Picogen Alternatives

Picogen is described as 'A free Terrain Synthesizer and RendererPicogen is an outdoor ray tracing system, a free Terrain Synthesizer and Renderer targeting large-scale terrain with realistic day/night-illumination and detailed plant populations' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to Picogen for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Autodesk 3ds Max and LightWave apps. The best Picogen alternative is MoonRay, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Picogen are Infinigen, Adobe Dimension, LuxCoreRender and Terragen.

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Picogen alternatives are mainly 3D Modelers but may also be Game Development Tools or VFX Software.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Picogen.
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A free Terrain Synthesizer and RendererPicogen is an outdoor ray tracing system, a free Terrain Synthesizer and Renderer targeting large-scale terrain with realistic day/night-illumination and detailed plant populations.

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Picogen alternatives page was last updated Jan 11, 2019
  1. RenderMan icon
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    PhotoRealistic RenderMan, or PRMan for short, is a proprietary photorealistic RenderMan-compliant renderer.

    50 RenderMan alternatives
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    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    RenderMan Features

    1.  Rendering
    2.  3D Renderer
    3.  High-resolution images
    RenderMan iconPicogen Icon

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  2. MiniLight icon
     2 likes

    MiniLight is a minimal global illumination renderer. It is primarily an exercise in simplicity. But that makes it a good base and benchmark (in some sense) for development and experimentation. And it just might be the neatest renderer around (on average, about 650 lines).

    46 MiniLight alternatives
    MiniLight screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    MiniLight Features

    1.  Rendering
    MiniLight iconPicogen Icon

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  3. Geomorph icon
     4 likes

    Geomorph is a height field generator and editor for the Linux operating system.

    A height field is a kind of topographic map. It is a 2D projection of a 3D landscape.

    Geomorph generates square images and shows a 3D preview of the resulting landscape. The resulting 2D image can.

    24 Geomorph alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The latest version (0.63) is from February 2021.

    Geomorph iconPicogen Icon

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  4. OctaneBench® icon
     1 like

    OctaneBench® allows you to benchmark your GPU using OctaneRender. This provides a level playing field by making sure that everybody uses the same version and the same scenes and settings. Without these constraints, benchmark results can vary a lot.

    51 OctaneBench® alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    OctaneBench® Features

    1.  Import CSV Data
    2.  Export to CSV
    OctaneBench® iconPicogen Icon

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  5. Nem's Mega 3D Terrain Generator icon
     4 likes

    Nem's Mega 3D Terrain Generator is a relatively new terrain generator that takes a step in a completely different direction. Unlike traditional generators where the user must depend solely on the generators generation abilities, this generator gives its users complete 3D...

    23 Nem's Mega 3D Terrain Generator alternatives
    Nem's Mega 3D Terrain Generator screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated since 2007 and the official website is no longer available. Last version, 3.0.5.0, can be still downloaded from Softpedia

    Nem's Mega 3D Terrain Generator iconPicogen Icon

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  6. Octane Render icon
     6 likes

    Octane Render is the world's first GPU based, un-biased, physically based renderer. What does that mean? It uses the video card in your computer to render photorealistic results fast...really fast. This allows the user to create stunning works in a fraction of the time of...

    52 Octane Render alternatives
    Octane Render screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Octane Render Features

    1.  Rendering
    Octane Render iconPicogen Icon

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  7. DreamScape icon
     2 likes

    DreamScape is sophisticated set of 3DS MAX plug-ins for creating and rendering realistic landscapes, seascapes, skies, clouds, outdoor lighting and more. In contrast to other terrain creation tools for 3DS MAX, DreamScape Terra uses new rendering technologies that occupy much...

    23 DreamScape alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Autodesk 3ds Max
    DreamScape iconPicogen Icon

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  8. EarthSculptor icon
     3 likes

    EarthSculptor is a realtime terrain height-map editor and paint program featuring an easy to use interface designed

    26 EarthSculptor alternatives
    EarthSculptor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    EarthSculptor Features

    1.  3D Sculpting
    EarthSculptor iconPicogen Icon

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  9. PnP TerrainCreator icon
     2 likes

    PnP TerrainCreator is a highly integrated tool for large scale terrain creation. Featuring manual as well as automated/randomized terrain generation including heightmaps, texturing, vegetation, seas and rivers, static objects and environmental sounds enabeling you to build a...

    23 PnP TerrainCreator alternatives
    PnP TerrainCreator screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Website/app unavailable.

    PnP TerrainCreator iconPicogen Icon

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  10. Visual Nature Studio icon
     2 likes

    Visual Nature Studio 3's redesigned interface makes creating complex scenes easier than ever before! Additionally, faster rendering of animations along with still shots guarantees faster delivery of final product.

    23 Visual Nature Studio alternatives
    Visual Nature Studio screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Graphite Renderer icon
     1 like

    Graphite is Quad Software reference renderer for Grome editor.

    Definition: Middleware reference outdoor renderer, 100% integrated with Grome pipelines, directly from the makers of the editor.

    Advantages: Out-of-the-box solution for scenes created in Grome or other world modelin.

    23 Graphite Renderer alternatives
    Scene Viewer

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Graphite Renderer Features

    1.  Rendering
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed since 2012

    Graphite Renderer iconPicogen Icon

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  12. Outerra icon
     1 like

    Outerra Engine is a global world rendering engine capable of seamless real time rendering of planets from space down to centimeter details on the surface. It can use arbitrary resolution of elevation data, refining it further to the finest resolution using fractal algorithms and...

    23 Outerra alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Outerra Features

    1.  3D Renderer
    Outerra iconPicogen Icon

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