Tools

2D, 2.5D Design

• Adobe Creative Cloud

Raster

• GIMP
• Photoshop
• MyPaint
• Krita
• Photography
• Scanning (flatbed, etc)

Vector

• Inkscape, FLOSS Manuals, Release Notes
• LibreOffice Draw
• Illustrator
• Scribus
• LibreCAD
• QCAD
• FreeCAD
• Layout
• OmniGraffle

3D Design

• Sketchup
• Tinkercad
• Shapesmith
• Flood Editor
• Matter Machine
• Rhino, Grasshopper, Kangaroo
• RhinoCAM
• Fusion 360
  • Fusion 360 Adoption Portal
  • Fusion 360 Students Download - Free for students. Make an Autodesk account and install.
  • Learn Fusion 360 in 60 Mins
  • Fusion 360 Design Academy
  • Fusion 360 Adoption Portal
• Blender
• Maya
• Mudbox
• Cinema4D - Free Student Licensing, Grey Scale Gorilla
• ZBrush
• AutoCAD
• Solidworks
• Onshape
• Alias
• 3DS Max
• PTC
• NX
• AC3D
• OpenSCAD
• Catia
• Matrix Gold - Jewelery Design Software
• Clayoo - Rhino Plugin for Organic Modeling (SUBD, Emboss, Sculpt)

Game Engines

• Unity
• Unreal

Simulation

• Elmer
• COMSOL
• Solidworks: Simulation
• ANSYS
• Nastran

Audio & Video

• Audacity
• Kdenlive, OpenShot, Lightworks, Final Cut Pro X
• Adobe Premiere, After Effects
• ffmpeg, avconv, mencoder
• mplayer, smplayer
• VLC
• HTML5, formats
• Screencast-O-Matic
• Reaper
• Ableton Live
• Audio Mulch
• VCV Rack - Open Source Virtual Eurorack DAW

Reality Capture

• Structure Sensor 3D Scanner
• Autodesk Remake

Mesh Tools

• Meshlab
• Autodesk Meshmixer
• Autodesk Netfabb

Visual Programming / Node Based Editors

• Cycling74 Max
• Notch
• PraxisLIVE