Please find a collection of free resources and tools. You will find copyright-free image collections, sources of royalty-free audio, video, image/video editors.

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Miguel’s Favorite Tools

• Miscellaneous Tools
  • Animated GIFs (EzGIFMaker, IMGFlip)
  • Markdown to HTML, HTML to MD, Convert Table to MD, Browserling HTML to MD and MD to HTML
  • Mastofeed
  • Hemingway APp
  • HTML 5 Editor
• Word Art/Clouds, Images and/or ClipArt
  • Lummi.ai
  • Word Art
• Image Editing:
  • CleanUp Pictures
  • Crop Photo into Shapes (Great!)
  • Flip Image Online
  • Kleki
  • Sketch.io Sketchpad
  • Simple Image Resizer
  • iFrame Generator
  • Cmap Cloud or yED Live or Draw.io – Concept map or diagram makers
  • QR Code Maker or QR Toon
• Graph Makers
  • NCES Kids’ Zone Create a Graph
• Video Editing:
  • OpenShot
  • Shotcut
  • Online Video Converter
• Music and Sound
  • Wavacity Audio Editor (similar to Audacity but web-based)
  • Royalty-Free Music via YouTube
  • TableTop Audio
  • Transcribe Audio using Restream.io or Whisper Desktop

AI Art Creation Tools

• Leonardo.ai
• OpenArt.ai
• Bing Image Creator
• Foto Art Generator
• NightCafe Studio
• Leap’s Free AI Image Generator

Copyright-Free Image Collections

These collections offer a variety of images, icons, and graphics that are free to use, often under Creative Commons licenses. They are great for projects, presentations, and websites where you need high-quality visuals without copyright restrictions.

• People and Diversity
  • Affect’s Disabled and Here: A stock photo library featuring disabled individuals.
  • BYU Digital Collections: Historical photos cover indigenous peoples.
  • Canva Natural Women Collection: A collection of natural and diverse images of women.
  • Disability Inclusive Stock Photography – Disability:IN: Stock photos featuring individuals with disabilities.
  • Family Tree – Online Historical Photos
  • Indigenous people: Stock photos featuring indigenous people.
  • Jopwell Collections: Diverse stock photos featuring people of color.
  • Nappy | Beautifully Diverse Stock Photos: High-quality photos of Black and Brown people.
  • Navabi: Plus-size stock photos.
  • The Gender Spectrum Collection by Broadly: Stock photos beyond the binary.
  • UkBlackTech: Stock photos featuring Black individuals in tech.
• General and Icon Collections
  • Creative Commons Search Portal: Search for Creative Commons licensed images.
  • FindaPhoto: Free stock photo finder.
  • Flaticon: The largest database of free vector icons.
  • Freepik: Free vectors, PSD, photos, and free graphic resources.
  • FreeSVG: Free SVG files.
  • GettyImages: Offers open access to over thirty thousand images that elevate Black history.
  • Google Advanced Image Search: Advanced search for images.
  • Horizontal Line Archive: Find horizontal rules
  • Icons by Noun Project: Free icon library.
  • Insert icons for Slides – Google Slides add-on: Add icons to Google Slides.
  • Lummi.ai: AI-generated stock photos.
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open access art images.
  • MorgueFile: Free high-resolution digital stock photographs.
  • New Old Stock Photos: Vintage photos from the public archives.
  • Pexels: Free stock photos and videos.
  • Photos for Class: Age-appropriate images for classroom use.
  • Pixabay: Free images and videos.
  • Public Domain Image Archive: Public domain images.
  • PxHere: Free stock photos.
  • Smithsonian Open Access: Millions of 2D and 3D digital items.
  • Stockio: Free photos, vectors, icons, videos, and fonts.
  • Unsplash: Beautiful free images and photos.
  • Vecteezy: Free photos and vector graphics.
  • Wikimedia Commons: A collection of freely usable media files.
• Specific Themes
• NASA’s Image and Video Library: Images, videos, and audio files from NASA.

Tools

This section includes a variety of tools for creating, editing, and managing images, videos, and documents. These tools are essential for graphic design, video editing, and document management tasks.

Image, Icon, and PDF Tools

Description: Tools for creating, editing, and managing images, icons, and PDFs. These tools are useful for graphic design, photo editing, and document management.

• Drawing and Editing
  • Add text to photos: Add text to your photos online.
  • JS Paint: A web-based MS Paint remake.
  • Kleki: Online drawing tool.
  • Magma Draw Together: Collaborative drawing tool.
  • Pixilart: Online pixel art editor.
  • Pixlr Editor: Free online photo editor.
  • Vectr: Free vector graphics software.
  • YouiDraw Painter: Online painting tool.
• Background Removal
  • PhotoScissors: Online background removal tool.
  • Removal.ai: Fast and easy background remover.
  • Remove Video Background – Unscreen: Remove video backgrounds online.
  • Trace (Remove Background): Background removal tool.
• PDF and Vector Editing
  • PDF Candy – Edit PDF: Free online PDF editor.
  • Vecteezy Free SVG Vector Editor: Free online vector editor.
• Desktop Software
  • GIMP: Free and open-source image editor.
  • Inkscape: Open-source vector graphics editor.
  • LightZone: Digital darkroom software.
  • Scribus: Open-source desktop publishing software.

Video Editors and ScreenCast Recorders

Tools for editing videos and recording screen activity. These are essential for creating video content, tutorials, and presentations.

• Clipchamp: Free online video editor.
• OpenShot: Free and open-source video editor.
• Shotcut: Free, open-source, cross-platform video editor.

Audio Sources

Collections of royalty-free music and sound effects for use in videos, podcasts, and other multimedia projects.

• BenSound Royalty Free Music: Royalty-free music for videos.
• Community Audio: Free music and audio recordings.
• dig.ccMixter: Free music for commercial projects.
• FreePlay Music: Royalty-free music library.
• Hooksounds: Royalty-free music for creators.
• Incompetech: Royalty-free music by Kevin MacLeod.
• PremiumBeat Royalty Free Music: Royalty-free music and sound effects.
• Purple Planet Royalty Free: Royalty-free music for videos and podcasts.
• Royalty-Free Music via YouTube: Royalty-free music on YouTube.
• SoundStripe: Royalty-free music for creators.
• TableTop Audio: Free ambient audio for tabletop gaming.

Video Sources

Collections of free and public domain videos for use in projects, presentations, and educational materials.

• American Memory Collection: Motion picture and television reading room.
• Archive.org: Digital library of free and borrowable books, movies, music, and more.
• Creative Commons on Vimeo: Creative Commons licensed videos.
• Internet Archive: Digital library of free and borrowable books, movies, music, and more.
• Library of Congress Digital Collections: Digital collections from the Library of Congress.
• NASA Videos: Videos from NASA.
• The Open Video Project: A shared digital video collection.

Word Cloud Makers

Tools for creating visual representations of text data, often used to highlight the most frequent words in a text.

• Tagxedo: Create word clouds with custom shapes and colors.
• Word Art: Create word clouds with custom shapes.
• WordItOut: Create word clouds with custom shapes and colors.

Quote Makers

Tools for creating visually appealing quotes, often used for social media posts and presentations.

• BeHappyMe: Create visual quotes with custom backgrounds.
• Instagram Quote Maker: Create quotes for Instagram.
• Quozio.com: Create visual quotes with background images.
• Recite.com: Create visual quotes.
• VizzBuzz: Create visual quotes with custom backgrounds.

Meme Generators

Tools for creating memes with custom text and images, often used for humor and social media engagement.

• ImgFlip Meme Generator: Create memes with custom text.
• Meme Generator: Create memes with custom text and images.
• MyQuotePix: Create memes with Minion images.
• MyTextPix: Create memes with custom text and images.

Note-Taking Tools

• StackEdit.io

Presentation/Drawing Slides

Templates and tools for creating presentations and slides, useful for educational and professional presentations.

• Free Google Slides Templates: Free Google Slides templates.
• Free PowerPoint Templates: Free PowerPoint templates.
• More Free PowerPoint Templates: Free PowerPoint templates.
• PowerPoint Templates: Free PowerPoint templates.
• Slides Carnival: Free presentation templates.

Tools for Mirroring Your Device

Tools for mirroring the screen of your iOS or Chromebook device to a computer, useful for presentations and demonstrations.

• iOS
• Air Squirrels’ Reflector 2: Mirror iOS devices to a computer.
• X-Mirage: Mirror iOS devices to a computer.
• iOS/Chromebook
• Mirroring 360: Mirror iOS/Chromebook devices to a computer.

Web-Based Whiteboards

Online tools for collaborative drawing and brainstorming, useful for remote meetings and educational activities.

• AwwApp: Real-time collaboration with a web-based whiteboard.
• EasyChalk: Chrome add-on for online whiteboard.
• PixiClip: Online whiteboard with voice and video recording.
• RealTime Whiteboard: Chrome add-on for online whiteboard.
• Simple Whiteboard: Chrome add-on for online whiteboard.
• SketchBoard: Online whiteboard for collaboration.
• SketchPad: Chrome add-on for online drawing.
• WebWhiteboard: Simple online whiteboard.

iOS-Based Whiteboards

Apps for iOS devices that provide whiteboard functionality, useful for drawing, brainstorming, and educational activities.

• BaiBoard: Collaborative whiteboard app.
• Educreations: Interactive whiteboard app.
• NumberKiz: Interactive math whiteboard app.
• Quick Sketch: Whiteboard drawing app.
• ShowMe: Interactive whiteboard app.
• Whiteboard: Simple whiteboard app.
• Whiteboard for Kids: Free drawing app for kids.

Free, Open Source Software

A collection of free and open-source software for various tasks, including file management, compression, and text editing.

• Compression Software: 7-zip for file compression.
• Compression Software: PeaZIP for file compression.
• File Copying/Moving or Management: TeraCopy for faster file copying.
• File Copying/Moving or Management: FreeCommander for file management.
• Ninite.com: Install and update multiple programs at once.
• Notepad++: Text editor for code editing.
• Open Source Windows: List of open-source software for Windows.