Special Effects Artists and Animators
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Graphics tablets (Digital paper)
- Pressure stylus (Digital pens)
- Digital cameras (Panoramic digital cameras)
- Personal computers
Technologies Include:
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk 3ds Max for Design Visualization
- Autodesk Alias Design
- Autodesk Alias Surface
- AutoDesSys form Z
- solidThinking
- Desktop publishing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- QuarkXPress
- Development environment software
- ActionScript
- Adobe Systems Adobe AIR
- Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite software
- C
- Code libraries
- Component libraries
- Crytek CryEngine
- DX Studio
- MaxScript
- Maya Embedded Language MEL
- Unreal Technology Unreal Engine
- XML User Interface XUI
- Enterprise application integration software
- Extensible Markup Language XML
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Ability Photopaint
- ACD Systems Canvas
- Adobe Systems Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks
- Adobe Systems Adobe Flash
- Adobe Systems Adobe Flash Lite
- Adobe Systems Adobe FreeHand MX
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Systems Adobe ImageReady
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software
- Ambient Design ArtRage
- Apple DrawBerry
- Aqsis Renderer
- Autodesk Combustion
- Autodesk Maya
- Autodesk MotionBuilder
- Autodesk Mudbox
- Autodesk SketchBook Pro
- Autodesk SoftImage
- AutoQ3D
- Blender
- Bohemian Coding DrawIt
- Bunkspeed HyperDrive
- Bunkspeed HyperMove
- Caligari Corporation trueSpace
- Celsys RETAS
- Character Studio
- Cheetah3D
- Corel CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
- Corel Painter
- Cybermotion 3D Designer
- DAZ Productions Bryce
- DAZ Productions Carrara
- e-on software Vue
- Electric Rain Swift 3D Xpress
- Freeverse Lineform
- Google SketchUp Pro
- HASH Animation:Master
- Indigo Renderer
- Inivis AC3D
- Luxology Modo
- Luxrender
- MagicTracer
- Massive Jet
- Maxon BodyPaint 3D
- MAXON CINEMA 4D
- Maxwell Render
- Mental Images Mental Ray
- Microsoft Expression Design
- Nevercenter Silo
- NewTek Lightwave 3D
- NodeBox
- NVDIA Gelato
- Pixar RenderMan Studio
- Pixarra TwistedBrush
- Pixelmator
- Pixologic Zbrush
- Quad Software Grome
- RealFlow
- Satori Paint
- Serif DrawPlus
- Side Effects Software Houdini
- sK1
- Skencil
- SmithMicro Anime Studio
- SmithMicro Manga Studio
- SmithMicro SoftwarePoser
- SplutterFish Brazil
- Sunflow Render System
- Three-dimensional graphics software
- Trapcode Particular
- Two-dimensional graphics software
- VectorDesigner
- Xara Xtreme
- Object or component oriented development software
- C++
- Object-oriented programming languages
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Operating system software
- Macintosh OS
- Microsoft Windows
- UNIX
- Platform interconnectivity software
- Macromedia Flash Remoting MX
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Video creation and editing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Director
- Adobe Systems Adobe Premiere Pro software
- Apple Final Cut Studio
- Chaos Group V-Ray software
- TechSmith Camtasia
- Web page creation and editing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- Web platform development software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Flex
- Adobe Systems Adobe Shockwave Player
- Cascading Style Sheets CSS
- Extensible Hypertext Markup Language XHTML
- Hypertext Markup Language HTML
- JavaScript
- Microsoft Silverlight
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
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