Shoot Tools: Artbeats

Individual HD clips start at $300. Price: $799 (Under the Sea 3 HD); $1,099 (Babies HD)

Shooting quality HD footage takes expertise and time, which anyone in the business knows equals money. So who's going to blame you if you stretch a budget with some innovative use of stock footage? That's the kind of reasoning Artbeats relies upon as one of the largest suppliers of royalty-free HD stock footage around. The company's latest two collections include the pretty self-explanatory Under the Sea 3 HD and Babies HD. The underwater footage includes plenty of jellyfish, sea turtles, and clown fish, while the company has helpfully placed the little tykes against clean, uncluttered backgrounds for the Babies collection.
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