Box 2D

Box2D is a free open source 2-dimensional physics simulator engine written in C++ by Erin Catto and published under the zlib license. It has been used in Crayon Physics Deluxe, limbo,Rolando, fantastic contraption, Incredibots, Angry birds, tiny wings, transformice , Happy Wheels, and many online Flash games,  as well as iPhone, iPad and Android games using the Cocos2d game engine and Corona framework.

                                                              History

Box2D was first released as "Box2D Lite", a demonstration engine to accompany a physics presentation given by Erin Catto at GDC  2006. On September 11, 2007 it was released as open source on Sourceforge. On January 17, 2010 Box 2D moved the project to google code for hosting.

On March 6, 2008, version 2.0 was launched, introducing continuous collision detection and revamping the API

Nuke (software)

NUKE is a node-based digital compositing software produced and distributed by The Foundry, and used for film and television post-production. NUKE is available for microsoft windows, Mac OS X and Linux. NUKE's users include Digital Domain, Dream Works animation, sony pictures imageworks, sony pictures animation, framestore, Weta Digital and industrial light & magic. NUKE has been used on productions such as Avatar, mr nobody, the cutious case of benjamin, king kong, jumper, i, Robot, Resident Evil and black swan.

What VFX software should I be learning to use?

In short I'm wondering what the big industry software for VFX work is so that I can start learning it to make myself marketable in the future.

I'm a student who also does some freelance work at the moment. When I graduate I'd like to go into more advanced editing and possibly visual effects. I use Media Composer constantly for my main editing and After Effects for motion graphics. This summer I'll be learning Nuke in a visual effects and compositing class. Basically I'm wondering what else I should learn so that I know how to use the tools the industry is using. I'm working on downloading Maya, which is free for students. Anything else?