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Every visual effects movie uses paid and free VFX stock footage for creating high quality output in less time and cost. On a practical note, it is not viable to shoot every special effects or to create heavy simulation visual effects for each shot. Over the years, these had been integral part of every.

They are heavily used for compositing, motion graphics and visual effects. Stock video footages are also known as ‘Elements list’. Mostly are pre-keyed for better Compositing practices. Popular VFX stock footage are as follows: • Explosion • Blast • Glass shattering / falling / smashing • Fire • Smoke, fog, wisp • Dust, dirt, debris • Bullets, shells • Blood burst / splash • Atmosphere • Water splash / blast • Snow • Particles • Muzzle flash • Sparks Also check out list of top 10 websites from where you can, royalty free and paid.

Following are the top 7 websites which allows downloading paid and free VFX footage. This list of stock footages is not in any particular or alphabetical order. The list will be updated regularly to keep pace with current developments. Action Essentials 2 is by the world renowned artist Andrew Kramer.

Andrew is globally known for his kick ass works of motion design and visual effects through his website. Undoubtedly, this is the leader in VFX stock footage arena. Mostly all the visual effects artists have collection of Action Essentials 2. It comes in two variations: 720p (HD resolution: 1280 x 720) and 2K (Film resolution: 2048 x 1152). This pre-keyed stock footage comes in bundle with.

The bundle contains 500 high quality stock video footage. Many of the VFX tutorials have used these plates for outstanding production. It is a great value of your money. HitFilm is visual effects and video editing software. It is also useful for creating top class motion graphics and color grading. Apart from these giant applications, HitFilm Pro 2017 is equipped with 500+ visual effects presets. It supports 3D object integration, particle simulation, compositing, camera animation and tracking integration with.

Various stock videos under the title of ‘HitFilm ActionVFX Bundle’ are Visual Effects, Explosion & Fire, Gun FX, Animated Mattes, Distortion & Grunge, Film Effects, Light Effects, Motion Graphics and Transitions. FX Elements have 3 categories for visual effects video clip download: FX Clips, FX Packs and FX Collections. All these three packs include royalty free footage. Free movie clips for download are provided every month to check the quality details. Apart from free stock footage, FX Elements also have another section called ‘Free Zone’. It is a collection of earlier month’s free video clips and other random FX clips. Apart from typical VFX clips of fire, smoke, blood, dust elements; it has great new collections of embers, water, asteria, steam and weather.

ActionVFX has one of the best collections of stock footage elements. They are captured in Log format for better compositing. The visual effects artist can choose pre-keyed or un-keyed version from the library as per the demand of the VFX shot. Check out their category which consists bullet hits sound FX, bullet hole textures, bullet shells, dust waves, lens dirt overlays and smoke plumes. Also check out their ‘blog’ section for more knowledge based information of VFX stock footage.