Digital tools for creative projects
Infographics/Visualization
Bitmoji— make your own comic strips or emoji (free app for iOS, Android, Kindle, or Facebook)
Piktochart — easy infographics (free online)
Smore — online flyers (free online)
Wordle — creates word clouds out of your text (free online)
MakeaGIF.com — creates GIFs automatically (free online)
Giphy GIFmaker — creates GIFs automatically (free online)
Canva — basic graphics, infographics, charts, and posters (free online)
Powtoons — creates animated presentations and videos (free online)
Image/Video Editing and Annotation
Adobe Photoshop — photo/image editing software (available on some Emory computers)
Picmonkey — easy photo/image editing (free trial)
VoiceThread — image and video annotation and commenting (free account online, must register)
VideoAnt — annotate videos from YouTube or Vimeo (free online)
Snagit — create and edit screencasts (aka, recordings of your computer screen) (free trial)
Screencast-o-matic — create screencasts (free online)
[in]Transition — has lots of examples of video essays for inspiration
Video Production and Editing
iMovie — inexpensive video editing software for Macs (available on some Emory computers)
Final Cut Pro — video production and editing software (available on some Emory computers)
Adobe Creative Cloud — including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash, Dreamweaver, Audition, and Premier Pro (available on some Emory computers)
Blender — free 3D modeling, animation, and creation software (free download, also available on some Emory computers)
Borrow cameras, microphones, and other equipment from the Music and Media Library
[in]Transition — has lots of examples of video essays for inspiration
Audio Editing
Audacity — sound editing software (free download)
Adobe Audition — sound editing software (part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, on some Emory computers)
Logic Pro — music generation and digital audio workstation software (available on some Emory computers)
Borrow microphones and other equipment from the Music and Media Library
Web, Gaming, and Design
Adobe Creative Cloud — including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash, Dreamweaver, Audition, and Premier Pro (available on some Emory computers)
Blender — free 3D modeling, animation, and creation software (also available on some Emory computers)
SketchUp — 3D modeling software (available on some Emory computers)
Scratch — create simple computer programs, animations, or video games (free online)
GameMaker — create video games without programming (free trial)
Flowlab Game Maker — create simple games online (free online)
Sploder — create simple games online (free online)
Twine — make primarily text-based video games or nonlinear stories (free software)
Bitmoji— make your own comic strips or emoji (free app for iOS, Android, Kindle, or Facebook)
Piktochart — easy infographics (free online)
Smore — online flyers (free online)
Wordle — creates word clouds out of your text (free online)
MakeaGIF.com — creates GIFs automatically (free online)
Giphy GIFmaker — creates GIFs automatically (free online)
Canva — basic graphics, infographics, charts, and posters (free online)
Powtoons — creates animated presentations and videos (free online)
Image/Video Editing and Annotation
Adobe Photoshop — photo/image editing software (available on some Emory computers)
Picmonkey — easy photo/image editing (free trial)
VoiceThread — image and video annotation and commenting (free account online, must register)
VideoAnt — annotate videos from YouTube or Vimeo (free online)
Snagit — create and edit screencasts (aka, recordings of your computer screen) (free trial)
Screencast-o-matic — create screencasts (free online)
[in]Transition — has lots of examples of video essays for inspiration
Video Production and Editing
iMovie — inexpensive video editing software for Macs (available on some Emory computers)
Final Cut Pro — video production and editing software (available on some Emory computers)
Adobe Creative Cloud — including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash, Dreamweaver, Audition, and Premier Pro (available on some Emory computers)
Blender — free 3D modeling, animation, and creation software (free download, also available on some Emory computers)
Borrow cameras, microphones, and other equipment from the Music and Media Library
[in]Transition — has lots of examples of video essays for inspiration
Audio Editing
Audacity — sound editing software (free download)
Adobe Audition — sound editing software (part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, on some Emory computers)
Logic Pro — music generation and digital audio workstation software (available on some Emory computers)
Borrow microphones and other equipment from the Music and Media Library
Web, Gaming, and Design
Adobe Creative Cloud — including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash, Dreamweaver, Audition, and Premier Pro (available on some Emory computers)
Blender — free 3D modeling, animation, and creation software (also available on some Emory computers)
SketchUp — 3D modeling software (available on some Emory computers)
Scratch — create simple computer programs, animations, or video games (free online)
GameMaker — create video games without programming (free trial)
Flowlab Game Maker — create simple games online (free online)
Sploder — create simple games online (free online)
Twine — make primarily text-based video games or nonlinear stories (free software)
