Free development utilities (not a free trial, its all free)

[HeadClot]

Hey everyone,

Just thought I would contribute to this list

For those of us who do 3D artwork like myself I find these tools useful

dDo - Texture Creation tool for 3D Models. Requires Photoshop. LINK
Xnormal - Freeware tool for Normal maps, Ambient occlusion maps, etc. Link

General stuff

PureRef - an awesome bit of software for reference organization, viewing and re-sizing. Link

[HeadClot]

Hey I know that this is a little old but just thought I would share some tools that I found useful and Use myself.

Kuadro - This tool is awesome for concept artists, production artists, 2D and 3D Artists alike. See the video below. It is also free!



3D tools

NDO - Creates Normal Maps out of your textures.

DDO - Automatic Textures - Outputs Diffuse, Specular, AO, etc

2D tools

Photoshop - I personally use photoshop CS5.

Pyxel Edit - So If you like Photoshop and you just want to make Pixel art this tool is for you.

[secretidagent]

ROBLOX - Create and/or play a diverse selection of 3D games. Programming is done in Lua and programming tutorials can be found at wiki.roblox.com