8.6 KiB
8.6 KiB
Tools & technology — performance lighting designer
Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 27-1014.00 (Special Effects Artists and Animators) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 2166; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.
| Software | Category | Hot technology |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat | Document management software | yes |
| Adobe After Effects | Video creation and editing software | yes |
| Adobe Creative Cloud software | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| Adobe Illustrator | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| Adobe InDesign | Desktop publishing software | yes |
| Adobe Photoshop | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| AJAX | Web platform development software | yes |
| Apple macOS | Operating system software | yes |
| Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
| C | Development environment software | yes |
| C++ | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Canva | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| Cascading style sheets CSS | Web platform development software | yes |
| Extensible markup language XML | Enterprise application integration software | yes |
| Figma | Graphical user interface development software | yes |
| Hypertext markup language HTML | Web platform development software | yes |
| JavaScript | Web platform development software | yes |
| jQuery | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes |
| Microsoft Visio | Process mapping and design software | yes |
| Microsoft Windows | Operating system software | yes |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes |
| PHP | Web platform development software | yes |
| Python | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Trimble SketchUp Pro | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| UNIX | Operating system software | yes |
| Ability Photopaint | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| ACD Systems Canvas | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Adobe ActionScript | Development environment software | |
| Adobe AIR | Development environment software | |
| Adobe Director | Video creation and editing software | |
| Adobe Dreamweaver | Web page creation and editing software | |
| Adobe Flex | Web platform development software | |
| Adobe FreeHand MX | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Adobe ImageReady | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Adobe Premiere Pro | Video creation and editing software | |
| Ambient Design ArtRage | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Apple DrawBerry | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Apple Final Cut Pro | Video creation and editing software | |
| Aqsis Renderer | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Autodesk 3ds Max | Video creation and editing software | |
| Autodesk 3ds Max Design | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Autodesk Alias Design | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Autodesk Alias Surface | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Autodesk Combustion | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Autodesk Maya | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Autodesk MotionBuilder | Video creation and editing software | |
| Autodesk Mudbox | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Autodesk SketchBook Pro | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Autodesk SoftImage | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| AutoDesSys form Z | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| AutoQ3D | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Blender | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Bohemian Coding DrawIt | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Bunkspeed HyperDrive | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Bunkspeed HyperMove | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Caligari Corporation trueSpace | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Celsys RETAS | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Chaos Group V-Ray | Video creation and editing software | |
| Character Studio | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Cheetah3D | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Code libraries | Development environment software | |
| Component libraries | Development environment software | |
| Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Corel Painter | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Crytek CryEngine | Development environment software | |
| Cybermotion 3D Designer | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| DAZ Productions Bryce | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| DAZ Productions Carrara | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Drupal | Web platform development software | |
| DX Studio | Development environment software | |
| Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML | Web platform development software | |
| Electric Rain Swift 3D Xpress | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| e-on software Vue | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Extensible hypertext markup language XHTML | Web platform development software | |
| Freeverse Lineform | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Google Sites | Web page creation and editing software | |
| HASH Animation:Master | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Indigo Renderer | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Inivis AC3D | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Luxology Modo | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Luxrender | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| MagicTracer | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Massive Jet | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Maxon BodyPaint 3D | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Maxon Cinema 4D | Video creation and editing software | |
| MaxScript | Development environment software | |
| Maya Embedded Language MEL | Development environment software | |
| Mental Images Mental Ray | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Microsoft Expression Design | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Microsoft Silverlight | Web platform development software | |
| Nevercenter Silo | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| NewTek Lightwave 3D | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Next Limit Maxwell Render | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| NodeBox | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| NVDIA Gelato | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Object-oriented programming languages | Object or component oriented development software | |
| Perforce Helix software | Configuration management software | |
| Pixar RenderMan Studio | Video creation and editing software | |
| Pixarra TwistedBrush | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Pixelmator | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Pixologic Zbrush | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Quad Software Grome | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| QuarkXPress | Desktop publishing software | |
| RealFlow | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Satori Paint | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Serif DrawPlus | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Side Effects Software Houdini | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| SideFX Houdini | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| sK1 | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Skencil | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| SmithMicro Anime Studio | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| SmithMicro Manga Studio | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| SmithMicro SoftwarePoser | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Social media sites | Web page creation and editing software | |
| solidThinking | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| SplutterFish Brazil | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Sunflow Render System | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| TechSmith Camtasia | Video creation and editing software | |
| Three-dimensional graphics software | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Trapcode Particular | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Two-dimensional graphics software | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Unity Technologies Unity | Development environment software | |
| Unreal Technology Unreal Engine | Development environment software | |
| VectorDesigner | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Xara Designer Pro | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| XML User Interface XUI | Development environment software | |
| YouTube | Video creation and editing software |
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 6 ads, as of 2026-07-18)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Tools
- DMX controls — 17 %
- AutoCAD — 17 %
- CAD — 17 %
- ETC — 17 %
- HOG — 17 %
- Lutron — 17 %
- Vectorworks — 17 %