All about Shutterstock, media libraries, & credits
Note: Marketplace media from Shutterstock is available on our Professional plan and above. If you wish to be able to access marketplace content, you can upgrade your account on our pricing page. _ About the Media Library We have partnered with one of the world's best stock media providers: Shutterstock. We provide this media to use in Lumen5 at a fraction of the cost of purchasing it directly. Users on the free Community plan have access to the unlimited fFeaturedHow to use icons
Icons are available on all paid plans. Click here to see our plans. Lumen5 has a collection of icons that can be used to enhance your videos. Icons are fantastic for representing ideas, concepts, and objects. They make for a nice break from stock media, adding variety to your videos. Adding icons to scenes: To use icons, open the "Icons" tab on the left hand side.  Minimum width: 360px (480px recommended) Minimum height: 360px (480px recommended) Frame Rate: 30FPS max (we don't currently support 60fps) Preferred MP4Some readersWhat are the dimensions of Lumen5 videos?
Video dimensions depend on the aspect ratio and resolution you're rendering the video at. For 16:9 landscape videos, here are the dimensions for each resolution: 480p: 854x480 720p: 1280x720 1080p: 1920x1080 For 9:16 vertical videos, the dimensions are the same as for landscape but reversed. 480p: 480x854 720p: 720x1280 1080p: 1080x1920 For 1:1 square aspect ratio videos, here are the dimensions for each resolution: 480p: 480x480 720p:Few readersWhat is the Lumen5 Media Library?
Images and videos in Lumen5 are available in three distinct buckets. Our standard library is made up of 15 million images and videos. An extended premium library with an additional 2 million images and videos from Shutterstock is available on some plans. And finally, Business plans and above offer access to the media marketplace, which provides credits to use each month towards 160 million images and videos from Shutterstock's extended collection. To learn more, [visit our pricing pFew readersApplying media to your scenes
To use a picture or video from the media library, drag-and-drop it onto a scene! Clicking on a media asset will also apply it to the scene that's in focus on the canvas: Some scenes have more than 1 spot where media can be applied! You can be sure that you're putting your image or video in the right place by looking for the green "drop zone" that appears: ![](https://storage.Few readersAudio enhancement
When you create a talking head video, we automatically apply Dolby.io audio enhancements so your clip sounds the best! Audio enhancement does things like reducing background noise, sharpening speech, and normalizing peaks and lows if the volume changes throughout the clip. You can find the audio toggle in the transcript tab. Right now audio enhancement is only available for video clips, so you won't see the toggle in the transcript tab of a voiceover video: ![](https://storage.crisp.chat/userFew readersUsing the media filter to find videos and photos
Lumen5's searchable media library gives you access to millions of commercially licensed photos, videos, and graphics. Here are some best practices to get the best search results for media with Lumen5. Tip 1: Combine keywords for better search results For example, you'll get different results for searching "business" compared to “people meeting in a business setting” because search results are based on keywords and tags. ![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/f69564a3d9eFew readersAdding tags to media uploads
You can add tags to your video and image uploads to make it easier to find them later on. Tags that you add to your uploads are indexed so that you can search keywords to track down your media later. We recommend you add tags for things like the name of the speaker, the location of the event, or the topic of the media clip. To add tags, click on the i icon in the upper right corner of an uploaded video or image. Then, add tags in the tag field by typing them in and hitting Enter after each tag.Few readersFolders for Media Uploads
You can now create folders for your media uploads for easy access to your picture and video files every time you create a video with Lumen5. Creating a Folder Deleting Folders Moving media between folders You can already add tags to media uploads to help search your files, and with Folders you can organize your media so that finding the rightFew readersHow to favorite media in Lumen5
You can now mark any piece of media you love from the Lumen5 library as a favorite! If you have that one video clip or image you find yourself using over and over, or you spot one that really speaks to you, you can favorite it by clicking the star icon in the bottom right corner of the media. Once you've favorited it, it will appear in the star tab of your media for you. You can un-favorite a piece of meFew readersReporting inappropriate or irrelevant media
You can report media in the media library that is offensive or not relevant. If you hover over a piece of media, you'll see a "..." icon at the top right. Click on that, then in the pop up that appears, click "Report". You can then report the media and provide a reasFew readersFind similar media
To more easily search the library for exactly the right media asset, you can click on "See more media like this" in the top right corner: Once you've clicked on this button, the media library will show you results for images and videos that are visually similar to the media that you clicked on: ![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/926ed4db19dfb800/similar-media-results_1rzkFew readersChanges to GIF Support in Lumen5
GIF feature in Lumen5 was discontinued on June 1, 2026. GIFs are no longer available in the media tab, and you are no longer able to add GIFs directly to your videos using our built-in GIF search. What’s Changing Starting June 1, 2026: The GIF section has been removed from the media tab. You are no longer able to search or insert GIFs directly within Lumen5. How to Add GIFs Going Forward You can still include GIFs in your videos by uploading them manually. Find a GIF on websiFew readersUploading or deleting your own photos and videos
In addition to the millions of free media files offered within Lumen5, you can also upload your own photos and videos! Under the Media tab, you'll find an Uploads section where you can access all of your previously uploaded files, and upload new files. Note: To avoid errors in uploading, make sure to read our photo and video upload requirements and ideal dimensions. If you accidentally upload the wrong file, or no longer need a file from your uploads library, you can hover over the file, cliPopular