Best Free Filmmaking Software

Indy productions generally don't have big budgets, and there are a lot of aspiring filmmakers who don't have thousands to blow on the latest Adobe software. Here's Indy Burst's list of free alternatives!

Video Editing:

Jahshaka
http://jahshaka.org/

Wax 2.0
http://www.debugmode.com/wax/
(mainly for effects, but can be used for editing)

Virtual Dub
http://www.virtualdub.org/

t@b Video Editor
http://www.zs4.net/downloads?PHPSESSID=bb92fba60aa136f8dda73ff4a4c283b9

Photo Editing

Gimp
http://www.gimp.org/

Paint.NET
http://paint.net/

Audio

Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Script Writing (Pre-Production)

Celtx
http://celtx.com/

Video Effects

Wax 2.0
http://www.debugmode.com/wax/

Jashaka
http://jahshaka.org/

3D Animation

Blender
http://www.blender.org/

Bryce
http://download.cnet.com/Bryce/3000-6677_4-10696716.html?tag=mncol

Most of these are available for download from Cnet's Download.com aswell.

Though for the most part you won't get the same quality as the pros using the thousand dollar software, these are all great alternatives, that are FREE!
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