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Blender Alternatives for Mac
There are many alternatives to Blender for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Autodesk Maya. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Wings 3D or Natron. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Blender and loads of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Blender are Cinema 4D, ZBrush, Armory 3D and Blockbench.
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- 61 Autodesk Maya alternatives
50 Wings 3D alternativesWings 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 1.0.
There is no support in Wings for doing animations.
Comments about Wings 3D as an Alternative to Blender
Simplistic modeling, excellent UV mapping interface, obj and gltf/glb export, great mouse interface.
Buggy but the best free and simple 3d modeler.
Anoir Ben TanfousWhy work on another project when you can contribute to an already great one (Blender) and improve upon it, I am sure that there are tons of feature that the developer of this free open source could've added to the community without having to reinvent the wheel, unless they have a different vision and philosophy for 3D that I am not aware of.
- Wings 3D is Free and Open Source
47 Cinema 4D alternativesCINEMA 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 polygonal/subd modelling, animating, lighting, texturing...
Comments about Cinema 4D as an Alternative to Blender
erisdiscordCinema 4D is a professional alternative to Blender the only other contender is Maya but I consider Cinema 4D to be the best non-free 3D editor suite out there.
- Cinema 4D is Paid and Proprietary
18 Natron alternativesNatron is an open source, cross platform nodal compositing application. It is built around industry standard open source tech such as OpenFX, OpenEXR, OpenColorIO and OpenImageIO. The feature set includes realtime playback/RAM cache, multi-threaded rendering, 2d tracking...
Comments about Natron as an Alternative to Blender
tvgoing1it does not build 3d models, it has no game design, natron is mostly use for videos, and it doesnt allow 3d models in the program
It's not for Composing in 3D!
It does compositing too. If this isn't an alternative, you might want to take Nuke off as well
- Natron is Free and Open Source
55 ZBrush alternativesComprehensive digital sculpting tool offering advanced features like sculpting up to a billion polygons, customizable brushes, real-time painting, and powerful rendering system. Ideal for professionals in film, gaming, and more. Integrates with Redshift and supports Apple Pencil.
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Armory is an open-source 3D game engine with full Blender integration, turning it into a complete game development tool. The result is a unified workflow from start to finish, making you work faster. No more jumping between different applications.
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Comments about Armory 3D as an Alternative to Blender
Mino DeveloperArmory3D is a game engine that runs inside of Blender, so it doesn't count as alternative to Blender.
- Armory 3D is Free and Open Source
11 Blockbench alternativesBlockbench is a free 3D modeling program featuring a modern and intuitive UI, plugin support and innovative features. It is the industry standard for creating custom 3D models for the Minecraft Marketplace.
Comments about Blockbench as an Alternative to Blender
UndermonExcellent alternative for low poly specially now that Blockbench supports armatures.
- Blockbench is Free and Open Source
47 Houdini alternativesHoudini 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 animation and raw channel manipulation (CHOPs), motion captur.
47 VRoid Studio alternativesVRoid Studio is a 3D character creation software developed for you to freely express yourself, even without 3D modeling expertise. The software is easy-to-use. Even first-time users can fully enjoy the software by picking preset items and playing around with the parameters’...
Comments about VRoid Studio as an Alternative to Blender
It is a dress up game rather than a 3d model making software
Its a 3D character maker, not a 3D modeling tool
It is not a 3D modeling Softwore It's a 3D Character (avatar) Creator
- VRoid Studio is Freemium and Proprietary
Comments about Cinecred as an Alternative to Blender
Cinecred is only to create film credits, you can't animate or create 3D models here, like in Blender
- Cinecred is Free and Open Source
44 Autodesk Fusion alternativesIntegrated CAD, CAM, and CAE suite offering cloud modeling, simulation, and manufacturing tools with collaborative editing, free-form and parametric design, licensing for students, hobbyists, and startups, plus support for 3D printing and CNC machining.
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28 DAZ 3D alternativesManipulate fully rigged 3D figures with morphing, clothing, and accessories using an intuitive toolkit. Create hyper-realistic or cartoon scenes, customize characters, export work to other platforms, and access a broad asset library for detailed animations and illustration.
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it makes really good models just like blender