ADG Tools

Tools, resources and software I use ~ daily.

Design

Adobe Illustrator

Vector graphic design

Adobe Photoshop

Image editing

Affinity Designer

Vector graphic design

Affinity Photo

Photo editing

Apple Keynote

Design / presentation

Blender

3D creation / animation

Figma

Design collaboration tool

Framer

Design prototyping

Midjourney

AI image generation

Shapr3D

3D modeling

Spline

Web 3D design

Development

Django

Web framework

Framer

Design prototyping

Git / Github

Version control platform

Heroku

Cloud hosting

iTerm

Terminal emulator

Postman

API dev tool

Python / MicroPython

Programming languages

Tailwind CSS

CSS Framework

Visual Studio Code

IDE

Graphics / UX

Adobe Photoshop

Image editing

Affinity Designer

Vector graphic design

Apple Keynote

Design / presentation

Figma

Design collaboration tool

Framer

Design prototyping

Midjourney

AI image generation

Photo / Video

Adobe Lightroom Classic

Photo management

Adobe Media Encoder

Media encoding

Adobe Photoshop

Image editing

Affinity Photo

Photo editing

Apple Photos

Photo management

Final Cut Pro

Video editing

HandBrake

Video transcoding

OBS

Streaming / recording software

PhotoSweeper

Duplicate photo finder

Vimeo

Video hosting

VLC

Media player

Motion Graphics

Adobe After Effects

Motion graphics / VFX

Blender

3D creation / animation

Framer

Design prototyping

Spline

Web 3D design

Audio

Apple Logic Pro

Digital audio workstation

Audio Hijack Pro

Audio recording

SoundSource

Audio control

Blender

3D creation / animation

Maxon Cinema 4D

3D modeling / animation

Shapr3D

3D modeling

Spline

Web 3D design

Internet

Arc Browser

Web browser

Fathom AI Notetaker

AI meeting notes

iTerm

Terminal emulator

Loom

Screen recording

OBS

Streaming / recording software

Signal

Secure messaging

VLC

Media player

Messaging

Productivity

Airtable

Database / spreadsheet

Copper

CRM

Google Workspace

Productivity suite

Notion

All-in-one workspace

Readwise

Reading highlights

Slack

Team messaging

Spark Desktop

Email client

Things

Task management

WorkFlowy

Outline / notes

Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic Claude

AI assistant

ChatGPT

AI assistant

Cursor

AI code editor

Fathom AI Notetaker

AI meeting notes

Midjourney

AI image generation

Perplexity AI

AI search

Vnote

AI note-taking

Utilities

1Password

Password manager

Backblaze

Cloud backup

HandBrake

Video transcoding

Kindle

E-reader

Magnet

Window management

PopClip

Text actions

Setapp

App subscription

Vnote

AI note-taking

Electronics

Fritzing

Circuit design

Mu Editor

Python code editor

Python / MicroPython

Programming languages

Tools

60 tools

The software (and a few pieces of hardware) earning their keep in the studio.

Design11 tools

Adobe Illustrator

Vector graphic design

Adobe Photoshop

Image editing

Affinity Designer

Vector graphic design

Affinity Photo

Photo editing

Apple Keynote

Design / presentation

Blender

3D creation / animation

Figma

Design collaboration tool·1 project

Development9 tools

Version control platform

Programming languages

Graphics / UX6 tools

Vector graphic design

Apple Keynote

Design / presentation

Figma

Design collaboration tool·1 project

Photo / Video11 tools

Adobe Lightroom Classic

Streaming / recording software

PhotoSweeper

Duplicate photo finder

Motion Graphics4 tools

Adobe After Effects

Motion graphics / VFX·1 project

Blender

3D creation / animation

Audio3 tools

Digital audio workstation

3D4 tools

3D creation / animation

Maxon Cinema 4D

3D modeling / animation·1 project

Internet8 tools

Streaming / recording software

Productivity9 tools

Database / spreadsheet

Artificial Intelligence7 tools

Utilities8 tools

Electronics3 tools

Programming languages

End of tools