Movie Making Manual/Mac in film production

Writing

 * Movie Magic Screenwriter
 * Final Draft
 * Celtx (free, Open Source)
 * Montage
 * Scrivener (free for 30 days, Universal) [includes Screenplay Template on disk image]

Budgeting

 * EP Budgeting
 * Gorilla
 * Movie Magic Budgetting

Scheduling

 * EP Scheduling
 * Gorilla
 * Company Move (Excellent piece of software!)
 * Movie Magic Scheduling

Storyboarding

 * StoryBoard Artist
 * Film Forge 3D
 * SketchBook Pro
 * Celtx (free)

Editing

 * Final Cut Pro
 * Avid
 * Adobe Premiere Pro

File conversion tools

 * ffmpegX

Compositing

 * Shake
 * Motion
 * After Effects

Animation

 * Lightworks
 * Cinema 4D
 * Maya
 * Blender 3D (free, Open Source)
 * Houdini

DVD Authoring

 * iDVD
 * DVD Studio Pro

Web Authoring

 * Macromedia Dreamweaver
 * Panic Coda

Audio Editing

 * Audacity
 * Logic
 * Pro Tools

Getting help
Software is often complex and has a steep learning curve. For ways of getting help online, take a look at the online resources page for links to forums and tutorials online. Also take a look at the training category index for more info on training.

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