This is a page of the DIRECTORY OF LEARNING & PERFORMANCE TOOLS
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Top Tools 2012 
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Adobe After EffectsCreate motion graphics and visual effects with the industry standard. Free Trial, Download
Adobe Fireworks : Create, edit and optimize images for the web. Free Trial, Download
Adobe Flash : Create powerful and engaging animations Download
Adobe Illustrator : Produce graphics for print, video, the web, and mobile devices. Free Trial, Download
Adobe Photoshop : For managing, adjusting, and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. Free Trial, Download
alpoy : Avatar creator and animator. Hosted
Aperture : Mac software for photographers. Free Trial, Download
Aviary : Media creation tools: image editor, audio editor, screen capture. Download
Bubblesnaps : Add bubbles to photos. Hosted
Cacoo : User friendly collaborative online drawing tool that allows you to create a variety of diagrams such as site maps, wire frames, UML and network charts. Hosted
Chart Chooser : Use the filters to find the right chart type for your needs. Then download as Excel or PowerPoint templates and insert your data. Download
ChartGizmo : Create charts for your website, blog and social network profiles. Hosted
ChartTool : Design and share your own graphs. Hosted
CoSketch : A multi-user online whiteboard designed to give you the ability to quickly visualize and share your ideas as image
Hosted
Comic Life : Lets you create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums, how-tos… and more! Free Trial, Download
Creately : Draw diagrams and designs online. Hosted
Creative Docs.net : Vector-based graphic design tool. Download
Diagramly: Diagramming tool. Hosted
DoppelMe : Generator to create a cool graphical likeness of yourself. API available to plug into any site. Get forums talking! Hosted
DrawAnywhere : Diagramming website, where you can draw, modify and share any diagram with the look & feel of a desktop application. Hosted
drawter : Drawable markup language. Hosted
Flash PAINT : Online painting tool. Hosted
Flowchart.com : Create your flowchart online and share it with others. Hosted
Gickr Create animated GIFs online. Hosted
GIFUP : Personal GIF animation and avatar generator. Hosted
GIMP : For tasks such as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Open Source, Download
GIMPshop: Modification of the GIMP, intended to replicate the feel of Adobe Photoshop. Download
Gliffy : Create and share diagrams online. Hosted
Glogster Create an interactive poster. Hosted
GoAnimate: From inspiration to animation, create and share animations in minutes. Hosted
Google SketchUp : Powerful yet easy-to-learn 3D software tool. Download
Inkscape: Vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X. Open Source, Download
iPhoto : Organising and editing photos (for Macs). Download
Lovely Charts : Extremely simple and intuitive drag’n drop drawing mechanism. Hosted/Download
LucidChart : Creating attractive flow charts, org charts, and more for the web or print has never been so fast and easy. Commercial plans available, Hosted
mxGraph : A Javascript library that uses built-in browser capabilities to provide an interactive drawing and diagramming solution. Hosted
OmniGraffle : Diagramming tool. Free trial, Download
Paint.NET : Image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. Download
PaintShop Pro : is photo editing tool for basic photo jobs including cropping, removing red eye, and fixing colour. Download
Pencil : 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. Open source, Download
PhotoPeach : With PhotoPeach you can create a rich slideshow in seconds. Supports background music, captions, and comments so you can elaborate on your story further. Hosted
Photostory 3 for Windows : Create slideshows using your digital photos. Download
Picasa : Find, edit and share pictures on your PC (or share them on Picasa Web Albums). Download
Picasion : Create animated gifs online by uploading the pictures or importing them from your Flickr or Picasa Web albums. Create slideshows and post them anywhere. Download
PicMarkr : Add custom watermark (image or text) to your images. Hosted
Picnik : makes 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. Hosted
Picslice : Creates slices of pictures. Download
Picturesque : Picturesque is a simple app with a simple goal: to make images more beautiful (for Macs). Free Trial, Download
Pixlr : Advanced online image and photo editing tools. Hosted
Reshade : Resize images maintaining quality and realism. Download
Rich Chart Live : Create charts and embed them. Hosted
Roxio PhotoShow : Add pictures and videos you want included in your show. View an automatically generated slideshow and customize it until you love it. Hosted
rsizr : Re-size images on your computer. Hosted
Scrapblog : Combine your photos, videos, audio and text to create stunning multimedia scrapbooks. Hosted
Slidestory : Combine pictures and narration in a presentation. Hosted
SmartDraw : Communicate visually to work smarter. Free Trial, Download
Splashup : is a powerful editing tool and photo manage. Hosted
SUMO Paint : Offers professional and easy to use tools for creating and editing images within a browser. Hosted<
Swiffy : Converts Flash SWF files to HTML5, allowing you to reuse Flash content on devices without a Flash player (such as iPhones and iPads). Hosted
Thumbalizr : Thumbnail generator of web page screenshots. Download
Toondoo : The world’s fastest way to create cartoons. Hosted
Voki : Create your own avatar and share with others. Hosted .
