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ARTICLES WRITTEN BY MATTHEW LYLES HORNBOSTEL BROWSE BY CATEGORY: Miscellaneous / Drawing & Painting / Miniatures / Creative Writing / Video Production / 3d art & Visual Effects / Game Design / Web Design Guidelines for credible VFX / VFX Software / Great 3D animation tips / Where to find VFX Stock Media There are some good tools in various categories. IMAGE EDITING Used for titles and the like, as well as texture editing: Photoshop CC or Photoshop Elements are great options and not that pricey. GIMP is freeware, good but not as good. VIDEO EDITING Movie Studio Platinum is a great cheap option. Same with Premiere Elements. More costly but really solid options include Final Cut Express/Pro and Adobe Premiere CC. COMPOSITING This is where you layer things together, like Photoshop for video. HitFilm 4 Express or the paid Pro equivalent, is a good toolset. Fusion 8 - really professional grade and has a free version with the superb Primatte chroma keyer built in. After Effects CC - The gold standard in compositing. AE has been around forever and now it is a rental product for $30/month. 3D ANIMATION Blender 3D is freeware, which is nice, and it's a really solid option given the price. There are also some in the $1k range like Lightwave, Modo, and Cinema 4D And then there's the really expensive stuff that is nonetheless awesome, mainly Autodesk's 3DS Max and Maya. |
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