BULLETIN BOARD

Below is a bunch of useful stuff I've found online, including helpful resources, tools, and quality video content.

Free and Useful Software


General Purpose

PowerToys

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PowerToys is a really useful program for Windows that adds a bunch of small tools that you can access with simple keybinds, including: a color picker, a screen text extractor, a clone of MacOS's spotlight search, and a quick image resizer.

uBlock Origin

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The BEST ad and content blocker. If you are not using this uninstall your old ad blocker and install this one. It's also open source so you can trust it to not harvest your data.

Video Recording

OBS

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Super useful video recording and live streaming software. Everyone probably knows this one but maybe one or two people will find this helpful.

VDO.Ninja

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A useful peer-to-peer video tool, can connect to OBS to use your phone as a webcam.

Game Development Resources


VFX and Materials

ambientCG

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Free CC0 Public Domain materials and models

sharetextures

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Free CC0 Public Domain materials and models, similar to ambientCG.

Effect Texture Maker

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Super useful tool for creating VFX textures quickly in a browser.

Unreal

PrismaticaDev on YouTube

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This guy makes some of the best Unreal tutorials for material and VFX stuff, especially for newbies. His videos aren't just follow alongs, he actually teaches you the logic behind what is happening (which is somehow rare).