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The GD Guide To Freeware For Community Organisations
One of the main stumbling blocks for charities and community organisations trying to develop their online or digital profile is the often prohibitive cost of software. This regularly updated guide will provide access to freely available software which can enable community groups to make the best of the new technologies!
Audacity (Audio/Podcasts)
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to: Record live audio - Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs - Edit MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files - Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together - Change the speed or pitch of a recording - Ideal for creating your own podcasts... And more! Supports wide selection of operating systems including WindowsMac/Linux
Blogger (Ad Free Blog/Online Journal)
Blogger provides a very easy to use online blog/journal with an outstanding range of tools and services. You can set up an account and have your basic blog online in only a few minutes - With a wide range of theme and design options you can then adapt the advertising free pages to best suite your needs. You can also add video clips, photographs and images along with your text postings.
GIMP (Image/Photo Editing)
Often compared to Photoshop - GIMP is a freely distributed image manipulation program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. For Windows XP/Vista/7
OpenOffice.org (Word Processing/Spreadsheets/Presentations/Graphics/+More)
An open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be used completely free for any purpose. For Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
Paint.NET (Image/Photo Editing)
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins (Plugins add new effects and the ability to handle new file types). For Windows XP/Vista/7
VideoThang (Video Editing)
A free and easy to use video editing programme that allows you to mix photos, images and video clips with audio tracks to create your own movies. The programme can help you create the right size file for use on either your pc - the web or for sending via e-mail. For Windows 2000/XP/Vista

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