media. To achieve this, one requires image and video editing softwares. In this section, we list down some free and open source softwares that content creators can utilize to avoid expenditures on proprietary softwares.Image: Drawing and Editing
- Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an open-source graphics editor used for tasks such as photo retouching, image composition, and graphic design.
- Krita is an open-source digital painting software designed for artists. It is widely used for concept art, illustrations, comics, and animations.
- Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor used for creating and editing scalable graphics like logos, illustrations, and diagrams.
Video Editing
- Kdenlive (KDE Non-Linear Video Editor) is an open-source video editing software that is part of the KDE project. It provides a range of features for both novice and professional video editors, offering powerful tools for non-linear video editing, effects, and multi-track editing.
- Shotcut is an open-source, cross-platform video editing software that provides a wide range of tools for video editing, from basic tasks to more advanced features. It's known for its simplicity, flexibility, and broad format support, making it suitable for both beginners and intermediate users.
OBS Studio: Live Streaming and Screen Recorder
Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is a free, open-source tool primarily used for live streaming and screen recording. It's widely known for its flexibility and customization.
Key Features
- Advanced Streaming Options: Supports multiple streaming platforms and provides fine control over audio and video sources.
- Scene Creation: Create multiple scenes composed of different sources (webcam, screen, game) and switch between them in real-time.
- Multi-source Recording: Record or stream multiple video/audio sources simultaneously.
- Customizable Video Settings: Control over resolution, bitrate, audio quality, and frame rate.
- Cross-platform: Available on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Opensource alternatives
Content creators can also take a look at our curated lists of opensource alternatives for popular proprietary softwares for additional free softwares.Author
Anurag Gupta is an M.S. graduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University. He also holds an M.Tech degree in Systems and Control Engineering and a B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
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