• Fabulous Freebies

    Working on your website should be a breeze, but we all know that sometimes things can get a bit tricky.  Rebecca Zdon have compiled this list of freebie software to help you on your way. If you have a fabulous freebie you would like to share, please email her at rzdon@e1b.org.

    Royalty Free Music

    trumpetToday, getting music for your website can be tricky!   Try the website listed below to obtain a wide variety of music sortable by genre.  The artist asks that you simply credit the source and the music is yours to use freely.  For example, if your project has only one piece in it; you can credit it as "Music: Kevin MacLeod".

    To download royalty free music go to:  http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/search.html?feels=Calming Incompetech.com

    Software to create Tutorials and Presentation of computer applications.

    WinkWink 2.0 is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users. Similar applications sell for hundreds of dollars, while Wink is free with unrivaled features. Available for all flavours of Windows and various versions of Linux (x86 only).

    To download Wink 2.0 visit this website: http://www.debugmode.com/wink

    Free Recording Software that can be used to create Podcasts.

    AudacityAudacity 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. Features include: Record live audio, convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs, edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files, cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together, change the speed or pitch of a recording, and more!

     

    To download Audacity visit this website: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

    Color Picker for your Web Site

    ColormaniaColorMania 2.3 is an extended color picker with an eyedropper component and a screen magnifier. ColorMania lets you easily select and modify colors. It's an ideal tool for website and application developers. You can pick colors from anywhere on your screen and interactively change the RGB and HSV values. I have used this application to clone a color from a school logo and incorporate that color into a graphic that I am creating. OS: Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

    To download ColorMania, visit this website: http://www.myzips.com/download/ColorMania.phtml

    PDF Converter

    Primo PDFPrimoPDF - Convert to PDF from any application by printing to the PrimoPDF printer. Within minutes, you can create high-quality PDF by converting from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and almost any other printable file type. Remember; convert all of your documents to a PDF, prior to publishing on your website - your end users will thank you! System Requirements: Microsoft ® Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows NT ® , or Windows XP ®. A minimum of 30 MB of available disk space is required.

    To download PrimoPDF, visit this website: http://www.primopdf.com/

    HTML online Tutorial

    computerFree HTML online tutorial. In this user friend tutorial you will learn such topics as basic HTML tagging, formatting, tables, frames, images, colors, links and much, much more. This tutorial is especially useful, as it provides 100s of examples, information, an editor to practice in, and tests. Even if you only have a few minutes a day, you can easily return back to this site time and time again to explore new topics. This tutorial resides on the W3 Schools web page which is recommended highly by Schoolwires. You will also find a barrage of other free tutorials on topics such as CSS, XML, Java Script and more.

    To visit W3 Schools website click here: http://www.w3schools.com/

    Image Editing Software

    Screen ShotPhotoFiltre is a complete image editing and effects software, that is free (for personal use). It comes with many features that rival some commercial packages, as well as additional add-on that can be downloaded from the web site. PhotoFiltre offers all the standard editing features (selection, clone brush, paint brush etc.) as well as a large selection of image effects, photo masks, image adjustments, thumbnail browser and much more. PhotoFiltre comes with modern, well designed interface and is suited for everything from simple resizing to advanced photo editing. Pros: Great editing features; easy-to-use; fast loading. Cons: Does not support layers; no support for Photoshop filters. OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.

    To download PhotoFiltre, visit this website: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/photofiltre.html

    HTML editorFastStone Capture

    WorldMAX`s HTML Beauty++ 2004 is an advanced HTML editor. Features include drag & drop editing, right-click tag editing, template support, spelling & grammar check and more. This free software offers various tag designer dialogs, access to frequently used HTML tags, and a built-in image viewer and GIF optimizer. Additional features include built-in Java scripts (rollovers, DHTML menus, slideshows, etc.), support for HTML TIDY, internal browser preview, full-screen editing, resource panel and much more. OS: Windows (All)

    To download MAX's HTML Beauty \++ 2004 visit this website: http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/webpublish/fweditors.html

    Turn Digital Photos into Videos

    videoMicrosoft Photo Story 3 - "make show and tell cool again"!  This software enables you to convert digital images into quality videos with narration and background music.

    To download Microsoft Photo Story 3 for windows visit this website:  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx