Maya and its alternatives

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Blender
Open Source by Blender Foundation |
Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.It can be used for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, water simulations, ...

Categories: Photos & Graphics, Video & Movies Tags: modeling, animation, cad, video-editing, 3d-modeling, 3d-graphics, drafting +3 more, game-engine, sculpting, sculpt

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3ds Max
Commercial by Autodesk Inc. |
- Windows
Autodesk 3ds Max (formerly 3D Studio MAX) is production-proven 3D modeling, animation and rendering package for games, film, television and digital publishing.

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: modeling, animation, 3d-modeling, 3d-graphics, 3d-painting, 3ds-max

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Sculptris
Free by Tomas Pettersson |
- Mac
- Windows
Sculptris is an elegant, powerful and yet easy to use 3D sculpting software, allowing the artist in you to simply focus on creating amazing 3D artwork. Gone are the technical and often tedious constraints typically assoc ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: modeling, cgi, 3d-modeling, 3d-painting, sculpting, zbrush

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Wings 3D
Open Source by Björn Gustavsson |
Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware.It is possible to assign materials, vertex color, UV coordinates and textures, but there will be improvements in those features before Wings goes ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: modeling, cgi, 3d-modeling, 3d-graphics

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Cinema 4D
Commercial by MAXON Computer GmbH |
- Mac
- Windows
CINEMA 4D is a commercial, cross-platform, high-end 3-D graphics application, produced by MAXON Computer GmbH of Friedrichsdorf, Germany. Noted for its flexible interface and ease of use, it is capable of procedural and ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: modeling, animation, 3d-graphics

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K-3D
Open Source |
K-3D is free-as-in-freedom 3D modeling and animation software. It features a plugin-oriented procedural engine for all of its content, making K-3D a very versatile and powerful package.K-3D excels at polygonal modeling, ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: modeling, animation, cad, 3d-graphics, drafting

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Vue
Free for personal use by e-on Software |
- Mac
- Windows
Create vast expanses of terrains, add trees, select the best point of view and render hyper-realistic images of your landscapes in moody atmospheres... in a few mouse clicks.Vue Pioneer is a great way to learn 3D. It&apo ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: 3d-modeling, terrain, landscape, photorealistic, vfx, scenery

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Houdini
Commercial by Side Effects Software Inc. |
Houdini covers all the major areas of 3D production, including:* Modeling - All standard geometry entities including Polygons, (Hierarchical) NURBs/Bezier Curves/Patches & Trims, Metaballs* Animation - Keyframed anim ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: modeling, animation, 3d-graphics, vfx

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RealFlow
Commercial by Next Limit Technologies |
RealFlow is a stand-alone application for fluid and dynamics simulation that allows easy, intuitive control and visualization of the behaviour of fluids and rigid bodies, and their interaction with a surrounding environm ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: modeling, animation, cad, 3d-graphics

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Softimage
Commercial by Autodesk Inc. |
- Windows
- Linux
Autodesk® Softimage® (formerly SOFTIMAGE|XSI) is a complete 3D software for visual effects and game production. Built on a new, highly extensible architecture, Softimage gives you the power and flexibility to b ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: modeling, animation, 3d-graphics, vfx

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Metasequoia
Free with limited functionality by Osamu Mizuno |
- Windows
Metasequoia is a polygon modeler for 3DCG and game development. It provides you efficient modeling works. It is very easy to use and learn, and even a beginner of 3DCG will be able to manage it one day.

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: plugin / add-on, modeling, cgi, rendering, 3d-graphics, 3d-painting +2 more, sculpting, sculpt

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MeshLab
Open Source by ISTI - CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ri... |
MeshLab is made for processing 3D scans. Point clouds can be trianglulated into triangle meshes using various techniques. Models can be smoothed, cleaned and repaired.MeshLab is also a great 3D model viewer and converter ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: 3d-graphics, 3d-model, 3d-conversion, 3d-scan, point-cloud, 3d-mesh +1 more, 3d-format

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Shade 3D
Commercial by Mirye Software |
- Mac
- Windows
Shade 3D modeling, animation, rendering and effects is a complete, integrated solution for 3D artists, designers and film makers. With over 20 years of history and over 200,000 users worldwide, with every release, Shade ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: modeling, animation, graphics, cgi, rendering, panorama, modeling-tool

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trueSpace

This application has been discontinued and is therefore not recommended.
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Modo
Commercial by Luxology LLC. |
- Mac
- Windows
Luxology, LLC is an independent technology company that creates artist-friendly 3D software for PC and Mac computers.

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: modeling, cgi, 3d-modeling, rendering, 3d-painting, texturing, sculpting

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Silo
Commercial by Nevercenter Ltd. Co. |
- Mac
- Windows
About Silo ProfessionalSilo Professional is the main version of Silo, which gives users access to everything Silo has to offer. This includes Silo's core modeling toolset, as well as advanced features for UV editing, ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: modeling, cgi, 3d-modeling, texturing, sculpting

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3DTin
Free by altcanvas |
- Online
3DTin is a browser based 3D modelling tool.It gives you a simple user interface to create 3D models, and runs in any HTML5 browser (Firefox, Google Chrome, Safar, IE9), no matter which operating system you use. It is abs ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: modeling, 3d-modeling, pixel-art

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MachStudio Pro
Free by StudioGPU |
- Windows
Realtime 3D graphics on your desktopMachStudio Pro revolutionizes the 3D visualization production pipeline by placing the power of real-time graphics processing at your fingertips. Leveraging the horsepower of off-the-sh ...

Tags: animation, graphics, cgi, rendering, visualization, realtime

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Gmsh
Open Source |
Gmsh is a 3D finite element grid generator with a build-in CAD engine and post-processor. Its design goal is to provide a fast, light and user-friendly meshing tool with parametric input and advanced visualization capabi ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: cad, automatic, post-processing, triangulation, openglfinite-elements +15 more, mesh-generator, fem, unstructured-grids, delaunay, discontinuous-galerkin, maillages, mailleur-3d, mesh-adaptation, postprocessing, post-processor, postprocessor, post-processeur, cao, gl2ps, gmesh

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3DCrafter
Free with limited functionality by Amabilis Software |
- Windows
3DCrafter (formerly 3D Canvas) is a real-time 3D modeling and animation tool that incorporates an intuitive drag-and-drop approach to 3D modeling.Complex models can be constructed from simple 3D primitives, or created us ...

Category: Photos & Graphics Tags: modeling, animation, cgi, 3d-modeling, texturing

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