Digital Media & Software Support

Software	Description	Learning and Support Resources
Adobe Photoshop	Photo manipulation and raster graphics editing. Common uses: ◆ photo manipulation ◆ image compositing ◆ graphic design	Adobe: Photoshop Learn & Support Site LinkedIn Learning: Adobe Photoshop Essential Training Course
Adobe Lightroom	Media organization and photo editing and retouching.	Adobe: Lightroom Learn & Support Site LinkedIn Learning: Adobe Lightroom Classic Essential Training Course
Adobe Illustrator	Vector graphics editing and design. Common uses: ◆ digital drawing ◆ graphic design ◆ logo creation	Adobe: Illustrator Learn & Support Site LinkedIn Learning: Adobe Illustrator Essential Training Course
Adobe InDesign	Desktop publishing and page layout. Common uses: ◆ flyer / brochure design ◆ book layout ◆ poster design	Adobe: InDesign Learn & Support Site LinkedIn Learning: Adobe InDesign Essential Training Course

Software	Description	Learning & Support Resources
Adobe Premiere	Industry standard, high level, non-linear video editing.	Adobe: Premiere Learn & Support Site LinkedIn Learning: Adobe Premiere Essential Training Course
Adobe Premiere Rush	Lightweight video editing.	Adobe: Premiere Rush Learn & Support Site Linkedin Learning: Adobe Premiere Rush First Look
Apple iMovie	Lightweight video editing (Mac only).	iMovie Apple Official Support Page Linkedin Learning: iMovie Essential Training
Adobe Media Encoder	Media ingest, transcoding, and conversion.	Adobe: Media Encoder Learn & Support Site Linkedin Learning: How to use Adobe Media Encoder Smith College: How to Prepare Video Clips from the Canon Vixia G20 for Editing
Adobe After Effects	Industry standard motion graphic animation and compositing.	Adobe: After Effects Learn & Support Site Linkedin Learning: Adobe After Effects Essential Training Course
Adobe Animate	Vector graphics animation, publish animated web assets for HTML5, WebGL, SVG, and more.	Adobe: Animate Learn & Support Site LinkedIn Learning: Adobe Animate Essential Training
Adobe Character Animator	2D vector and raster ‘puppet’ animation.	Adobe: Character Animator Learn & Support Site LinkedIn Learning: Using Character Animator in Production

Software	Description	Learning & Support Resources
Audacity	Open-source audio recording and editing.	Audacity User Manual Audacity Beginner's Tutorial
GarageBand	Audio recording and basic music production and MIDI (Mac only).	Garageband Apple Official Support Page Linkedin Learning: GarageBand Essential Training
Adobe Audition	Industry standard audio recording, editing, & repair.	Adobe: Audition Learn & Support Site Linkedin Learning: Adobe Audition Essential Training Course

Software

Description

Learning & Support Resources

Audacity

Open-source audio recording and editing.

GarageBand

Audio recording and basic music production and MIDI (Mac only).

Adobe Audition

Industry standard audio recording, editing, & repair.

Software	Description	Learning & Support Resources
Adobe Dimension	Basic 3D for product mockups.	Adobe: Dimension Learn & Support Site LinkedIn Learning: Adobe Dimension Essential Training
Blender	Open-source 3D modelling, rigging and animation. Also features for video editing and 2D animation.	Blender Tutorials Blender Reference Manual LinkedIn Learning: Blender Essential Training

Software

Description

Learning & Support Resources

Adobe Dimension

Basic 3D for product mockups.

Blender

Open-source 3D modelling, rigging and animation. Also features for video editing and 2D animation.

Software	Description	Learning & Support Resources
ArcGIS Pro	Latest desktop GIS that succeeds ArcMap.	SAL Learning Resources Esri Training
ArcMap	Desktop GIS that is part of the ArcGIS suite.	SAL Learning Resources
QGIS	Free and open-source GIS.	For different languages and downloads, toggle down: Documentation Training Manual A Gentle Introduction to GIS
Google Earth Pro	Virtual globe that can support GIS data, and historical imagery.	Google Earth Help
Pix4Dmapper	Photogrammetry software for drone mapping. *in Computer Lab only	2 floating licenses by request (sal@smith.edu) Documentation
GeoDa	Free and open-source GIS for exploratory spatial data analysis and basic spatial regression analysis for point and polygon data *in Computer Lab only	Function Cheat Sheet Documentation

Software

Description

Learning & Support Resources

ArcGIS Pro