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Free Software, Tools and Links

Picture and Video Presentations

       with narration, music, sound effects and transitions

  • PhotoStory (Free)
    Create “movies” from photographs.  Add narration, music and motion effects.  Creates a Windows Media Video.

Download site: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx This is a link to another web site

  • Windows Movie Maker
    Create movies from video and/or photographs.  Add EITHER narration OR music… not both. 

Download Site: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx This is a link to another web site 

  • Powerpoint
    Create presenter-run or self-running presentations with pictures, text, narration, music, video “clips”.  Animate how pictures and text enter, exit or move on a slide.  Save onto a CD-R or upload to the web.
  • Powerpoint Producer (Free)
    Creates a web presentation with embedded video (of the instructor, students, experts or demo/example videos) and narration (lecture or other voice/music) along with a Powerpoint Presentation. 

Download site: http://www.microsoft.com This is a link to another web site    
Type in the Search Window: Powerpoint Producer, or go directly to: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1B3C76D5-FC75-4F99-94BC-784919468E73&displaylang=en This is a link to another web site

 

YOUTUBE VIDEO CAPTURE OR DOWNLOAD

  • WEB-BASED Download and Capture
    Go to http://www.mediaconverter.org This is a link to another web site Note:  This site will download the video and covert it into a variety of different formats.  Note: This is a "web-based" utility so it will only work as long as they maintain this website. 
  • DEBUT:  "CAPTURE" Video from YouTube or Google Video or convert a PPT presentation
    This is FREE "Screen Capture" software that can capture a selected "window", like a YouTube Video or the entire screen, like a PPT presentation and save it as a windows media video file that can be inserted into a PPT presentation, edited in Windows Movie Maker or just played in Windows Media Player. 

Warning!  Many videos on YouTube are copyrighted and therefore illegal!  If you copy them and post them on your own website you may be liable for illegal use of copyrighted materials, lawsuits, fines or even jail.

Video and Picture sources on the web

- The Movie Archive This is a link to another web site
Includes the Prelinger archives and more--an excellent (and free) source for Civil Defense films, Newsreels, etc.

- History Matters This is a link to another web site
A rich resource on teaching US history that includes helpful guides to "making sense of evidence" and an annotated list of relevant web sites. Created by the Center for History and New Media (George Mason University ) and the American Social History Project.

- Vanderbilt’s Television News Archive This is a link to another web site
" The world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC.

- Reel American History This is a link to another web site
Edward Gallagher of Lehigh University created this website as part of the Visible Knowledge Project. It includes student projects comparing "real" and "reel" American history. Interesting examples of student work and good resource for film titles keyed to specific events and time periods.

Audio Recording and Editing Software and Links to Free Music

  • Audacity
    Multi-Track audio recording, editing and mixing
    Record voice, mix with music and sound effects.  Save as a .WAV or .MP3

Download Site:  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ This is a link to another web site  

Be sure to download and install the LAME MP3 encoder from this site - Allows Audacity to export to MP3 files.


You can also download an Audacity "Portable Application" that can be run from your USB Jump Drive or burned to and run from a CD-R.  If you use this "portable app" you won't have to worry about running compatible versions since you will be running your own version on whatever computer you're working on.

Download Site for Audacity Portable Apps:  http://portableapps.com/apps This is a link to another web site

  • Jodix Audio and Video Converters
    WMA to MP3 Converter – Needed if using Audacity to convert WMA to MP3 format audio files
    (You'll need the above converter if you record your narration with a DVR that records a WMA file)
    RM to MP3 Converter – Real Media to MP3 format converter (to convert Real Media audio to mp3 to use in PPT)
    iPod Video Converter – Converts all popular video formats to i-Pod Video

Download Site: http://www.jodix.com/ This is a link to another web site

Links to free music and sound effects

NOTE: Only “free” for In-Class Instructional Use – Can not be used for anything posted to the web.  See each site's copyright section for more information concerning usage.

 

  • Music (Can only be used "off-line" for in-class presentations)
    This site has music organized by CD Volume, Style and “Feel” in 10, 20, 30, 60 second and longer lengths. 

Download Site: http://freeplaymusic.com This is a link to another web site  This music can NOT be used for WEB Presentations but below are sites that provide free music for use on the WEB.

  • PODCAST / WEB "SAFE" MUSIC
    The following links take you to web sources for music you can use on the web or in podcasts.  All you have to do is attribute the work as specified by the author.  Usually a sentence at the end of your podcast or as text on your webpage will be sufficient.

http://www.podsafeaudio.com This is a link to another web site

 

http://opsound.com This is a link to another web site

 

http://ccmixter.org This is a link to another web site

 

  • Sound Effects
    The following sites provide links to a wide variety of Sound Effects sites where you can download free sound effects.
    http://www.videomaker.com/scripts/free_sound_effects.cfm This is a link to another web site 
    http://www.stonewashed.net/sfx.html This is a link to another web site
  • More Copyright Free Music at the Student Multimedia Studio
    The SMS now has over 50GB of SonicFire Pro copyright free music available on all of its workstations.  Any length music can be created and "mood mapped" to "fit" your story.  Ask about it at the SMS Help Desk. 

Picture and Graphics Editing Software

  • Microsoft Office Picture Manager
    Included in Microsoft's Operating System.  Basic photo editing including “auto correct”, resize, compress, brightness, contrast, color, crop, rotate and flip, and red eye removal.  Change “format” to BMP, JPG, GIF, PING, TIF.

From the Windows START button choose:  All Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Tools > Microsoft Office Picture Manager

  • Microsoft Paint
    Included in Microsoft's Operating System.  Add text or draw on pictures
    From the Windows START button choose: All Programs > Accessories > Paint
  • Free PDF maker
    Create PDFs from Word, Excel, Pictures or any application that allows you to "print".  Just choose Print then select the PDF printer and a location to save your "printed" PDF document. 

    Download Site: http://www.pdfdesk.com/winpdf.html This is a link to a Portable Document Format (PDF) file This is a link to another web site

MORE PICTURE AND GRAPHICS EDITORS

IMPORTANT:  Picture and Graphics Editing can be accomplished easily within Word, Powerpoint or Publiisher by simply using the application’s “Picture Toolbar”.   You can also use Powerpoint’s SAVE AS to export “slides” as BMP, JPG, GIF, etc. images with text overlays to insert and use in other applications.

  • Photoshop

Not free but the best way to create graphics with a multitude of effects.  Photoshop can also be used to create interactive roll-over buttons and gif animations for web pages or to create entire web pages.  You can download a Trial copy that works for 30 days for free from adobe.com.

    • Photoshop CS3 is the professional level software - $289.00
    • Photoshop Elements is a lower cost alternative with many of CS2’s functions - $63.00
    • Available in the Student Multimedia Studio and in select labs on campus

Open Canvas (OC): A "free" alternative to Photoshop

Can be downloaded from: http://wistinga.online.fr/opencanvas/#downloads This is a link to another web site 

You should download the "original version" if you want the completely free software. The updated "limited" use software runs as a "trial" so you might as well get the real Photoshop software from Adobe.  

Below is a link to a tutorial that a friend made.... it'll help out a bit since OC can be kinda confusing.  It will also help you with setting up a network (so students can draw together!) http://www.angelfire.com/anime/Jessjessica/oc/oc.html This is a link to another web site