Other software - advancedfx/advancedfx GitHub Wiki
Links to other great software. Preferably open source and free and safe to use (no adware / spyware / trojans etc). Since this is a Wiki trust no one, though.
Multithreaded, hardware-accelerated solution to create high-quality movies for the Source engine. https://github.com/crashfort/SourceDemoRender
https://csgo-demo-manager.com/
A video recording tool for Team Fortress 2, developed using xsdk-base.
https://github.com/cademtz/sparkly-fx
hl-capture is a tool for recording Half-Life videos on Linux, written in Rust. It's similar to Half-Life Advanced Effects, but focuses on video capturing rather than advanced movie-making functionality. https://github.com/YaLTeR/hl-capture
https://code.google.com/archive/p/coldemoplayer/
A Valve Map Format (.vmf) and Valve Material Type (.vmt) importer for Blender.
https://github.com/lasa01/io_import_vmf
Smoofofer is a freeware tool for smoothing campaths under the old and outdated HLAE .bvh files.
http://chainer.projektas.in/smoofofer/ (link broken, sorry)
CODMVM is a collection of mods for various games (COD / Battlefield),
that help content creators record previously unobtainable cinematic game footage.
https://codmvm.com/
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. https://www.7-zip.org/
Free, open-source, cross-platform audio software https://www.audacityteam.org/
Blender is the free and open-source 3D creation suite. https://www.blender.org/
Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. https://www.debian.org/
Thee free FTP solution https://filezilla-project.org/
Browser https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert, and stream audio and video. https://ffmpeg.org/
The lightweight server management software for your needs. https://froxlor.org/
Welcome to Gentoo, a highly flexible, source-based Linux distribution. https://www.gentoo.org/
The Free & Open Source Image Editor https://www.gimp.org/
The open-source video transcoder https://handbrake.fr/
A powerful, free design tool https://inkscape.org/
LibreOffice is a free and powerful office suite, and a successor to OpenOffice.org (commonly known as OpenOffice). https://www.libreoffice.org/
Notepad++ is a free (as in “free speech” and also as in “free beer”) source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
The Persistence of Vision Raytracer is a high-quality, Free Software tool for creating stunning three-dimensional graphics. http://povray.org/
Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize - and it’s loaded with great features! https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
Download Tor Browser to experience real private browsing without tracking, surveillance, or censorship. https://www.torproject.org/
VLC is a free and open-source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. https://www.videolan.org/
winLAME is an easy to use encoder for many audio formats, including MP3, Opus, Ogg Vorbis, and more. winLAME uses the LAME mp3 encoder. https://winlame.sourceforge.io/
audio player http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html