Links to Software Downloads, Documentation and Other Resources
Software Resources
- Autodesk Maya
Student License Full Version of Software (register and follow links to
"get software")
- OpenShot Video Open Source Free Editing Software (Apple and Windows)
- Make Human Character Modeling Open Source Free Software (Apple and WIndows)
- GIMP Cross Platform Image Editor Open Source Free Software (Apple and Windows)
- Processing Open Sources Software for Video and Sound Processing
Tutorials
- online Maya textbooks through UVA
Subscription (open to UVA community only)
- Maya
tutorials, example files and PDF learning materials from autodesk
- Maya
tutorials from Autodesk community
- Maya
tutorials from digitaltutors.com
- Quicktime user guide
Audio Resources
- Sound Dogs copyright free and
legal sound downloads (samples can be examined for free , but use
requires a
nominal fee).
- Partners in Rhyme copyright free, free and
fee-based sound downloads
- Freesound royalty free music _ use
generally requires citation
- Audacity Free
Download for Windows and Mac
UVA Technology Maya Supplements (Internal To UVA Only)
- Maya Render Farm Setup PDF
- Setup for Virtual Machines (Internal to UVA Only)
Reading Excerpts (Internal to UVA only)
- excerpt from Lynch
Kevin, "What Time is This Place", MIT Press, 1972.
- excerpt
from Rainer Maria Rilke, "The Notes of Malte Laurids Brigge", 1910,
from Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sarte, Edited by Walter Kaufman,
The World.
- excerpt
from Walter Murch, "In The Blink of an Eye", Silman-James Press, 1995.
- excerpt
from Oliver Sacks, "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat", Harper
& Row Publishers, 1987.
- excerpt
on film and reality from Rudolf Arnheim, Film As Art, MIT Press, 1957.
- excerpt
on rmotion from Rudolf Arnheim, Film As Art, MIT Press, 1957.
- excerpt
on reduced depth from Rudolf Arnheim, Film As Art, MIT Press, 1957.