The great free software that works on windows and I have personally tried (some are only free for personal use, but others are completely free): * Photo editing, book editing and graphics by Canva - Affinity: https://www.affinity.studio/ * Movie Editing by Black Magic -Davinci Resolve: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve * 3D animation, movie editing, modeling, sculpting by Blender: https://www.blender.org/download/ * Digital painting by Krita: https://krita.org/en/ Have not tried * Motion Design by Maxon - Autograph: https://www.maxon.net/en/autograph * Animation by Canva - Cavalry: https://cavalry.studio/en/ * Photo manipulation by Gimp: https://www.gimp.org/ * RawTherapee: https://rawtherapee.com/ * Darktable: https://www.darktable.org/ * Rapid Raw: https://www.getrapidraw.com/