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Free Software (…. . you can’t live without!)

Free Software • Tools, utilities, plug-ins, and other handy little pieces of technology that make life easier don't have to be expensive. In fact, many are free! FREEWARE OPEN SOURCE

Where can I get these programs? programs • Search Engines. – You will find lots of sites promoting their software as “free” or “freeware” • http: //Download. com – Here you will find a collection of software programs to download. Some are free and some are not…so keep eyes open. • http: //sourceforge. net – Great place for open source software. Watch out for viruses….

Here is a sampling… • Jing (pc / mac) *Note: Some programs • Picasa 3 (pc/mac-beta) require more Advanced Skills than others. • Gimp (pc / mac) * • Audacity (pc / mac) * • Format Factory (pc only) * • Hand Brake (mac / pc) • Cool Timer (pc only) • Firefox Add-ons • Etc. … There are many more programs out there to choose from. CLICK LOGOS TO VIEW SCREENSHOTS

Jing • Jing (pc OR mac) http: //www. jingproject. com Jing allows you to capture screenshots in image or video format and easily share it with others instantly and easily. Requirements Operating Systems: Windows XP, Vista or Mac OS X 10. 4. 11 or 10. 5. 5 or later Additional Requirements Broadband Quick. Time 7. 5. 5 or later Benefits for finalsite users • Support communication • Training • Filtering support issues from within SCREENSHOT

Picasa 3 http: //picasa. google. com pc OR mac http: //picasa. google. com/mac The program works with JPEG, GIF, BMP, PSD, and movie files and is compatible with most digital cameras. Image editing tools include cropping (standard or custom), removal of red-eye, and enhancing--even switching from color to black and white. • Picasa 3 ( ) Requirements Operating Systems: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X 10. 4. 9+ SCREENSHOT Additional Requirements Intel CPU 256 MB RAM Benefits for finalsite users • Easily edit photos for use on website • Free!

d *A va ed c n Gimp • Gimp (pc OR mac) http: //gimp-win. sourceforge. net/stable. html GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Requirements Operating Systems: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or Mac OSX Additional Requirements SCREENSHOT Make sure you are downloading an executable version Benefits for finalsite users • Easily crop, edit, and optimize photos for use on the web. • Robust image editor to make your pictures look great without having to spend a lot of money on Photoshop http: //gimp. lisanet. de/Website/Download. html - mac

d *A va ed c n Audacity • Audacity (pc OR mac) http: //sourceforge. net/projects/audacity This editor can record and play sounds and import and export WAV, AIFF, MP 3, and OGG files. Edit your sounds using cut, copy, and paste features. Requirements Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98 (1. 2. 6 version) Mac OS X 10. 5 Intel, Mac OS X 10. 4 Intel, Mac OS X 10. 5 PPC, Mac OS X 10. 4 PPC (1. 3. 7 version) Additional Requirements No Additional Requirements Benefits for finalsite users SCREENSHOT • Create and edit your own sound files to narrate your slideshows and videos. • Edit existing sound files to work with your needs.

Format Factory ed c n va d *A • Format Factory (pc only) http: //www. formatoz. com Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter, converting all popular video, audio, picture formats to others. . Requirements Operating Systems: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Additional Requirements No Additional Requirements SCREENSHOT Benefits for finalsite users • When someone hands you a DVD and expects you to put this on your website. • So you don’t have to worry about where the file came from ie: mac or pc, quicktime movie… • Do it yourself…rather than having to submit a ticket.

Hand. Brake • Hand. Brake (mac / pc) http: //handbrake. fr/ Hand. Brake is a multifunctional media converter, most importantly…it works on a mac. Requirements Operating Systems: Mac os X, Windows and Linux platforms SCREENSHOT Additional Requirements Make sure you know limitation for your platform Benefits for finalsite users • When someone hands you a DVD and expects you to put this on your website and you are using a mac. • Support for H. 264 • Do it yourself…on your mac…rather than having to submit a ticket.

Cool Timer • Cool Timer (pc) http: //www. harmonyhollow. net/cool_timer. shtml Simple, no-nonsense, handy timer utility with a cool, customizable interface. Requirements Operating Systems: SCREENSHOT Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98 Additional Requirements Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista, VB 6 Runtime Benefits for finalsite users • When you want to spend just 20 minutes on updating your website. • Helps you optimize your time and keeps you conscious of the clock.

Firefox Add-ons • Color. Zilla http: //www. colorzilla. com/firefox/ SCREENSHOT – Advanced Eyedropper, Color. Picker, Page Zoomer… • Dummy Lipsum https: //addons. mozilla. org/en-US/firefox/addon/2064 SCREENSHOT – Generates "Lorem Ipsum" dummy text (from http: //www. lipsum. com) Free, Free…. check Firefox often for the latest Add-ons.

…etc. • Any. Video Converter - http: //download. cnet. com/Any-Video. Converter/3000 -2194_4 -10661456. html – Video converting freeware with, fast converting speed, and quality video. It can convert almost all video formats including Div. X, Xvi. D, MOV, RMVB, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, and AVI to MPEG-4 movie format for PSP or other • Print. What. You. Like - http: //www. printwhatyoulike. com – Online editor that lets you format any web page for printing in seconds. You get to control what you print. • PDF Creator - http: //www. pdfforge. org – Create PDF files from any application. Simple to use. • Fundraising Thermometer – Track donations and watch as your thermometer rises to meet your goal. Easy to generate code which you can place in your site. www. usafundraising. com/resources

What’s in your Free Software Collection? Q&A

Jing

Picasa

GIMP

Audacity

Format Factory

Hand. Brake

Cool Timer

Color. Zilla

Dummy Lipsum