26 Places to Find Free Multimedia for Your Blog. Nothing makes a blog post more eye-catching than a great header image, but not all publishers have artistic talent. And even accomplished digital creatives often crave some found material to start from or work with in a project. Luckily for all of the above, sources abound for finding a compelling photo to grab your readers' eyes and draw them in, or to locate fresh multimedia to remix.
Creative Commons search You may be familiar with the Creative Commons free licenses that aim to give creators more freedom to allow sharing and remixing of their content. If not, you can find out more about the history of the organization and the different types of licenses from their About page. Here are several excellent spots to search large pools of Creative Commons-licensed images: 1. Free stock and public domain images Need a professional-looking image but don't have the budget for spendy stock photo houses?
5. WikiMedia Commons 12. Free audio sources Free video sources 20. Further resources 24. Media College - Video, Audio and Multimedia Resources. Build an inspired music collection with your PC. Let your computer help you take your musical enjoyment to new heights By Marc Saltzman Music lovers, listen up. The most important piece of equipment in your home may no longer be your stereo system. It may be your PC. What's this, you ask? How can that boring beige box in the den used for e-mail and the kids' homework help enhance my enjoyment of music? "Instead of searching for a particular CD, my computer allows me to have all of my music in one place," says Brandy Tanenbaum, a mother and self-professed Neil Diamond fanatic.
"I like to be organized, so I sort all of my downloaded music by artist or genre, and then I can quickly burn a mixed CD for the car or copy songs over to my portable music player," she adds. But some music fans are still hesitant to make the switch to their PC to store, organize, or play music. Step 1: Let's get it on—storing music on the PC Take advantage of your computer's huge hard drive and use it as a storage solution for your music. See a song title you like? Extensions for Windows - The Unofficial Windows Upgrade. The Free Video Converter allows you to convert, split, merge and edit your movie files. It supports wide variety of video formats from AVI to Flash (FLV) and high-definition movies (MTS) captured with new HD cameras.
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