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ArcHub: Video & Animation

Free resources and free open-source software

Video Players

Local

    VLC Player [software] - a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

    Kodi.TV [software] - an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub

    Haruna [software] - An open source video player built with libmpv.

    MPV [software] media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.

Streaming

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Reference & Instruction

Animation Tools

    Blender [software] - Incredible software that offers professional capability in 3D modeling, 3D animation, 2D animation, CGI/VFX, and more.

    FreeMoCap [software] - Advanced but usable motion capture framework for everyone

    OpenMoonRay [software] - MoonRay is DreamWorks’ open-source, multi-award-winning, state-of-the-art production MCRT renderer, which has been used on feature films

    Pixie [software] - Photo-realistic ray-tracing renderer for generating photo-realistic images. Developed by Okan Arikan and George Harker from the University of Texas, Austin.

    Storyboarder [software] - visualize a story as fast you can draw stick figures

    OpenUSD [software] - Format made by Pixar that combines lots of scene data and allows for real-time collaboration between artists across multiple applications.

    DrawPile [software] - collaborative drawing program that lets multiple people draw, sketch, paint and animate on the same canvas simultaneously

    OpenToonz [software] - 2D animation software famously used by Studio Ghibli

    RenderChan [software] - Rendering manager for 2D animation projects.

    Pencil2D [software] - Minimalistic, cross-platform 2D animation software that allows for easy switching between raster and vector workflows.

    Tahoma2D [software] for 2D and stop motion animators.

    Synfig.org [software]Open-source 2D Animation Software

    Infinigen [software] - A powerful tool for procedural generation of infinite, photorealistic worlds with real geometry.

    Tixl [software] - Amazing realtime animation toolkit for motion graphic artists that can be used in audio-reactive VJ content, automating keyframe animation, development of fragment or compute shaders, and much more.

    Friction [software] - Raster and vector motion graphics software with effects and other cool features. It is based on enve, a now defunct open source animation software.

    Wick Editor [software] - Adobe Flash/Animate-inspired animation tool with bulit-in scripting that can also do games/interactive projects.

CAD Software

    FreeCAD [software] - 3D parametric modeler for product design, mechanical engineering, and architecture. Features Python integration, OpenSCAD integration, and 2D drafting.

    QCAD [software] - Another excellent CAD program with layers, grouping, 60+ tools, a part library with 4800+ CAD parts, and more.

    OpenSCAD [software] - Code-based, non-interactive 3D modeling workbench.

    LibreCAD [software] - Lightweight 2D drafting software.

    OpenVSP [software] - Parametric aircraft geometry tool for designing functional air vehicles.

    Avogadro [software] - Molecular editor and visualizer for chemical engineers.

    MolView [software] - Web-based molecular editor and visualizer.

    topologicpy [software] - Spacial modelling and analysis for architecture, engineering, and construction.

    Mayo [software] - 3D CAD model viewer and converter.

Video Editors

    kdenlive [software] - Video editor with multi-track capability, support for a wide varitey of video and audio formats, and a suite of useful production tools. In active development since 2002!

    Shotcut [software] - Video editor with professional audio processing features, lots of video effects, and a customizable interface with undockable panels. It also boasts support for some video-related hardware.

    OpenCut [software] - Multi-platform, intuitive video editor that even runs in the browser.

    Pitivi [software] - Video editor with a focus on design and usability, with natural integration into the GNOME desktop environment.

    Flowblade - Video editor with a multitude of included tools, boasting stability and a speedy workflow.

    Olive Video Editor [software] - Video editing software with node-based compositing built-in and fast disk cache performance.

    OpenShot [software] - Simple, bare-bones video editing akin to Windows Movie Maker or iMovie.

    Avidemux [software] - Small but mighty. Ideal for quick edits, filtering, and encodes.

    OmniClip.App [website]

Video Production

Subtitle Editors

DVD

    DVDStyler.org [software] - cross-platform free DVD authoring application for the creation of professional-looking DVDs.

Stock Video & Animation