Category Archives: RESOURCES: Apps for Creating New Media Projects

DESKTOP, MOBILE, & WEB APPS for Composing Comics

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Want to try conveying a message in the form of a comic strip or comic book “short story”? Check out the options below, but also do your own Google searches …

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DESKTOP & WEB APPS for Creating Screencasts (aka Screen Recording)

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NOTE: For related posts, browse the tag archive for: screencasting A screencast is a video recording of whatever is displayed on the forefront of your computer screen. Screencasts can be …

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DESKTOP & WEB APPS – Composing with Video

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For most video projects, you will need to be able to make basic edits to videos you download or create, including cropping and trimming selections, adding title cards and transitions, …

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GUIDE – Uploading Videos to Web Hosting Sites (aka Exporting in "Web Ready" Video Format)

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WHAT IS “WEB READY” FORMAT? iMovie and Windows MovieMaker are non-linear video editing systems, which means that they allow you to assemble video projects from a variety of media files …

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ABOUT – What Apps & Web Sites Can I Use for New Media Writing?

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For a definition of “new media writing,” see: ABOUT – What is New Media Writing? Here is a “big picture” guide to the kind of apps and web sites you …

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WEB APPS for Creating and Sharing Mind Maps

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ABOUT MIND MAPS Mind maps are incredibly helpful as planning tools, but you can also use them to present concepts to an audience. Mind maps typically follow a hierarchical structure, …

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WEB APPS for Creating Presentations & Slideshows

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You can use the apps on this page to create presentations with beautiful templates and simple animations as well as slideshows with music or captions. Also see: WEB APPS for …

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DESKTOP & MOBILE APPS – Stop Motion Animation

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ABOUT ANIMATION: To learn more about different forms of animation, see this guide: Different Approaches to Animation For more animation apps, see: Desktop & Mobile Apps for Animation STOP MOTION …

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DESKTOP, WEB & MOBILE APPS – Keyframe Animation

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ABOUT ANIMATION: To learn more about different forms of animation, see this guide: Different Approaches to Animation DESKTOP APPS Animated Stories Plotagon (Mac, Windows, iPad; free) invites you to enter …

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WEB, DESKTOP, & MOBILE APPS for Working with Images, Photos, and Graphics

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Apps for working with images come in two varieties: pixel-based and vector-based. Pixel-based apps are best for editing photos and making images out of layers, while vector-based apps are best …

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DESKTOP APPS for Editing and Composing with Audio

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Overview In order to create an audio story or essay, or to create an audio voiceover for a video, you’ll need two things: (1) a recording device (a laptop with …

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WEB APPS – Create and Host Your Own Blog, Wiki, or Web Site

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BLOGS WordPress.com (by far the most popular free blogging platform) Tumblr (a close second in popularity to WP and gaining; much more limited interface, but super easy to use) WIKIS …

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WEB APPS for Creating Infographics

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Infographics have long been popular ways to share information in visual formats, but only recently have tools emerged that allow anyone to create an infographic without needing access to professional …

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WEB APPS for Composing Photo Stories

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You can also use presentation tools to compose photo stories. See: WEB APPS for Creating Presentations & Slideshows The web apps available for composing photo stories are typically classified as …

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DESKTOP, WEB & MOBILE APPS – Frame by Frame & Cartoon Animation

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ABOUT ANIMATION: To learn more about different forms of animation, see this guide: Different Approaches to Animation For more animation apps, see: DESKTOP & MOBILE APPS – Stop Motion Animation …

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WEB APPS for Creating & Sharing Timelines

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Timelines offer an interesting way to present information about changes over time. Dipity.com From the Dipity web site: “Dipity is a free digital timeline website. Our mission is to organize …

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DESKTOP, WEB & MOBILE APPS – Apply Cartoon Effects to Video and Photos

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Using these apps gives you an easy way to turn photos and video clips into custom content for your projects. DESKTOP APPS Cartoonize Video (for Windows — free trial available) …

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WEB SITES for Hosting Content to Share by Link or Embed in Blog Posts

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A “hosting” site is one that allows users to upload and publish their own content, so that they can easily share the content with others by distributing the link or …

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WEB RESOURCES – Collections of Digital Storytelling Tools

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Some digital storytelling tools are hard to classify, so I’m sharing these collections in case you find an app on one of them that suits your needs. A FEW COLLECTIONS …

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WEB APPS – You Can Connect & Use with Google Drive

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Check out the wide variety of web-based apps you can connect to your Google Drive account. The link takes you to the Chrome store, but once a tool is connected …

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WEB APPS for Planning Visual Projects

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You can find lots of planning tools, particularly storyboard tools, with a little Google searching. I found the one below on this page of Digital Storytelling Tools and thought it …

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WEB APPS for Creating Word Clouds

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Super easy ways to create art for your blog! Tagxedo Wordle