The following software titles are the current "accepted standard" for various team activities. More information is available via the links provided. Full versions of "free" programs can be obtained at the provided links; in most cases, time limited trial versions of retail ($) software can also be downloaded. |
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| General | Office Suite | OpenOffice www.openoffice.org Includes word processor, spreadsheet, database and presentation tools; similar to and reads/writes Microsoft Office files. Can also create PDF documents. |
Free |
Y |
Y |
| Publishing | Scribus www.scribus.net Page layout and typesetting application similar to InDesign, PageMaker and QuarkXPress. |
Free |
Y |
Y |
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| Design | 2-D CAD | AutoCAD www.autodesk.com/autocad Included in the FIRST robot kit of parts. Standard tool for creating engineering drawings of mechanical parts. |
$ (kit) |
Y |
N |
| 3-D CAD | Inventor www.autodesk.com/inventor Included in the FIRST robot kit of parts. Provides 3-D visualization of parts and assemblies. |
$ (kit) |
Y |
N |
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| Software Dev | Robot SW | LabVIEW www.ni.com/labview Visual development environment commonly used for data acquisition, control and automation. Designed to work with the new 2009 cRIO robot controller. |
$ (kit) |
Y |
Y |
| PC SW | DEV-C++ www.bloodshed.net Freely available C/C++ compiler for developing practice/test programs to run on Windows PCs. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| Media | Animation | 3DSMAX www.autodesk.com/3dsmax 3-D animation and modeling program for making animation videos. |
$ (kit) |
Y |
N |
| Photo/Bitmap Image | Picasa picasa.google.com Excellent catalog/archiving functions, basic image touch-up, manipulation and effects. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| IrfanView www.irfanview.com Lightweight but powerful viewer with basic effects and extensive conversion utilities. Can import and use some plug-ins and filters designed for Adobe Photoshop. Also good for batch processing bulk files. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| GIMP www.gimp.org The GNU Image Manipulation Program - high quality bitmap image editor often compared to Photoshop. |
Free |
Y |
Y |
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| Flash Animation | OpenOffice Impress www.openoffice.org The presentation component of OpenOffice can create animations, effects and transitions on custom sized workspaces (slides) which can then be exported as Flash files. |
Free |
Y |
Y |
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| Vector Image | Inkscape www.inkscape.org Vector graphics image editor, compatible with SVG (i.e. can exchange with Adobe Illustrator) |
Free |
Y |
Y |
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| Website Dev | TBD (see below) |
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| Video Edit | VirtualDubMod sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdubmod Highly capable and FAST video editor that can render output without re-encoding source files. Able to work in several video formats. Offers advanced features such as filtering, scripting, etc. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| Video Conversion |
SUPER www.erightsoft.net Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer; converts from just about any format to just about any format. Very fast output. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| DVD Author | DVDStyler dvdstyler.sourceforge.net DVD authoring program, including menu creation. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| File Transfer | FileZilla filezilla.sourceforge.net FTP client for transferring files across networks. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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The following software titles are under consideration as alternative choices or to fill gaps in the above list. If you have any recommendations to add, forward the info to admin@team1027.com. |
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| Media | Photo/Bitmap Image | Paint.NET www.getpaint.net Powerful image editor designed as a free Photoshop alternative |
Free |
Y |
N |
| Serif Photoplus 6 (link) Older version of Serif PhotoPlus (current ver. 10), made available for free. Bitmap image and photo editing. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| Vector Image | Serif Drawplus 4 (link) Older version of Serif DrawPlus (current ver. 8), made available for free. Vector graphic design and drawing. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| Website Dev | Trellian WebPage www.trellian.com/webpage Freeware WYSIWYG web page editor |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| Amaya www.w3.org/Amaya Standards based HTML editor developed and maintained by the WWW consortium |
Free |
Y |
Y |
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| Serif WebPlus 6 (link) Older version of Serif WebPlus (current ver. 10), made available for free . Web site design and publishing . |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| Microsoft Expression Web (link) Replacement for MS FrontPage. Web site design and project manager. |
$99 upgrade |
Y |
N |
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| Video | AVID Free DV www.avid.com/freedv Basic version of high-end video/audio editor |
Free |
Y |
Y |
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| Wax www.debugmode.com/wax Video compositing and special effects |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| AviSynth www.avisynth.org Script driven (i.e. no GUI) video processor (not editor). Expandable capability with large library of plug-ins and add-ons |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| VirtualDub www.virtualdub.org Fast AVI editor that does not require reencoding output. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| ZS4 (aka Zwei-Stein Video Editor) www.zs4.net Adavnced video editing with effects |
Free |
Y |
Y |
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| Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2.1 (link) Timeline/storyboard based video editing, includes effects and transitions. Includes camera/device import tools. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| Jahshaka www.jahshaka.org Realtime effects, editing and animation |
Free |
Y |
Y |
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| Video Transfer | WinDV windv.mourek.cz Utility transfers DV files from camcorder to AVI files on PC via Firewire; can also put AVI files onto camcorder. Can also automatically split (based on recorded timestamps) or combine files during transfer. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| DVIO www.carr-engineering.com/dvio.htm Older basic transfer utility for type 1 and 2 DV files. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| Nero www.nero.com Video transfer available in the NeroVision component. |
$80 |
Y |
N |
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| Scenalyzer www.scenalyzer.com Video transfer with automatic scene detection, also has high speed capture function. |
$39 |
Y |
N |
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| DVD Author | DVDauthor dvdauthor.sourceforge.net Basic tool for making menus, buttons, chapters, etc. Command line only...GUI add-ons available. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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The following software titles were used in prior seasons are may be required when revisiting old projects. |
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| Software Dev | Robot SW | PBASIC STAMP Editor www.ifirobotics.com/first-legacy.shtml Editor for the PBASIC language used by controllers based on the Parallax BASIC Stamp microcontroller employed in the 2001-2003 FRC competitions. |
Free |
Y |
N |
| MPLAB www.microchip.com/mplab Source code editor and C language compiler for use in developing software to run on the robot. Used in the 2004-2008 FRC seasons. |
Free |
Y |
N |
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| EasyC www.intelitek.com Programming interface that employs a programming function "toolbox" build sections of code visually via drag and drop onto flow diagrams. Used in the 2007-2008 FRC competition; also used for programming VEX (FTC) robots. |
$ |
Y |
N |
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