- http://www.inkscape.org/en/ (vector drawing program… similar to Illustrator)
- http://www.gimp.org/ (bitmap drawing/image manipulation… similar to Photoshop)
- http://www.blender.org (3D modeling software)
- https://www.scribus.net/ (layout software… similar to InDesign)
- http://mypaint.org (digital painting application)
- http://www.openshot.org/ (video editor)
- http://ffmpeg.org/ (convert / record / stream audio & video)
- https://www.dvdstyler.org/en/ (DVD authoring application)
- http://darktable.org (open source photography workflow application and raw developer) — primarily linux, windows pre-alpha
- https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell (photo manager for gnome 3) –Linux Only
- https://calibre-ebook.com/ (ebook manager & templates)
- Not OpenSource, but definitely a good & reasonably priced Alternative: Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, Affinity Publisher . They have tutorials, and workbooks for Designer & Photo (I’ve purchased them & they are really nice). There are some things missing that I like from Adobe, but there are some things they just do better.
- http://www.videezy.com/
- http://www.xstockvideo.com/
- http://www.gratisography.com/
- http://fancycrave.com/
- https://www.pexels.com/
- http://magdeleine.co/browse/
- https://unsplash.com/
- http://www.lifeofpix.com/
- https://stocksnap.io/
- http://coverr.co/
- http://www.stockphotosforfree.com/
- http://www.freeimages.com/
- http://compfight.com/
- http://www.lensicle.com/
- http://ingimage.com
- http://dreamstime.com
- http://123RF.com
- Rajks Museum (https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/)
- National Gallery of Art (https://images.nga.gov/en/page/show_home_page.html)
- Getty Museum (http://search.getty.edu/gateway/search…) Filer search by Open Content Images
- Walter Arts Museum (http://art.thewalters.org/)
- NASA (https://images.nasa.gov/) but avoid assets with their logo, astronauts & employees.
- NOAA (http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/index.html), be sure to check out the Treasures of the Library (http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/library/index.html) Section
- US Library of Congress (https://disq.us/url…)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (https://disq.us/url…)
- US Fish & Wildlife Services has a Digital Library with images, videos, documents & audio clips. (https://digitalmedia.fws.gov/)
- GuideGuides – plug-in for either Photoshop or Illustrator that will set up your guidelines for a grid system with amazing speed! (Cost $10.)
- User Interface templates:
- Flat UI Pro ($$)
- Icon/Glyph Fonts
WordPress
- Coverbuilder ($20) – If you design book covers this plugin allows you to easily take control of the page set up.
- Widow Fixer ($10) – Eliminate those pesky widows (aka runts) at the end of your paragraphs… this add-on works with your paragraph styles so you can apply it to all or only a single one.
- Speeech (Free) – Now you too can create quick and easy speech bubbles in InDesign. Create a shape or text box & add a line – Voilà! A speech bubble is born.
- Attachments (Free – limited / $6 pro) – Ever needed to send instructions, additional images, or reference materials with an InDesign file? Now you can without linking/embedding and bloating the file size. with this add-on, you can attach the additional files (just like you do to an email) & your recipient can save them where ever they want.
- Check out the Adobe Exchange — just found some interesting add-ons. (Free Stock images from inside of InDesign).
3d Models:
- http://www.daz3d.com/free-3d-models-and-content/
- http://archive3d.net/
- http://www.turbosquid.com/photoshop-3d
- http://www.3dvia.com/products/3dvia-for-adobe-photoshop/
Asset Generator
Social Media:
Typefaces
- https://www.fontself.com/ (Font creation plug-in for Photoshop & Illustrator CC 2018 — does COLOR fonts)
Websites
Handouts:
March 2018 – What is a design brief
Adobe Resources:
ADOBE MAX 2014 KEYNOTES, ON DEMAND SESSIONS & MORE
See the keynote and many other sessions for creatives http://max.adobe.com/sessions/max-online/?promoid=KQCMY