Community-run · peer-reviewed
Film stills, searchable by what they look like.
/refs is in build. The library opens October 2026.
Most searches for film stills start with a picture in your head, not a title. /refs takes it that way round: hand Mood search the mood you’re after, or type it the way you’d say it on set and filter by frame size, lens, format, light. What comes back is real frames from verifiable professional work, each with its full record.
What is in the library
The library takes stills from feature films, short films, TV series, commercials and music videos. Documentaries count as films.
Real frames from verifiable professional work — nothing else gets in. No Generated or synthetic imagery.
Frame size, lens, capture format, light, time of day, the credits by role, and the timecode where it’s known — the full record on every frame. That record is what the filters run on, which is why a still here can be found by what it looks like rather than by what it is called.
Stills, not clips
The library takes stills, not clips. One frame is the unit: the picture, its full record, its public history, and a clean download when you want the file. Moving footage is not part of the library.
A movie scene finder for people who know the light, not the title.
What it finds, and what it does not
/refs does not identify which title a screenshot is from. It finds scenes by what they look like.
A picture is still a way in: upload a still you already have, and search returns the frames closest to it. What comes back is frames with the record on each, not a guess at a title.
A visual reference tool with the library inside.
The library is already inside
The frames are here and the search runs over them. You are not collecting pictures elsewhere and filing them; you describe what you need, and the library answers with frames that match.
What you take away
Assembling references into a moodboard, a deck or a shot list happens in your own tools. What /refs hands you is the part before that: a frame, the full record on it, and its public history.
The file comes as a clean HD (1080p) or 4K Master download, paid with what you’ve contributed. Unlocking is permanent for you: pay once, download whenever.
Questions about /refs
Are these real film stills?
Yes. Every frame comes from verifiable professional work, and contributed frames publish only once a blind panel of reviewers agrees. No generated or synthetic imagery.
Can I download a still at full size?
Yes. Unlock a clean HD (1080p) or 4K Master download, paid with what you’ve contributed; the master is the source file, not a re-encode. Unlocking is permanent for you: pay once, download whenever.
Does it identify a film from a screenshot?
No. /refs finds scenes by what they look like, not by naming the title a screenshot came from. A picture is still a way in: upload a still and search returns the frames closest to it.
Is there somewhere to organise what I find?
/refs is the finding half: the library, the search over it, the full record on every frame and its public history. The moodboard, the deck or the shot list you are building stays in your own tools.
Search, the sheet, contributing and the standards are on the home page.