Welcome to your one-stop online source for FREE and low-cost resources for creating exciting multimedia content! The links below have been compiled as a resource directory for teachers, trainers, and developers. It is a work in progress--one that we hope will continue to evolve as we find new links and tools to add. We also welcome suggestions and contributions from our visitors. Please feel free to
share your favorite resources so we can add them to the site. Have fun!.
Open Office
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Totally free open-source office suite from
Sun Microsystems, complete with word processing, spreadsheet,
presentation, drawing, and database applications. Create and
open documents created in Microsoft Office. Save your documents as
HTML and PDF files as well. |
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Easy Office Premium |
Inexpensive ($50) office suite, compatible
with Microsoft Office suite, features include PDF conversion,
anti-virus software, and email and contact management applications.
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Portable Open Office |
A compact version of the Open Office Suite
from Sun Microsystems. Designed for portable USB drives,
Portable Open Office is a handy tool for people on the go.
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PortableApps.Com |
Download lots of free applications designed
specifically for use on portable USB drives. Take your files
and your programs with you for added convenience and
security!
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PhotoPlus |
Currently you can download a completely free,
fully-functional version of PhotoPlus 9. PhotoPlus 9 features an
export optimizer, editable text, image slicing and image maps,
selection tools, smart shapes, third-party plug-in support, red-eye
removal tool, and photo enhancement tools. PhotoPlus 9 works on
Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, 2000, NT4, and XP.
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DrawPlus |
Free Graphic Design and Vector Drawing
Software. The award-winning DrawPlus 8 is the user-friendly drawing
program that opens up a whole new creative world. With its amazing
combination of powerful functionality, simplicity and professional
quality output, this free drawing software will give you the results
you want – fast!
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IrfanView |
IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and
innovative freeware application (for non-commercial use) graphic
viewer/editor for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.
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The Gimp |
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation
Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for
such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image
authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
GIMP is a popular open-source image editor originally developed for
Unix/Linux. Often lauded as the "free Photoshop," it does have an
interface and features similar to Photoshop. Because it's
volunteer-developed beta software, stability and frequency of
updates could be an issue; however, many happy users report using
GIMP for Windows without significant problems.
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Camtasia Studio
$179 Educational
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Screen Recording & Presentation software.
Teaching and demonstrating visually is much more powerful than using
words alone. But, getting the right group of people together for a
training or demonstration can be expensive and inconvenient.
Camtasia Studio lets you easily create compelling training and
presentations for Web and CD-ROM delivery, and you can do it without
ever leaving your office. It is the only product versatile enough to
record live PowerPoint presentations, personalized technical
training sessions, and rich software demonstrations.
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CamStudio records activity
from your screen and audio from a microphone into AVI video files
and can also convert the AVIs into Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)
using its built-in SWF Producer.
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Free PowerPoint to Flash converter promptly creates web-friendly Flash (.SWF) movies from your PowerPoint content (.PPT, .PPS, .PPTX, .PPSX) keeping its visual parameters, animation effects and slide transitions, audio narrations, video and Flash objects after conversion
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ScreenToaster is a free web-based screen recorder designed to capture screen activity in real-time to rapidly create and share tutorials, demos, training, lectures and more.
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TAKSI |
Video Capture/Screen Capture for 3D Graphics.
Taksi is a utility that allows you to take screenshots and record
video clips of your favorite games and other 3D-graphics
applications. Very similar to Camtasia, but does not capture
audio.
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WebPlus |
Whether you’re looking to create a website to
promote your club, hobby or business or you just want to find out
how you can put your favorite holiday photos online, WebPlus 6 is
exactly what you need. Explore the endless possibilities of
designing eye-catching web pages when you download this free web
design superstar!
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Open Source as Alternative (osalt) |
Find open source software alternatives to
well-known commercial software. This site is a good source for
finding free applications that can take the place of expensive
commercial products. A convenient directory allows visitors to
choose from software categories such as business, communications,
graphic applications, multimedia and audio, and web development.
Products for multiple operating systems are listed, with many Mac
and Linux-based programs in addition to Windows versions.
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Source Forge |
SourceForge.net is the world's largest Open
Source software development web site, hosting more than 100,000
projects and over 1,000,000 registered users with a centralized
resource for managing projects, issues, communications, and code.
SourceForge.net has the largest repository of Open Source code and
applications available on the Internet, and hosts more Open Source
development products than any other site or network worldwide. |
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Audacity |
Audacity® is free, open source software for
recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X,
Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
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AT&T Text-to-Speech |
TTS, short for Text-To-Speech, is the
creation of audible speech from computer readable text. This
site from AT&T will create spoken audio files in several dialects
from user-entered text. Type or paste your own text into the
site and download a .wav file of the results.
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Incompetech |
Royalty free music created by Kevin MacLeod. Can be used in a variety of ways; presentations, videos, or just basic effects for audio projects.
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WavCentral |
One of the largest sources on the Web for free sound files.
Choose from sound effects and sound bytes from TV shows,
commercials, and movies. |
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Awesome Clip Art for Educators |
Lots of free clipart, nicely organized by
subject. There are also plenty of links to other sites with
similar resources. |
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Google Image Search |
Use the power of Google to search for image
files based on several parameters. Refine your search by image
size, file type, and color. Three levels of content filtering
are also available.
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CoolText.Com |
Cool Text is a free graphics generator for
web pages and anywhere else you need an impressive logo without a
lot of work. Simply choose what kind of image you would like. Then
fill out a form and you'll have your own image created on the fly.
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FlamingText.Com |
At FlamingText you can create cool, custom
images for FREE to use on your website or in your e-mail.
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flickr |
flickr is an online photo
management and sharing application. Upload photos from your
computer or mobile device and share with family and friends. Plus,
the added feature of tagging photos helps to make them easier for
you and those who view your photos to find what they are looking
for!
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Picasa |
Picasa is free photo editing
software from Google that makes your pictures look great.
Sharing your best photos with friends and family is as easy as
pressing a button! |
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3D Textmaker |
It's an online 3D text banner creation tool.
This unique tool is completely online -- nothing to download or
install. Better yet, it's free!
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Gif.Com |
Lots of free clipart, coloring pages,
banners, backgrounds, fonts, icons, lines, worksheets, and
wallpaper. |
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Avidemux
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Avidemux is a
free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and
encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD
compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks
can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting
capabilities.
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Google Video Search
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Part of the Google family. Use this tool to search for videos throughout the Google library which now includes YouTube videos.
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vixy.net |
This site has an
online Flash Video (FLV)Converter that will allow users to convert a
Flash Video / FLV file (YouTube's videos,etc) to MPEG4 (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP)
file online. It is using a compressed domain transcoder technology.
It converts FLV to MPEG4 faster and less lossy than a typical
transcoder.
When you submit an url, it will download and convert to the video
format. Then you can download the converted file.
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Jing |
Jing is a free
software that adds visuals to your online conversations. Capture
your screen and audio to help demonstrate or use as a means of
troubleshooting. Screencasts can be saved locally or published to
the Jing site. Up to 5 minutes of video can be recorded using the
free version.
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Windows Movie Maker |
Windows Movie Maker 2.1 makes home movies
amazingly fun. With Movie Maker 2.1, you can create, edit, and share
your home movies right on your computer. Build your movie with a few
simple drag-and-drops. Delete bad shots and include only the best
scenes. Then share your movie via the Web, e-mail, or CD. Best
of all, it's probably already installed on your Windows-based PC!
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YouTube Downloader |
YouTube
Downloader is software that allows you to download videos from
YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, and many others and convert them
to other video formats.The program is easy to use, just specify the
URL for the video you want to download and click the Ok button!It
also allows you to convert downloaded videos for Ipod, Iphone, PSP,
Cell Phone, Windows Media, XVid and MP3.You can use YouTube
Downloader to download the videos of your choice from home, at the
office or in school.Download YouTube Downloader now and get started
downloading your
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Presenters' Resource |
Download free
PowerPoint templates, get ideas for better communication and more.
Find links to online reference and research tools. If you’re a
traveling presenter or an educator, there are additional sections
just for you.
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Presentations.Com |
The online home of
Presentations Magazine, a comprehensive presenter's resource
providing instant access to up-to-date information on technology and
techniques for effective communication. Here you'll find articles on
industry trends, new-product reviews, best presentation practices
and how-to's. Access association information, an events calendar and
links to other resource sites, plus the interactive Buyers Guide, to
help you locate a presentation-product manufacturer or dealer near
you.
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Presenters Online |
From Epson, this
site is "devoted to comprehensive multimedia presentation
knowledge." Free membership provides access to template downloads
and more.
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Prezi |
Online
presentation tool that utilizes flash based delivery for robust
presentations.
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Utah Education Network |
These links provide
access to Web sites with resources educators can use in multimedia
presentations such as those created with Microsoft PowerPoint, Corel
Presentations and Apple Keynote. Please follow the guidelines for
copyright and usage that are provided at each Web site. Always use
caution when downloading or saving files from the Internet. |
| Twiddla |
Twiddla is a web-based meeting playground. Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make that conference call more productive than ever. No plug-ins, downloads, or firewall voodoo - it's all here, ready to go when you are. Browser-agnostic, user-friendly
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| DimDim |
Dimdim is a browser-based web 2.0 service that allows
anybody to; Share their desktop, Show slides, Talk, Listen, Chat and Broadcast via Webcam, Much more!
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| DIIGO |
A powerful research tool and knowledge-sharing community. Diigo's highlighting, bookmarking and site sharing tools are a subset of features in a rich collaborative application that puts information discovery and the writable Web at the center of discussions among colleagues, friends, and like-minded people.
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Ning |
Ning is a social platform allowing individuals to share their interests and passions online. Ning offers an easy-to-use service that allows people to join and create their own Ning Networks.
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WaxMail |
Works with Outlook and Outlook
Express. Send voice emails as opposed to typing by using WaxMail.
Your voice messages are attached as MP3s.
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