software applications
Notes on various computer software applications
that students or faculty have used or are using.
Electronic Music and Recording
Audacity
Open source mult-track cut-n-paste plus plugin effects.
Video
FinalCut Pro
What Hilary uses in the media lab.
3D modeling and CAD
FormZ
Tim Segar tells me that this is
the industry standard 3D cad/cam thingy
for furniture and industrial design.
Vectorworks: Spotlight
Kat Williams says this is
3D CAD/CAM standard for theater and lighting design.
Blender
Open source 3D animation; big, complicated, powerful.
Sketchup
Google's tool for buildings rooms and what-not.
Both free and professional versions, easy to use.
GIS
GRASS
Open source unix-ish; what Gary used for his plan.
Science and Statistics
Mathematica
We have a campus license. It does math typesetting and computation
in a lisp-ish language.
R
Open source statistics package similar to "S".
