Refsee

What Refsee is

Refsee is a reference library for moving image work. It indexes selected commercials, films and motion design clips and lets creative teams search them by description, title or audio cues, so a storyboard or moodboard can be built from real footage.

What you can do with it

• Search scenes by description
• Find clips by title or audio
• Build moodboards from real material
• Study editing, colour and motion
• Prepare references for a proposal

Who it is for

• Directors and cinematographers
• Advertising creatives
• Photography and post-production teams

What to watch out for

• Clips are copyrighted works: reference use is not the same as reuse, and using them in deliverables requires clearance
• Search results are approximate, so browsing is part of the process
• Coverage depends on what has been indexed, which is uneven across regions and eras
• Do not assume any clip is licensed for commercial use