Where the videos come from
All clips in this library come from Pexels, a well-known free media site where photographers and filmmakers from around the world share their work. VideoVinci does not own these videos. We give you a fast way to search them, watch them and download them in the size you need, and then edit them with our tools if you want to.
When the page opens, you see popular videos. Type a word and press Search, or click a category: Nature, City, People, Business, Technology, Abstract, Backgrounds, Food, Travel, Animals, Ocean, Sky, Sports, Aerial, Flowers or Space. You can search in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and many other languages. When you type Chinese characters, the search is sent to Pexels as a Chinese search, so words like 城市夜景 or 海边日落 return matching clips. Scroll down and more results load by themselves.
The Pexels license in plain words
Every clip carries the name of its author and a link to the Pexels license. In short, this is what the license says today:
- Free to use. You do not pay anything, for private or business projects: a school video, a YouTube channel, an ad, a website, an app or a presentation.
- No credit required. You do not have to name the author or Pexels. A short credit is a kind gesture, though, and the author's name is shown under every video.
- You may change the videos. Cut them, crop them, add text, music or effects.
There are also a few clear limits:
- Do not show recognisable people in a bad or offensive light.
- Do not suggest that the people or brands in a clip support your product.
- Do not sell unaltered copies, for example as a print or on a product, without changing them first.
- Do not upload or sell the clips on other stock or wallpaper sites.
- Do not use a clip as part of your trademark, logo or business name.
This is a summary, not legal advice. Pexels sets the license and may change it, so read the full text (linked in the video viewer) before you use a clip in an important commercial project.
Which quality should you download?
Most clips come in several sizes. The viewer lists them with width, height and file size, and a Full HD file is selected for you when one exists.
| Quality | Good for |
|---|---|
| 4K (2160p) | Editing with room to crop or zoom, large screens, long-term archives |
| Full HD (1080p) | YouTube, presentations, most editing projects |
| HD (720p) | Websites, social media posts, quick drafts |
| Smaller sizes | Previews, slow connections, messages on a phone |
A 4K file is often many times larger than the 720p version of the same clip, so pick the smallest size that fits your project. The viewer also shows the length and the frame rate. Clips filmed at 50 or 60 fps play smoothly in slow motion.
From a stock clip to your own video
The download is a normal MP4 file with a clear name that includes the clip number and its quality, such as 1080p. If you want to work with it straight away, choose Open in video editor or one of the quick tools below it. The file is passed to that page inside your browser, so you don't need to save and upload it again.
- Keep only the best seconds with Trim Video.
- Change a wide clip to 9:16 for Reels, TikTok or Shorts with Resize Video, or filter by Portrait before you search.
- Make a large file small enough for email or chat with Compress Video.
- Build a full video with titles, several clips and a song in the video editor.
Tips for better search results
Short, concrete words work best: rain window, coffee pour, office meeting, drone mountains. If a search finds nothing, try a more general word or remove the filters. The Clear filters button resets orientation, resolution and length in one click. Use Backgrounds or Abstract when you need a calm moving background for text, and Aerial for drone shots of cities, coasts and forests.