Nowadays, there are many free material websites on the Internet. Although there are many choices, it is very troublesome to find them. You may want to search multiple websites to see which one best meets your needs. This article will recommend a very easy-to-use free Chrome and Edge extension plug-in “STOCKS HOUSE”, which supports pictures, videos, and sounds. Every time you need to find materials, just click on this extension plug-in and you can search all well-known and popular stock photo websites with one click, without having to open and search one by one.
STOCKS HOUSE free expansion plug-in introduction
STOCKS HOUSE is an extension plug-in for Chrome, but it can also be installed on Edge. I will use Edge as an example below, and the use of Chrome is exactly the same.
After entering the extension page, click “Add to Chrome” on the right:
A message will pop up above, click “Add extension”:
After the installation is completed, this page will be opened:
A small icon of STOCKS HOUSE will also appear in the upper right corner. If you need to find materials in the future, just click on this icon:
This tab will be opened. Select the free material you want to search, “Photo”, “Video”, “Audio”, and then press SEARCH:
I searched for Tokyo photo materials, and the supported websites will also be displayed below. In the photo section, there are 9 websites in total: Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay, iStock, Visual Hunt, Stock Snap, Shutterstock, Free Rang and Shopify Burst, each of which is well-known:
After clicking search, a new browser window will automatically open, open the material website you selected, and search for the keyword, which means you can directly browse the results, which is really powerful:
The Video section supports 9 websites: Pixabay, Videezy, Pond5, iStock, Vimeo Free, Pexels, Shutterstock, Videvo, and Clip Canvas:
There are relatively few websites supported by Audio, including NoCRSounds, Videvo, Clip Canvas, SoundEffects+, Pond5, Sound Bible, and Pexels:
Also, please note that this is just an expansion plug-in to facilitate searching for materials. In fact, whether the material is completely free and available for commercial use by individuals, you still need to confirm the material description page by yourself.
Source: KOCPC Chinese