A9CAd AutoCADD look-a-like! A9CAd- a great little autocadd freeware from A9 has most of the features you've come to expect from AutoCadd but FREE! Here is a file converter for A9Cadd: A9CADD converter.

Gimp - http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/ A Photoshop replacement freeware.

PhotoPlus 6.0  -   http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/serif/ph/ph5/index.asp - A Photoshop replacement freeware that offers a lot of flexibility.

Art of Illusion - http://sourceforge.net/projects/aoi/ A nice little startup freeware program that introduces 3D modeling

Pixa (another photo editing tool)  http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/index.html

SketchUp (a 3-D modeling program for windows and Mac OS X) Free to instructors and they can distribute copies legally to their students. http://www.sketchup.com/

IrfanView:  is a great freeware image viewer and management software that can standalone (not necessary to be installed on your computer) the latest release is 3.91.  A great resource that is easy to use and very intuitive.  Download it at:http://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm

CADlite:  is a great little CADD program offered as Freeware.  It is simple to use and will output a dxf file.  Latest version is 3.5.9 and is 1.5KB to download.  Download it at: http://www.cadstd.com/

Design Workshop LT:  is a robust 3D application that comes with a nifty tutorial (novices like me will need it!) but it is very useful.  The latest version is 1.8 and is …KB to download.  Download it at http://www.artifice.com/free/dw_lite.html

LIGHTGRID:  is a simple Demoware version of a program that offers the student the ability to pre-visualize lighting colors on a simple object.  It’s not freeware and you are more limited than Virtual Light Lab but it’s an alternative.  It’s 2.5KB to download.  Download it at: http://www.stageresearch.com/

Audacity -   http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ A very robust freeware program with ample tutorial package.

QLab: http://figure53.com/ - For the Macintosh enthusiast this is a remarkable sound cueing and sequencing program that was used recently in a production of Jamestown at ODU. It uses the core audio components in the Macintosh OS to do some truly remarkable things. Requires Mac OSX (Tiger).

dbPowerAMP:  is a very robust CD ripper and conversion utility offered as Freeware.  It’s small in size but very useful.  Latest version is Release 9a, and is 1.5KB.  Download it at: http://www.mp3-converter.com/dbpoweramp.htm

ARKAOS: http://www.arkaos.net/software/vj_description.php An amazing software that allows for real-time video effects and switching for multimedia presentations. It's not freeware ($300US) but for multimedia effects it's hard to beat!.

Storyboard Tools:  a simple but effective storyboarding application which is offered as Freeware.  It installs with a visualizer and a viewer.  Very user-friendly for such a simple piece of software.  The lastest version is 1.2 and is offered in a zip file 1.1KB.  Download it at: http://www.sharewareconnection.com/storyboard-tools.htm or http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ianto/

SlideShow MovieMaker: http://www.joern-thiemann.de/tools/SSMM A great little piece of freeware that allows you to create an avi-type digital movie from jpegs and bmps.

ANY VIDEO CONVERTER: http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/
A great video converter that will do just about any type of video to almost any other. And of course...it's FREE!

Sunbird: www.mozilla.org - From the same folks who gave us Firefox and Thunderbird, this calendar software is quite versatile.

CELTX: http://www.celtx.com/ - A truly amazing piece of script writing and organizing freeware (available in 20 different languages). It's an absolute must for most of my production students. Available for CELTX:WinXP, CELTX:MAC-OSX, CELTX:Linux.

PDF995 (A free adware supported PFD print driver) http:www.pdf995.com

NEO OFFICE: For the Macintosh enthusiast who doesn't want to pay for Microsoft Office Suite here's a great office suite that doesn't require X11 and emulates the software giant in every way! http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php. Requires MAC-OSX.

Open Office http://www.openoffice.org/ . A great replacement for the Microsoft Behemoth

Sourceforge.net ( a resource for open source software) http://www.sourceforge.net. Literally tons of freeware updated monthly

Mozilla, Firefox (web browsers) and Thunderbird (e-mail program) http://www.mozilla.org

CD Reader: http://www.topshareware.com/CD-Reader For those of us who find ourselves with corrupted CD's this freeware program is a ray of hope...aarrrrggghhh!

FreeUnDelete: http://officerecovery.com/freeundelete/ Yes, late at night, I have been known to delete documents that I later regret...this freeware might prove helpful.