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The Animux menu

A map of every menu category, so you know where to find the program for each job in an animation production.

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Click Animux at the top left. The menu is sorted by production job, the way the original Animux was, not by program type.

The menu with 3D Animation open: Modellers, Pipeline Tools, Renderers and Render Queue Managers.
The menu with 3D Animation open: Modellers, Pipeline Tools, Renderers and Render Queue Managers.
Category Inside Most useful
2D Animation 2D animation programs Pencil2D, Synfig Studio, TupiTube
3D Animation → Modellers 3D modelling and character programs Blender, MakeHuman 2, FreeCAD, Wings 3D, MeshLab
3D Animation → Pipeline Tools Studio scene and format tools Gaffer, USD View
3D Animation → Renderers Renderers with a window POV-Ray, appleseed (others: see Renderers)
3D Animation → Render Queue Managers Render farm Flamenco Manager, Farmerjoe
StopMotion Animation Frame-by-frame camera capture Stopmotion
2D Graphics → Bitmap Editors Painting and photo editing Krita, GIMP, MyPaint, mtPaint, GrafX2
2D Graphics → Vector Editors Drawing with shapes Inkscape
2D Graphics → Image Viewers Look at pictures and renders Ristretto, Image Viewer, DJV
2D Graphics → Ancillary Tools Other graphics tools Upscayl, colour calibration, scanning
NLV Editors Video editing Kdenlive, OpenShot, Cinelerra-GG, Avidemux
DVD Authoring → Production Converting and finishing video HandBrake, MKVToolNix, subtitle editors
DVD Authoring → Backup Burning discs K3b
Sound Engineering Recording, music, audio setup Audacity, Ardour, LMMS, Hydrogen, MuseScore, QjackCtl, volume control
Media Players Watch and listen VLC, Parole
Publishing Storyboards, PDF, print Scribus, PDF Arranger, Document Viewer
Screen Casting Screenshots Screenshot
Digital Asset Managers Find and manage files and backups File manager, Catfish search, Disk Usage Analyzer, Timeshift
Animux Tools Animux's own tools Animux Guide, Self-Test, Sample Scenes, Install DaVinci Resolve
Accessories, Education, Internet, Office, System, Settings The usual desktop programs Calculator, text editor, Firefox, Synaptic, Settings Manager

Can't find a program?

Press Alt+F2 and type part of its name, or use the software list, which says where each program is in the menu.