soft/hardware alternatives
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Because of all new "affordable" Wacom products, here's a thread on free/genuinely affordable software and hardware for digital artists.
Please, please re[blog] this so at least one aspiring independent creator can know that there is no paywall between themselves and their art.
HUION: https://www.huiontablet.com
(Hundreds of tablets, some for less than half the price of Wacom)
YIYNOVA: http://www.yiynova.com/En/index.php
Specialize in budget tablet displays, I've never used them but both Domics and TheOdd1sOut have used them at some point, so they must be good)
Your phone works better than you think, even if you have an older model. Give your camera + voice memo a shot!
FireAlpaca: https://firealpaca.com/ (great for beginners)
MediBang paint: https://medibangpaint.com/en/
(multiplatform and very profess)
Krita: https://krita.org/en/
(open source and crazy powerful)
GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/ (basically free photoshop)
OpenToonz: https://opentoonz.github.io/e/
(open source version of software used by Studio Ghibli, STUPIDLY powerful)
Krita Animation Package: https://krita.org/en/krita-3-0-release-notes/
(Add-on for Krita)
Blender: https://goo.gl/NjB3HC (Yes, really.)
Blender: https://www.blender.org/
(insanely powerful, open source, and all purpose. not to mention the best tutorial community for any program...ever)
https://www.daz3d.com/
(i've never used it, but i hear it's great for simulations and integration)
Unity: https://unity3d.com/ (For 2D/3D games, industry standard)
GameMaker studio: https://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker
(For 2D games, this was used to make Undertale)
*You may have to purchase a one time license fee to sell + export your final game.
Hitfilm Express: https://fxhome.com/express
(All in one video editing + effects tool)
iMovie: https://www.apple.com/imovie/
(Plain and simple, preinstalled on apple devices)
AviUtl: http://aviutl.info/ (JP)(Japanese non linear compositing tool)
Photoshop by itself is $10/mo
If you have a student email, the whole suite is $20/mo
You can get the old CS2 adobe suite for free
You can also get Autodesk Maya, an industry standard 3D program, for free for 3 years with a student email.
