List of software

Useful software to have when making an OXP.

3D model applications

• Wings3D Cross-platform; Free. Highly advised for Oolite. Giles' HowTo
• Meshwork OSX; Free. Giles' HowTo
• 3D mesh editor
• Blender3D Cross-platform, Free, powerful 3D modeler.
• Moray
• UV Mapper (Pro), Mac and Windows, Texture mapping tool. Pro trial version for Windows available.
• xNormal This does certain things better than Blender, producing better quality normals, height, ambient occlusion. Windows only.
• Blacksmith3D-Paint Paint directly on to your model! It lets you paint straight over any seams in a manner that makes it very easy to see accurately which bits join exactly where. Windows and Mac.
• Normal Map Combiner This utility is designed to combine two normal maps into one and to fix bad normal vectors in auto generated normal maps. Windows only.

• Oolite is low-poly, so any userfriendly 3D editor will do, provided it supports DAT or OBJ.

Graphics Editors

• AdobePhotoshop
• Corel Paintshop Pro
• GIMP Free, cross-platform powerful image-editor.
• OmniGraffle OSX, Trial version available.
• any other freeware software that supports layers
• Filter Tools

Graphics Optimization

• OptiPNG Linux, Mac, Windows - Open-Source zlib/libpng License
• pngcrush Linux, Windows - OSI-Approved Open Source

Programmer's TextEditors or PlistEditors

• Crimson Editor
• Editplus
• JEdit
• SubEthaEdit (V2.2) (mac)
• SlickEdit (mac)
• plistEdit V1.2
• PListEditPro, OSX, highly recommended to switch between ascii and XML...
• Notepad++, for Windows. Excellent Notepad replacement, with multi-language support.
  
• Property List Editor, OSX, part of the developer package that is on the installation disc for the OS. (Not installed by default).

Audio Tools

• Audacity Crossplatform, under GNU General Public License (GPL).

There are plenty other free editors and tools available, these are just a few.