MOSTLY USED GRAPHIC AND
VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE
When
getting in the industry of movies, music or games as an editor or artist
knowing which program to use is very important so that you can use suitable
software for your work this software can be categorized in the following groups
GRAPHICS
If
you are into 3D graphic, then you must learn one or two of the following software.
MAYA
Maya
is best 3d software in fact it is industrial leading software, it has been used
to create the Hollywood movies for decade now, everyone who has desire to get
into 3D knowledge must learn to be familiar with this tool, most game and movie
company hire quickly people who have enough experience of using this software, this
is the tool that is very widely used in Hollywood for modeling,
texturing, animation and rendering
HOUDINI
Houdini
is the 3D software most used for expert, it has what is called procedural
workflow which is difficult to learn for the beginner but this software can do
almost everything that 3D artist desire, Houdini also used to make plugin that
can be used inside another 3D software, Houdini is best known for destruction,
simulation and all procedural animations. Most of the company make transition
from Maya to Houdini slowly as it is a very power full tool that can be used in
movies, games, motion graphics and all sort of designing.
BLENDER
Blender
is package which is free, which means that any artist use it for free, a
student can just enter into their website and download it, this software is
loved by many artist as it contain all the tools for doing your 3D work from
modeling, texturing, animation, rendering, simulation and even compositing.
Blender is not categorized as the software that the industry will give it
number one when it comes to 3D work
CINEMA 4D
Cinema
4D is very friendly user, it has good and attractive interface, this is used
more in motion graphic area it is flexible and
easy to use, any amateur in 3D area is recommended to start with cinema 4D to
give the insight on what is to be done. Cinema 4D is widely used in movies,
animations, games, music, advertisement and so on.
3D S MAX
The
best and amazing tool for 3D works like architecture and designing, 3D max is
the best tool for modeling, many studios use for visual effects in movies and
game industries, it gives wide option for rendering and produce photorealistic
outcome.
Z BRUSH
This
is the software which is used widely for modeling and texturing, an artist will
do his work in z brush and transfer it in another software like Maya for
animation, if you are into modeling and sculpting then z brush has all the tool
that needed for that work
COMPOSITING
This
is art of combining different elements to bring one meaningful and realist shot
you do this using the following software
NUKEX
It
is top most used software in movies industries, it a little bit complex and
difficult to learn but once you grasp some ideas then it became easy to use,
this software is amazing and its capability is big, it is node based software it
widely used in movies, games etc. mostly for compositing
3D with live actions footage
AFTER EFFECTS
After
effects is the best tool for doing motion graphics even though it can be used
to make movies, it can also be used by expertise to compose some motion
graphics elements in the footage, it is not hard to learn, so you are into
compositing then after effect should the best place to start.
FUME EFFECTS
this
is more like nuke it is node based tool which
give the artist chance to compose and bring the dead footage to life, element
can easily be matched and make it look real, if you know how to use nuke the
fume effect should be also easy to understand.
EDITING VIDEOS
PREMIER PRO
Premiere
Pro is an industry standard among professional video editing applications,
adobe Premier pro has all the tools that the artist can desire to have, you can
do good work when using this software, Premiere offers all the effects, color
tools, and collaboration and output options any pro could want. Also premier
pro work hand in hand with adobe encore which can give a lot of output option
for your videos, audio, picture and so, it also has the output option for
android, apple, tablet etc.
FINAL CUT PRO
is
the best tools for cutting, editing and even compositing videos and audio,
editors who have working experience with this piece of software can enjoy the
flexibility and realize that there are tools almost for doing everything that
the editor may desire, final cut pro works only on apple computers. So
unfortunately if you don’t have the apple computer then you can’t use this
piece of software.
SONY VEGAS
This
piece of software was first dealing with editing and compositing audio only but
later on they added the video edition platform it is very piece of software I
would encourage every artist who want to compose audio to use this software, it
is flexible, easy to use, and have quick render ability
MOVAVI VIDEO
EDITOR PRO
This
software has all the effects that the artist can desire, it is used by video
editor as well as YouTuber, you can directly upload to YouTube once your
editing work in finished, it has great transition effect, and all the tools
that an artist can desire to use
PHOTOGRAPH
In
this area ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
is the best when it comes to editing of photos, adobe
Photoshop has almost if not all the tools that an artist can use to do
whatever they desire, on the hand ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR can help in editing and designing the 2D images,
logos it is mostly used by visual effects artist in designing of the digital
user interface etc.
FLUID SIMULATION
Fluid
simulation can be made in some of the 3D software like MAYA, HOUDINI and BLENDER
but there is a package which is very special only for fluid simulation which is
called REAL FLOW this
software has everything that is needed to simulate fluids of any kind