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Turn your computer into a lightbox.
A free version of Photoshop with layers and a nice brush tool. Also can open and save PSD files if you install this plug in.
Easily the best free video editing program around.
Play AVIs, MOVs, SWFs and DVDs all with one player. Also features single frame advance, handy for studying reference footage.
The Personal Learning Edition of Maya, puts a nasty water mark on your renders, but its pretty amazing that you can download and learn the same animation software used at Pixar, Dreamworks and Disney for free.
Blender is the best free open source 3D animation package on the net.
Active Pen lets you draw over the top of other programs, great for analysing the line of action in that pose or planing the arc you want something to follow.
