Multimedia Software
This range of software allows you to capture and edit videos, images, sound, text and animation. Most is free…
Recommendations *** Must have ** good * OK
Video
**Camstudio.org – Free – Screen recording software
*Clone DVD2 – DVD copier
**Fair Use Wizard – Free – DVD clip editor
***http://mediaconverter.org – Free – online video and sound file convertor
**Microsoft Moviemaker 2 – Free – video editor
**Real Player – Free – video player and downloader
*** Serif Movieplus X3- £5 from LRC Sandscorcher
***VLC Media Player – Free – Media Player
**Wink – Free – Screen recording software
Images and Photos
**Adobe Photoshop Elements
**Gimp – Free – Photoshop equivalent
***Inkscape – Free – Drawing Package
***Irfanview – Free – Photo Editor
***PaintNet – Free – Image Editor (includes memory stick version)
***Paint Shop Pro – Free – Image Editor
**Pix-to-Exe – Photo Presentation Software
*Photo Story – Free
***SnagIt 7.25 – Free – Multifunction Screen Capture Software
other online editors here
Sound/Audio
*Anvil Studio – Free – Midi recording
***Audacity – Free – Sound editor
**Microsoft Sound Recorder – Free – already in windows
**Super – Free – Multimedia encoder
*Switch – Free – Audio encoder
Text
***Cutepdf – Free – pdf creator
**Omnipage OCR – Free (with printer) – digital text convertor
Animation
*Blender – Free – 3D pixar style Animation
***Drawplus X4 – Free download starter edition at www.serif.com/FreeDownloads – Stopframe & Keyframe animation
*Pivot – Free – Stickfigure Animator
***Scratch – Free – programmable animations
**Stop Motion Pro – Stopframe Animation
*www.gickr.com – animated gifs from photos
Game-Making Software
*Alice – Free – (3-D Authoring Software)
***Game Maker – Free – Gaming Software
Multimedia and Collaboration
***Matchware Mediator 9 – Free LLS – CD from LRC – Multimedia Authoring
***Posterous – Free – blogging site
**Prezi – Free – presentation software
Microsoft Office
We use Office 2003 – installed on school computers (to be upgraded to 2010 during this year 2010-2011)
Students can buy the latest office suite from http://www.software4students.co.uk for £37.89.
Our video editing software Serif Movieplus 3 is available from Mrs Walton in the LRC for £5 (would be £70 usually).
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. How can I download embedded videos off YouTube or other sites and play them on my computer?
A1. When on the page of Youtube, insert the letters KISS between the www and youtube. This will take you to the alternative website KISSyoutube. When the video has downloaded, choose the mp4 option for High Quality 480×360 or High Definition 1280×720. Both of these can be edited using Movieplus.