Notepad++ Extremely nice program to work with when working in .lua's or .html's
Photoshop CS5.1 Userfriendly, easy to get known with and it has every tool you need.
3dsmax Great for making 3d models, animations, scenes to use in movies and so on.
After Effects CS5.5 I think this is the best program to make effects with, I'm creating VFX for 2 years now and It works so well with this program, every tool is there, cheers for adobe.
Sony vegas pro 11 For rendering everything out in 1080i/p and for the movie clip editing and sound mixing.