Free (or cheap) Media Creation Software

Paul Heydenburg has compiled this list of free, or affordable, media creation software. We're posting it here since one of the topics of our upcoming meeting is tips & tricks for adding media and sound to your Blackboard course. If you are aware of any other free or low-cost tools that you'd recommend be added to the list, leave a comment with the tool the URL.

Images

• GIMP (Photoshop clone) - http://www.gimp.org
• Download MAC - http://www.gimp.org/macintosh
• Download WIN - http://www.gimp.org/windows
• Basics tutorial - http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/The_Basics
• Tutorial, copyright TutorialBlog.org - http://tutorialblog.org/gimp-tutorials
• Tutorial, copyright Pixel2Life.com - http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/gimp

Audio

• Audacity (audio editing tool) - http://audacity.sourceforge.net
• Help - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help
• Download - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download
• Tutorials - http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Tutorials
• LAME encoder - (important "forgotten" step) - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3
• and http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/lame
• LAME download - http://lame.buanzo.com.ar

Podast/video

• How to Create a Podcast with Audacity, copyright St. Petersburg College - http://www.spcollege.edu/itunesu/Tutorials/iTunesU_Audacity_Instructions.pdf

Free Video Editing Software

• Top 5 Free Video Editing Software Programs, (easy to advanced) copyright Desktop-Video-Guide.com - http://www.desktop-video-guide.com/top-5-free-video-editing-software-review.html
• Desktop Video, copyright About.com and Gretchen Siegchrist - http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/editingsoftware/a/freevidedit.htm
• Windows Movie Maker, copyright Microsoft.com - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx
  
  
  • Get Started - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx
  • Getting Started, copyright About.com and Gretchen Siegchrist - http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/desktopediting/ss/startmm.htm
• Apple IMovie09, copyright Apple.com - http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie
  
  
  • Get Started - http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie
  • Getting Started, copyright About.com and Gretchen Siegchrist - http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/desktopediting/ss/imoviestart.htm
• Free Editing Software (rating, features and guide) copyright Cnet.com - http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=free+edit+video&tag=srch&searchtype=downloads&filterName=&filter=

Web Development

• NVU html editor (Dreamweaver clone, no longer in development) - http://net2.com/nvu
• Download - http://net2.com/nvu/download.html
• Tutorial (Youtube) - http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3F6CD2673DFFAE70&search_query=nvu
• Kompozer (NVU in continued development) - http://kompozer.net
  
  
• Tutorial, copyright TheSiteWizard.com - http://www.thesitewizard.com/gettingstarted/kompozer-tutorial-1.shtml
• NotePad ++ (text editor producing "clean" text for coding) - http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
  
  
  • Download - http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
  • Tutorial Resource, copyright Billy Deakin - http://www.youtube.com/user/billydeakin#p/u
• Wordpress (Blog), Audacity (Audio) Screen Capture, GIMP (images) and NVU (Web editor).

Blog Instead of Website

• "Why Use Blogs Instead Of Website" Copyright Brandon Hong and DesignersPlayground.com - http://www.designersplayground.com/articles/129/1/Why-Use-Blogs-Instead-Of-Website/Page1.html
• "Want a Website? 5 Reasons to Choose a Blog Instead", copyright James and Menwithpens.com - http://menwithpens.ca/want-a-website-5-reasons-to-choose-a-blog-instead
• The Advantages and Disadvantages of Setting up a Blog Instead of a Website, copyright Sean R. Mize and ezinearticles.com
  
  
• Part 1: http://ezinearticles.com/?id=809426
• Part 2: http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Advantages-and-Disadvantages-of-Setting-up-A-Blog-Instead-of-a-Website-Part-II&id=809431
• Free Wordpress Themes, copyright eblog templates.com - http://www.eblogtemplates.com/templates/wordpress-themes
• Free Blog Templates, Backgrounds and Tiles, copyright Jennifer Apple - http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer/blog-templates.html
• Free Web Templates, copyright Arcsin.com - http://templates.arcsin.se
• Free Flash Websites, copyright WIX.com - http://www.wix.com/free/website?utm_campaign=templates.arcsin.se&experiment_id=mtemplates.arcsin.se