resources
software/websites for making art:
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type
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description
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link
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CapCut
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Video editing
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Intuitive and useful video editing software. I would like to replace this on my list with editing software that is open source and not made by a huge company, but the free version of capcut is undeniably easy to use and accessable for DIY filmmakers.
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Krita
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Photo editing / art
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Open source Photoshop alternative. Free and really great for photo editing and digital art. We love krita!
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Tahoma2D
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Animation
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Free and open source alternative to Adobe Animate. I use it for my 2d animations. Pretty easy to get the hang of.
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Website Painter
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Web design
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Drag and drop HTML website tool. Works well with neocities alongside some HTML knowledge. Technically not free but its pretty old software and has that winrar thing where you just ignore its '30 day trial' thing and keep using it
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FL Studio
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Music production
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Paid software, what I started making music on when i was 14. Good for samples and fairly cheap and accessible.
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GarageBand
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Music recording
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Free, Mac only, not open source. Great for recording, lots of good effects, really good for beginners. I have lots of gripes with apple, their whole business model depends on propriety lock-in and this is terrible for open source tools. But they make a few great products and this is one of them.
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Logic Pro
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Music recording
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Paid upgrade from GarageBand. Reasonably priced and a good next step once you've learned GarageBand.
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Audacity
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Audio software
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Open source audio software, great for simple audio manipulation. It's not really a DAW but it's a must have for DIY musicians and a good place to start for beginners
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Neural Note
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Audio to MIDI
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Useful audio to MIDI tool, I use it when i can't work out a chord for a cover ect ect
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Ascii Animator
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Animation
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Fun little open source tool for creating plain text animations in the style of ASCII art
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JS Paint
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Art
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Web based version of the classic MS Paint
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Social media hook removal tools
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AdBlock
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ad block tool
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this is just a random adblock, its not so important, but the concept of an ad block is very important!! ads are so evil please make sure you block them
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Neocities
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free website host
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neocities is awesome and a great pathway to creating your own website, its what this is hosted on and you can make one too!
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Distraction-free Instagram APK
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instagram alternate APK
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this one is very cool but only for android phone users. it is a version of instagram that allows you to remove reels and discovery and ads all of that parasidic trash that they force on you so you can actually just use it to keep up with friends. it has changed my life for real ...
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Unhook YouTube extension
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chrome web extension
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youtube web extension for not being so addicted to watching youtube and having more control over your media consumption. very awesome and important
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Unhook Instagram extension (IG plus)
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chrome web extension
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instagram web extension for not being so addicted to instagram and reels also having more control over your media consumption. very awesome and important
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electric guitar
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its like a j&d luther, just a fender rip off i think ...
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Drum Machine
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this is my lovely circut bent kawai r-50 with like 8 different drum machine sounds and a switch on the side and a whole in the top where i tried to install the switch and failed and now there is a big hole !!! i love this thing
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Microphone 1
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Rode nt1, im not sure how i feel about this mic ive had it forever it used to be my main mic, i actually think its kinda bad on vocals but its great on acoustic guitar, very bright
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Interface
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focusrite scarlet solo, lowkey sux i in terms of tone, i want something else but does the job so maybe not?
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mixer
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i cant remember what its called,
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no photo!
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macbook
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macbook m3 maybe? i use for a lot. i hate apple but its a very good puter
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synth
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this is my Casio Cz101, its very simple but has some extremely whimsical tones and i dont know where i'd be without it
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crocs
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for wearing on my feet
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tiny silly old electic guitar
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this is a 1950s danelectro / silvertone crazy thingymabob its so dope i love it thankyou guitar swap shop
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sampler
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SP 404 OG. for live stuff and rag and everything in between
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acoustic guitar
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this was my mums Maton, when she bought it it was the most valuable thing she owned! but i play more guitar now so she gave it to me, i love it a lot
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green bullet microphone
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shure green bullet ! lots of fun. but not always the best ...
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MicroKorg
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microkorg !
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no photo :(
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microphone 2
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AKG C-214. this is my favourite microphone i own, its kinda good for everything but especially vocals. i have quite a low voice also so it suits me well
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Music / Art Equipment
here is my mighty list of things i have used to make art and things i like and things i think might be useful to diy artists ... idk do as you will with it. most of the software is either free or open source but some is neither so do as you will with that
