SOFTWARE AND APPLICATION LIST
3D World Studio
Definition: 3D World Studio is an easy-to-use modeling program for making game environments. Create buildings and terrain, then calculate lightmaps and export for Leadwerks Engine, Torque, 3D Game Studio, Dark Basic Pro, and Blitz3D.
AC3D (Inivis)
Definition: AC3D (Inivis) is a 3D modeling application that is used in a number of industries. MathWorks actively recommends it in many of their aerospace-related articles due to price and compatibility. AC3D does not feature its own renderer, but can generate output files for both RenderMan and POV-Ray among others.
Acqualia: Picturesque
Definition: Picturesque is a simple photo manipulation application.
Attributes: 3D perspective effect, image reflections, & traditional effects like shadows, glows and strokes. You can image batch in less time than it takes to open Photoshop. You can also batch resize.
Adobe Software
Adobe Acrobat
Definition: Adobe Acrobat is designed to view, create, manipulate and manage files in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). Distiller is the main engine for turning PostScript files into PDF documents. Although there are other programs for generating PDF files, Distiller is the primary one. Some page layout programs can generate PDF files from within the program, but are often simply acting as a frontend to Distiller, which must also be installed.
Adobe Acrobat 3D
Definition: Adobe Acrobat 3D contains all the functionality of Acrobat Professional as well as expanded capabilities for the creation of PDF files that contain dynamic 3D content. Acrobat 3D enhances collaboration by allowing users to insert and publish 3D designs from major CAD applications in PDF documents.
Adobe After Effects
Definition: Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software for film and video post-production. Adobe After Effects is primarily used for creating motion graphics and visual effects. After Effects allows users to animate, alter, and composite media in 2D and 3D space with various built-in tools and third party plug-ins, as well as individual attention to variables like parallax and user-adjustable angle of observation.
Adobe Audition
Definition: Adobe Audition is Adbobe's top tier "professional" digital audio editor computer program featuring both a multitrack, non-destructive mix/edit environment and a destructive-approach waveform editing view.
Adobe BrowserLab
Definition: Adobe BrowserLab lets you preview web pages across multiple browsers and operating systems. Accurately pinpoint compatibility issues and compare web pages at a glance to easily identify differences and potential problems. Preview full screenshots with multiple view options and customizable test settings.
Adobe Captivate
Definition: Adobe Captivate builds and edits interactive software demonstrations, simulations, podcasts, screencasts, games, program demos and lessons. For software demos, it can either record in real time or use an event-based screen capture that snaps a sequence of still images and then builds mouse movement simulations to create the appearance of a running program.
Adobe ColdFusion
Definition:Adobe ColdFusion application server and software enables developers to rapidly build, deploy, and maintain robust Internet applications for the enterprise. One of the distinguishing feature is its associated scripting language, ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML), which compares to the scripting components of ASP, JSP, and PHP in purpose and features, but more closely resembles HTML in syntax.
Adobe Contribute
Definition: Adobe Contribute is a WYSIWYG web authoring and content management application that is designed to facilitate collaborative editing of web sites, including workflow management. Adobe claims that the software allows users to edit web pages without knowing HTML and to embed multimedia components. Contribute consists of two components, a client for editing, and a "publishing server" that Adobe describes as "complementary".
Adobe Director
Definition: Adobe Director and Adobe Shockwave Player software help you create and publish compelling interactive games, demos, prototypes, simulations, and eLearning courses for the web, Mac and Windows desktops, DVDs, and CDs. Integrate virtually any major file format, including FLV and native 3D content, for the greatest return on your creativity.
Adobe Dreamweaver
Definition: Adobe Dreamweaver is a web development application for both Mac and Windows operating systems. Recent versions have incorporated support for web technologies such as CSS, JavaScript, and various server-side scripting languages and frameworks including ASP, ColdFusion, and PHP.
Adobe Encore
Definition: Adobe Encore is a DVD authoring software tool targeted at professional video producers. Video and audio resources may be used in their current format for development, allowing the user to transcode them to MPEG-2 video and Dolby Digital audio upon project completion. DVD menus can be created and edited in Adobe Photoshop using special layering techniques.
Adobe Fireworks
Definition: Adobe Fireworks is a bitmap and vector graphics editor. It is aimed at web designers (with features such as: slices, the ability to add hotspots etc.) for rapidly creating website prototypes and application interfaces. It is designed to integrate easily with other former Macromedia products, such as Dreamweaver and Flash.
Adobe Flash
Definition: Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to Web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements and games. More recently, it has been positioned as a tool for "Rich Internet Applications" ("RIAs"). Flash manipulates vector and raster graphics to provide animation of text, drawings, and still images. It supports bidirectional streaming of audio and video, and it can capture user input via mouse, keyboard, microphone, and camera. Flash contains an Object-oriented language called ActionScript. Flash content may be displayed on various computer systems and devices, using Adobe Flash Player, which is available free for common Web browsers, some mobile phones and a few other electronic devices (using Flash Lite).
Adobe Flash Builder
Definition: Adobe Flash Builder is an integrated development environment (IDE) built on the Eclipse platform meant for developing rich Internet applications (RIAs) and cross-platform desktop applications, particularly for the Adobe Flash platform.WYSIWYG Editor: In addition to the built-in code editors for MXML and ActionScript, Flash Builder supports a WYSIWYG editor for modifying MXML applications and components.Debugger: Flash Builder includes an integrated interactive debugger allowing developers to step through code execution while inspecting variables and watching expressions.
Adobe Flex
Definition: Adobe Flex is a software development kit (SDK) for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich Internet applications based on the Adobe Flash platform. Flex applications can be written using Adobe Flash Builder or by using the freely available Flex compiler from Adobe.
Adobe Framemaker
Definition: Adobe FrameMaker is a document processor for the production and manipulation of large structured documents. Although FrameMaker has evolved slowly, it maintains a strong following among professional technical writers. FrameMaker has more or less kept up with the times in supporting new standards such as XML and WebDAV, but at heart it is a proprietary single-desktop-oriented system based on a binary file format. While problems exist in FrameMaker's XML implementation, the application supports authoring in an XML-based workflow.
Adobe (Macromedia) FreeHand
Definition: Adobe FreeHand is a very flexible computer application for creating two-dimensional vector graphics (use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and polygons to represent images, also known as geometric modeling), oriented to the professional desktop publishing market. Development has been discontinued but it is still available in versions for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
Adobe Illustrator
Definition: Adobe Illustrator is a top tier vector graphics editor. CS2 includes 3-dimensional capabilities allowing users to extrude or revolve shapes to create simple 3D objects. CS4 allows the ability to create multiple artboards buts is not equal to the true multiple page capability of Freehand. CS5 has multiple enhancements to existing functionality,and features a comprehensive update to strokes, referred to by Adobe as "Beautiful Strokes".
Adobe InCopy
Definition: Adobe InCopy is a professional word processing software. InCopy is primarily used to publish newspapers and magazines. InCopy allows the editor to write, edit, and design (style, font, etc.) the publishable copy. The software includes standard word processing features such as "spell check", "track changes", and "word count", etc., and has preview viewing modes for fitting copy to the text layout, allowing the editor to visually ascertain every design element fits in the publication layout format used. InCopy is a direct competitor to Quark CopyDesk.
Adobe InDesign
Definition: Adobe InDesign is used to create posters, flyers, brochures, magazines and books. Designers and graphics production artists are the principal users, creating and laying out periodical publications, posters, and print media. InDesign is a direct competitor to QuarkXPress.
Adobe Lightroom
Definition: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is designed to assist professional photographers in managing thousands of digital images and doing post production work. It is not a file browser like Adobe Bridge, but rather an image management application database which helps in viewing, editing, and managing digital photos.
Adobe LiveCycle
Definition: Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES2) is a SOA Java EE-based server software product used to build applications that automate a broad range of business processes for enterprises and government agencies. It combines technologies for data capture, information assurance, document output, content services, and process management to deliver solutions such as account opening, services and benefits enrollment, correspondence management, request for proposal processes, and other manual based workflows. LiveCycle ES2 incorporates PDF (Portable Document Format) technology with Flex (Flash-based UI technology) to allow developers to create human interactive applications.
Adobe Photoshop
Definition: Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program. Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop. There are two versions of Photoshop: Basic and Extended, with Extended having extra features available. Photoshop CS5 reveals new technologies which include three dimensional brushes and warping tools. Adobe CS5 makes strong use of CUDA technology on Nvidia graphics cards
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Premiere Pro is a professional, real-time, timeline based video editing software application. Adobe Premiere comes bundled with Adobe Encore and Adobe OnLocation. Premiere Pro supports many video editing cards and plug-ins for accelerated processing, additional file format support, and video/audio effects. Premiere Pro CS3 is available for both Windows and Mac OS (only Intel-based Macs are supported), making it one of the few cross-platform NLEs available.
Adobe Soundbooth
Adobe Soundbooth is a digital audio editor aimed at creative professionals who do not specialize in audio or people who need a simple editing program and do not require the full features of Adobe Audition. Due to Intel-specific code, Adobe has stated that the Mac OS X version will only be available for machines using Intel processors.
adX: RealCADD
Definition: RealCADD is an easy to use 2D vector based (DXF file) computer assisted drawing program that’s reasonably priced. RealCADD has tools for quotation, the ability to create your own tools, manages and configures layers and exports in PostScript.
adX: iPocket Draw
Definition: The first true CADD vectorial drawing software for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
AKVIS Software
Definition: AKVIS specializes in the development of image processing software. The software development division is located in Perm, Russia. The company offers free licenses to non-profit organizations (heritage foundations and historical societies) involved in conservation and restoration of photographic archives having cultural value.
Apokalypse Software
Definition: Apokalypse Clockwork is a desktop timer. Its clean interface and full screen mode are what set it appart. Apokalypse Merchant Wisdom is designed with an efficient keyboard workflow intended to make creating and processing invoices as efficient as possible. Apokalypse Mori is a digital notebook that makes it easy to record and organize your thoughts.
Apple Filemaker Pro
Definition:FileMaker Pro is a cross-platform relational database application It integrates a database engine with a GUI-based interface, allowing users to modify the database by dragging new elements into layouts, screens, or forms. It is available in desktop, server, and web-delivery configurations.
Apple Final Cut Pro
Definition: Final Cut Pro ( a professional non-linear editing software application) logs and captures video onto a hard drive (internal or external), where it can be edited and processed. Final Cut Pro will only run on Mac personal computers running Mac OS X version 10.5.6 or later and using Intel processors. Final Cut Pro has developed a large and expanding user base including many independent filmmakers. It has made inroads with film and television editors who have traditionally used Avid Technology's Media Composer.
Apple iWork Keynote
Definition: Keynote is an application used to create and play presentations. Its features are comparable to those of Microsoft PowerPoint, though Keynote contains several unique features which differ from similar applications. Keynote, like Pages and Numbers, integrates with the iLife application suite. Users can drag and drop media from iMovie, iTunes, iPhoto and Aperture directly into Keynote presentations using the Media Browser. Keynote contains a number of templates, transitions, and effects. Magic Move allows users to apply simple transitions to automatically animate images and text that are repeated on consecutive slides.
Apple iWork Numbers
Definition: Numbers is a spreadsheet application that lets users organize data into tables, perform calculations with formulas, and create charts and graphs using data entered into the spreadsheet. Numbers, however, differs from other spreadsheet applications in that it allows users to create multiple tables in a single document on a flexible canvas. Many prebuilt templates, including ones designed for personal finance, educational, and business use, are included.
Apple iWork Pages
Definition: Pages is a word processing application with page layout features. Besides basic word processing functionality, Pages includes 140 templates designed by Apple that allow users to create various types of documents, including newsletters, invitations, stationery, and résumés, along with a number of educational-themed templates (such as reports and outlines) for students and teachers. Pages can open and edit Microsoft Word documents (including DOC and Office Open XML files), rich text format documents, and plain text documents. Pages can also export documents in the DOC and PDF formats.
Apps For Life: Box Shot 3D
Definition: Box Shot 3D is a virtual product packaging cover renderer based on ray tracing algorithms.
Box Shot has a very high rendering life-like & customers may think they are seeing the actual product photo.
Aquafadas Software
Definition: Aquafadas PulpMotion Advanced allows users to create animated presentations with Drag & Drop picture and video editing. PulpMotion Advanced allows audio annotations and the creation of "zones of interest" on your pictures to create stories within your media. BannerZest creates animated banners that give your website or blog a business-like, professional appearance while improving functionality. With SnapFlow you can navigate at the frame level in a collection of videos, select the frames of interest, and turn them into high quality images. iDive manages and catalogs video footage collections. VideoPier will let you copy files from your camcorder to disk without any conversion.
Ashlar-Vellum: Argon
Definition: Argon offers entry-level 3D modeling. It contains the same solid and surface modeling, rendering engine and animation tools found in Cobalt and Xenon, but without the high-end mechanical design and extreme productivity features. Intended for those needing precision 3D modeling without cumbersome parametric history.
Ashlar-Vellum: Cobalt
Definition: Primarily for designers, engineers and inventors, Cobalt is a 3D dimensionally constrained and equation-driven parametrics software. Cobalt allows you to sketch in 2D and 3D, and then design an entire product line with elegant and simplistic CADD functionality.
Ashlar-Vellum: Graphite
Definition: Graphite offers precision wire-frame CAD drafting, and conceptualization. Graphite is great for those who want to explore initial design ideas with 2D sketches then create 3D wire-frame designs themselves, without the support or interference of a CAD operator “interpreting” their work.
Ashlar-Vellum: Xenon
Definition: Xenon is for highly stylized concepts with a great degree of customization. Xenon offers the best of Cobalt's features at a more moderate price
atebits: Scribbles
Scribbles is a drawing tool that throws away 20 years of UI design with a revolutionary new approach. Scribbles is a stroke-rendering engine that allows you to zoom, pan, and re-size your art without ever seeing a jagged pixel. You can also export your art at up to 16x resolution.
Atomix Technologies Limited: JetPhoto Studio
Definition: JetPhoto Server (Studio) is a full-featured digital photo publishing service software using PHP. JetPhoto Studio is also an efficient desktop photo organizer for flickr users. JetPhoto Studio allows users to GPS and GeoTagging photos on a map. JetPhoto matches digital photos with time-synchronized GPS tracks to locate photos automatically, and links photos on Google Earth and Google Maps
Autodesk Software
Autodesk 3ds Max
Definition: Autodesk 3ds Max (originally called 3D Studio MAX), is a comprehensive and versatile 3D application used in film, television, video games and architecture for Windows. It can be extended and customized through its SDK or scripting using a Maxscript. It can use third party rendering options such as Brazil R/S, finalRender and V-Ray. (all Autodesk Products)
Autodesk AutoCAD
Definition: Autodesk AutoCAD AutoCAD is a CAD (Computer Aided Design or Computer Aided Drafting) software application for 2D and 3D design and drafting. AutoCAD supports a number of APIs for customization and automation. These include AutoLISP, Visual LISP, VBA, .NET and ObjectARX. ObjectARX is a C++ class library, which was also the base for products extending AutoCAD functionality to specific fields, to create products such as AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Civil 3D, or third-party AutoCAD-based applications. (all Autodesk Products)
Autodesk Inventor
Definition: Autodesk Inventor is used to create 3D digital prototypes used in the design, visualization and simulation of products. Envirnments include; part modeling, assembly design, frame generator, tube & pipe, cable & harness. Inventor includes an integrated motion simulation and assembly stress analysis environment. Users can input driving loads, friction characteristics, and dynamic components, then run dynamic simulation tests to see how a product will work under real-world conditions. (all Autodesk Products)
Autodesk 3DS Maya
Definition: Maya is a node-based 3D software suite. An important feature of Maya is its openness to third-party software, which can strip the software completely of its standard appearance and, using only the kernel, transform it into a highly customized version of the software. This feature in itself made Maya appealing to large studios, which tend to write custom code for their productions using the provided software development kit. A Tcl-like cross-platform scripting language called Maya Embedded Language (MEL) is provided not only as a scripting language, but as means to customize Maya's core functionality (much of the environment, commands, and tools are written in the language). Additionally, user interactions are implemented and recorded as MEL scripting code which users can store on a custom toolbar, allowing animators to add functionality without experience in C or C++, though that option is provided with the software development kit. (all Autodesk Products)
Autodesk MotionBuilderDefinition: MotionBuilder is professional 3D character animation software. It is used for motion capture and traditional keyframe animation. It is used in the production of games, films, and other multimedia projects. MotionBuilder is widely used, for example in mainstream products like Assassin's Creed, Killzone 2, and Avatar.
Autodesk Mudbox
Definition: Mudbox is a 3D sculpting tool, akin to Zbrush. Mudbox has a simplified interface to allow for a more intuitive experience, Mudbox's primary application is high-res digital sculpting, displacement and normal map creation, though it's also used as a design tool. Mudbox combines an intuitive user interface with a powerful creative toolset of stencils and brushes for ultra-realistic 3D character modeling, engaging environments, and stylized props. (all Autodesk Products)
Autodesk SketchBook Pro
Definition: Autodesk SketchBook Pro is a drawing software that features a gesture-based user interface. SketchBook Pro has an uncluttered interface, and painting and drawing tools such as pencils, markers, and brushes. Because it makes use of the pressure-sensitivity features of Wacom tablets, tablet PCs, and iPhones, it can help artists sketch and create effects similar to traditional materials. SketchBook software also features a screenshot tool for annotation, allowing one to show content during a meeting and add notes as the content is reviewed. The Previous/Next buttons make it possible to create flipbooks or animations. The program supports layers with import and export of Photoshop (.psd) format. (all Autodesk Products)
Autodesk Smoke
Definition: Autodesk Smoke software is a professional grade online editing and finishing system for visual media on the Mac and Linux platforms. Smoke offers mixed resolution, multimastering architecture, sophisticated timelines, and extensive conform capabilities to edit and assemble projects with great speed and interactivity. Motion tracking and DVE, Colour Warper™, Master Keyer functions, advanced audio, paint, color correction, text, 3D compositing environment are other features of Smoke. (all Autodesk Products)
Autodesk Softimage
Definition: Softimage is a 3D modeling and animation package that integrates with mental ray rendering. It is feature-similar to Maya and 3DS Max and is used in the production of professional films, commercials, video games, and other media. The Interactive Creative Environment (ICE) platform helps you build effects and tools visually using a node-based paradigm. Softimage includes the Face Robot toolset, a professional solution for rigging and animating large numbers of 3D facial expressions quickly and easily. It enables games and visual effects studios to create life-like facial animation at incredible speed and export fully solved Face Robot heads into Maya software. (all Autodesk Products)
AutoDesSys, Inc. Software
Definition: AutoDesSys, Inc. form•Z is a general purpose solid/surface 3D modeler. Its primary use is for modeling, but it also features photo realistic rendering and object-centric animation support. form•Z is used in architecture, interior design, illustration, product design, and set design. It supports plug-ins and scripts, and has import/export capabilities. Other AutoDesSys software / products: Bonzai is a conceptual 3D modeler for turning sketches into models. RenderZ provides photo-realistic rendering.
Avery: Design Pro & Wizard
Definition: DesignPro & Wizard software allow the user to design and print labels, business cards, dividers, t-shirt transfers, greeting cards etc.
BeLight Applications
Definition:
-Live Interior 3D is an interior design software for Mac, that features advanced editing capabilities.
-Art Text is an application for creating high-quality textual graphics, headings, logos, icons, buttons and more.
-Printfolio is a suite of four professional Mac OS X printing programs plus image editing program. With this suite you can easily create business cards, CD/DVD covers, labels, tray inserts, folded booklets, flyers, brochures, letterheads, newsletters, catalogs, etc.
Binerus Applications
Definition:
-3D Image Commander allows you to create thumbnails with 3D styles and effects.
-3D Text helps you create custom 3D logos and headers quickly.
-Icon Commander converts images of any format into Windows and Mac OS X icons.
-Image Commander allows you to add text or image watermark to any picture.
-Model2 Icon converts 3D models into Windows and Mac OS X icons.
Blender Foundation - Blender
Definition: Blender is a free, open source, 3D studio for animation, modeling, rendering, and texturing offering a feature set comparable to commercial 3D animation suites. It includes features such as multi-resolution sculpting; retopology painting; 3D view texture painting; and other features. Blender is developed under the GPL and is available on all major platforms including Windows, OS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris and Irix.
Bohemian Coding: DrawIt
Definition: DrawIt is a vector editing application with support for bitmap-like image filters. Vector editing as well as the filters are completely non-destructive, which means that a vector layer can still be edited even after a stack of filters has been applied.
Boinx Software
Definition:
-BoinxTV turns your Mac into a TV studio for creating Live to Disk, Live to Internet and Live to Stage video. Record stunning studio shows, podcasts, sports events, concerts, interviews, sermons, seminars and more using your Mac and multiple cameras.
-FotoMagico Instant Slideshow assistant helps to create pleasing slideshows with just a few simple clicks.
iStopMotion- (i.e. stopmotion animation) uses lossless compression to save individual frames into a QuickTime movie file. Use these files with the tools you already know, for example Final Cut Pro, for further editing.
-Mouseposé is an essential tool for everyone doing presentations or demos. If turned on, it dims the screen and puts a spotlight on the area around the mouse pointer, easily guiding the audience‘s attention to an area of interest.
Braid Media Arts: GroBoto
Definition: The GroBoto 3D program is ideal for Artists & Designers who want 3D elements in their work without the pain, image quality problems and long render times that you may have come to associate with digital 3D.
BravoBug: IconBurglar
Definition: Allows the user to drag any app, file, folder, or volume to your canvas. Adjust size and output format. Drag the icon to your desktop. Done.
Cactus Delvic: Image Converter
Definition: (Freeware) Run the app, rename the file extension to what you want then save. Done.
Calf Trail: Geotagalog
Definition: Lets you GPS enable your camera, then geotagalog and GPS log your photos by assigning metadata to each photo file.
Caligari Corporation: trueSpace
Definition: trueSpace is a full 3D authoring package with no time restrictions and no license restrictions on how you use it. It is available for Windows, although the company Caligari first found its start on the Amiga platform. trueSpace features modeling, animation, 3D-painting, and rendering capabilities. In 2009, Microsoft purchased TrueSpace and it is now available completely free of charge.
cfour Software: iStudio Publisher
Definition: iStudio Publisher is a desktop publishing application for the Mac. iStudio produces professional looking magazines, brochures, adverts, reports, newsletters, greetings cards and many other types of publications without having to learn overcomplicated design applications
Chaos Group: VRay
Definition: VRay is a rendering engine that uses advanced techniques such as global illumination algorithms used for path tracing, photon mapping, irradiance maps and directly computed global illumination. VRay renders (using these techniques) can appear more photo-realistic. The use of these techniques often makes the program preferable to conventional standard 3d software rendering engines.
Chromatic Bytes Software
Definition:
-ZeusDraw is a new vector drawing program with a fluid, graceful interface, great brushes and a host of other features.
-Shades is an addition to the Apple Color Picker that is designed to help you choose colors by showing you a grid of related colors
Code Line: Art Directors Toolkit
Definition: Art Directors Toolkit (ADT) is the "Designer's On-screen Toolset" for Artists and Designers working with digital media. Always a one-click-away companion dedicated to speeding up the design process, ADT works almost by stealth whether using Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, QuarkXpress, Dreamweaver or any tool to create digital media and websites
ConceptDraw Software
Definition:
-ConceptDraw Office contains a comprehensive toolset that is designed to enable knowledge workers, in any size business, to streamline daily work and organize the information flow in a business process.
-ConceptDraw PRO is a graphics and diagramming application for Windows and Macintosh. It contains powerful vector drawing tools, graphics libraries, built-in scripting language, support for importing and exporting many popular file formats etc.
Corastar: Strata 3D
Definition: Strata is a 3D software program that integrates with Adobe applications. All Corastar products include plug-ins for Adobe applications, taking Photoshop, Illustrator and more to a higher level.
Corel Software
Definition:
-CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is a professional vector illustration, page layout, photo-editing and bitmap tracing tools. -PaintShop Photo Pro is an advanced photo-editing software with photo management, creative projects, photo sharing and HD video slideshows, all in one!-Painter is a realistic digital painting software (integrates w/ Photoshop) -VideoStudio Pro is a video-editing software for creating high-quality HD and standard-definition movies, slideshows and DVDs-Painter Essentialsis a home art studio for drawing and painting from scratch, and turning photos into paintings-Corel Digital Studiois a photo editing, video editing, DVD burning and DVD playback in one simple multimedia suite-WordPerfect Office is an office suite for home and business-WinZip ia a file compression, file encryption and data backup
Creaceed Applications
Definition:
-Hydra is about mixing a number of under- and overexposed shots to get a natural sight of a scene. It provides human eye-like perception to your photographs by allowing you to create high dynamic range (HDR) images from a series of regular photographs, either from DSLRs or traditional point-and-shoot cameras
-Elasty HD gives you access to features pretty common in image processing but far less usual when you process movies: rotate, flip and crop features.
-Creaceed Morph Age is an application for morphing/warping images and movies on Mac OS X, such as faces, and save the result to a QuickTime movie.
DAZ Productions Software
Definition:
-Carrara is a fully-featured 3D toolset for modeling, texturing, scene rendering and animation.
-Bryce is a 3D modeling, rendering and animation program specializing in fractal landscapes
-DAZ Studio is a free, feature rich 3D figure design and 3D animation tool that enables anyone to create stunning digital imagery.
-Mimic Pro provides an advanced environment for easily creating and editing facial animation sequences
Demicron: WireFusion
Definition: Demicron provides an interactive 3D technology for Internet Marketing and Product Visualizations
dev.LUX GbR: Colorator
Definition: Colorator removes specific colors from your images. This allows you to highlight certain important parts of a picture
Digital Salade Applications
Definition:
-Toki LineTest HD is a pencil test software for the professionals in animation, students or amateurs. Attributes: (1) Digitizing of the drawings taken with a video camera (DV camera, webcam…) or imported from a scanner, digital camera or drawing software. (2) Editing of the xsheet (3) Synchronization of the drawings with the soundtrack
-Toki Shot is a tool for creating shot lists, it can be used for breaking down movies, TV films, documentaries, TV series, etc.
-Toki TC is an utility for displaying a time code, a feet+frames counter, a frame counter and a line of text over a movie.
DiscreetFX: Aladdin4D
Definition: Aladdin4D is a software program for modeling and rendering three-dimensional graphics and animations, for the Amiga platform. Aladdin 4D is one of the few modern 3D applications for the Amiga platform, in the sense that it uses an OS-compliant GUI, it supports RTG displays, it utilizes the AmigaGuide Help system and features an Arexx port for scripting.
Dreamscape: JPEGCompressDefinition: JPEGCompress is designed to assist in the compression of large photos, through an easy-to-use interface, for the purpose of distributing photos over the Internet.
d-Studio: Helicon FocusDefinition: Helicon Focus is a program that combines focused areas from several images to increase depth of field.
EazyDrawDefinition: EazyDraw is a vector based drawing application for desk top publishing (DTP) with Apple's Macintosh OS X (Mac OS-X) operating system. It is an illustration or drawing software application that offers vector-based graphics editing and creation capabilities for creating simple technical diagrams and illustrations such as logos, icons, buttons and stylized art.
echo one ApplicationsDefinition:
-DoubleTake is the "nano" of stitching software. Drag & drop your images onto or into DoubleTake, arrange them, and check the overlaps. When you are done - save and perhaps copy and paste the result to iPhoto.
-File Juicer extracts/recovers images, video, audio and text from files, folders, flash cards and iPods and will extract images from PDF, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, flash cards etc.
EI Tech. Group: Electric Image Animation SystemDefinition: Electric Image Animation System is a 3D animation and rendering package available on both Mac OS X and Windows. Mostly known for its rendering quality and rendering speed it does not include a built-in modeler. The popular film Pirates of the Caribbean and the television series Lost used the software.
Electric Rain: Swift 3DDefinition: Swift 3D is a relatively inexpensive 3D design, modeling, and animation application targeted to entry-level 3D users and Adobe Flash designers. Swift 3D supports vector and raster-based 3D animations for Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight XAML.
E-on SoftwareDefinition:
-LumenRT is a powerful 3D solution for visualizing architectural and design projects in real-time.
-Vue is a tool for creating, animating and rendering natural 3D environments. It was most recently used to create the background jungle environments in the 2nd and 3rd Pirates of the Caribbean films.
eyeon softwareDefinition:
-Fusion is an image compositing software program. It is typically used to create visual effects and digital compositing for film, HD and commercials. It employs a node-based interface in which complex processes are built up by connecting a flowchart or schematic of many nodes, each of which represents a simpler process, such as a blur or color correction. This type of compositing interface allows great flexibility, including the ability to modify the parameters of an earlier image processing step "in context" (while viewing the final composite).
-Rotation is designed specifically to team up with eyeon Fusion for film production pipelines. This suite of tools has been defined for the exacting demands of Rotoscoping, Keying and Retouching.
-Vision is a motion graphics suite that fits into broadcast production, providing a resolution independent image engine that can simultaneously deliver HD, SD and web output in multiple formats.
-Generation is a visual effects desktop, that manages frontend workflows for artists and studios.
-RenderSlave brings multiple render machines online to crunch through endless effects shots.
Fluidmac: FluidNoiseDefinition: FluidNoise uses natural looking random noise to create images and movies from scratch. With a simple yet powerful interface, FluidNoise can generate anything from clouds, fire or water to marble, wood grain or rusty metal.
Globell BV: Portrait ProfessionalDefinition: Portrait Professional works in a completely different way to ordinary airbrushing and photo editing software such as Photoshop. The software is trained in human beauty, so you can add as much photo enhancement as required - simply by moving sliders. Expert photo touch-up can be achieved by unskilled users in minutes.With Portrait Professional, you can enhance faces as much as you want simply by moving sliders.
Google SketchUp ProDefinition: SketchUp Pro is a 3D modeling package that features a sketch-based modeling approach. It has a pro version which supports 2D and 3D model export functions among other features. A free version is integrated with Google Earth and limits export to Google's "3D Warehouse", where users can share their content.
Houdah SoftwareDefinition:
-HoudahGeo allows you to “pin” photos to locations where they were taken. Just like an expensive GPS camera, HoudahGeo may store latitude, longitude, altitude and viewing direction information right within the image file - invisibly with no loss of quality. HoudahGeo writes EXIF, XMP and IPTC tags. HoudahGeo also lets you to share your geotagged photos in Google Earth or publish them to Flickr or locr.com.
-HoudahSpot allows you to frequently used files within reach. Retrieve the files you didn’t know you still had. Create detailed queries to pinpoint the exact file you want to get to. Save queries for direct access to your favorite files. Set up templates for frequently performed searches.
Hugin ProjectDefinition: Hugin allows you to assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete immersive panorama, stitch any series of overlapping pictures etc.
HumanEyes SoftwareDefinition:
-Capture 3D Software & a Single Digital Camera can be Used to Capture & Produce Natural 3D Images for Multiple Uses
-Creative3D is a robust, technology rich, design tool for creative professionals. HumanEyes Creative3D enables users to create excellent animations, flips and 3D.
-Producer 3D is an end-to-end solution that covers the entire workflow of lenticular image production from lenticular content creation to interlace and pre-press. With HumanEyes Producer3D it is now easy to create and print easily amazing lenticular printed projects with special effects: 3D, Flip, Zoom and Motion!
Icecandy Software: cuePicsDefinition: cuePics is slideshow software that allows you to create a still-image movie with pictures, transitions and synchronised sounds. The still-image movie or slideshow may be played back full screen or exported as a QuickTime or AVI movie, making it very easy to display and share your work.
Ilexsoft: HighDesignDefinition: HighDesign is the modern, easy-to-use 2D CAD and illustration solution that raises your productivity standards by providing new concepts and powerful tools in a friendly environment.
Imagenomic: NoisewareDefinition: Noiseware is a high-performance noise suppression software tool designed to decrease or eliminate noise from digital photo or scanned images.
Plug-in: Portraiture is a Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture plugin that eliminates the tedious manual labor of selective masking and pixel-by- pixel treatments to help you achieve excellence in portrait retouching.
IMSI: TurboCADDefinition: TurboCAD is a CAD software application for 2D and 3D design and drafting
Informatix SoftwareDefinition:
-Piranesi turns conceptual 3D models into atmospheric, stylised and persuasive visualisations.
-Informatix FM (IFM) is based on the SQL database, and provides full multi-user capability, concurrent network licencing, secure multi-discipline inter-communication, and local and remote project status monitoring. Whether addressing departmental or building moves, wishing to optimise non-fixed assets by the introduction of desk or meeting room management, or simply using the power of IFM to meet new business needs, the system offers a uniquely combined graphical and textual representation of your data which enables you to monitor and control each scenario.
-MicroGDS is widely recognised for producing the best quality 2D drawings of any CAD software, and also has excellent 3D modelling and rendering capabilities.
InkscapeDefinition: Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
Interstudio SoftwareDefinition:
-DigiCad 3D is photogrammetry, cartography and, architectural photogrammetry tool for dealing with images, drawings, photographs of building, regular or irregular surfaces and maps.
-Domus.Cad is a program for architectural 3D design
-HighRoad is an interactive graphical application for the geometric design of roads and highways
IRCAD VR - RenderDefinition: Render is a medical imaging processing software
Iridient Digital: RAW DeveloperDefinition: RAW Developer gives advanced photographers total control over every aspect of their digital camera's output, yet still provides easy drag and drop batch conversion and access to basic adjustments for the casual user
Isis: IcefieldsDefinition: Icefields is a merger of image-processing and raster-processing applications
JAME (andrea medeghini)Definition: JAME is an application for creating fractals and other graphics artifacts. JAME has a real-time, multi-threaded graphics engine with layers, filters, effects, a lot of formulas, and parameters
JS8 Media ApplicationsDefinition:
-AudioRefurb provides audio control panels to allow you to improve and alter the sound of your audio files.
Easy-to-apply audio effects and filters, including distortion, delay, reverb, bandpass, etc.
-ReelBean is an inexpensive movie converter, player and editor. It converts videos to many formats including iPod, Apple TV, MPEG-4, QuickTime, H.264, AVI and many others. It also extracts individual video and audio tracks into separate files and provides many other pro features
-AudioLobe is an audio processing application allowing you to slow down the playback speed of audio files without altering the pitch
-ImageLobe allows you to very easily apply complex effects to your image files. Over 40 image effect types are available, many of them highly configurable.
-MovieChapterizer opens up a world of cool chapter usage in QuickTime Player. Use MovieChapterizer to create chapter names for favorite sections of your movies. When you're done, open the movie in QuickTime Player and use the chapter popup button to jump instantly to any chapter markers you added.
-ReelNQ allows you to convert batches of videos automatically
Kubotek: KeyCreator Definition: KeyCreator developed by Kubtotek USA is a 3D direct CAD modeler used by mechanical designers. It is extensively used in manufacturing and supply chains due to its ability to import and edit many CAD formats.
Like Thought: OpacityDefinition: Opacity is an editor for screen graphics designed exclusively for Mac OS. It makes it easy for graphic artists to design great looking images for icons, desktop applications, and the web.
Limit Point Applications Definition:
-Blue Crab is a versatile program that you use to copy the contents of a web site to your computer, in whole or in part.
-FTPortal is an application and contextual menu for easily uploading files to specific folders of one or more FTP servers.
-Mailings is a full featured application for batch emailing and mass marketing that delivers any web page or plain text document with attachments to multiple recipients for marketing, news announcements, product updates etc.
-iForm is a program that you use to serve and process HTML forms. Its basic functionality collects form data submitted by a web browser and then emails that data using formatting templates to select recipients, as well as saving it to a text log file which can be imported into a database. iForm also provides the ability to limitlessly extend its basic functionality using AppleScript.
-Boolean Search is a Mac OS X server application for searching the contents of plain text, rich text, HTML formatted text, MS Word, PDF and any other textual file format supported by Spotlight.
Lost Minds: VectorrasterDefinition: Vectoraster is a graphics utility for creating vector-based raster patterns and halftones based on bitmap images.
Lundstrom Design: TouchCADDefinition: TouchCAD is a combined 3D modeling and unfolding program focusing on the ability to generate complex 3D shapes and converting them into physically buildable models.
Luxology Software & Applications Definition:
-Modois an innovative 3D modeling, painting and rendering software designed to accelerate the creation of world-class models, associated color and normal maps, and ultra high-quality renderings.
-imageSynth allows artists to quickly process existing images into new seamless textures, synthetic images and backgrounds, and generate super high-resolution images from low resolution sources
MASSIVEDefinition: MASSIVE is a 3D animation system for generating crowd-related visual effects, targeted for use in film and television. Originally developed for controlling the large-scale CGI battles in The Lord of the Rings,Massive has become an industry standard for digital crowd control in high end animation and has been used on several other big-budget films. It is available for various Unix and Linux platforms as well as Windows.
MAXON: Cinema 4D Definition: Cinema 4D is a light package in its basic configuration. The software is for lay users. It has a lower initial entry cost due to a modular a-la-carte design for purchasing additional functions as users need them. Originally developed for the Amiga, it is also available for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.
Metakine: DecomposeDefinition: Decompose is an application allowing an easy and flawless extraction of elements from pictures in order to use them to make composite images.
Microsoft Software
Microsoft ExcelDefinition: Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application that features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables and a macro programming language called VBA (Visual Basic for Applications).
Microsoft Expression DesignDefinition: Expression Design allows you to create vector graphics and easily combine these with your Adobe Photoshop assets Apply non-destructive Live Effects to any object and change the effect settings for a completely different look and feel.
Microsoft Expression MediaDefinition: Expression Media's key function is cataloguing digital assets. Professional and amateur photographers use the program to display and manage a wide range of formats from high resolution raw image formats to complex multi-layered Photoshop files and more common formats such as JPEG and GIF
Microsoft FrontpageDefinition: Frontpage is a HTML editor and web site administration tool. FrontPage is designed to hide the details of pages' HTML code from the user, making it possible for novices to easily create web pages and sites.
Microsoft PowerpointDefinition: PowerPoint is a presentation program that displays "slides". Slides may contain text, graphics, movies, and other objects, which may be arranged freely on the slide. PowerPoint, however, facilitates the use of a consistent style in a presentation using a template or "Slide Master".
Microsoft PublisherDefinition: Microsoft Office Publisher, is a desktop publishing application. It differs from Microsoft Word in that the emphasis is placed on page layout and design rather than text composition and proofing.
Microsoft VisioDefinition: Visio, is a diagramming program for Microsoft Windows that uses vector graphics to create diagrams.
Microsoft Visual StudioDefinition: Microsoft Visual Studio is a tool for performing basic development tasks. It simplifies the creation, debugging, and deployment of applications on a variety of platforms including SharePoint and the Cloud. Visual Studio 2010 Professional comes with integrated support for test-driven development, as well as debugging tools that help ensure high-quality solutions.
Microspot SoftwareDefinition:
-Interiors Professional gives professionals an environment for interior design. It provides the user with a 3D interior space and modelling space in the same application with a shared furniture library.
-MacDraft Professional is a 2D design, drafting and technical illustration software package. Designed for CAD users of all levels, Microspot MacDraft Professional offers a full complement of drawing tools as well as both ANSI and international standard dimensioning capabilities.
MW 3D-Solutions: Cheetah3DDefinition: Cheetah 3D is a low cost 3D modeller that offers a unique way of working with 3D models while performing UV unwrapping, texture painting, joint based character animation, global illumination rendering, etc.
Nevercenter: Silo Definition: Silo is a focused 3D modeling application with the ability to effortlessly switch between organically sculpting high-polygon models and precisely controlling hard-edged surfaces. It can be used for anything from creating 3D characters for video games and movies to quickly exploring 3D architectural ideas. Silo is currently being used at top studios worldwide as both a stand-alone design tool and as a versatile element of a multi-software 3D graphics workflow. It is available for both Windows and Mac OS.
NewTek Software Definition:
-LightWave is a complete modeling, rendering and animation system. Used extensively in broadcast television production, film visual effects, video game development, print graphics and visualization, LightWave is responsible for more artists winning Emmy Awards than any other 3D application.
-3D Arsenal is an integrated software solution designed specifically to meet the needs of the video editor for the creation of 3D animation. 3D Arsenal offers an easy solution for you to create your own text and logo objects, and load them along with your video content into one of 3D Arsenal’s 750 + pre-built scenes.
-NewTek SpeedEDIT is a resolution-independent video editor designed to work quickly and efficiently on any video project, from high definition (HD) to standard definition (SD) to Web. SpeedEDIT streamlines the editing process by eliminating unnecessary steps. All editing functions are performed directly on native clips, avoiding the need to transcode or pre-trim content. SpeedEDIT 2 further accelerates the editing process by dynamically linking Storyboard and Timeline, providing the ability to perform many common functions in fewer steps.
Norbyte: Rainbow PainterDefinition: Rainbow Painter is an image editor aimed at both professionals and amateurs who want to retouch photos, paint and draw
N-Sided SoftwareDefinition:
-QUIDAM is the only software that exports multiresolution 3D characters, entirely textured and ready to be animated into any 3D animation software
-Argile is a complete 3D artist workshop that allows you to import 3D objects and characters, sculpt and retouch them in detail
Office ZillaDefinition: With OfficeZilla your organization can share calendars, files, forums and more in a secure and private web place with no limits, ads, or fees.
Omid Pajuhideh: SizeroxDefinition: Sizerox is a simple way to resize, rename, crop, rotate and watermark 100s or 1000s of your images with a single "drag-and-drop" preset
ONESIA: OREALIADefinition: Orealia is a complete range of innovative software made for designing, presenting and selling products. Using models taken from CAD, computer graphics or scanned models, you can work on the design, the look, the presets, and the interactive scenario of your products in real-time with photo-realistic results. In turn, you deploy the result to your marketing, communication or sales departments so that they can visualize or show your products interactively.
opcoders: GraphicDesignerToolboxDefinition: GDT is an alternative graphics editor much different from Photoshop. It uses building blocks for bitmap and vector manipulation.
OsiriX DICOM ViewerDefinition: OsiriX is an image processing software dedicated to DICOM images. OsiriX has been specifically designed for navigation and visualization of multimodality and multidimensional images: 2D Viewer, 3D Viewer, 4D Viewer (3D series with temporal dimension, for example: Cardiac-CT) and 5D Viewer (3D series with temporal and functional dimensions, for example: Cardiac-PET-CT)
Panorama Workbench (Erich Maechler)Definition: With Panorama Workbench you can stitch a panorama from a series of images taken with a rotating camera
Pencil Software: PlasticBeautyDefinition: PlasticBeauty is a retouching software specialized for portraits
pentacom: Toycamera AnalogColorDefinition: AnalogColor allows you to convert digital photoa to analog-like photos,add a photo frame, & simulate cross procesing.
Phase One: Capture OneDefinition: Capture One is a raw converter and workflow software which enables photographers to reduce the time and effort required to deliver stunning ready-to-use images with excellent color and detail.
Pierre Chatelier: MozoDojoDefinition: MozoDojo is a photo-mosaic creator. You give it a model image and an image database, and it tries to build a mosaic looking like the model image by picking up the tiles in the database.
Pilgway: 3D-CoatDefinition: 3d-coat uses Voxel sculpting, which allows you sculpt without any topological constraints. You can change topology as you wish. This approach gives you an absolute feeling of freedom in sculpting. It is not based on surface deformation but on volume building and filling.
Pixar's TractorDefinition: Pixar's Tractor is Pixar's totally new, next generation, distributed processing solution for rendering and other network intensive applications.
Pixologic: ZBrush Definition: ZBrush is a digital sculpting tool that combines 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting tool available for Mac OS X and Windows. It is used to create normal maps for low resolution models to make them look more detailed.
Comic LifeDefinition: Comic Life lets you create professional templated comic layouts. The interface integrates seamlessly with your photo collection. Drag in your pictures, captions, Lettering text, and speech balloons and your work is done!
Punch!: Shark FXDefinition: Shark FX is a 3D digital modeling application totally focused on conceptual and preliminary design for those requiring precision content for 2D/3D digital models. Shark provides an extensive set of 2D/3D design tools.
Quark Applications, Software & WorkflowsDefinition:
-QuarkXPress is used by individual designers and large publishing houses, primarily to produce any kind of layout, from flyers to complex page layouts required by magazines, newspapers, catalogs, and similar printed materials.-Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution (Quark DPS) is an XML–based publishing solution that combines flexible layout with automated publishing to deliver accurate, relevant, and attractive communications across multiple types of media, including print, the Web, and mobile and electronic devices.-Quark Publishing System (QPS) is the foundation for Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution, which helps you improve productivity, cut costs, and successfully publish to multiple channels by adopting a collaborative and automated publishing process.-Quark Web-to-Print System is an easy-to-deploy, highly configurable solution that lets anyone customize design-rich documents using a Web browser. Our customers use Quark Web-to-Print System to give their sales and field staff, partners, and other remote users the ability to easily create customized versions of marketing materials while protecting brand elements such as logos, layout, colors, and fonts.-QuarkXPress Server allow agencies, marketing departments, print service providers, and professional publishers to reap the benefits of automation and professional design to produce brilliant, branded, and targeted communications in multiple formats and multiple languages.-Quark XML Author is the next generation of XML authoring tools. It is an add-in to Microsoft Word that lets anyone easily create XML documents with no knowledge of XML and little or no training.-Quark Promote is free, easy-to-use software for owners and employees of small businesses that need a fast way to produce affordable, high-quality marketing materials 
Quickgigs: ImutationDefinition: Imutation enables you to apply special effects to take your original picture in the direction you want. From whimsical effects to serious corrections, Immutation lets you find your own path with safe experimenting and loads of options.
RenderMan for MayaDefinition: RenderMan for Maya (see Pro) takes all your Maya scene data — Maya Materials, lights, geometry, Maya Fur, particles, Maya Hair, et cetera — and renders them with Pixar's RenderMan. Simply select “RenderMan” from the 'Render using' menu and your image will appear in the Maya 'Render View' window. Get the same production-quality motion blur and displacements, ambient occlusion, 3D caching and baking, not to mention the legendary power, speed, and stability of Pixar's RenderMan, right there in the Maya UI.
RhapSoft: LiveQuartzDefinition: LiveQuartz is a simple and powerful free photo editor.
It is based on non destructive layers and filters.
ShapeOnYou: (Pierre Chatelier)Definition: ShapeOnYou is a small application that can display and animate different vectorial 3D shapes. It is useful to illustrate documents and is designed to easily drag'n drop the results in other applications (like Keynote, OmniGraffle 4) where you would like to use 3D shapes.
shinywhitebox: ishow-uDefinition: iShowU is designed to record anything on your screen, instantly — both audio, and video
Side Effects Software: HoudiniDefinition: Houdini is used for visual effects and character animation. It was used in Disney's feature film The Wild. Houdini uses a non-standard interface that it refers to as a "NODE system". It has a hybrid micropolygon-raytracer renderer, Mantra, but it also has built-in support for commercial renderers like Pixar's RenderMan and mental ray.
Siemens Software Definition:
-NX is an integrated suite of software for computer-aided mechanical design (mechanical CAM), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and computer-aided engineering (CAE) formed by combining the former Unigraphics and SDRC I-deas software product lines. NX is currently available for the following operating systems: Windows XP and Vista, Apple Mac OS X, and Novell SUSE Linux.
-Solid Edge is a commercial application for design, drafting, analysis, and simulation of products, systems, machines and tools. All versions include feature-based parametric modeling, assembly modeling, drafting, sheetmetal, weldment, freeform surface design, and data management.[16] Application-programming interfaces enable scripting in Visual Basic and C programming.
Simulation Lab OSG Composer CADDefinition: SimLab Composer provides the user with all the needed tools to build 3D senses from existing models. In addition to the draggers found in modern 3D applications to place models in the scene, SimLab Composer offers unique tools like snap to object and snap to ground to make building 3D scenes intuitive and fast.
Sint-Lucas: NodeBoxDefinition: NodeBox is a Mac OS X application that lets you create 2D visuals (static, animated or interactive) using Python programming code and export them as a PDF or a QuickTime movie.
Soggy Waffles: PaintbrushDefinition: Paintbrush is a simple paint program for Mac OS X, reminiscent of Microsoft Paint and Apple’s own now-defunct MacPaint. It provides users with a means to make simple images quickly, something which has been noticeably absent from the Mac for years
solidThinking Definition: solidThinking is a 3D solid/surface modeling and rendering suite which features a construction tree method of development. The tree is the "history" of the model construction process and allows real-time updates when modifications are made to points, curves, parameters or entire objects.
SolidWorks Corporation: SolidWorksDefinition: SolidWorks is an application used for the design, detailing and validation of products, systems, machines and toolings. All versions include modeling, assemblies, drawing, sheetmetal, weldment, and freeform surfacing functionality. It also has support for scripting in Visual Basic and C.
Sony: Sound ForgeDefinition: Sound Forge software efficiently and reliably provides audio editors and complete control over all aspects of audio editing and mastering. Provides an all-in-one production suite for professional audio recording and mastering, sound design, audio restoration, and Red Book CD creation.
Starscene Software: FractscapeDefinition: Fractscape uses fractal terrain generation techniques to create a wide variety of landscapes.
Sxcreations: Lightray 3DDefinition: Lightray 3D Developed by Sxcreations, is a 3D Polygonal Modeling, Rendering and Animation piece of software it has extensive import/export capabilities it is only available on Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7
The Raiser's EdgeDefinition: The Raiser's Edge software is designed mainly for non-profit PR campaigs. It allows the user to set up and manage your campaigns to match the way your organization raises money with a flexible, yet easy-to-use method for tracking any combination of campaigns, funds, and appeals.
Toon Boom SoftwareDefinition:
-Toon Boom (Animate/Harmony) is based on a centralized database system and is used in the Film and TV animation industry. It contains tools that can be used for cut-out animation style. These tools include the transform tool, morphing, inverse kinematics and the "glue" effect. Harmony can also be used as a paperless animation solution, drawing animation directly into the software, using a Wacom tablet.
-Toon Boom Storyboard is used to create storyboards. In addition to the Storyboard features, the Pro version has tools to create animatics and can be integrated into a pipeline using Opus, Harmony or Digital Pro. You can export to the leading NLE as well. Storyboard Pro is now compatible with Final Draft (using Tagger to export XML script) as well as with the Automatic Duck plug-in for importing AAF file into Final Cut Pro.
-Toon Boom Pencil Check is an animation line testing software developed for top tier animation studios, Pencil Check Pro provides an extensive feature set designed around a user friendly interface.
Tweakersoft: VectorDesignerDefinition: VectorDesigner is a vector drawing application designed to be simple, intuitive and powerful to use. It allows you to create posters, brochures, stickers, logos, web graphics, t-shirt and more.
U & I ApplicationsDefinition:
-ArtMatic Voyager creates 3D photorealistic (and surrealistic) worlds and landscapes
-MetaSynth Electronic music and sound design software
-VTrack is a motion graphics, video sequencing and special effects tool.
Unity Definition: Unity is a multiplatform game development tool, designed from the start to ease creation.
VincentCheung: Shape CollageDefinition: Shape Collage is a photo collage maker application. Users can automatically create picture collages in a variety of shapes with just a few mouse clicks.
Wondershare: iCollageDefinition: iCollage for Mac is a Photo Editing Software to Make Scrapbook, Wallpaper, Greeting Cards etc.
wuonm: layersDefinition: Layers captures every window, every palette, every menu, every menu and status bar icon, every icon on the Desktop, and even the Dock and the Desktop background for each of your connected displays will be saved as a separate, editable layer in the resulting Photoshop image file
X goldenSectionDefinition: XgoldenSection is a graphical tool that shows the golden section between any two points on the screen. Drag any of the pointers and the remaining two will adjust to fit the golden ratio.
Zykloid Software: PosterinoDefinition: Posterino offers a variety of templates for posters and photo frames, with grids of identically sized frames or with mixtures of shapes and sizes. And best of all, you can create your own templates too.
