soft/hardware alternatives
information from keetztweetz on twitter: •• original tweet •• keetz’s website •• permission tweet
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.
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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)
FOR VIDEO:
Your phone works better than you think, even if you have an older model. Give your camera + voice memo a shot!
FOR 2D ART/GRAPHICS:
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)
FOR 2D ANIMATION:
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.)
FOR 3D ART:
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)
FOR GAME DEVELOPMENT:
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.
FOR VID EDITING:
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)
SOME THINGS ABOUT ADOBE:
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.
