Well, look at the list below… (taken from https://community.foundry.com/discuss/topic/121928/what-s-free-for-2016-free-content-creation-tools)
Video Editing:
DaVinci Resolve 12.5
professional non-linear video editing with the world’s most advanced color corrector
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
Lightworks Free
http://www.lwks.com/
Compositing:
Fusion 8
advanced compositing software for visual effects artists
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/fusion
Hitfilm 3 Express
Video Editing and Compositing.
https://hitfilm.com/express/
Natron
free compositor with the same workflow and layout as Nuke.
http://natron.fr/
Photo Editing:
Gimp 2.8.16
Free & Open Source Image Editor
http://www.gimp.org/
RAW converter:
RawTherapee (free and open source) (Linux, Mac, or Windows)
RAW converter and digital photo processing software
http://rawtherapee.com/
Darktable (Linux and OSX)
http://www.darktable.org
Unofficial Windows build:
http://partha.com/
Painting:
Krita
Krita is a FREE sketching and painting program.
https://krita.org/
MyPaint v1.2.1-beta.0
http://mypaint.org/
Vector:
Inkscape (Windows, Linux, Mac) (Open Source)
Inkscape is a professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It’s free and open source.
https://inkscape.org/en/
2D Animation tools:
OpenToonz
software for producing a 2D animation. It is based on the software “Toonz”, which was developed by Digital Video S.p.A. in Italy, customized by Studio Ghibli,
https://opentoonz.github.io/e/
Synfig Studio (Windows, Linux, Mac) (Open Source)
http://www.synfig.org/cms/
Pencil (Windows, Linux, Mac) (Open Source)
http://www.pencil2d.org
3D Suite:
Blender 2.77a
open source 3D creation suite
https://www.blender.org/
3D Modeling:
Wings-2.0.3 (Windows, Linux, Mac) (Open Source)
http://www.wings3d.com/
Baking:
xNormal 3.20.0 (soon)
http://www.xnormal.net/
Plant Modelers:
ngPlant (multi-platform)
http://ngplant.org/
Human Modelers:
Make Human (Open Source)
free and open source software to create realistic 3d humans
http://www.makehuman.org
Daz3d Studio (Mac, Windows)
Free (paid content)
http://www.daz3d.com/daz_studio
Renderer Engine:
LuxRender is a physically based and unbiased rendering engine.
http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/index
3D Engine:
Fabric Engine
a digital content creation platform
http://fabricengine.com/
Houdini Engine INDIE
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=227&Itemid=381
Game Engines:
UNITY 3D (Windows, Mac) (Free Version)
http://unity3d.com/
UNREAL ENGINE 4
https://www.unrealengine.com/what-is-unreal-engine-4
CRYENGINE
Pay what you want service
https://www.cryengine.com/
Amazon Lumberyard
http://aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/
Godot
2d/3d engine that uses a custom Python-derived language
Multi-platform 2D/3D open source game engine
http://www.godotengine.org/
Xenko
cross-platform game engine. .NET 4.6 and C#6
http://xenko.com/
Atomic Game Engine
2D/3D open source game engine. Javascript and C++
http://atomicgameengine.com/
Duality is a modular 2D game engine
http://duality.adamslair.net/
GDevelop
open source, cross-platform game creator
http://compilgames.net/
3D CAD, CAM, and CAE tool:
Fusion 360
Fusion 360 is free for 1 year for enthusiasts and small business
http://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview
Photogrammetry
123D
Turn ordinary photos into extraordinary 3D models.
http://www.123dapp.com/catch
3D Mesh & Print Tools:
Autodesk Meshmixer
http://www.meshmixer.com/
MeshLab (Windows, MacOSX, and Linux) (little old 2014)
MeshLab is an open source, portable, and extensible system for the processing and editing of unstructured 3D triangular meshes.
http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/
Sound Editing Software:
Audacity 2.1.2 (Windows, Linux, Mac) (Open Source)
open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds.
http://www.audacityteam.org/
Music Editing Software:
LMMS 0.4.12 (Windows, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Pardus) (Open Source)
https://lmms.io/
Songs, Music and Sound Effects
Creative Commons Licensed Electronic Music
for Commercial and Non-Commercial Royalty-Free Use
Hundreds of songs
http://sampleswap.org/mp3/creative-commons/free-music.php?focus=11&onlycommercial=&onlyremixable=
Free Sounds
http://www.freesound.org/
Royalty-Free Music
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free
Screen & Video Capture:
ShareX (Windows)
free and open source program that can capture or record selected area
http://store.steampowered.com/app/400040/
https://getsharex.com/
Cam (Windows)(Free Streaming Video Software)
http://camstudio.org/
Open Broadcaster Software
Free, open source software for live streaming and recording
https://obsproject.com/
Panoramas:
Microsoft ICE
Free panorama stitching software
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ice/
Photosynth 3D
Photosynth is a powerful set of tools for capturing and viewing the world in 3D. You can share your creations with your friends on Facebook, or embed them in your own blog or Web site.
https://photosynth.net/default.aspx
Image Viewer for Referencing
Kuadro
an image viewer that allows you to open as many windows as you want, lay them out as you need them and store those layouts for later.
http://www.kruelgames.com/tools/kuadro/
Sequence image player
DJV Imaging (Linux, Apple OS X, and Microsoft Windows)
Real-time playback of image sequences and movies
Support for industry standard file formats including Cineon, DPX, OpenEXR, and QuickTime
http://djv.sourceforge.net/index.html
Organizing Renaming Software:
File Renamer Basic (Free Version) (Windows)
http://www.sherrodcomputers.com/products_filerenamer.cfm
Media Players and Simple Editors
VLC media player
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, and various streaming protocols.
http://www.videolan.org/
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Office Suite:
Google Docs
https://www.google.com/docs/about/
libreoffice
http://www.libreoffice.org/
PDF and Comic Reader:
Sumatra PDF
free and open source document reader for Microsoft Windows. It supports numerous document file formats, such as PDF, CHM, DjVu, EPUB, FB2, MOBI, PRC, OXPS / XPS, CB7 / CBR / CBT / CBZ.
http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html
Other Misc:
Nik Collection
Easily create the photos you’ve imagined with six powerful plug-ins for Photoshop®, Lightroom®, or Aperture®
https://www.google.com/nikcollection/
Body Parts 3d
The type 95 tri models are nicely detail
http://dbarchive.biosciencedbc.jp/en/bodyparts3d/download.html
Zbrush Anatomy
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?169189-Full-anatomy-model-free-download
Old Map Brushes – Photoshop Add-ons by me 🙂
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5KhohzJHDcldllKa1NWTXRmS3c/edit?usp=sharing
HDRI:
sIBL-Edit
Chris Huf’s juicy toolbox
HDRI Managing, Editing, and Creation.
http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/sibl-edit.html
CGSkies
free sample size is around
JPG sample (5000×2500 pixels)
HDR sample (1500×750 pixels)
http://www.cgskies.com/index.php
HDRIHAVEN
HDRIs are Free 1024 x 512 resolution version (Cheap Full Version $5.95)
5 free full-resolution HDRIs 16384 x 8192 resolution
https://hdrihaven.com/
3D ART RESOURCES (but please donate at least 1$ per pack)
Free brushes and height maps (full version is cheap and the guy is very nice)
Free ZBrush/SP – Rock Brushes (5 Free Zbrush brushes.)
SP/Quixel – 15 Free sci fi alpha/height panels.
https://gumroad.com/environmentdesign
Joost Vanhoutte
Lots of Free Stuff- (but please donate at least 1$ per pack)
texture pack 02: 1000+ free textures
100+ Stone Textures
Foliage pack v1 50 FREE foliage photographs.
(Pay $10 or more to unlock all 114 textures.)
100 Rust Textures
800 free textures
52 Fingerprint alphas
26 Free HDRis
https://gumroad.com/joost
Maxime Roz (but please donate at least 1$)
Interior HDRI Free Pack by Maxime
This pack contains 6 7K HDR environments
https://gumroad.com/roz
sIBL Archive
Free HDRI sets for smart
Image-Based Lighting
http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/archive.html
HDRMAPS
67 free hi-res HDR files from HDRMAPS
http://hdrmaps.com/freebies
or download the zip archive directly from
http://goo.gl/S6YBuF
Free Dutch 360°
17 free hi-res HDR files
http://www.dutch360hdr.com/shop/product-category/free-360-hdri/
HDRI-Skies
free in 4K resolution
http://hdri-skies.com/
Free Textures:
Texturelib
http://texturelib.com/
CGTextures (limit 15 megs per day)
http://www.cgtextures.com/
Mayang’s Free Textures (limit 20 per day)
http://mayang.com/textures/
Michal Kotek
http://www.michalkotek.com/download.html
3dtotal:
http://freetextures.3dtotal.com
Zen Textures
http://zentextures.com/
FREE TEXTURE SITE
http://free-texture-site.blogspot.com
Creative Pro: Free For All: A Thousand Free Textures
http://www.creativepro.com/article/free-all-thousand-free-textures
All CG textures
http://www.allcgtextures.com/main.php
texturez
http://texturez.com/
texturebits
http://texturebits.blogspot.com
Hubble Site (Space)
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/