Paint.NET
Paint.net is a great free image editor for Windows users and its layout looks a lot like the standard Paint program that has been pre-installed on Windows computers for years.
Resources
This page provides descriptions of tools and tips for digital video and image creation as well as links to information about creating accounts at Flickr & YouTube, because these accounts are necessary for entering the contest.
How To Create New Flickr & YouTube Accounts
Image Editing Tools and Tips
Gimp
Gimp is a great image editing program for the more advanced user, and should meet almost any need you may have. It is available for most computer platforms, and it’s completely free.
Flickr / YouTube Accounts
How to create Flickr Account Go to http://www.flickr.com. Click Create Your Account on the right-side of the screen. Sign-in with a Yahoo! ID. Don’t have a Yahoo! Email? Sign Up for one at the bottom right of the screen. Create a Flickr username. You now have a brand new Flickr account! Please make sure to […]
Flyer Design Tips
While this site is targeted to people who are trying to publicize an event or trying to sell a product, it has some very good advice for flyer/poster design in general. Flyerboy, a printing company, offers 10 tips for flyer design, starting with the creative concept and then moving on to the actual construction of a design.
Poster/Flyer Design
This 5-page PDF file provides helpful tips for designing a poster or flyer. While it is targeted toward Cornell College student groups, its advice is helpful for anyone wanting to create an effective poster or flyer.
Use your Word Processing Program to Make a Poster
Microsoft Word or any word processing program can be used to make a poster for the WebUse.Info contest series. First you have to change the paper size to a larger format (A3) then, when you are done designing your poster, save your document as an image. For details read more.
Video Editing Tools and Tips
iMovie 08
iMovie 08 is a very useful video editing program that comes in Apple’s iLife 08 software pack and is only available for Macs. Its controls are very easy to learn, which is good for beginners, while it allows advanced users to make professional quality edits as well.
Audacity Free Sound Editor
Audacity is a free downloadable sound editing program that is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms. It is fairly simple to use and is great for recording live music or sounds, cutting, and splicing music.
Windows Movie Maker
Windows Movie Maker comes pre-installed on most Windows computers and is a very useful video editing program.
How to Make YouTube Videos Look Great
Because of the way YouTube handles uploaded videos, videos that look great when played in your video-editing program may look less than perfect once you upload them to YouTube. As its name suggests, this site gives advice for improving the quality of your YouTube videos.
Make Internet TV
This user-friendly site is divided into six sections to teach you the basics of making a video, including information on equipment, shooting, editing, licensing, publishing, and promoting.
8 Ways to Shoot Video Like a Pro
This piece, written by Rick Broida, co-author of How to Do Everything with Your Digital Video Camcorder, is a great resource for getting started.