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Digital Media Resources

Compiled by: Swan Liu

Last Updated: May 2023

Audio Production

Library Resources

Audio engineering and the science of soundwaves / Anne Rooney

Software

Adobe Audition - Supports Windows/MacOS

Free software

Audacity - Supports Windows/MacOS/Linux

Online Tutorials

Audition Tutorials

 

Video Production

Library Resources

Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 release / Maxim Jago

The musician's guide to iMovie for iPad / Thomas Rudolph and Vincent Leonard

Software

Adobe Premiere Pro - Supports Windows/MacOS

                                      - Video editing

Adobe After Effects - Supports Windows/MacOS

                                    - Visual effects and motion graphics

Final Cut Pro - Supports MacOS

                        - Video editing

Free Software

Shotcut - Supports Windows/MacOS/Linux

               - Video editing

Online Tutorials

Filming Tips

 

2D Animation

Library Resources

The animator's survival kit / Richard Williams

How to create animation in 10 easy lessons / William Bishop-Stephens

The queens of animation / Nathalia Holt

Software

Adobe Animate - Supports Windows/MacOS

                             - Computer animation

Adobe Character Animator - Supports Windows/MacOS

                                                 - Combines live motion-capture with a multi-track recording system to control layered 2D puppets

Online Tutorials

Character Animator Tutorials

After Effects Tutorials

 

3D Animation

Library Resources

Blender / by Jason van Gumster

​​Software

Autodesk Maya - Supports Windows/MacOS

Autodesk Maya Student - A free version of Autodesk Maya that Targets students

Autodesk 3ds Max - Supports Windows

Houdini - Supports Windows/MacOS/Linux

Cinema 4D - Supports Windows

Modo - Supports Windows/MacOS/Linux

Lightwave 3D - Supports Windows/MacOS/AmigaOS

Free Software

Blender - Supports Linux/Windows/MacOS

Daz Studio - Supports Windows/MacOS

Online Tutorials

Blender Tutorials

Maya Tutorials 1

Maya Tutorials 2

Maya Tutorials 3

 

Graphic Illustration

Library Resources

How to draw manga

How to draw comics

Illustration that works : professional techniques for artistic and commercial success / Greg Houston

The art of the graphic memoir : tell your story, change your life / Tom Hart

Graphic : 500 designs that matter

How to use graphic design to... / Michael Bierut

Telling the story in your graphic novel / Frank Lee

Web and digital for graphic designers / Neil Leonard, Andy Way, Frédérique Santune

Graphic design cookbook / by Leonard Koren & R. Wippo Meckler

Graphic design referenced / Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit

Online

 Canva

- Graphic Design Platform

- Create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents, and other visual content.

Software

Adobe Photoshop - Supports Windows/MacOS

                                  - Photo, image & design editing

Adobe Illustrator - Supports Windows/MacOS

                               - Vector graphics editor and design program

Clip Studio Paint - Supports Windows/MacOS/iPad/iPhone/Android

                               - The digital creation of comics, general illustration, and 2D animation

PaintTool Sai - Supports Windows

                        - Lightweight painting

Corel Painter - Supports Windows/MacOS

                        - Drawing, painting with realistic painting strokes

Procreate - Supports iPad

                   - Digital painting with Apple Pencil and alternatives

Free Software

MediBang Paint Pro - Supports Windows/MacOS/iPad/iPhone/Android

Krita - Supports Linux/Windows/MacOS

         - Drawing, vector layers, animation creation

GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program - Supports Windows/MacOS

                                                                             - Photo manipulation

Online Tutorials

Photoshop Tutorials 1

Photoshop Tutorials 2

 

Royalty-Free Resources

Music/Sound/Sound Effects

Audio Library

Audionautix

Bensound

Chosic

Fesliyanstudios

Free Music Archive

Free Sounds Library

Freesound

Internet Archive

MFCC

Motion Array

Uppbeat

Zapsplat

Images

Dlpng

Internet Archive

Motion Array

Pixabay

Pngwing

Setaswall

Vecteezy

Wallpapertag

Stock Footages

Beachfront B-Roll

Motion Array

Videvo

 

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