16 Free Tools to Create Media in eLearning

From a presentation at eLearning DevCon 2011 by Jeff Batt, a trainer with Rapid Intake.

• Video
  
  • JayCut - Online video editor
    
  • Video Spin - Desktop video editor
    
• Video Converter
  
  • Any Video Converter - Desktop video converter (batch convert, resize, etc.)
    
• Audio
  
  • Audacity - Desktop audio editor (don't forget the LAME mp3 encoder so you can export to mp3)
    
  • Aviary Myna - Online audio editor
    
  • Aviary Roc - Online music creator
    
• Images
  
  • GIMP - Desktop image editor
    
  • Aviary Phoenix - Online image editor
    
  • Sumo Paint - Online image editor (my addition, which actually bumps the list up to 17)
    
• Image Capture
  
  • Jing - Desktop image/video capture
    
  • Aviary Talon - Online image capture
    
• Animation
  
  • Vectorian - Desktop animation (Flash) editor
    
• Vector Images
  
  • Inkscape - Desktop vector image editor
    
  • Aviary Raven - Online vector image editor
    
• Color Schemes
  
  • Kuler - Online or desktop color theme picker
    
  • Aviary Toucan - Online color theme picker
    
• Course Analytics
  
  • enspark enfuse - Web analytics tool

I can vouch for Audacity, GIMP, Kuler (my new blog colors are from the Retro Package color scheme), and obviously Sumo Paint.

Now start creating!