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markcw(Posted 2016) [#1]
2D Animating

Pencil (Win/Mac/Lin) http://www.pencil2d.org/ - vector painting, animating

Synfig Studios (Win/Mac/Lin) http://www.synfig.org/cms/ - vector painting, animating (spline)

Stykz (Win/Mac/Lin) http://www.stykz.net/ - stick figure animating

Tupi (Win/Mac/Lin) http://www.maefloresta.com/portal/ - animating

Piskel (Win/Mac/Lin) http://www.piskelapp.com/ - painting, animating

Aseprite/Allegro Sprite Editor (Win/Mac/Lin) *$10* http://www.aseprite.org/ - painting, animating

Pyxel Edit (Win/Mac) http://pyxeledit.com/features.php - painting, animating

CreaToon (Win) http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Editors/CreaToon.shtml - painting, animating

Graphics Gale (Win) https://graphicsgale.com - painting, animating

Pro Motion (Win) http://www.cosmigo.com/promotion/index.php - painting, animating

Project Dogwaffle 1.2 (Win) http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/free/index.html - painting, animating

Saint Paint Studio (Win) http://www.saintpaint.com/ - painting, animating

PhotoAnim (Win) http://photoanim.com/ - image animating

Ajax Animator (Web) http://antimatter15.com/wp/ajax-animator/ - painting, animating

2d Painting

Inkscape (Win/Mac/Lin) https://inkscape.org/en/ - vector painting

GIMP/GNU Image Manipulation (Win/Mac/Lin) https://www.gimp.org/ - painting

GrafX2 (Win/Mac/Lin) http://pulkomandy.tk/projects/GrafX2 - painting

Fontext (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=89 - font editing

Font Machine (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=214 - font editing

Paint.NET (Win) http://www.getpaint.net/index.html - painting

Penny Paint (Win) http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/penny/index.html - spline painting

TwistedBrush Open Studio (Win) http://www.pixarra.com/ - painting

Ultimate Paint LE (Win) http://www.ultimatepaint.com - painting

2d Processing

ExGen (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=53 - particle editing

Imagicon (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=159 - image converting

Image Packer (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=54 - image processing

Irfanview (Win) http://www.irfanview.com/ - image converting

Shoebox (Win/Mac) http://renderhjs.net/shoebox/ - image processing

2d Map Editing

Universal Map Editor (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=76 - tile editing


markcw(Posted 2016) [#2]
opps.


markcw(Posted 2016) [#3]
double post.


markcw(Posted 2016) [#4]
3D Animating

Blender (Win/Mac/Lin) https://www.blender.org/ - modelling, texturing, animating, rendering

Art of Illusion (Win/Mac/Lin) http://www.artofillusion.org/ - modelling, rendering, animating, texturing

K-3D (Win/Mac/Lin-src) http://www.k-3d.org/ - modelling, animating

DAZ Studio (Win/Mac) http://www.daz3d.com/daz_studio/ - animating, rendering

Moonlight|3D (Win/Lin) http://www.moonlight3d.eu/ - modelling, animating, rendering

Misfit Model 3D (Win/Lin-src) http://www.misfitcode.com/misfitmodel3d/main.html - modelling, animating

3DCrafter [3D Canvas] (Win) http://amabilis.com/ - modelling, animating

Anim8or (Win) http://www.anim8or.com - modelling, texturing, animating, rendering

Milkshape3D (Win) *$35* http://www.milkshape3d.com/ - modelling, texturing, animating

Metasequoia LE (Win) http://www.metaseq.net - modelling, texturing, animating, rendering

OpenFX (Win) http://www.openfx.org - modelling, animating, rendering

Clara.io (Web) https://clara.io/ - modelling, texturing, animating, rendering

3d Modelling

MakeHuman (Win/Mac/Lin) http://www.makehuman.org/ - modelling, texturing

Wings 3D (Win/Mac/Lin) http://www.wings3d.com - modelling, texturing

Sculptris (Win/Mac) http://pixologic.com/sculptris/ - modelling, texturing

DeleD CE (Win) http://www.delgine.com/index.php?filename=product_deled - modelling, texturing, rendering, lightmapping

Zmodeler (Win) http://www.zmodeler2.com/ - modelling, texturing

SculptGL (Web) http://stephaneginier.com/sculptgl/ - modelling

3DTin (Web) http://www.3dtin.com - modelling

3D Lightmapping

Gile[s] (Win) *no download* - lightmapping

Light Map Maker (Win) http://www.awingsoft.com/LightMapMaker/lightmapmaker.htm - lightmapping

Slim Shady (Win) *no download* - lightmapping

3d Texturing

Decorator (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=26 - texturing

Lithunwrap 1.3 (Win) http://www.geeks3d.com/20090303/lithunwrap-free-uv-mapper-for-windows/ - uv mapping

Tattoo (Win) http://www.terabit-software.co.uk/Tattoo.aspx - 3d painting, texturing

3D World Editing

AWC/Another World Creator (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=247 - level editing, animating, lightmapping

HomeSpun (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=20 - level editing

L3DT/Large 3D Terrain (Win) http://www.bundysoft.com/L3DT/index.php - terrain modelling, texturing

Maplet (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=1 - modelling, texturing, lightmapping

Quark (Win) - http://quark.sourceforge.net/ - level editing, lightmapping

Scream3D (Win) http://www.scream3d.de/ - level editing, lightmapping, texturing, animating

T.ED (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/Community/posts.php?topic=102003 - terrain modelling, texturing

Simple Tree Creator (Win) *no download* - tree modelling

Tree[d] (Win) *no download* - tree modelling, texturing

3d Librarys

Devil GUI (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=175 - game gui

Devil Particle System (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=174 - particles

DST_Dust (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=189 - dust particles

PCL_Cloud (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=188 - cloud particles

nPoly (Win) http://www.blitzmax.com/toolbox/toolbox.php?tool=91 - polygon collision


Schwang(Posted 2016) [#5]
WONDERFUL! Thankyou!


jfk EO-11110(Posted 2016) [#6]
btw. Slimshady and FLE can be found here atm., in misc_tools.zip and in the vrv engine, all open source.
http://anticrap.byethost3.com/


Blitzplotter(Posted 2016) [#7]
Wow, what a great list


MikeHart(Posted 2016) [#8]
Krita is definitely worth being mentioned here:

https://krita.org/en/