Category:Tools
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movie clapper board what is adipex p tarot meedio serial mpcs This is a compilation list featuring useful reference sites, quality programs & tools, and services. You may add tools for machinima creators to this list or you may write articles to be added to the Tools category. To add a page to the Tools Category, add [[Category:Tools]] to the bottom of the new page.
Special thanks to Orange Brat of machinima.com for the original listing of over 100+ links of tools "ideal for the indie developer on a tight budget". His "The Starving Developer's Quickstart Guide" used with permission. - Sims99 02:17, 13 May 2007 (EDT)
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[edit] 2D
Paint.NET - free paint program The Gimp - Photoshop knockoff..free & powerful Paintshop Pro - paint program...commercial product
Pixel - Photoshop knockoff
Deep Paint 2 - free & powerful paint program
Project Dogwaffle - "natural" paint & animation program...free version
openCanvas - paint program...commercial product
Flash Maker - cheap Flash-like editor
Inkscape - SVG editor...EPS/Vector graphics...free
Anime Studio - 2D bones based animation...has some 3D import capabilities
Texture Maker - general purpose seamless texture generator
Wood Workshop - procedural seamless wood texture generator...free
Genetica 2 - procedural seamless texture generator...Wood Workshop is based on it
Caustics Generator - water texture generator...free
Graffiti Creator - online graffiti generator...free
PNG Gauntlet - fantastic PNG converter & optimizer
GUIGenie - GUI builder...free
[edit] 3D
Blender - jack of all trades...free & powerful... a MDL7 export script is available.
Wings 3D - modeling/rendering..free
Silo - modeling/rendering...like Wings only better and commercial
Milkshape - modeling/animation
Gamespace - modeling/animation/rendering...commercial
MarbleCLAY - lots of features and free...must register to unlock some features...click English for English page
AC3D - easy on the eyes UI
Misfit Model 3D - open source modeling program
SharpConstruct - mold organic models from clay-like materials
Daz Studio - figure creation...license restrictions apply....free
MakeHuman - figure creation...free
3D World Studio - level editor...commercial
Truebones.com - inexpensive motion capture
DeleD - level and model editor hybrid...free version
TreeMagik - low poly tree creator
Ultimate Unwrap - model unwrapping and UVs
UVMapper Classic - OBJ model unwrapping and UVs..free version
fragMotion - character animation program...fantastic and powerful....low cost
CharacterFX - animation
LifeForms Gamepak 1 - premade game animations
Character Shop - premade game animations
Terragen - photorealistic scenery rendering
FreeWorld3D - terrain editor targeted for game development
World Machine - procedural terrain generator w/erosion...free version
gile(s) - global illumination editor(texture baking/lightmaps)
[edit] Audio Tools
TalkToMe - lipsyncing SDK for 2D or 3D
Audacity - audio editor..free
Kristal Audio Engine - Cubase clone...free and open source
dBPowerAMP - audio convertor with nice UI...lots of codecs...free
Exact Audio Copy - free audio ripper..the best in the world
LAME MP3 Encoder - the best MP3 encoder...use with Exact Audio Copy
SubtitlesK5ky - add subtitles to AVI....free
[edit] Video Tools
Fraps - video capture...free version
Taksi - FRAPS knockoff...open source video capture...free Divx - video codec...high compression & quality..free for noncommercial use
XVid - superior open source video codec....will open Divx files.....free to use
x264/AVC - MP4 video codec...free to use
TMPGEnc - video convertor
Virtualdub - powerful video compression app...free
RAD Video Tools - video/image/sound convertor & tweaker...free
[edit] Audio and Video Players
VLC Media Player - open source video/audio player...free
Media Player Classic - open source video/audio player...free
[edit] Other
Inno Setup - installer..free
CreateInstall - installer..free version
NSIS - installer...free
Molebox - non extracting file packer
BurnAtOnce - feature rich CD/DVD burning application...free
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