Art

Given the technological aspects of the field, students may find that various software programs can be used to create digital media projects. The following lists include examples from Adobe and Apple, along with other vendors (some of which offer free products). Overall, the software programs below include programs that help create/edit information in various forms/formats like photos, graphics, web development, music, and videos.

• Lightroom Classic (image organizer and editor)
• Photoshop CC (image editor)
• After Affects CC (motions graphics)
• Dreamweaver CC, Flash Professional CC, Muse CC (web development)
• Illustrator CC (vector graphics editor)
• Adobe Premiere Pro CC (video editing, multitrack sound recording)
• InDesign CC (web publishing)

• Photos, Photo Editor (photo editor)
• Logic, Pro Tools (multitrack sound recording)
• Final Cut Pro, iMovie (video editing)
• Motion (motion graphics)

• Harmony (animation)
• PowerPoint (slide presentation)
• PicMonkey, Pixlr Editor (photo editor)
• Pro Tools, Cakewalk Sonar, Cubase, Reason (multitrack sound recording)
• Nuke (motion graphics)
• Lightworks (video editing)
• CoralDraw (vector graphics editor)
• Freeway, Wix, WordPress (web development)
• CINEMA 4D (3D animation and motion graphics)

Audio / Video Editing

• Audacity (multitrack sound recording)
• Windows Movie Maker (video editing)

Web Development

• Blogger (web development)
• Google Sites (web development)

Image Editing / Graphics / 3D Modeling

• Blender (3D modeling and animation)
• MakeHuman (3D character creation)
• Gimp (photo editor)
• Blackmagic Fusion (motion graphics)
• Krita (vector graphics editor)
• Impress (slide presentation)

Game Development / Software Development Interface

• Godot (game development)
• Processing (graphics-centered Java programming environment)
• Ren'Py (visual storytelling engine)
• Twine (interactive, nonlinear story creator)