This new stock audio library is a gamechang­er for filmmakers

With the recent explo­sion of devices, apps and new media plat­forms, there’s arguably nev­er been a greater influx of cre­ative out­put in the world. But if you’re a young cre­ative look­ing to expand your skillset or get a new project off the ground, it can be hard to know where to start. There’s also the chal­lenge posed by remote work­ing: how do you remain cre­ative and col­lab­o­ra­tive at a time when con­nec­tiv­i­ty in a phys­i­cal sense is severe­ly limited?

One great solu­tion is Adobe Stock, which pro­vides access to mil­lions of high-qual­i­ty curat­ed and roy­al­ty-free pho­tos, videos, illus­tra­tions, and oth­er visu­al assets. Adobe Stock has proven to be an invalu­able resource in the five years since it was launched, and now Adobe is giv­ing a fur­ther boost to cre­atives by intro­duc­ing Adobe Stock audio, a huge library of unwa­ter­marked music tracks.

This is big news for cre­atives, espe­cial­ly young and emerg­ing film­mak­ers for whom licens­ing audio can be a bar­ri­er. With Adobe Stock audio, you can browse, pre­view and license a diverse range of tracks from sound agen­cies Epi­dem­ic Sound and Jamen­do with­in Pre­mière Pro with­out the need to inter­rupt your work­flow. If you’re look­ing for that per­fect track to com­plete your lat­est video project, chances are you’ll find it with Adobe Stock audio – we’re par­tic­u­lar­ly excit­ed to make use of it for our own video essays.

If you want to get inspired, check out the inau­gur­al Adobe Stock Film Fes­ti­val which took place online ear­li­er this month, show­cas­ing 13 up-and-com­ing film­mak­ers who were set the task of cre­at­ing a short film in under five days com­posed exclu­sive­ly of stock video and audio from Adobe Stock. Our favourite short is The Por­tal by UK-based pho­tog­ra­ph­er and direc­tor Vivek Vadoliya, an immer­sive deep dive into the themes of con­trol, fear and rebalance.

Billed as the first ever film fes­ti­val to be cre­at­ed with­out a sin­gle cam­era, the work fea­tured in this year’s Adobe Stock Film Fes­ti­val is tes­ta­ment to the pow­er of cre­ativ­i­ty and a reminder that com­mu­ni­ca­tion through sto­ry­telling is one of the foun­da­tions of our soci­ety. That’s some­thing worth remem­ber­ing as we con­tin­ue to adapt to a rapid­ly chang­ing world.