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3D computer graphics software 258
• Seamless3d NURBS based modelling and animation software with much of the focus on creating avatars
optimized for real time animation. It is free, open source under the MIT license.
• trueSpace (Caligari Corporation) is a 3D program available for Windows, although the company Caligari first
found its start on the Amiga platform. trueSpace features modeling, animation, 3D-painting, and rendering
capabilities. In 2009, Microsoft purchased TrueSpace and it is now available completely free of charge.
• Wings 3D is a BSD-licensed, subdivision modeler.
Renderers
• 3Delight is a proprietary RenderMan-compliant renderer.
• Aqsis is an free and open source rendering suite compliant with the RenderMan standard.
• Brazil is a rendering engine for 3ds Max, Rhino and VIZ
• FinalRender is a photorealistic renderer for Maya and 3Ds Max developed by Cebas, a German company.
• FPrime for Lightwave adds a very fast preview and can in many cases be used for final rendering.
• Gelato is a hardware-accelerated, non-real-time renderer created by graphics card manufacturer NVIDIA.
• Indigo Renderer is an unbiased photorealistic renderer that uses XML for scene description. Exporters available
for Blender, Maya (Mti), form•Z, Cinema4D, Rhino, 3ds Max.
• Kerkythea is a freeware rendering system that supports raytracing. Currently, it can be integrated with 3ds Max,
Blender, SketchUp, and Silo (generally any software that can export files in obj and 3ds formats). Kerkythea is a
standalone renderer, using physically accurate materials and lighting.
• LuxRender is an unbiased open source rendering engine featuring Metropolis light transport
• Maxwell Render is a multi-platform renderer which forgoes raytracing, global illumination and radiosity in favor
of photon rendering with a virtual electromagnetic spectrum, resulting in very authentic looking renders. It was
the first unbiased render to market.
• mental ray is another popular renderer, and comes default with most of the high-end packages. (Now owned by
NVIDIA)
• NaroCAD is a fully fledged and extensible 3D parametric modeling CAD application. It is based on
OpenCascade.
• Octane Render is an unbiased GPU-accelerated renderer based on Nvidia CUDA.
• Pixar's PhotoRealistic RenderMan is a renderer, used in many studios. Animation packages such as 3DS Max and
Maya can pipeline to RenderMan to do all the rendering.
• Pixie is an open source photorealistic renderer.
• POV-Ray (or The Persistence of Vision Raytracer) is a freeware (with source) ray tracer written for multiple
platforms.
• Sunflow is an open source, photo-realistic renderer written in Java.
• Turtle (Illuminate Labs) is an alternative renderer for Maya, it specializes in faster radiosity and automatic surface
baking technology which further enhances its speedy renders.
• VRay is promoted for use in the architectural visualization field used in conjunction with 3ds max and 3ds viz. It
is also commonly used with Maya.
• YafRay is a raytracer/renderer distributed under the LGPL. This project is no longer being actively developed.
• YafaRay YafRay's successor, a raytracer/renderer distributed under the LGPL.