MoonRay is DreamWorks Animation’s in-house 3D renderer, used to render all DreamWorks movies since How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Snapcraft
United States
Picogen Alternatives
Picogen has been discontinued. Similar apps include MoonRay, which is free and open source. Other options are Vue, Infinigen, Adobe Dimension and LuxCoreRender. There's no shortage of 3D Modelers like Picogen, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux and the web.
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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.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- United States
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Infinigen is a procedural generator that creates everything entirely from randomized mathematical rules, including all shapes and materials, from macro structures to micro details. Infinigen can create unlimited variations.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- United States
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61 Adobe Dimension alternativesVersatile 3D design tool combining asset compositing and photorealistic rendering with real-time previews. Access Adobe Stock seamlessly and enhance with Photoshop for practical workflows.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- United States
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LuxCoreRender is a physically based and unbiased rendering engine. Based on state of the art algorithms, LuxCoreRender simulates the flow of light according to physical equations, thus producing realistic images of photographic quality.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Global
The Persistence of Vision Raytracer is a high-quality, totally free tool for creating stunning three-dimensional graphics. It is available in official versions for Windows, Mac OS/Mac OS X and i86 Linux. The source code is available for those wanting to do their own ports.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
26 Terragen alternativesTerragen is a scenery generator, created with the goal of generating photorealistic landscape images and animations.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
United Kingdom
46 RenderMan alternativesPhotoRealistic RenderMan, or PRMan for short, is a proprietary photorealistic RenderMan-compliant renderer.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- United States
29 World Machine alternativesWorld Machine is a powerful terrain generation software used by game developers, visual effects artists, and independent creators to create realistic 3D landscapes and terrains.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- United States
Malt is a fully customizable real-time rendering framework for animation and illustration. Designed as a community effort to expand the possibility space of 3d rendering, it provides graphics programmers and technical artist an enjoyable “shadertoy-like” workflow inside Blender...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
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Kray is the fastest global illumination renderer for LightWave.
Kray is a state of the art Global Illumination renderer that allows very fast and accurate rendering of scenes where indirect light plays important role. It includes most advanced modern algorithms and optimizations.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- LightWave
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