#sidenote: im still working on making a blender tutorial w/ some of the tricks i use for making fun things

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Forgive me if this has been asked before, but what programs do you use for your animation and 3d stuff? i love it so much and it fascinates me to no end.

please never stop thank you i love your posts

i sort of answered this before but only very briefly so ill take this an opportunity to go thru all of the programs in more detail!

here's the full list of stuff i use + some notes for each:

2D:

CLIP Studio Notes: Cheap-ish art software (when it's on sale). its alright!

Aseprite Notes: i haven't used this much yet (i got it as a gift :3) but its been useful for making crunchy pixelated textures/images

3D:

Blender Notes: This is the big one!! i use this a lot. i feel like Blender has a steep learning curve if you've never touched anything like it before (thats what it was like for me initially, years ago) but once it clicks Blender is amazing for so many things (much more than you'd think!!)

Video editing:

DaVinci Resolve Notes: This is the free version of DaVinci Resolve Studio. the paid version comes with more presets and some additional features but the free version is incredibly robust and comes with a ton of presets already (plus the price of the full version is a little too much for my poor ass !) highly recommend the free version!! though it is a little heavy at times so it might not run very well on, say, old laptops

Misc:

FFmpeg Notes: This is a command line tool, so its very good for doing specific tasks but obviously not so good for experimentation/discovery. i primarily use this for turning my renders into gifs and sometimes for other things like turning a gif back into an image sequence, or just for snipping videos

FL Studio Notes: i sometimes use this for audio things (its a borrowed copy!!!!!!!!!)

Paint 3D Notes: i think this comes preloaded with most versions of windows 10/11 (?). its not "good" but it is very fun for making 3D shapes and doodling on them. you can also import things you make into Blender!!