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Animations/Whiteboard/Intros | Audio Production | Converters | Copywriting | Graphics | Marketing | PDF & Kindle | Royalty Free Music | SEO | Royalty Free Images and Video | Symbols | Video Creation |
Animations/Whiteboard/Intros
Easy Sketch Pro www.easysketchpro.com/ Create a professional doodle sketch
video within minutes. Download software (PC and Mac) for $29.
IntroChamp http://templates.introchamp.com/ Ready-made customizable pro intros from $5
Moovly www.moovly.com/ Affordable- per pay creation animations
Powtoon www.powtoon.com/ Free with Powtoon logo, or from $19/m pro. Animated videos and presentations.
IntroChamp http://templates.introchamp.com/ Ready-made customizable pro intros from $5
Moovly www.moovly.com/ Affordable- per pay creation animations
Powtoon www.powtoon.com/ Free with Powtoon logo, or from $19/m pro. Animated videos and presentations.
Prezi www.prezi.com/ Cloud based animation software (free-$14/m)
Splasheo www.splasheo.com/ Create amazing videos really fast ($)
Videoscribe www.videoscribe.co/ White board animations. From €11.50/m, free trial.Audio Production
Audacity www.sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/ Audacity - free software to record and edit sound, highly recommended.
FreeSound: http://freesound.org/browse/ Free collaborative database of creative commons sound effects
How to Record Good Audio: http://www.homestudiocenter.com/how-to-do-voice-overs/
How to Record Your Voice: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Improve_Your_Recording How to get the best voice recording with any equipment.
VoiceBase: Audio to text transcription - free (up to a limit) https://www.voicebase.com/
Youtube: Audio Course www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx0v16by5zFVnOhbdVE6ML91zFI0UrHfq Youtube playlist: audio help for Udemy instructors, free series.
FreeSound: http://freesound.org/browse/ Free collaborative database of creative commons sound effects
How to Record Good Audio: http://www.homestudiocenter.com/how-to-do-voice-overs/
How to Record Your Voice: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Improve_Your_Recording How to get the best voice recording with any equipment.
VoiceBase: Audio to text transcription - free (up to a limit) https://www.voicebase.com/
Youtube: Audio Course www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx0v16by5zFVnOhbdVE6ML91zFI0UrHfq Youtube playlist: audio help for Udemy instructors, free series.
Converters
Handbrake https://handbrake.fr/ Free software - converts all video types and reduces file sizes
Medio IO www.media.io/ Online audio file type converter. Supports dozens of audio file types.
Online Convert www.online-convert.com/ Free online file converter for audio, video, image, ebooks and more file types.
Medio IO www.media.io/ Online audio file type converter. Supports dozens of audio file types.
Online Convert www.online-convert.com/ Free online file converter for audio, video, image, ebooks and more file types.
Copywriting
Action Verbs www.agsci.psu.edu/elearning/pdf/objective-verbs.pdf List of action verbs connected with education (for course descriptions)
Auto Blog Title Tool www.seopressor.com/blog-title-generator/ Automatic amazing blog title tool (e.g. "The Truth About Blog Title Is About To Be Revealed")
Emotional Headlines www.aminstitute.com/headline/index.htm Emotional marketing value headline analyzer
Great Headlines www.entrepreneur.com/article/243003 The elements of a great headline (infographic)
Power Words www.coschedule.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/write-emotional-headlines-power-words-copy.pdf Power words for emotional headlines
Title Scorer www.lulu.com/titlescorer/index.php Get your Title scored!
Auto Blog Title Tool www.seopressor.com/blog-title-generator/ Automatic amazing blog title tool (e.g. "The Truth About Blog Title Is About To Be Revealed")
Emotional Headlines www.aminstitute.com/headline/index.htm Emotional marketing value headline analyzer
Great Headlines www.entrepreneur.com/article/243003 The elements of a great headline (infographic)
Power Words www.coschedule.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/write-emotional-headlines-power-words-copy.pdf Power words for emotional headlines
Title Scorer www.lulu.com/titlescorer/index.php Get your Title scored!
Graphics Software & Tools
Button Optimizer: www.buttonoptimizer.com/ Design and customize awesome $free call-to-action buttons in minutes (css and png) (free, easy)
Canva: www.canva.com Social media page covers, design tools, custom size graphics (free/cheap, easy)
Clipping Magic: www.clippingmagic.com Online tool to remove backgrounds from images (from $3.99/m)
Custom Page; www.custom-page.com Youtube/Google+ covers and thumbnails (free, easy)
Ebook MockUp: www.mias-beck.net/mockuptool/ eBook mock-up cover maker tool (free, online). Flaticon: www.flaticon.com/categories/ Free icons, png, svg and more. Excellent site.
Gimp: www.gimp.org/ Photo and image editor - a bit more complex than Paint.NET (free, moderately hard)
Instant Eyedropper: www.instant-eyedropper.com/ Identify and automatically paste to the clipboard the HTML color code of any pixel on the screen with just a single mouse click (free, easy)
Paint.net: www.getpaint.net/index.html Paint.NET: image/photo editing with layers and special effects, includes scan import. An intermediate level program between MS Paint and Adobe Photoshop (free, easy).
Place It http://www.placeit.net Create free mock ups of any image or screenshot added to a PC, mobile or tablet screen, also videos.
Super Stickies http://wigflip.com/superstickies/ Make your own "Sticky Note" image for free.
Canva: www.canva.com Social media page covers, design tools, custom size graphics (free/cheap, easy)
Clipping Magic: www.clippingmagic.com Online tool to remove backgrounds from images (from $3.99/m)
Custom Page; www.custom-page.com Youtube/Google+ covers and thumbnails (free, easy)
Ebook MockUp: www.mias-beck.net/mockuptool/ eBook mock-up cover maker tool (free, online). Flaticon: www.flaticon.com/categories/ Free icons, png, svg and more. Excellent site.
Gimp: www.gimp.org/ Photo and image editor - a bit more complex than Paint.NET (free, moderately hard)
Instant Eyedropper: www.instant-eyedropper.com/ Identify and automatically paste to the clipboard the HTML color code of any pixel on the screen with just a single mouse click (free, easy)
Paint.net: www.getpaint.net/index.html Paint.NET: image/photo editing with layers and special effects, includes scan import. An intermediate level program between MS Paint and Adobe Photoshop (free, easy).
Place It http://www.placeit.net Create free mock ups of any image or screenshot added to a PC, mobile or tablet screen, also videos.
Super Stickies http://wigflip.com/superstickies/ Make your own "Sticky Note" image for free.
Royalty Free Images
The British Library Creative Commons https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/
Canva www.canva.com Stock photos and graphics either $free or $1
Creative Commons Photos: www.creativecommons.photos/ Creative commons photos
Icon Archive: www.iconarchive.com/ Thousands of free icons and icon-sets, some paid sets.
IgniteMotion http://www.ignitemotion.com/ Free, royalty free animated video backgrounds
Free Video Footage http://www.free-video-footage.com/ Free, royalty free video backgrounds and music
MovieTools http://movietools.info/ Free, royalty free video backgrounds and motion clips
New Old Stock: www.nos.twnsnd.co/ New Old Stock: vintage photos from the public archives
PicJumbo: www.picjumbo.com/ Totally free photos for personal and commercial use
Pixabay: www.pixabay.com Free, fabulous stock images, videos and graphics - no sign up! CC0
Snapmarket: www.snapmarket.com/ No limits licence, from $1
Stock Footage for Free: www.stockfootageforfree.com/ Free, royalty free video footage
Stocksnap: www.stocksnap.io/ Free stock photos
Unsplash: www.unsplash.com/ Free high resolution photos (beautiful images but no search facility)
Wiki Media Commons: www.commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images Creative commons photography and images from Wikipedia
Icon Archive: www.iconarchive.com/ Thousands of free icons and icon-sets, some paid sets.
IgniteMotion http://www.ignitemotion.com/ Free, royalty free animated video backgrounds
Free Video Footage http://www.free-video-footage.com/ Free, royalty free video backgrounds and music
MovieTools http://movietools.info/ Free, royalty free video backgrounds and motion clips
New Old Stock: www.nos.twnsnd.co/ New Old Stock: vintage photos from the public archives
PicJumbo: www.picjumbo.com/ Totally free photos for personal and commercial use
Pixabay: www.pixabay.com Free, fabulous stock images, videos and graphics - no sign up! CC0
Snapmarket: www.snapmarket.com/ No limits licence, from $1
Stock Footage for Free: www.stockfootageforfree.com/ Free, royalty free video footage
Stocksnap: www.stocksnap.io/ Free stock photos
Unsplash: www.unsplash.com/ Free high resolution photos (beautiful images but no search facility)
Wiki Media Commons: www.commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images Creative commons photography and images from Wikipedia
Marketing
One Buck Udemy Courses: www.onebuckcourses.com/ Add your $1 coupon to the list which is sent out weekly to thousands. (Affiliate site)
PDF & Kindle Tie-in
Primo PDF: www.primopdf.com/ Create PDFs versions from any other program on your computer (free)
Royalty Free Music
Audiojungle www.audiojungle.net Royalty free audio files from $1
Beatpick www.beatpick.com/player/index Licenced music tracks c.£50
Bensound www.bensound.com/ Free, royalty free music.
Brainy Betty www.brainybetty.com/soundsforpowerpoint.htm free MIDI and mp3 tracks
Danosongs www.danosongs.com/ Composer offering free downloads
Dawn Music www.dawnmusic.com/ Musical digital audio worldwide network, $40 of free downloads
Free Music Archive www.freemusicarchive.org/curator/Video/ Free music, search by licence-type.
Free Soundtrack Music www.freesoundtrackmusic.com/ Royalty free and some $free tracks
Ibaudio http://www.ibaudio.com/ Written in-house just for members, high quality tracks designed specifically for use in media productions from $4.
Incompetech www.incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ Royalty free and Creative Commons ($free) audio
Jamendo https://licensing.jamendo.com/en Stock music for commercial use from €79 per track.
Jewel Beat www.jewelbeat.com/ Royalty free tracks from $2.99
Marmoset Music www.marmosetmusic.com/ Boutique music agency
Moby Gratis www.mobygratis.com/ Audio by composer Moby, free for non-commercial use
Musopen www.musopen.org/music/ Royalty free $free classical music tracks
Odesk www.odesk.com Hire a composer
Pacdy www.pacdv.com/sounds/free-music.html $free audio tracks and $paid sound effects
Partners in Rhyme www.partnersinrhyme.com/ Royalty free music and sound effects
Pond5 www.pond5.com/ Royalty free audio marketplace
Premium Beat www.premiumbeat.com/ Handpicked production music from the world's leading composers for video
Public Domain 4u www.publicdomain4u.com/ Public domain and royalty free audio
Smartsound www.smartsound.com/ Royalty free music unique to your project
Youtube Audiolibrary www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music Free tracks to download from YouTube
SEO
Keyword Analyzer www.keywordanalyzer.org/ Quick, free tool to analyse keyword density via pasting text.Symbols
FSymbols www.fsymbols.com/keyboard/windows/alt-codes/list/ Get characters like ♫ ° ¢ ¾ on your keyboard
Video Creation
Active Presenter www.atomisystems.com/activepresenter/ Active Presenter (screencasting, audio, transitions, text, ppt import) (Free version)
After Effects (Adobe) http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html
Camtasia www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html Camtasia (screen recording, video editing, transitions) ($300, free trial)
Corel Videostudio www.videostudiopro.com/en/products/videostudio/pro/ Corel VideoStudio Pro: Screen recording, and video editing. ($80, free trial)
Debut Video Capture www.nchsoftware.com/capture/ Debut Video Capture (screen recording, webcam, external recording) (free version)
EasyPrompter http://www.easyprompter.com/ Free (and paid) teleprompter software online
Filmicpro http://www.filmicpro.com/ Iphone app for recording yourself
Handbrake www.download.cnet.com/HandBrake/3000-2194_4-10808250.html Handbrake (download site): reduce size of video files, convert and rip video.
Handbrake Tutorial www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRZ5ohn79ik Video on how to reduce a video file size with Handbrake
Movavi http://www.movavi.com/
After Effects (Adobe) http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html
Camtasia www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html Camtasia (screen recording, video editing, transitions) ($300, free trial)
Corel Videostudio www.videostudiopro.com/en/products/videostudio/pro/ Corel VideoStudio Pro: Screen recording, and video editing. ($80, free trial)
Debut Video Capture www.nchsoftware.com/capture/ Debut Video Capture (screen recording, webcam, external recording) (free version)
EasyPrompter http://www.easyprompter.com/ Free (and paid) teleprompter software online
Filmicpro http://www.filmicpro.com/ Iphone app for recording yourself
Handbrake www.download.cnet.com/HandBrake/3000-2194_4-10808250.html Handbrake (download site): reduce size of video files, convert and rip video.
Handbrake Tutorial www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRZ5ohn79ik Video on how to reduce a video file size with Handbrake
Movavi http://www.movavi.com/
Screenflow http://www.telestream.net/screenflow/overview.htm
Sony Vegas Pro http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro
Windows Moviemaker http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/movie-maker
Sony Vegas Pro http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro
Windows Moviemaker http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/movie-maker
