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An updated copy of Michael Harvey's Swag

From Michael Harvey: "Thanks to everyone who attended the Digital Swag for the Classroom session at USITT. I hope you found it helpful and informative. Below are the links to the software we previewed. If you have any suggestions or questions, feel free to e-mail me."

1. Gimp (photo editing software / photoshop replacement http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/

2. PhotoPlus 5.5 (same as above) http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/serif/ph/ph5/index.asp

3. POV-Ray - 3d graphics rendering engine http://www.povray.org/

4. Moray - a wire frame modeler for POV-Ray http://www.stmuc.com/moray/

5. Maya Personal Learning Edition (3d modeling and computer animation software)
http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/maya_ple/index.shtml

6. Audacity (a multi-track sound editor) http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

7. Art of Illusion (3d modeling and rendering program) http://sourceforge.net/projects/aoi/

8. Open Office (Microsoft Office replacement) http://www.openoffice.org/

9. Sourceforge.net ( a resource for open source software) http://www.sourceforge.net

10. Palm Desktop (organizational software) http://www.palmone.com/us/support/

11. Mozilla, Firefox (web browsers) and Thunderbird (e-mail program) http://www.mozilla.org

12. Pixa (another photo editing tool) http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/index.html

13. PDF995 (A free adware supported PFD print driver) http:www.pdf995.com

14. Microsoft Anti-Spyare (A good spyware detection and removal tool from microsoft) http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

15. AvidFreeDV: (latest release is version 1.6.1). Avid is offering a slimmed down version of it’s oscar winning software AvidDV on their website plus a very robust tutorial. CAUTION: while the software itself is a moderate download for dial-up users the tutorial is very large (70+ MB). http://www.avid.com/freedv

16. ABC Video Edit: (latest version 2.5 Build 70). Advanced Technology Partners is offering a Freeware Video Editing application that has a very robust tutorial which is very helpful for the novice editor. The zipfile is 2.4KB. No one seems to be managing this software anymore (ie: no support or place to register) but it still is available at lots of sites including this one: http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000027579

17. BLAZE MEDIA PRO: Here’s a new multimedia application that claims that it can do just about everything but wash your car! The demo version is available for free and the full version is only $50.00..not bad if it can do all that it says it can! Download it at:http://www.blazemp.com/

18. IrfanView: is a great freeware image viewer and management software that can standalone (not necessary to be installed on your computer) the latest release is 3.91. A great resource that is easy to use and very intuitive. Download it at:http://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm

19. Ian Pengler's Storyboard Tools: a simple but effective storyboarding application which is offered as Freeware. It installs with a visualizer and a viewer. Very user-friendly for such a simple piece of software. The lastest version is 1.2 and is offered in a zip file 1.1KB. Download it at: www.freefilmsoftware.co.uk. There are neat Freeware scriptmaking tools at http://www.ianpegler.com/ScriptMaker1.14.ZIP and http://www.ianpegler.com/SLang2.2.ZIP. Tthe storyboard zip file can be downloaded here http://www.ianpegler.com/StoryboardTools1.7.ZIP

20. dbPowerAMP: is a very robust CD ripper and conversion utility offered as Freeware. It’s small in size but very useful. Latest version is Release 9a, and is 1.5KB. Download it at: http://www.mp3-converter.com/dbpoweramp.htm

21. CADlite: is a great little CADD program offered as Freeware. It is simple to use and will output a dxf file. Latest version is 3.5.9 and is 1.5KB to download. Download it at: http://www.cadstd.com/

22. Design Workshop LT: is a robust 3D application that comes with a nifty tutorial (novices like me will need it!) but it is very useful. The latest version is 1.8 and is ??? KB to download. Download it at http://www.artifice.com/free/dw_lite.html

23. Q-Manager: A very useful Freeware sound cueing and management application that is offers many options (including MIDI). It’s very intuitive and extremely useful. You can download the upgrade versions for a modest sum but the freeware version is very handy for most sound cueing applications. Latest version is 2.15 and is 6.2KB to download. Download it at http://www.hammerandtong.com/

24. TMPEnc: is a great utility application for converting AVI files to MPG-1. It Freeware with an easy to use drag and drop feature. Latest version is 2.41 and is KB to download. Download it at: http://www.tmpegenc.com/

25. LIGHTGRID: is a simple Demoware version of a program that offers the student the ability to pre-visualize lighting colors on a simple object. It’s not freeware and you are more limited than Virtual Light Lab but it’s an alternative. It’s 2.5KB to download. Download it at: http://www.stageresearch.com/

26. SketchUp (a 3-D modeling program for windows and Mac OS X) Free to instructors and they can distribute copies legally to their students. http://www.sketchup.com/