Helpful Links

NOTE: All students have access to Adobe Creative Cloud. Specifically, we will be using Illustrator, Photoshop, Animate, Premiere and more. Current students will be able to download their Creative Cloud software and files to a home computer using the same ###.###000@rentonstudent.us login from the classroom. .

Youtube Videos Download Any Online Videos - YTlizer

Online Videos Link:

Additional Links to consider:
YouTube Converter 1 http://www.ytmp3.cc
YouTube Converter 2 https://www.ytmp3.net
Soundcloud Downloader https://sclouddownloader.net
OBS Screen Recording Software https://obsproject.com/

Student Software By Device, 2024

CLASSROOM COMPUTERS

PRODUCTION ENGINEs: Premiere, Animate, Blender, Unity
VISUAL DRAWING, GRAPHICS, ANIMATION: Adobe Creative Cloud: Illustrator, Photoshop, Animate, After Effects, Character Animator, Blender 3d
SOUND: Apple Logic Pro, BandLab, Serato DJ,
PROGRAMMING & CODE: Visual Studio Code, Arduino,
STORAGE & FILE REPOSITORIES: GitHub,

FREE DOWNLOADS FOR USE ON HOME PCs

3D: Blender, Web Cam Motion Picture supported by Plask to map to a character you'd like to use in your film
ANIMATION & Stop Motion VIDEO: Pixel Sorter Studio, Gimp, FlipAClip animator, Pivot Animator, or KineMaster VN App, OBS Screen Recording,
CODING: → Notepad++ (avail in google app store , but better if you download it) Eclipse MS Visual Studio
GAMING: Unreal Engine, Unity, PyGame,
SOUND: Audacity, MPC Beats, UberDuck VoiceOvers,

WHAT TO USE ON YOUR CHROMEBOOK, PHONE or TABLET

CODING: repl.it
GRAPHICS: Magma, Pixel Sorter, Krikut, Pixlr X, PiskelApp for drawing game sprites or 8-bit graphics, add GIMP Chrome Ext to your chromebook, and business & marketing classes use Canva & Pixlr, Graffiti Empire font generator, Pixel-sorter magma.com,
ANIMATION & Stop Motion VIDEO: CapCut, KineMaster VN App, FlipAClip animator, KineMaster, Cute Cut, VN App for StopMotion (more tracks for video; better than iMovie),
GAMING: Construct,
AUDIO: your M-Audio Oxygen Pro Mini controller will work with Bandlab. BeepBox pattern maker, You may also try SoundTrap, Garageband, MUSI, SampleTank, Launchpad,
rec 2 tracks on Soundcloud App, simultaneously, ONLY ON ANDROID

How To's and Where to Begin...

UNITY

Scripting API
YT, Ver 5 Starting Point,
The Coding Train by Daniel Shiffman
Sebastian Lague YT
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda Weinman's lynda.com) - can you login from the King County Library?
Udemy

BLENDER

Absolute BEGINNER character drawing from PIXXO YouTuber Simple BONE tutorial, Skeleton with Skin Modifier
Other: Sewing Cloth on a Character
Official Blender Training, Official Blender Movies from ALL3DP

KRITA DRAWING & ANIMATING APP LINKS

Two great KRITA channels to check out:

Videos to help with digital painting and anatomy:

Ms H's Ever-Changing Music-Making App List

Big Name Paid Music SOFTWARE DAWs Worth Checking Out for your Computer...

Popular DAWs: Logic Pro, most Apple owners get this, used at Pandora Radio, Pro Tools (Pro Tools FIRST is free), Ableton LIVE, (several Lite versions for free), popular among DJs and Live Sound Creators, FL Studio (ask a friend), Cubase, this has been around for MANY years and people really love it, esp b/c they didn't sell out to big companies!', Bitwig Studios, Bandlab FREE on ALL browsers, I've used this software since the 90s!!'
SOUNDS & Virtual Instruments (VSTi): Reason, Native Instruments, Arturia,
Many FREE PLUGINS for you to try: Ms H's Personal Knowledge List scroll to the bottom for the free plugins
Ms H's Video on How To Connect a Keyboard Controller to your iPhone To Play FREE Samples & VSTi's using a camera card reader

FUN PAID iOS APPS for sounds, DAW, and connections