I'm trying to expand my knowledge on specific software used for certain jobs, professional jobs that is. For example;

I know that for video editing there's:
Apple Final Cut Pro
Avid Media Composer
Adobe Premiere Pro
Sony Vegas

For composing there's:
Apple Logic
Avid Sibelius
Sony Acid

For digital effects there's:
Apple Motion
Adobe After Effects

For photos and paint there's:
Adobe Photoshop
Apple Aperture (maybe)

For sound mixing there's:
Avid Pro Tools
Apple Soundtrack Pro

Can anyone please expand on this or point me in the right direction where there may be a website. Also, can Apple Aperture do the same things Photoshop can?

Not sure exactly what you're asking, but if you want tutorials on most of these items, try lynda.com. Adobe has a number of tutorials on their products as well at adobe.com, they refer to it as Adobe TV.

For composing you could add

Nuendo
Cubase
Digital Performer

Sibelius is a notation programme rather than a sequencer like the others.

For sound mixing there's:
Avid Pro Tools
Apple Soundtrack Pro
And Adobe Audition,
and Sony Vegas, which was a multitrack sound editing/mixing program before it was a video editor, and is still pretty dang good at it.

what is digital effect? does it include 3d program also? you only listed compositing program

Yeah sorry I don't know the difference between 3d programs and compositing programs. Could you elaborate on the difference? And possible list some 3d programs. I've recently discovered Autodesk Maya. Does this do 3d and compositing?

Here's something I wrote down some time ago: About Moviemaking Software | Sareesh Sudhakaran (http://sareesh.com/2011/07/about-moviemaking-software/)

It might give you a basic idea. Hope it helps.

That is helpful, thanks.

Yeah sorry I don't know the difference between 3d programs and compositing programs. Could you elaborate on the difference? And possible list some 3d programs. I've recently discovered Autodesk Maya. Does this do 3d and compositing?

3d are use to create cgi and compositing programs are use to mix cgi and real video footage together. 3d programs include maya, 3ds max, lightwave, cinema4d, Blender are some I can think up of right now. Compositing programs can also do some visual effect and they are created to work with real footage shot with video cameras. Some compositing program I can think up right now are after effect, Nuke, Smoke, Shake, and Apple Motion.

I'm trying to expand my knowledge on specific software used for certain jobs, professional jobs that is. For example;

I know that for video editing there's:
Apple Final Cut Pro
Avid Media Composer
Adobe Premiere Pro
Sony Vegas?


Come 28th May you can add also Lightworks to your list, that's when the release version with the wide range of codecs will be available.

For digital effects, add Particle Illusion.

Thanks for all your input. I've updated the list.

Video editing
Avid Media Composer
Apple Final Cut Pro
Adobe Premiere Pro
Sony Vegas
Lightworks
Edius

Music composing
Apple Logic
Sony Acid
Steinberg Nuendo
Cubase
Digital Performer

Notation software
Avid Sibelius
Noteworthy Composer

3D Effects
Autodesk Maya
3D Studio Max
Lightwave
Cinema4D
Blender
Particle Illusion

Compositing
Adobe After Effects
Apple Motion
Nuke
Smoke
Shake

Photography & Paint
Adobe Photoshop
Apple Aperture

Sound mixing
Avid Pro Tools
Apple Soundtrack Pro
Adobe Audition

It would be great to keep expanding this list.

Actually this list is indeed *most* helpful, thanks for starting it!

Please add Edius to video editors.