The Toolbox | Ollie Judge

Content Creation

Blender Learning slowly but surely. Has come to replace Maya and After Effects for me.
Unreal Engine The center of my creative world right now. Pulls Blender and storytelling work together. Currenly sticking with 4.27 for Movie Render Queue.
Affinity Desinger/Photo The key to ridding myself of the Adobe Suite replaces Photoshop and Illustrator.
Final Cut Pro X Weapon of choice for video editing. Consistently blazing fast without too many crashes.
Logic Pro X Like video editing software, I tried a range of DAWs and ended up with Logic.
I’ve made a few podcasts. Some of my favourite extra tools for podcasting include:
- Descript Quick transcription and narrative assembly with a nice clean export to Logic
- Reels.So for making audiograms less of a headache
- Transistor Slick easy to use podcast hosting with great support and helps externals (clients/marketers) get their head around the podcast ecosystem.

VSCode The best editor for me. Tried a bunch over the years and VSCode still works.
ITerm2 Nice upgrade from stock terminal.
Hugo Go to for simple sites.
Elxir + Phoenix Dabbled with Rails in the past but this stack has stuck for me for small apps or web based tools for Unreal Engine.
Postgres You’ll find no Blockchains or NoSQL here.
Render Switched from running on Digital Ocean, workflow is really nice. However I am giving Fly a look at the moment.

Things My long standing to-do list app. I’ve seen all kinds of systems come and go, but Things stays consistent year after year.
Craft After switching from Notion, Craft feels snappy and with new extensions can do some powerful stuff.
Favro New favourite for team collaboration. Works well with game developers and non-technical people alike.
Safari For general use and Brave for when I need something Chromium based.
Cron Has taken the spot Fantastical used to own.
Mimestream This one appeared out of the blue and has finally relieved me from the clunky but familiar Spark.

2021 MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) M1 Max with 32 GB of memory Recently upgraded. It’s a great machine but has it’s quirks.
Pro Display XDR Took the dive on this last year and I’ve got to say aside from the restrictive connections it’s the perfect monitor.
Logitech MX Master 3 or the [Apple Trackpad](https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MK2D3Z/A/magic-trackpad. They move the mouse around the screen.
Logitech MX Keys This keyboard is great for switching machines, and also leaving the third preset empty for when my cat runs across the keys.
B&O H6 Mark II for precision audio. They’re discontinued these days, so I tend to have my eye on Ebay buying up backup pairs. I also use AirPods Max for general listening.
Nest Wifi For the internet.
StayGo USB-C Hub Has been the only hub that’s stuck around for me and not failed.
Logitech Brio 4K Webcam It’s the only thing that would go on the XDR.
Mac Mini 2020, M1 Originally purchased as a test machine for Apple Silicon, it’s now become the under the stairs file and home app server.

Last updated: 2022-01-25