Costumes, Backdrops and Sounds

In Scratch you pick costumes, backdrops and sounds from built-in libraries, and you can upload your own as well.

Scratch for Java has a built-in library too. 838 pictures and 266 sounds ship inside the library, so you can start a project without downloading anything:

this.addCostume("bunny1_stand");
this.addBackdrop("background");
this.addSound("handleCoins");

Browse them here, both pages have a search box:

Sprites — click a picture to copy the line that uses it
Sounds — press play to listen before you choose

The artwork and sounds are by Kenney and are released under CC0, which means you may use them for anything, including things you sell, without asking or crediting anyone.

Using your own files

Once you want something that is not in the library, give a path instead of a name:

this.addCostume("hero", "assets/hero.png");

Anything with a file ending is treated as a path, anything without one is looked up in the built-in library.

What Scratch for Java does not have is Scratch's paint and sound editors, so for making or changing files you need separate tools. The rest of this page is a list of places to find and edit them.

Where to find more graphics

You can search the following sources for free graphics, which you can use for costumes or backdrop.

If you want to modify a graphic file or want to create your own, you can use the following tools:

Sounds

For sounds, you can search the following sources:

For modifying or creating your own sounds you can use: