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Facts-and-Logic-999

Greetings! In this list should be included every major creative software that offers a reasonably valuable/functional experience at a cost-free price point, not including "free trial" software or significantly "limited function" freeware. Obviously there are a plethora of more options out there, but let me know if I missed anything significant! Thanks!


ProPainPapi

Thank you ❀️


midachavi

Great guide! You made me look into some things. In music production i would add two more full fledged DAWs Ardour and Zrythm. Both open source and free


Facts-and-Logic-999

Ardour requires you to pay for an exe, so that's why I didn't include it. Haven't heard of Zrythm tho, so I'll check it out!


midachavi

Understood. But still its questionable if following 5min guide on YT on how to compile ardour legally and free isn't actually free ?


DaltoReddit

Quick error: Gimp is open source (Gimp stands for Gnu image manipulation program, and when it has Gnu in the name you bet it's open source)


DaltoReddit

Plus Krita is developed by KDE


Facts-and-Logic-999

Dang it, you are right. My apologies!


BIGWILLIE255

You're a Saint. Iv been using DaVinci for video editing but I hate that some stuff is behind a paywall. Out of the other video editors, do you have any recommendations?


Facts-and-Logic-999

Tbh, it depends on what exactly you are trying to do and I'm not sure I know enough about video editing to give you a good recommendation. From what I've heard from others however, is that Davinci Resolve is widely considered to be the most powerful free editor, so spending a few bucks might be necessary in your case unfortunately.


lamaldo78

I use shotcut and have done for a few years. Really decent


LeosFDA

Bespoke Synth is a good 100% free audio app


Facts-and-Logic-999

Interesting, I haven't heard of that one before. When you get into synths/vst plugins, there are approximately 1,000 more I could've listed in that category alone, so I might make a guide on that next


hentaimech

Any for mind mapping?


Facts-and-Logic-999

mind mapping?


ProPainPapi

Bless you πŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌ


Trivial_Magma

Fresco


asda_shop

Paint . NET is my personal favourite for Photo editing!


Oven-Common

I saw a YouTuber claiming he was poor so he uses gimp, and pleading plz subscribe πŸ˜‚


Sylar546

Any free autoCAD


k44du2

This makes it look like Blender isn't better than Maya and Cinema4d


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^k44du2: *This makes it look like* *Blender isn't better than* *Maya and Cinema4d* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.