Sketchcastallows you to record a sketch with or without voice. You can explain something, have fun, or create art. You may also embed the sketch player in your blog or point people to your sketch channel.
An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development.
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks asphoto retouching, image composition andimage authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source.
Pixen is an innovative graphics editor for the Mac. It's designed from top to bottom for pixel artists—people who make low-resolution raster art like the sprites you see in old video games. But it's great for artists of all arenas: Pixen is like a very powerful MSPaint or a simpler, more agile Photoshop.
Pixen allows you to create animations just as easily as you would single images. It's just drag and drop, then you've got an animated GIF, a QuickTime movie, or even a sprite sheet on your hands.
TuxPaintis a free, award winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12. It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program. Download required.
Livebrush is a drawing application. It employs an easy-to-use brush tool that reacts to your gesture. By combining simple motion controls with brush styles, Livebrush offers a fun and unique way to create graphics.Available for both Mac and PC. Download and install required.
45 Websitesfor students to create original artwork online.
Add effects, fonts, shapes, doodling, distortions, retouching, layers and more. Go to the site to view demo videos. Login required but you are able to upload photos and effects without doing so.
Picknikmakes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames. It’s fast, easy, and fun. Free! No registration required. Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux. No download required, nothing to install.
Want to create panoramic images?HuginOSX 0.7rc6is a free application for OS X, that allows you to stitch a large number of photos together to create a single panoramic image. It includes support for most panoramic tool options, contains a powerful control point picker and has been translated into 17 different languages. You can also download versions for Windows, Linux and BSD.
Basically, have 2 photos morph with transition.Simply drag 2 images to the document window, drag a few lines to indicate similar areas and Norrkross MorphX calculates images so that it looks like the first image magically is transformed into the other. You can save the morph as as still image snapshot or as a full animatedQuickTimemovie.
MorphX is free to download and use and runs onMac.
This is a free project to create digital art using images and computer software. With AndreaMosaic you can create your own photographic mosaics made with your own pictures. Download required.
ComicLifeExpand what you can do with your digital photos! With a comprehensive set of features, Comic Life gives you numerous ways to explore your creativity - liven up holiday snaps, tell a story, even create how-to guides. This award winning software is fun and useful for kids and big kids too! Tutorial below.
Many software programs are overly complicated, with lots of scary looking buttons! Not so with Doozla - the simple interface lets your children draw and be creative within seconds of opening Doozla.
Doozla — as simple as using a paper and crayon but digitized!
Have students create comics with no drawing abilty whatsoever. Excellent resource for K-8 but may be adapted to go higher depending on the activity.(From the award winning ArtisanCam site)
Make your memories move with personalized flipbooks.
Preserve special moments with much more than just a photo! Turn your digital video clips into paper flipclips to carry with you, send and share!
FlipClips are individually crafted flipbooks, created using your own digital video. FlipClips are available in four styles, and are made using only the best materials around.
LearningIT blogMac related ICT, Art & Creativity Info for teachers and students. Authored by Frank Curkovic, the creator of this wiki.
ArtInspired WikiHere you may find visual art ideas and resources to inspire and motivate your lessons,artwork and art curriculum.
Frank Curkovic's YouTube videosAKA elemICT. Most of these videos are tutorials created for teachers and students ranging from software to art. Have a look.
ISTE's National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) have served as a roadmap since 1998 for improved teaching and learning by educators. ISTE standards for students, teachers, and administrators help to measure proficiency and set aspirational goals for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to succeed in today’s Digital Age.
Technology Integration MatrixThe Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students.
An online drawing pad that enables you to draw pictures online. Free.
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