Guide 21

Find free stock footage with Pexels

Search Pexels inside Library and download footage straight into your project.

Why use it

Build a VJ set quickly without leaving Splode Lab to hunt for and move files by hand.

The Pexels source in Library showing landscape drone footage for a desert river search.
Pexels · search landscape stock footage inside Library

Do this

  1. 01Create a free Pexels account and request an API key.
  2. 02In Library, choose the cloud Source, open Pexels, paste your key and choose Save Key.
  3. 03Search for the kind of footage you need. Select a result to preview it and see its creator credit.
  4. 04Choose Download in Preview. Splode Lab saves the MP4 in the current project's videos folder and adds it to the project Library.
  5. 05Drag the downloaded clip into your deck. Use the Pexels button in Preview to return to its original page.
Pexels settings in Library with the API key field and Show, Save Key and Docs buttons.
Save your free Pexels API key once in Library