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This web page is an attempt
to help "creative" people find free software tools that can help them
"realize their creative dreams" at the smallest cost possible.
You can find links for quality software that is legally free or shareware and is both
useful and "serious". This is not an attempt to include every piece of
free software that exists. Only software that offers something really
useful.
Please remember that if you find it useful and use it,
support the programmers to help them continue their development/work. They
deserve it!
If you want to pay for
"creative" software, then you can enjoy the products of Adobe, Xara, Corel, Hash, Softimage, Maxon, E-on, Discreet, Macromedia, Creature
House, Alias/Wavefront, SideFX, Newtek, Darkling, Caligari, CuriousLabs, Ulead, Aist, Jasc, Xfrog, Lost Marble, Serif, Cakewalk, Linplug, RawMaterialSoftware, Native
Instruments, Sonic Foundry, Propellerheads, Steinberg, FruityLoops,
Ableton, Synapse Audio, Software
Technology and Arturia .
| Free
word processing / office software |
| Atlantis Nova , 602 Pro PC
suite , Open
office , Abiword . |
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| Free
photo / graphics / video / film software |
Gimp : Image editing
program.
Irfan
view: Image viewer/editor/converter.
Cinepaint
: Image/video editor.
POVray: 3D
rendering software.
Project
Dogwaffle : painting/animation, fun and serious!
Terragen :
generates fantastic landscape images.
Spiralizer :
create special spiral-based 3D models for rendering/animation
programs.
Elefont :
create extruded/bevelled 3D text models for rendering/animation
programs.
Wings3D : 3D modeller.
Blender : 3D
rendering and animation |
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| Free
music / sound software |
Software
synthesizers (Standalone/VST/DXi) : Superwave P8 , Synth1 , TriangleI ,
TriangleII , ERS Drums, PolyIblit, Lazysnake & Iblit , Cheese machine
& Ticky Clav , Crystal ,
Asynth
, Freealpha , Delay Lama ,
Drumatic ,
GalactiX , JXsynth , Soundforum ,
Lallapallooza ,
MinimogueVA ,
SpookKeys & String Thing ,
Stringer ,
StringSynth ,
ZR3 , mda , dmi , Cockaigne , Novasynths , Yohng ,
Software
effects : SIR ,
Glaceverb ,
LFX-1310 ,
Ambience , CamelPhatFREE , Kjaerhus Audio Classic Series , SinusWeb
, Digitalfishphones ,
LinearPhaseGraphicEQ ,
NyquistEQ ,
Retrodelay
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Audacity :
Serious audio editing (and multitrack!)
Kristal Audio
Engine : Powerful multitrack recorder, audio sequencer and
mixer. Can also be used as a live (real-time) VST effects
rack.
Wavepad : Nice and useful audio editor.
ACID Xpress : Create multitrack loop-based
music.
Smartelectronix : Lots of free music/audio
plugins!
ASIO4ALL : ASIO driver for (almost) ANY soundcard.
Great for most laptops!!
Buzz : This is BUZZ! (need we say more?).
AnalogX : Lots of
free music/audio plugins!
Mysteron : a theremin in software (click on
skunkworks).
DXuninstaller : Uninstall your DirectX plugins
with this.
Inspector : Monitor your audio stream with this
useful VST plugin.
Drumsynth : Synthesize drum and percussion
sounds
Synthedit : Create your own synths, plus lots of
links to other free vst software sites.
Msynth :
Synth/sampler/drums/mixer/effects/sequencer. A little rough, but
does the job!
Granulab : Wild audio experiments!
C-sound : Be
patient! It can do anything! |
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And you can always
look for free creative software on the CDs/DVDs of the magazines
Computer Arts,
3D World,
Computer
Music and others. |
Comments, suggestions, tips and
broken link reports : sogou@hol.gr
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