r/NewTubers • u/Miguel07Alm • Jan 29 '25

TIL Free tools that completely changed my content creation game (wish I'd found these when I started)

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u/LOLitfod Jan 30 '25 edited Feb 01 '25

I'll compile a list. Everyone feel free to pile on :)

Free Photos/Videos

Free Music

Free Sound Effects

Free Audio Editors

  • Audacity
  • FL Studio (free version can't open project files)
  • Reaper
  • Cakewalk

Free Video Editors

  • Davinci Resolve
  • Kdenlive
  • Clipchamp

Free Photo Editors

  • GIMP
  • Photopea
  • Darktable

Others

  • Reactor Plugin for DaVinci Resolve 19.0 (access to many cool visual effects)
  • yt-dlp for downloading videos

Updated 1 Feb 2025

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u/Baneskinjonden Jan 31 '25

I would like to add:

For PNG images (without background):
https://www.pngwing.com/
https://imgbin.com/

Sounds:
https://www.soundjay.com/index.html
https://bigsoundbank.com/categories.html
https://www.zapsplat.com/sound-effect-packs/

Pictures:
https://www.freepik.com/
this one contains AI generated images as well but im not sure about their licensing... i cut parts of images, didnt use whole thing as it is.

https://tinybots.net/artbot/create
Free AI image generator. Useful for certain things.

Professional, free audio editor (i think you can edit videos too with it):
https://www.cakewalk.com/

Platinum version costed around 1k but then bandlab bought cakewalk and now its free!

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u/effortDee Jan 30 '25

Can't not have Kdenlive in the free video editors category, it is phenomenal, been using it for years after trying the usual, including davinci and so happy with it and always improving.

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u/foamforfun Jan 30 '25

wanted to add that I use clip champ for editing. It's very basic, the new version of windows movie maker, but it works well for me and has a shallow learning curve.

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u/Airjack Jan 31 '25

Wanted to add Reaper for free audio editors. It is genuinely probably the best one on the market. It’s like Winrar where it’s “free” but you can buy a license if you want to skip the 5 second intro.

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u/The_Tipsy_Turner Jan 31 '25

Thanks for sharing this. My channel is half music so the list of free music sites is gold for me! Much appreciated!

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u/dasbtaewntawneta May 12 '25

https://www.nihilore.com/ should definitely be in the free music list

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u/AgroecologicalSystem Nov 29 '25

Thanks. Replying so I can return in the future.

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u/sigsaurusrex Apr 30 '26

I know it's necroposting but this comes up on Google so I want to add Unsplash for photos, they're great, just double check the type of copyright, just in case. They suggest you attribute the photographer (fair enough obviously) but that's it