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Software

The following software programs can be used to create videos and audio files for Storychaser projects. Most are FREE software programs.

Audio Editing

  1. Audacity - Edit multi-track audio files (Windows & Mac)
  2. Switch -  Convert audio file formats into MP3, WAV, etc. (Windows & Mac)

Video Creation (phase 1 workshops - still images w/audio)

  1. PhotoStory3 - Combine and synchronize images with audio (Windows)
  2. iMovie - Combine and synchronize images with audio (Mac)

Other Video Utilities

  1. VLC Media Player - free multi-format media player (Windows, Mac & Linux)
  2. QuickTime software - play M4V and other Apple/QuickTime format video files (Windows & Mac)
  3. Combined Community Codec Pack - Install different video codecs for playback and encoding (Windows)
  4. MPEG Streamclip - Edit and convert video clips into different formats ((Windows & Mac)

Video Creation (phase 2 workshops - video clip editing)

  1. iMovie - (Mac)
  2. Windows MovieMaker Live (Windows 7 and Vista)
  3. Windows MovieMaker (Windows XP)
  4. Sony Vegas - around $45 for base version (Windows)
  5. Avid Studio and Pinnacle Studio - (Windows)
  6. WikiPedia Comparison of Video Editing Software

Music Creation (great for video background music)