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While there are a lot of different tools available, the following represent a short list of good, mostly free (or limited cost) software applications.
Audio
Adobe Audition – (MacOS, Win) Free for UCLA students
Audacity – (Linux, MacOS, Win) Free
Garageband – (iOS, MacOS) Free
Design
Adobe InDesign – (MacOS, Win) Free for UCLA students
Affinity Designer for Mac – (MacOS) approx. $50
Affinity Designer for Windows – (Win), approx. $50
Pages – (MacOS) Free
Photo/Images
Adobe Lightroom – (MacOS, Win_ Free for UCLA Students
Adobe Photoshop – (MacOS, Win_ Free for UCLA Students
Affinity Photo for Mac – (MacOS), approx. $50
Affinity Photo for Windows – (Win), approx. $50
Gimp – (Linux, MacOS, Win) Free photo and image editing tool.
Photopea – Free photo editing in a web browser.
Video
Adobe Premiere Pro – (MacOS, Win_ Free for UCLA Students
Adobe Premiere Rush – (MacOS, Win_ Free for UCLA Students
iMovie – (iOS, MacOS) Free
Shotcut – (Linux, MacOS, Win) Free
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