| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Software | URL | Notes | Price info |
2 |
PowerPoint | https://products.office.com/en-us/powerpoint | MS Office, presentations, comes with some simple shapes | Memberships |
3 |
Rocketium | https://rocketium.com/ | Make videos for social media | Free, 10 videos/month, $19/month for no logo (and more) |
4 |
Pixton | https://www.pixton.com/ | Drag and drop comics, storyboards | Memberships |
5 |
GIMP2 | https://www.gimp.org/ | Open source image editor, photoshop alternative | Free |
6 |
Affinity | https://affinity.serif.com | Photo editing software | $49 |
7 |
Canva | https://www.canva.com/ | Graphic design templaes, some shapes, photo editing tools | Free, also has membership levels |
8 |
Inkscape | https://inkscape.org | Open-source vector graphics | Free |
9 |
Illustrator | https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html | Professional vector graphics | $19.99/month. Can get entire creative suite for $19.99/month if affiliated with a university |
10 |
Photoshop | https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html | Professional photo editing | $19.99/month. Can get entire creative suite for $19.99/month if affiliated with a university |
11 |
Premiere | https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html | Professional video editing | $19.99/month. Can get entire creative suite for $19.99/month if affiliated with a university |
12 |
Adobe Lightroom | https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom.html | Edit, organize, store, share photos | $19.99/month. Can get entire creative suite for $19.99/month if affiliated with a university |
13 |
Paint 3D | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/paint-3d/9nblggh5fv99 | Microsoft, has some 3D capabilities | Free |
14 |
Procreate | https://procreate.art/ | iPad only, draw and paint | $9.99 app store |
15 |
Paint.net | https://www.getpaint.net/ | Photo editing, PC only | Free |
16 |
Python (programming) | https://www.python.org/ | Programming language | Free |
17 |
After Effects | https://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html | Video editing and 2D animation | $19.99/month. Can get entire creative suite for $19.99/month if affiliated with a university |
18 |
Vectr | https://vectr.com/ | Vector graphics software | Free |
19 |
MS Paint | https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027344/windows-10-get-microsoft-paint | Microsoft, PC only, raster-only (not vector) | Free, rumored to be going away (not sure) |
20 |
Blender | https://www.blender.org/ | Open-source 3D computer graphics software | Free |
21 |
Piktochart | https://piktochart.com/ | Templates for: infographics, banners, reports, presentations. Includes graphics | Free, upgrade for more features |
22 |
MS Publisher |
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/publisher |
Office 360, publications | Memberships |
23 |
ChemDraw | http://www.cambridgesoft.com/software/overview.aspx | Chemical and biological structures, plug in for browser | Free |
24 |
ImageJ | https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/ | From NIH, image enhancement, analysis tools | Free |
25 |
Cinema 4D | https://www.maxon.net/en-us/products/cinema-4d/overview/ | Professional 3D animation | Starting at $995, free 42 day trial, |
26 |
Skybox studio | https://www.mettle.com/product/skybox-studio-v2/ | VR | Integrated into Adobe Creative Cloud as of 2018 |
27 |
Hype | http://tumult.com/hype/ | HTML5 animation, OS only | $49.99 |
28 |
Desygner | https://desygner.com/ | Online dsign tool, templates, free to use images, some storage | Free, Premium $6.95-$11.95/month offers more templates, images, storage |
29 |
ImgPlay | http://imgplay.net/ | Videos to GIFs, app store | Free, Premium $6.95-$11.95/month offers more templates, images, storage |
30 |
Ezgif | https://ezgif.com/ | Online GIF maker, image editor | Free |
31 |
Keynote | https://www.apple.com/keynote/ | Presentations, includes somes shapes, OS only | Free (essentials version) |
32 |
ZBrush | http://pixologic.com/ | 3D modeling | $795 might have educational version |
33 |
Maya | https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview | Professional 3D modeling and animation | $1,470/year |
34 |
Substance Designer | https://www.allegorithmic.com/products/substance-designer | 3D Material Authoring and Scan Processing Tool | $19.90/month. Student/teacher discount |
35 |
Fusion | https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/students-teachers-educators | 3D CAD/CAM | Free for students and teachers for 3 years |
36 |
Avizo | https://www.fei.com/software/amira-avizo/ | 3D visualization and analysis - materials science | Can get trial license, more products available |
37 |
Ilastik | http://ilastik.org/ | Interactive image classification, segmentation and analysis. | Free |
38 |
DS visualiser |
https://discover.3ds.com/discovery-studio-visualizer-download |
Model, explore, and test 3D molecules | Free, more products available |
39 |
DS9 | http://ds9.si.edu/site/Home.html | Astronomical imaging and data visualization application | Free |
40 |
3D Slicer | https://www.slicer.org/ | Medical image informatics, image processing, and three-dimensional visualization, built by NIH | Free |
41 |
Shape | http://www.shapesoftware.com/00_Website_Homepage/ | Atomic structure | $280, other products available |
42 |
FITS Liberator
plug-in for Photoshop
|
https://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/ | Color images from raw telescope observations | Free |
43 |
PyMol |
https://pymol.org/2/ |
Molecular visualization | Free and licensed versions |
44 |
Sketchapp |
https://www.sketchapp.com/ |
Mac OS | $99/year, educational discounts available |
44 |
Corel Painter |
https://www.painterartist.com/en/product/painter/ |
Mac OS and Windows | $299 |