Digital Media & Software
The following software can be accessed on computers in both the Digital Media Hub on Level G of Neilson Library, and the Knowledge Lab in the Alumnae Gymnasium.
Photography & Design Software |
| Software | Description | Learning & Support Resources |
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Adobe Photoshop 
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Photo manipulation and raster graphics editing. Common uses:
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Adobe: Photoshop Learn & Support Site LinkedIn Learning: Adobe Photoshop Essential Training Course |
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Adobe Lightroom 
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Media organization and photo editing and retouching. |
Adobe: Lightroom Learn & Support Site LinkedIn Learning: Adobe Lightroom Classic Essential Training Course |
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Adobe Illustrator 
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Vector graphics editing and design. Common uses:
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Adobe: Illustrator Learn & Support Site LinkedIn Learning: Adobe Illustrator Essential Training Course |
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Adobe InDesign 
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Desktop publishing and page layout. Common uses:
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Video & Motion Graphics Software |
| Software | Description | Learning & Support Resources |
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Adobe Premiere 
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Industry standard, high level, non-linear video editing. | |
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Adobe Premiere Rush 
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Lightweight video editing. | |
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Apple iMovie 
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Lightweight video editing (Mac only). | |
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Adobe Media Encoder 
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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 |
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Adobe After Effects 
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Industry standard motion graphic animation and compositing. |
Adobe: After Effects Learn & Support Site LinkedIn Learning: Adobe After Effects Essential Training Course |
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Adobe Animate 
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Vector graphics animation, publish animated web assets for HTML5, WebGL, SVG, and more. | |
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Adobe Character Animator 
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2D vector and raster ‘puppet’ animation. |
Video & Music Software |
| Software | Description | Learning & Support Resources |
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Audacity 
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Open-source audio recording and editing. | |
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GarageBand 
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Audio recording and basic music production and MIDI (Mac only). | |
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Adobe Audition 
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Industry standard audio recording, editing, & repair.
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3D Software |
| Software | Description | Learning & Support Resources |
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Adobe Dimension 
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Basic 3D for product mockups. | |
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Blender 
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Open-source 3D modelling, rigging and animation. Also features for video editing and 2D animation. |
GIS & Photogrammetry Software |
| Software | Description | Learning & Support Resources |
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ArcGIS Pro 
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Latest desktop GIS that succeeds ArcMap. | |
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QGIS 
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Free and open-source GIS. | |
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Google Earth Pro 
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Virtual globe that can support GIS data, and historical imagery. | Google Earth Help |
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Pix4Dmapper 
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Photogrammetry software for drone mapping. *in Computer Lab only |
2 floating licenses by request (sal@smith.edu) |
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GeoDa 
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Free and open-source GIS for exploratory spatial data analysis and basic spatial regression analysis for point and polygon data *in Computer Lab only |