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[Krysis]

**** IF YOU WANT TO ADD PROGRAMS PLEASE REPLY AND I WILL ADD THEM TO THE LIST****

Stop software piracy, go open-source! (also stop buying software, go open-source!)

Well, not all are open-source. But they are completely free no-strings-attached.
So here is a list i made of alternative programs to costly ones out there.

3ds Max/Maya/Cinema4D/XSI/zBrush/Mudbox/Silo/Modo
-Blender - http://www.blender.org/
-Wings3D- http://www.wings3d.com/

MsOffice (Word, Excel and Powerpoint)
-OpenOffice.Org- http://download.openoffice.org/index.html

CAD/AutoCAD/Rhino
-BRL-CAD- http://brlcad.org/

After Effects/Premier/Combustion
-Jashaka- http://www.jahshaka.org/
-VirtualDub- http://www.virtualdub.org/
-AVIDemux- http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/

Poser
-MakeHuman- http://www.dedalo-3d.com/

Bryce
-Terragen- http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/

Photoshop
-GIMP- http://www.gimp.org/
-Paint.NET- http://www.getpaint.net/

Illustrator/Freehand
-Inkscape- http://www.inkscape.org/

Dreamweaver
-Kompozer- http://www.kompozer.net/
-NVU- http://www.nvu.com/
-Aptana- http://www.aptana.com/

SmartFTP/CuteFTP
-FileZilla- http://filezilla-project.org/
-Coffee Cup Free FTP- http://www.coffeecup.com/free-ftp

Cubase/Sonar/FruityLoops/Reason/GarageBand
-Kristal- http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/
-Hydrogen- http://www.hydrogen-music.org/
-Audacity- http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

InDesign/QuarkXpress
-Scribus- http://www.scribus.net/

ToonBoom/AnimeStudio
-Synfig- http://www.synfig.com/

RenderMan/Brazil/vRay/FinalRender/MentalRay/Maxwell
-SunFlow- http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/
-Kerkythea- http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/
-Aqsis- http://www.aqsis.org/
-PovRay- http://www.povray.org/
-YafRay- http://www.yafray.org/
-Art of Illusion- http://www.artofillusion.org/
-Pixie- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~okan/Pixie/pixie.htm

Microsoft Office
-Open source- http://www.openoffice.org/product/

These are very very powerful programs, and they can produce the same quality of work as those expensive retail programs. It all depends on the experience of the user.

Also, check out this site dedicated to open-source alternative programs, it tells you what alternative program you can use. VERY NICE!
http://www.osalt.com/