software

Here you can find a multitude of info on the software that is utilized in the eStudio. Explore away!

Explore software as a creative medium to: 

• realize your ideas

• talk with machines
• make art interactive
• activate generative art

• shape the material world
• combine media
• expand your imagination

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<•> Free software for UMN students and educators

Software available via UMN
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<•> Open Source Software + Software free to students and educators

 

Drawing 

Sketchbook
Inkscape [free/open source alternative to Adobe Illustrator]

• how to create vector images in inkscape

Photography

          GIMP [free/ open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop]

Video 

MPEG streamclip [video conversion tool]

          OpenShot [free/open source video editor]

Blender

•  using blender as a video editor

Audio

Audacity
Max [free 30 day trial]

• generate sounds, video, and fun interactive software

3D scanning or Photogrammetry

        123D Catch
        Agisoft Photoscan [free 30 day trial]

3D  Design and Printing

Tinkercad 

• use the 'Learn' tab for great tutorials!

Sketch Up 

3D Animation 

Blender [3D graphics alternative to Maya]
Maya

• make a simple house [beginner]
• make a cave [intermediate]
• make a character [beginner]
• make a character [expert]

Coding and Interactive Art

Processing 

• The Coding Train

P5.js

• The Coding Train

Max [free 30 day trial]

Games

Unity3D

• Learn with Unity
• Unity 5 from scratch - Holistic3d

Unreal Engine

Circuits + Electronics

          123D Circuits
          Fritzing [to document and share your circuits]
          FritzingFab [to make your own arduino circuit boards or any printed circuit board]
          Eagle [and a guide for installing it to designing your own circuit boards]
          Arduino [make art interactive]