Explore the WeVideo Essentials library with 1M+ royalty-free videos, images, and audio. Licensed stock media you can use without copyright concerns or attribution.
The Essentials library is a collection of more than 1 million licensed stock media files that you can use directly in WeVideo without worrying about copyright. These licensed video, image, and audio files are royalty-free, meaning you have the legal rights to use the content, and there is no required attribution when you have a paid account.
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Use The Search Function to Browse the Essentials Library
The Essentials library consists of videos, images, and audio, and entering your keywords in the search bar automatically pulls up matches from all three.
Helpful Pointers as You’re Searching
Video thumbnails include the clip's duration.
Audio thumbnails also show the clip's duration.
You can use the filter tool and refine your Audio search to find exactly what you need. For example, you can filter search results to only show Audio files that are Sound effects related to the keyword "crowd".
Save Your Favorites from the Essentials Library
To bookmark Essentials clips, you can select the heart icon on a thumbnail to save the clip to your favorites.
The bookmarked clips will be placed in the Favorites section in the essential library. To remove a clip from your favorites, simply click the heart icon on the thumbnail, just as you did to add it.
Report Inappropriate Content in the Essentials Library
If you are on a WeVideo Education plan and come across content that you would like removed from your organization, right-click the clip in the Essentials library and select “Remove and report”.
Plan and Permission Requirements for Essentials Library
While access to the Essentials library is available to all users, regardless of plan type, you must subscribe to a paid plan to publish content created with any of the Essentials library’s content. If you try to finish your video using content from the Essentials library while on a free account, you will be prompted to purchase a full plan to finalize your video with this premium content. If you don’t wish to upgrade, simply remove the Essentials clips from your video to continue exporting.
Set Up and Integration Requirements for YouTube
To prevent copyright claims on YouTube when using clips from the Essentials library, export directly from WeVideo to YouTube. When you export directly to YouTube from your WeVideo account, your export will be whitelisted, and you should not receive any copyright claims. To export directly to YouTube, choose YouTube as a destination.
When you download your WeVideo export and then upload that media file to YouTube, you may receive a copyright claim. We cannot guarantee that your YouTube video will not receive a copyright claim if you do not export directly from WeVideo to YouTube. If you receive a copyright claim, please export your video again from your WeVideo account directly to YouTube rather than uploading the media file to YouTube.
If you exported your video directly from WeVideo to YouTube and still received a copyright claim, please contact support@wevideo.com and provide the following information so that we can help you have the claim released:
- Email associated with your WeVideo account.
- A screenshot of the copyright summary and status that details the content used, claim type, and the timing at which the content is found.
- YouTube link for your video.
- WeVideo link for your original edit that includes the Essentials library clip.
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