Authoring Tools

Find tools for creating multimedia presentations.

Resources in this category:

Animoto
http://animoto.com/

Animoto is able to turn pictures into music videos. By analyzing uploaded photos and music, Animoto automatically generates the video, pacing the photos to the beat of the music.

Demofuse.com
http://www.demofuse.com/

"Update your website, and have all of your tours automatically update with the new changes. Create tours that interact with your visitors browser by creating area highlights, emulating cursor movements, and even help by filling in forms. Demofuse picks up where conventional QuickTime and Flash tutorials fail." Includes a demo and site tour. Requires free registration and limited free usage.

Flash Slideshow Maker
http://flash.dvd-photo-slideshow.com/

"Flash Slideshow Maker is a Flash album creator to make animated photo slide show with SWF file as the output format. It transforms your digital photo collection to Macromedia Flash file format (SWF) which you can share your memorial moments with your family or friends on your own homepage, post on your Blog or upload to your own website."

Freesound Project
http://www.freesound.org/

The Freesound Project is a "collaborative database of creative commons licensed sounds." Search, find and download all sorts of sounds. Great sounds to use and incorporate into podcasts and other media.

Privacy Policy Statement Generator
http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,2340,en_2649_34255_2886327...

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has found that privacy policies help create trusting relationships online. "The Generator, which has been endorsed by the OECD's 30 member countries, aims to offer guidance on compliance with [OECD's] Privacy Guidelines and to help organisations develop privacy policies and statements for display on their Web sites."

Screencast-O-Matic
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/

"Screencast-O-Matic is the free and easy way to create a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install!"

ScreenCastle
http://screencastle.com/

ScreenCastle is a web-based, one-click screencasting tool. Record whatever is on your computer screen and have the option to share it with others via a special URL or the option of embedding it into a blog or website.

ScreenJelly
http://www.screenjelly.com/

ScreenJelly is a screencasting tool that allows you to record up to 3 minutes of what's going on on your computer screen. You can also record audio with video and share what you record via your email or other social networking sites such as Twitter. No installation or download required.

Screentoaster
http://www.screentoaster.com/

Screentoaster is a screencasting tool that allows you to "capture video of online screen action" - no download is necessary. Share and embed videos to blogs, webpages or via email.

SlideRocket
http://www.sliderocket.com/

SlideRocket is a browser-based presentation software. A free option is available with limited features.

thumbalizr - a website thumbnail creator
http://www.thumbalizr.com/

"With thumbalizr you can take screenshots of any webpage you want. Use it for your presentations, documentations, visualisations or your webpage."

VoiceThread
http://voicethread.com/#home

VoiceThread is a "collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments" via voice, text, audio file or video.

WordPress
http://wordpress.com/

Create a free blog managed by wordpress.org software. Different theme options, widgets and other aesthetic applications available.