Resources

“Production Resources,” is designed to help digital developers with a plethora of websites that support free media sources for sound, digital imaging, editors, clip art, and video resources. Users entering this website must abide by copyright policy as requested by the web host. Please read each copyright resource header before activating a link to ensure that you have full understanding of requirements prior to using digital media in a production.

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Sound Resources

  • Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to, Record live audio, convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs, Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files, cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together and Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
  • American Rhetoric (famous speeches) “The site makes material available in an effort to advance understanding of political, social, and religious issues as they relate to the study and practice of rhetoric and public address deemed relevant to the public interest and the promotion of civic discourse.” You can also use Audacity to record speeches to use in your digital story.
  • Freeplay Music´s compositions and recordings may be used (broadcast, synchronized and/or copied) without a fee. These reproduction rights, known as Master Recording and Synchronization rights, are absolutely FREE. Personal Non-Commercial Use (Non-revenue generating or associated) Personal use does not include any broadcast use – web, blog, podcast Educational, Non-Commercial use (limited to student use on school grounds for in classroom projects- non broadcast)  Freeplay Music’s compositions and recordings may be used without a fee.
  • Welcome to FindSounds.com, a free site where you can search the Web for sound effects and musical instrument samples. Take a look at the types of sounds you can find.
  • Nature Songs All content, including text, sounds and graphics are copyrighted to Naturesongs.com and Doug Von Gausig, 1997-2004. Any unauthorized use is prohibited. Educational and non-commercial license is usually granted without charge, but must be in writing from Naturesongs.
  • PodSafe Audio This site aims to provide a location where musicians can upload music under the Creative Commons License for use in Podcasts, Mashups, Shoutcasts, Webcasts and every other kind of ‘casting’ that exists on the ‘net…  
  • MIDIMART.NET There is no limit to midi downloads on this site, you can download 1 file or all of them. The site also features many software downloads, such as Audacity, Jazz (MIDI) Sequencer, Quartz AudioMaster Pro and 4.6 RockN Wav Editor 1.8.   
  • Partners In Rhyme  Your Audio Resource for Multimedia Projects royalty free music, sound effects, midi files, audio software and sound advice.
  • MIDI Drum Program (Link) Simplified drum machine to make your own drum line. Files can be saved and then emailed to friends.

Video Resources (Find Free Video Clips)

  • The History Channel Speeches and Video A great resource for historical video and speeches is the History Channel Network of speeches and video. To use this site you can choose from several main topics that include, This Day in
    History, US History, Military and War, Science and Technology, Exploration and World History. You can save your links to a personal file on the site or copy and paste a link to your production file.
  • PBS Teacher Source: PBS Teacher Previews is designed specifically for teachers and educators, and includes information about PBS programs with extended classroom taping rights, PBS Online sites with classroom resources and activities, and more. Sign me up for PBS Teacher Previews!  PBS permits use of hardcopies from portions of its Web site for non-profit, educational*, and/or personal activities. On any document of PBS Online content photocopied for distribution, please note the name of the PBS site, the URL (web address), and a copyright notice if available. * i.e., a teacher or instructor offering a course at a university/college, within a school system, or at an adult education/lifelong learning facility, with no fee charged for the material.
  • DIGITAL STORIES This website is designed to showcase digital stories. You can sample the digital stories presented here and submit your own individual or class project. The website makes use of digital storytelling by providing resources to support developers that include audio and video resources.
  • MOVIE ARCHIVE: Rick Prelinger and The Internet Archive offers public domain films from Prelinger Archives to all for free downloading and reuse. Terms of Use


Image Editors

  • PIX EN ATE Photos Made Easy This site allows you to enhance your own images online and then save them to a file.
  • Photo Story 3 for Windows: Create slideshows using your digital photos. With a single click, you can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures. It’s that easy! Add stunning special effects, soundtracks, and your own voice narration to your photo stories. Then, personalize them with titles and captions.
  • MOVIEMAKER TIPS & ISSUE RESOLUTION IDEAS Windows Movie Maker 2 makes it easy for just about anyone to make movies on their computer. Just build your storyboard, edit your clips, add music, and you’ll have your first movie ready to go!

TIPS

  • Save often
  • Save all components to the same location or production folder
  • Create production folders and save all of our files to a CD or to the desktop.
  • Use a storyboard template to plan your production.
  • To create a narration for your production use short narratives by saving the sound files in sequential order into a sound file folder.
  • If you want both narration and music consider placing your narration in your project – saving it as a movie.  Then opening a new project and import your movie – now you can add a second layer of sound

How To:

Issues and Potential Resolutions:

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Clip Art AND Graphic Resources

  • Classroom Clip Art: These images can be used solely for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES in the K-12 classroom. This means that K-12 students may use these images for school projects and reports. Images in the Classroom Clipart collection may be used by teachers and students in print, multimedia, and video productions. Uses include, school projects, school webpage’s, school contests, and for school fund raising activities. These images are watermarked. A Classroom Clipart Logo/Copyright must be included and must not be removed from the image. When using an image on a webpage the image must include this link “Image Provided by Classroom Clipart“
  • CoolClips.com: All media previews displayed at CoolClips.com are available as “screen resolution” royalty free, and are for your personal enjoyment. The images included here, and derivative images from them, are not public domain, and cannot be redistributed without the written permission of the publisher. Downloading and/or use of the images will signify acceptance of this Agreement. Hi resolution images may be available from the Publishers which might be more suitable for important projects.
  • GRAPHICS FOR EDUCATORS BACKGROUNDS, LINES, ICONS, AND SEASONAL ART Before you use this site make sure you read all links carefully for copyright agreements. Some sites may require professional judgment based upon the web sites policy for using their graphics. If there is any question regarding downloads it is always best to contact the website developer for permission. 
  • BACKGROUND GRAPHICS These graphics work well when using them as a background to PowerPoint presentations. Realm Graphics Icons is a comprehensive collection of over 510 icons for Web pages. In designing a Web site one almost always needs to add spice and color to a page. These icons offer characters and animals, small inlines icons to highlight links, symbols, text, signs, and much more. These images are categorized by themes for ease of navigation and selection.
  • VISICOM You may use the graphics for personal or internal company purposes. You may use the graphics for print advertising, brochures, reports, newsletters and lithographed display material.  You may use the graphics for your own online design (i.e. webpage design, web advertising). You undertake to place the license number, that will be issued to you by VISICOM shortly after the execution of this License, or a link to the license number on the webpage where the graphic will be displayed.   Should you wish to acquire additional right(s), please contact VISICOM, which may or not grant such right(s) at its sole discretion.  If you are unsure of your rights under this agreement, or would like to use an image in a way not permitted by this license, please contact VISICOM for additional information.

DISCOVERY SCHOOL CLIP ART GALLERY: Discovery School now makes it easy to add graphics to your next project, whether its for home or school. Choose from hundreds of original clip art pieces, including animations! All Web site design, text, graphics and the selection and arrangement thereof Copyright © 2000 Discovery.com, Inc

Permission to Use Clip Art Permission is granted to download no more than ten different clip art images for non-revenue-producing use on hard copy documents or on Web sites with the following restrictions:

  • Any reproduction must be unaltered from its original downloaded form. This includes, but is not limited to, colorization, cropping, or editing.
  • Any use of clip art images on Web sites must credit Discoveryschool.com and include a link to the Discoveryschool.com Web site. Credit must read – “Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com”
  • If using more than ten clip art images or using images for-profit purposes (e.g. business, inclusion in publication, company logo), fill out our license form and mail or fax it Discovery Channel School. The mailing address and fax number are on the form. Discovery.com, Inc. reserves the right to charge a fee for permission granted to any such request.
  • Any other use of the materials on this Web site, or modification, distribution or re-publication thereof, without the prior written permission of Discovery.com, Inc. is strictly prohibited.
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