Presentation Tools and Tips   Tags: authors, poster sessions, presentations  

GIMP is a free software used to edit and create photos and images.

Picture Manager has basic photo editing tools, such as cropping and resizing.

Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed by Adobe.

Pixlr is a free, web-based service that allows users to design images and edit photos.

To take a picture of the whole screen, press Command-Shift-3. Use Command-Shift-4 to take a picture of part of the screen.

Press the Print Screen key on your keyboard. Press Ctrl+V to paste the capture in a document.

Converts video and audio files from various formats, such as AVI, MP4, WMV, MPEG, FLV, SWF, and MP3. It is compatible with PCs, Macs, tablets, and smartphones.

A free audio editor for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

CamStudio is a free screencasting program for Microsoft Windows. The software renders videos in an AVI format and can convert these files into Flash, embedded in SWF files.

Camtasia is screen video capture software, published by TechSmith. The user can define the area of the screen or the window that is to be captured or record the whole screen, as well as audio and video from a webcam.

Jing allows users to capture an image of your computer screen or record what you see and do on your monitor. There are free and paid versions available.

Google Docs Presentations is a free, web-based presentation tool. It allows users to create presentations that can be accessed anywhere or embedded in a web page.

Keynote is a presentation tool produced by Apple. Easy-to-use tools let you add elements such as tables, charts, media, and shapes to your slides.

Impress is the presentation component of the OpenOffice Suite. You can create presentations that include 2D and 3D clip art, fontworks, special effects, animation, and high-impact drawing tools. You can share your Impress presentation as a PDF, in HTML and Flash.

PowerPoint is desktop presentation software produced by Microsoft. PowerPoint contains graphic tools and allows various pictures and graphs to be imported.

Prezi is a free cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them.

Adobe InDesign is professional page layout software that lets you design and publish a broad range of documents in print, online, and on mobile devices. Precise control over typography, built-in creative tools, and an intuitive design environment let you create stunning page layouts faster and more efficiently.

Keynote is a presentation tool produced by Apple. Easy-to-use tools let you add elements such as tables, charts, media, and shapes to your slides.

Impress is the presentation component of the OpenOffice Suite. You can create presentations that include 2D and 3D clip art, fontworks, special effects, animation, and high-impact drawing tools. You can share your Impress presentation as a PDF, in HTML and Flash.

PosterGenius is a powerful, user-friendly software application that helps you create great scientific posters in less than 10 minutes. It separates the content from the design of the poster and enables the user to focus on research results while the application automatically optimizes and manages all the rest.

PowerPoint is desktop presentation software produced by Microsoft. PowerPoint contains graphic tools and allows various pictures and graphs to be imported.

QuarkXPress is design software that lets anyone create and publish rich, compelling materials for print, the Web, e-readers, tablets, and other digital media in one easy-to-use tool.

Scribus is powerful open source software that helps you create great looking documents of all kinds. Underneath a modern and user-friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as color separations, CMYK and Spot Color support, ICC color management, and versatile PDF creation.

Create bar graphs, line graphs or pie charts quickly online.

Diagramly is a free online diagram drawing application for workflow, org charts, network diagrams, and more.

Dipity allows users to create free timelines online.

You can enter data into an Excel spreadsheet and use the information to create and export graphs and charts

Google Chart Tools provides a way to visualize data, such as simple line charts and complex hierarchical tree maps.

SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports.

is a free service that lets anyone publish interactive data to the web.

Tagxedo is a tool that generates “word clouds” from text. You can create clouds using different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.

Wordle is a tool that generates “word clouds” from text that you provide. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.