Produce!

Here you will find many resources that can help you in the technical production of your digital stories, as well as guide and tutorials for production technology. Hopefully this page will get you moving in the right direction.

General Digital Storytelling Process Resources

• The Digital Storytelling Cookbook
• KQED Digital Storytelling Guide
• Stories For Change Training Resources

Tips for Preparing Your Story

• Llano Grande Center
• Creative Narrations Workshop Preparation Packet (pdf)
• Creative Narrations Story Triggers (pdf)

Manipulating Images

• Photoshop Tutorials
• More Tutorials
• The Gimp is a free Photoshop alternative.
• The Gimp Tutorial

Recording Audio

• Audacity
• How to Download Audacity
• How to Check Settings and Record in Audacity
• How to Edit Voice in Audacity
• Download Audacity Tutorial(pdf)

Video Editing

• iMovie is free for Mac.
• Windows MovieMaker is free for PC.
• MovieMaker Tutorials
• Sony Vegas Studio has free trial version.
• Vegas Tutorials

Royalty Free Images

• Stock Exchange
• Pics 4 Learning
• Library of Congress American Memory
• Flickr photos that are under creative commons licenses

Royalty Free Music

• Jamendo
• CC Mixter
• Freeplay Music
• For more information on copyright alternatives, visit Creative Commons.