But lets set some standards for the program reference:

OpenSource

Freeware

Shareware

Commercial

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All Platforms

Windows

Linux

Mac

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The Great List of Programs

Gimp

OpenSource

All Platforms

Inkscape

OpenSource

All Platforms

GraphicsGale

Freeware

Commercial

Windows

FamiTracker

OpenSource

Windows

Freeware

Windows

OpenSource

All Platforms

OpenSource

All Platforms

Shareware

Commercial

Windows

Mac

*the 2008 version seems to no longer be available.

OpenSource

All Platforms

The Great List of Credits

Ok, I am going to be a bit pretentious here.I want to put in one place all the programs we can use to make graphics, animations, sprites, sounds, music, etc...If you know of any great program that can be used with stencyl to make game resources, just post it here...: this is in no way intended to advertise program X or Y. Just to point out to fellow stencylers where the resources are.[/size]: Please mark if the program is:: Please state the platforms the program is available.: link to the program's website. Front page, not the download page.: Some words about what the program does. Whenever possible, quote the program's own website.I will try to update this list often as more programs are listed.Gimp is a image manipulation program, for "photo retouching, image composition and image authoring"."An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, using the w3c SVG file format"."Powerful tool for spriting and pixel art.""FamiTracker is a free windows tracker for producing music for the NES/Famicom-systems""Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows.""Bfxr is the program of choice for many people looking to make sound effects for computer games.""Audacity is a free and multilingual audio editor and recorder.""The premier family of music notation software""Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation software, designed for creating film-quality animation using a vector and bitmap artwork."This list is made by the stencyl community. I just update the list with the contibution of fellow stencylers, listed below in the replies.