Free Multimedia Tools

Graphics

 

XNView - A fast multi-format graphics browser. It can read over 400 file formats.

 

The GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program. "It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring."

 

GIMP Shop - A GIMP hack that look like Adobe Photoshop

 

Paint.net - "Paint.NET is an image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Server 2003." Runs on the .net framework.

 

Audio

 

Audacity - "Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds."

 

CDex - "CDex is a CD-Ripper, extracting digital audio data from an Audio CD."

 

 

 

 

Multimedia

 

Divx - Create and play high quality, high compression video.

 

Windows Movie Maker - A free video editor from microsoft.

 

Microsoft Producer - An add on from Microsoft that synchronizes PowerPoint slides with video and audio. Everything is packaged in an easy web format.

 

Microsoft Photo Story - "Make show-n-tell cool again."

 

Windows Media Encoder - Microsoft's screen capture, broadcast, and encoding package.