Over 335 Film Editing Tools + Assets: Free Templates / Presets / Plugins for Premiere Pro, Media Composer & Final Cut X

I’m always on the lookout for tools and assets that make my film editing and post production workflow easier, quicker and more efficient. Many of them can be expensive and very specific to certain tasks…others are free and just as effective.

I’ve shared many of these in the past…but now I have compiled an updated list of all free assets on this one page. Every filmmaker can now easily harness the power of the creative and generous people that provided all these tools and assets.

There are many other free plugins/presets/templates available on the interwebz…but I wanted to share only the ones I use on a daily basis. There are over 335 listed below…and I’ve tested or used every single one of them. The results you can achieve are only limited by your imagination.

Dig in and enjoy!

Vashi Visuals Pancake Timeline

Adobe Premiere Pro CC Template with 2 timelines for easier editing

Jarle’s Presets 4.0

A collection of 106 free presets for Premiere Pro that I use every day

Creative Impatience

4 Premiere Pro plugins (Feathered Crop, Vignette, Power Window, Temperature)

Film Dog Pro’s HD Letterbox Template Pack

70 Aspect Ratio presets for all video editing software. 1080 and 720 sized PNGs

VashiMorphic40

After Effects project that matches the 40mm Panavison Primo Anamorphic Lens

Projector Films

23 Light Leaks and Lens Flares (1920×1080 ProRes)

Creative Dojo

16 Light Leaks (1920×1080 JPEG MOVs)

Vegasaur

20 Light Leaks (1920×1080 h.264 .MOVs)

VFX Footage

47 Light Leaks/Film Burns/Smoke/Ink (1920×1080 .MOVs)

LightLeakLove

3 Light Leaks (Organic/Crystal/Star Trek) 1920×1080

Vegasaur Particulas

5 Real Dust Particle Effects (1280×720 ProRes)

Holy Grain

35mm Film Grain with dirt (1920×1080 .MOV)

Gorilla Grain

One 35mm Grain and 3 Real Film Burns (1920×1080 .MOVs)

Vegasaur Film Grain

Real 35mm Film Grain (1280×720 h.264 .MOV)

VideoCopilot Presets

19 After Effects presets from Andrew Kramer

Film Impact Transitions

4 Transitions for Premiere Pro

Andy’s Swish Transitions

Swish Pan and Swish Dissolve

CoreMelt Free

44 plugins for Premiere Pro/After Effects

VFXBRO

2 camera shake presets for After Effects

Juan Melara’s LUTs

4 Kodak and Fujifilm LUTs for Davinci Resolve

Freesound.org

Audio samples with free Creative Commons licenses

Archive.org

Library of video/audio/text files with Creative Commons licenses

My edit systems run Adobe Premiere Pro CC/Adobe After Effects CC on MAC.

Most of the plugins and presets above will work on both MAC and PC. Some will also work in FCPX or FCP7. The quicktime video assets will work on all operating systems. The links will clarify the system requirements needed for each asset.

2018 UPDATES:

I have added several additional templates and tools to my blog that you can download and use for free below.

Deadpool Premiere Pro Project Template

You can download the same Premiere Pro template we used on Deadpool.

Deadpool Premiere Pro Presets

Download Jarle’s Deadpool Handheld Camera Presets and use these Deadpool Premiere Pro Presets on your projects for free.

Premiere Pro BLOCKBUSTER Project Template

[Mission: Impossible – FALLOUT]

I have recreated Eddie Hamilton’s timeline within a custom Premiere Pro Project Template so that all filmmakers can utilize this high-end timeline workflow.

New Vintage Video Effects for Premiere Pro

16 presets that emulate the vignette and blur aspects of the Panavision C and E series anamorphic lenses from the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Until next time…

Vashi Nedomansky

vashivisuals.com

@vashikoo