# Free Stock Footage Prompts — topic → queries (no signup) > Paste a topic → get English stock-footage search queries for B-roll. No signup. Queries, not licensed clips or a Pexels download. Public text tool. Canonical page: https://clipstudio.ai/tools/stock-footage-prompt-generator ## What it is Describe the story. This public tool suggests footage search terms. No account. You still search and license stock yourself. ## FAQs ### Is the Free Stock Footage Prompts — topic → queries (no signup) free to use? Yes. This text tool is public with no account required. Rate limits apply. When live generation is unavailable, it returns a deterministic template. Video generation is a separate studio action. ### What should I provide to the Free Stock Footage Prompts — topic → queries (no signup)? Scene, setting, or B-roll need is the starting point. For example: aerial golden-hour downtown establishing shot to drop under a SaaS explainer VO. Add the audience, tone, and goal to make the draft relevant. ### How do I review the stock footage prompts? Describe a visible subject, action, and setting. Match the prompt to your chosen model and attach any required source image. ### Does this publish or generate a video? No. Review and copy the text first. Opening a studio starts a separate workflow; it does not transfer this draft or submit a generation. ## Turn this into a free short Generate a draft here, then choose **Turn this into a free short**. The draft becomes the topic of a Topic Short: a voiced, captioned faceless short. Eligible new accounts get one free Topic Short ([open Topic Shorts](https://clipstudio.ai/clips/new/topic)). ## Start a Story Copy your draft, then paste a story or script into Clip Studio Story. Clip Studio plans cinematic shots, narrates them, and renders a multi-shot film. [Start your story](https://clipstudio.ai/signup?returnTo=%2Fstory%2Fnew). ## Related - [All free tools](https://clipstudio.ai/tools.md) - [Topic Shorts](https://clipstudio.ai/topic-shorts.md) - [Faceless video generator](https://clipstudio.ai/use-cases/faceless-video-generator.md) - [Story to Video](https://clipstudio.ai/features/story-video.md) - [Free Faceless Reels Script — topic → VO script (no signup)](https://clipstudio.ai/tools/faceless-reels-script-generator.md) - [Free AI Avatar Script — topic → spoken lines (no signup)](https://clipstudio.ai/tools/ai-avatar-video-script-generator.md) - [Free Faceless Video Ideas — niche → concepts (no signup)](https://clipstudio.ai/tools/faceless-video-idea-generator.md) - [Free UGC Ad Script — product → creator lines (no signup)](https://clipstudio.ai/tools/ugc-ad-script-generator.md)