Animation and Multimedia Tools

Market overview of recommendable animation and multimedia tools as well as audio and video editors, especially in connection with the creation of technical documentation and user assistance (user manuals, online help files, demos, tutorials).

Adobe Flash

Price: approx. $700

KoolMoves

Very easy to use.
Price: approx. $49; lite version "KoolWizard" approx. $25

SWiSHmax

Rich set of features.

Price: approx. $150; lite version "SWiSH miniMax" approx. $70

SWF Easy / SWF Quicker

Price: approx. $50 / $85

Show Kit

Price: approx. €57

IncrediFlash XTreme

Price: approx. $50

moowinx

Creates interactive graphics.

Price: approx. €400; for approx. €60 there is also a standard version available that embeds a link to the company's web site.

Articulate Rapid E-Learning Studio

Creates excellent output from PowerPoint source files as well as quizzes and interactive content.

Price: approx. $1400

iSpring QuizMaker, iSpring Pro, iSpring Presenter

Create interactive Flash content from PowerPoint.

Price: approx. $199, $249, $499

Microsoft Producer for Microsoft Office PowerPoint

Helps to capture and synchronize audio, video, slides and images and creates rich media presentations viewable in a browser

Price: free (Freeware)

FlippingBook

Creates flash flip books with page turn effect from PDF files.

Price: starting at approx. €40

Pencil

Animation/drawing software that lets you create traditional hand-drawn animations (cartoons) using both bitmap and vector graphics.

Price: free (Open Source)

Synfig

2D vector animation program.

Price: free (Open Source)

Audacity

Cross-platform sound editor. Supports multi-channel recording, editing and effects.

Price: free (Open Source)

AudioCutter

Offers a wide range of functions for creating, changing, converting and editing common sounds and surround sounds.

Price: free (Open Source)

Avidemux

Free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding. Tasks can be automated.

Price: free (Open Source)

cinefx

Comprehensive movie editing suite.

Price: free (Open Source)

MediaCoder

Universal batch media transcoder, which integrates most popular audio/video codecs. Aims to be the Swiss army knife for media transcoding.

Price: free (Open Source)

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This page was last updated 08/2010.

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