Platform:
· Movie Maker
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspxo
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Getting-started-with-Windows-Movie-Maker#section_2 · PowerPoint
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/default.aspx· Photo Story
http://it.seattleschools.org/BEXlevy/activities/photostory/photo-story-3-examples/· iMovie
http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/· Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements (or as part of the Digital School Collection)
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/family/· Creaza
http://www.creaza.com/frontpage· Animoto
http://animoto.com/· Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/ Sound mixer:
· Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ · CC Mixter
http://ccmixter.org/ Player for playback:
· Windows Media Player
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/default.aspx · iTunes
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ · VLC Media Player
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ · Quicktime
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ · Adobe Flash Player
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Be sure to identify the appropriate file formats for your platform. For example:
Movie Maker:
- Video files: .asf, .avi, .wmv
- Movie files: MPEG1, .mpeg, .mpg, .m1v, .mp2
- Audio files: .wav, .snd, .au, .aif, .aifc, .aiff
- Windows Media files: .asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv
- Still images: .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .gif
- MP3 format audio: .mp3
Format Factory: for converting between file formats
http://www.formatoz.com/