Multimedia Software

Software used for creating and editing multimedia files.

Multimedia Tools:

  • Adobe Software - Adobe is a software developer that focuses on multimedia and creativity applications. You may be familiar with some of its popular titles like Photoshop, Reader, and Flash Player.
  • Audacity - a free and open source software solution for recording and editing sounds. In education, it is a popular tool with faculty who are producing podcasts for their courses.
  • GarageBand - an application for apple computers that is used for creating and editting podcasts and audio files. It comes with the iLife suite.

Content Sites

  • Istock Photo - an original, member-generated image and design community that has millions of royalty-free photos, video clips, and audio that are searchable by tags and available for a small fee.
  • ccMixter - a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.
  • Soundsnap - a platform to find and share free and paid sound effects and loops legally. It is a collection of original sounds made or recorded by its users, and not songs or sound FX found on commercial libraries or sample CD's.