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2D Applications

After Effects

Leading visual effects compositing tool from Adobe.

Apophysis

An excellent freeware flame fractal generator.

ColorPic

A small utility I find almost invaluable. Gives you a solution to pick or compare colours across different programs and/or images.

Combustion

Discreets high end compositing application.

IrfanView

Freeware image viewer and editor.

HDR Shop

HDR Shop views and manipulates High-Dynamic Range images, which retain their full dynamic range information using floating point data. HDRI is the future (now present) for photorealistic 3D rendering.

Paint Shop Pro

Image editing and creation software from Corel.

Painter

Corel's natural media painting and design software.

Photoshop

Adobe's premier photo and digital image manipulation package.

Premier

Desktop video editing software from Adobe.

QSFlame

A free, GNU licensed Windows program used for the creation of flame fractal images.

Ultra Fractal

An advanced fractal image creating program for Windows.

Universe Image Creator

A standalone program or Photoshop compatible plugin used for the creation of realistic space scenes.

VideoMach

An audio/video creation and editing package, available as shareware.

 

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3D Applications

3D Studio Max

High end 3D modelling and animation software developed by Autodesk.

Anim8or

Freeware 3D modelling and animation package.

BodyPaint 3D

Real time 3D texturing and UV editing tool from Maxon.

Bryce 6

3D landscape generation and animation application from DAZ Productions.

Cinema 4D XL

Maxon's top of the range 3D modelling and animation package.

Deep Exploration

3D model viewer and translator from Right Hemisphere, Inc.

Deep Paint 3D/Texture Weapons

Real time 3D texturing and UV editing tools.

GroBoto

A 3D application with a twist.

Leveller

A powerful terrain and heightfield modeller.

LightWave

NewTek's top of the range 3D modelling and animation package.

Maya

High end modelling and animation application now owned by Autodesk.

Modo

Outstanding modelling, texturing, 3D painting and rendering package from Luxology. Now my modelling application of choice.

Mudbox

Powerful 3D Sculpting software.

Poser 7

Character animation and creation software from e frontier.

Rhino

User friendly NURBS modelling application.

Silo

A very powerful 3D modelling package at an inexpensive price.

Softimage XSI

Avid Technology, Inc has made XSI one of the leading modelling and animation packages within the industry.

Terragen

A landscape generation software, developed by Matt Fairclough. Free for non-commercial use.

Vue 6 Infinite/XStream

Landscape generation and rendering software from e-on software, Inc.

Wings3D

Extremely powerful freeware 3D modelling tool. Arguably one of the most powerful, freely available modelling applications available.

XenoDream

A unique 3D fractal generation software, with infinite layering and lighting options.

Xfrog

Advanced organic modelling and animation software from Greenworks Organic Software. Used by many top production houses

ZBrush

Industry leading digital sculpting software from Pixologic.

 

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Graphic Utilities and Plugins

3DEM

A tool used for the conversion of real world terrain data (DEM) into a wide range of  2D and 3D file formats.

LunarCell

Photoshop compatible plugin that can create planets for placement in 2D space scenes, or texture maps ready for applying onto spheres, planes etc in a 3D application.

UVMapper Professional

A utility that enables the creation of texture map templates from 3D Wavefront objects (.OBJ).

WinZip

Essential if you download CG related items (meshes, textures etc.) off the Web.

 

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