How to add HD videos and images to work videos

Creating videos at work can transform how you promote a product, communicate with employees, sell to customers, and more.

Now you can create impactful corporate videos without having any footage to start with. Access a vast library of copyright-free stock videos, stock images, and music that’s curated to help you make engaging work videos. The royalty-free stock library is cleared for commercial use, so you can make and share videos without limits using Clipchamp for work. 

Get started on creating impactful trainings, demo videos, video presentations, and more. Learn how to build a video with stock media, and discover the best stock collections curated to make your video editing at work easier.

How to add royalty-free stock to videos

Step 1. Select stock videos and images

We recommend creating a video script or storyboard to help you ideate what you want to show in your corporate video. Once you understand your video’s scene requirements, click on the stock video tab on the toolbar. Start browsing the themed collections or search for a genre, aesthetic, or industry using the keyword search bar. 

Once you’ve found the right stock video footage, click on the + button or drag and drop to add it to the timeline to start making your professional video. 

Step 2. Adjust colors and add effects

Finetune the look of your stock assets using the adjust color settings or by choosing a filter or effect. Customize the look of the footage and images so they match your brand’s guidelines, color schemes, and more. Navigate to the adjust colors tab on the property panel and use the sliders to change the contrast, temperature, transparency, and other video enhancer settings. 

You can also create a unique video filter that applies a bold colored overlay on your stock media. 

Lastly, you can also animate your stock media using an effect. For example, the slow zoom effect can create movement and engagement in images, while the green screen effect can remove your video background when recording your facecam.  

Another great effect for work video editing is the blur effect can hide important details like login credentials and passwords, while recording a window or demo video.

Step 3. Add transitions

If your corporate video includes multiple stock videos and images, consider adding smooth scene transitions for a polished effect. Click on the transitions tab on the toolbar, then drag a transition between two clips on the timeline. You can edit and remove transitions inside the transitions tab on the property panel. 

Step 4. Save your video

Review your video by watching it with the play button. When you’re ready to save, click on the export button and follow the prompts.  

Choose a video resolution option like 1080p HD, rename your video, add a video description to give your colleagues some context about your video when you share it. Finally, select the OneDrive work folder you’d like to save your video in. 

5 essential video collections to make great work videos

Abstract collection

Find a range of eye-catching abstract animations featuring vibrant lights, and soothing patterns in this collection. It’s a great choice for video backgrounds to add your brand logo into for your brand intro and outro, or to underscore a voice narration in a training video.

Technology collection

Explore IT and software symbols, editable computer and mobile device frames, security animations and more in this collection. Such stock videos can complement training videos, new product demo videos, and showcase technological benefits in work videos. 

Nature collection

Look through this collection to find beautiful mountains, flowers, rivers, and more eco-friendly visuals. Use these to make mindfulness videos for work, or to promote upcoming work retreats and team activities outside the office.

New collection

This collection is an eclectic mix of the latest additions to the stock library in Clipchamp—you never know what you’ll find. Have a browse to find b-roll style trendy stock videos to fill gaps in your timeline.

Curve collection

Waves and curves are a corporate video essential! Discover a range of swirls, circles, or waves in animated stock videos which can serve as backgrounds for logos, long text, transition slides, and more. 

3 popular image collections to enhance work videos

Business collection

Find everyday scenes from the office such as professionals working together, colleagues appreciating each other, meetings, discussions, and more. Use these to represent your internal communication videos like employee onboarding and culture videos, or in office event invites.

Innovation collection

Express new ideas or ask your team to brainstorm through your video using inspiring visuals from the innovation collection. Add a quirky light bulb image, or other symbolic representations to lead into the Q&A section of your video, or to get your team thinking in real life.

Creativity collection

Explore a range of artistic scenes like painting, pottery, dancing, and more in this creativity collection. This collection is a must-have for HR teams to promote out-of-office work events, or other aligned videos to promote creativity in your organization.

Now that you’ve learned how to make the most of the stock media library, learn some corporate video ideas to start editing, or how to create a custom video template that empowers your team to make branded videos.  

Get started making videos for your business with Clipchamp or download the Microsoft Clipchamp Windows app.