Adobe Flash

Price: approx. $700

http://www.adobe.com

KoolMoves

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

http://www.koolmoves.com

SWiSHmax

Rich set of features.

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

http://www.swishzone.com

SWF Easy / SWF Quicker

Price: approx. $50 / $85

http://www.sothink.com

Show Kit

Price: approx. €57

http://www.show-kit.com

IncrediFlash XTreme

Price: approx. $50

http://www.incrediflash.com

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.

http://www.moowinx.com

Articulate Rapid E-Learning Studio

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

Price: approx. $1400

http://www.articulate.com

iSpring QuizMaker, iSpring Pro, iSpring Presenter

Create interactive Flash content from PowerPoint.

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

http://www.ispringsolutions.com

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)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/technologies/producer.mspx

FlippingBook

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

Price: starting at approx. €40

http://www.page-flip.com

Pencil

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

Price: free (Open Source)

http://www.pencil-animation.org

Synfig

2D vector animation program.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://synfig.org

Audacity

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

Price: free (Open Source)

http://audacity.sourceforge.net

AudioCutter

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

Price: free (Open Source)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/audiocutter/

Avidemux

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

Price: free (Open Source)

http://avidemux.sourceforge.net

cinefx

Comprehensive movie editing suite.

Price: free (Open Source)

http://www.cinefx.org

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)

http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net