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• Anim8or
  Anim8or
  Anim8or is a freeware OpenGL based 3D modeling and animation program by R. Steven Glanville, a software engineer at NVidia. Currently at version 0.97, it is a compact program with several tools which would normally be expected in high-end, paid software...
  
   is a proprietary freeware 3D rendering and animation package.
• Animation:Master
  Animation:Master
  Animation:Master is a 3D character animation application offered by Hash, Inc. that includes tools for modeling, rigging, animating, texturing, lighting and rendering...
  
   from HASH, Inc is a modeling and animation package that focuses on ease of use. It is a spline-based modeler. Its strength lies in character animation.
• Aqsis
  Aqsis
  Aqsis is a free rendering suite compliant with the RenderMan standard. It is available under the GPL, with some parts under the LGPL. Its main author and project manager is Paul Gregory....
  
   is a free rendering suite compliant with the RenderMan standard.
• Art of Illusion
  Art of Illusion
  Art of Illusion is a software package used for 3D modeling, texturing, ray tracing, and otherwise rendering computer generated imagery stills or animations ....
  
   is a free software package developed under the GPL.
• AutoQ3D
  AutoQ3D
  AutoQ3D Community is an OpenGL based free software cad used for 3D modeling and texturing. The main objective of this software development is to take the hassle and complexity for sketching and drawing in 3D. AutoQ3D Community is not a professional CAD program and it is focused to beginners who...
  
   is a GPLed cross-platform modeler.

B

• Blender
  Blender (software)
  Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product used for creating animated films, visual effects, interactive 3D applications or video games. The current release version is 2.60, and was released on October 19, 2011...
  
   is a free and open-source software program for 3D modeling, animation, and rendering
• Brazil
  Brazil R/S
  Brazil Rendering System is a proprietary commercial plugin for 3D Studio Max and Autodesk VIZ. Created by SplutterFish. It is capable of high quality photorealistic rendering using fast ray tracing and global illumination....
  
   is a proprietary
  Proprietary software
  Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
  
   rendering engine for 3ds Max and VIZ
• Bryce
  Bryce (software)
  Bryce is a 3D modeling, rendering and animation program specializing in fractal landscapes. The name is taken from Bryce Canyon—a rugged region with many of the same landscapes that were first simulated with the software.- History :...
  
   This proprietary
  Proprietary software
  Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
  
   software by DAZ Productions is famous for use in landscape development.

C

• Carrara
  Carrara (software)
  Carrara is a general purpose 3D figure posing, modeling, landscape design, rigid and soft-body dynamics, animation and rendering application. Carrara is now owned and developed by DAZ 3D...
  
   (DAZ Productions) is a 3D complete tool set package for 3D modeling, texturing animation and rendering; and Amapi and Hexagon (DAZ Productions) are 3D packages often used for high-end abstract and organic modeling respectively.
• Cheetah3D
  Cheetah3D
  Cheetah3d is a computer graphics program for 3D modelling, animation and rendering. It is written in Cocoa for Mac OS X. The program is aimed at beginning and amateur 3D artists. It offers a number of medium- and high-end features in conjunction with a relatively simple user interface. Its...
  
   is proprietary
  Proprietary software
  Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
  
   software primarily aimed at amateur 3D artists with some medium- and high-end features
• Cinema 4D
  Cinema 4D
  CINEMA 4D is a 3D modeling, animation and rendering application developed by MAXON Computer GmbH of Friedrichsdorf, Germany. It is capable of procedural and polygonal/subd modeling, animating, lighting, texturing, rendering, and common features found in 3d modelling applications.- Overview:The...
  
   is a full featured proprietary
  Proprietary software
  Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
  
   3D program by Maxon, very popular in the 3D motion graphics world.

D

• DAZ Studio
  DAZ Studio
  DAZ Studio is a 3D figure illustration/animation application released by DAZ 3D Inc. It is compatible with most files intended for use by Poser. It is available free of charge . Version 1.0 was released in Fall 2005. Version 4.0.0.335 is the current release as of June 29, 2011...
  
   a proprietary
  Proprietary software
  Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
  
   freeware specialized tool for adjusting parameters of preexisting models, posing and rendering them. Similar to Poser, but more limited in functionality. A commercial version extends functionality for creating rigging of characters and shaders for rendering.
• DX Studio
  DX Studio
  DX Studio is a complete integrated development tool for the creation of 3D video games, simulations or real-time interactive applications for either standalone, Web Based, Microsoft Office or Visual Studio use.-Development:...
  
   a complete integrated development environment for creating interactive 3D graphics. The system comprises both a real-time 3D engine and a suite of editing tools. It is the first proprietary
  Proprietary software
  Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
  
   product to offer a complete range of tools in a single IDE.

E

• Electric Image Animation System
  Electric Image Animation System
  The Electric Image Animation System is a 3D computer graphics package published by EIAS3D. It currently runs on the Mac OS X and Windows platforms.-History:Electric Image, Inc. was initially a visual effects production company...
  
   a proprietary
  Proprietary software
  Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
  
   is a 3D animation and rendering package available on both Mac OS X and Windows. Mostly known for its rendering quality and rendering speed it does not include a built-in modeler.

F

• FaceGen
  FaceGen
  FaceGen is a 3D face-generating middleware produced by Singular Inversions. It is used where there is a need for a large number of different possible faces, either at random or from photographs...
  
   is a proprietary
  Proprietary software
  Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
  
   source of human face models for other programs.
• FPrime
  FPrime
  FPrime is a popular previewing tool and rendering engine for LightWave 3D. Its rendering method is unique in the fact that it continuously refines images until the user manually specifies that the image is of adequate quality...
  
   for Lightwave adds a very fast preview and can in many cases be used for final rendering.

G

• Gelato
  Gelato (software)
  Gelato is a hardware-accelerated, offline renderer created by graphics card manufacturer Nvidia. It was originally intended for use with its Quadro FX GPU, although a Quadro class GPU is no longer a requirement, as it now also supports GeForce cards. Designed to produce film-quality images, Gelato...
  
   is a hardware-accelerated, non-real-time renderer created by graphics card manufacturer NVIDIA.
• GMax
  Gmax
  Gmax is a 3D modeling application based on Autodesk's 3ds Max application used by professional computer graphics artists. Whereas 3ds Max is a comprehensive modeling, animation, and rendering package with some secondary post-production and compositing features, Gmax is much more limited due to its...
  
  
• Grome
  Grome
  Grome is an environmental modeling package developed by Quad Software dedicated for procedural and manual generation of large virtual outdoor worlds suitable for games and other 3D real-time simulation applications.- History :...
  
   is a 3D environment editor for terrain, water and vegetation suitable for games and other 3D real-time applications.
• GPure
  GPure
  GPure is software application to prepare 3D scenes from Digital mockup for :* project review,* 3D animation,* content editing,* training tools ,* interactive technical documentation* physical simulation,...
  
   is a software to prepare scene/meshes from digital mockup to multiple uses

H

• Hexagon
  Hexagon (software)
  Hexagon is a subdivision modeler owned by DAZ 3D. It was originally developed and published by Eovia and was acquired shortly before the release of version 2.0 by DAZ in 2006. The software drew heavily on Eovia's other modeler, Amapi , though it omitted the NURBs and precision measuring tools...
  
   (DAZ Productions) is a 3D subdivision modeler with an emphasis on organic modeling.
• HyperShot was a real-time photorealistic renderer for high resolution images.

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• iClone
  IClone
  iClone is a 3D rendering and animation software program that enables users to make 3D animated films. It is notable for being one of the very few animation softwares that use a real-time "WYSIWYG" view to let animators see the results of their work immediately, and to play back animations in the...
  
   is a 3D animation suite that uses true WYSIWYG
  WYSIWYG
  WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...
  
   real-time rendering, enabled by using a videogame engine.
• ICON Quote System
  ICON Quote System
  The ICON Quote System or IQS is a free web-based ClickOnce program that permits the creation of varying designs of metal buildings online, view a real-time 3D rendering, and retrieve a set of plans via PDF. IQS runs on the Microsoft© .NET 3.5 platform. Originally released in 2005 as QuotePlus, it ...
  
   a web-based (ClickOnce
  ClickOnce
  ClickOnce is a Microsoft technology that enables the user to install and run a Windows application by clicking a link in a web page. ClickOnce is a component of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and later, supports deploying applications made with Windows Forms or Windows Presentation Foundation...
  
  ) program that allows individuals to design their own metal buildings online, view a Real-time (3D rendering
  3D rendering
  3D rendering is the 3D computer graphics process of automatically converting 3D wire frame models into 2D images with 3D photorealistic effects on a computer.-Rendering methods:...
  
  ), and retrieve a cost estimate via (PDF).
• Indigo Renderer
  Indigo Renderer
  Indigo Renderer is a 3D rendering software that uses unbiased rendering technologies to create photo-realistic images. In doing so, Indigo uses equations that simulate the behaviour of light, with no approximations or guesses taken...
  
   is a closed source photorealistic renderer that uses XML for scene description. Exporters available for Blender
  Blender (software)
  Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product used for creating animated films, visual effects, interactive 3D applications or video games. The current release version is 2.60, and was released on October 19, 2011...
  
  , Maya
  Maya (software)
  Autodesk Maya , commonly shortened to Maya, is 3D computer graphics software that runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Linux, originally developed by Alias Systems Corporation and currently owned and developed by Autodesk, Inc. It is used to create interactive 3D applications, including video...
  
   (Mti), form•Z
  Form-Z
  form·Z is a computer-aided design tool developed by AutoDesSys for all design fields that deal with the articulation of 3D spaces and forms and which is used for 3D modeling, drafting, animation and rendering.-Overview:...
  
  , Cinema4D, Rhino
  Rhinoceros 3D
  Rhinoceros is a stand-alone, commercial NURBS-based 3-D modeling tool, developed by Robert McNeel & Associates. The software is commonly used for industrial design, architecture, marine design, jewelry design, automotive design, CAD / CAM, rapid prototyping, reverse engineering as well as the...
  
  , 3ds Max.

K

• K-3D
  K-3D
  K-3D is a free 3D modelling and animation software. Despite its name it is not a KDE application. It features a plug-in-oriented procedural engine for all of its content...
  
   is a GNU modeling, animation, and rendering system available on Linux and Win32. It makes use of RenderMan-compliant render engines. It features scene graph procedural modelling similar to that found in Houdini.
• Kerkythea
  Kerkythea
  Kerkythea is a standalone rendering system that supports raytracing and Metropolis light transport, uses physically accurate materials and lighting — and is distributed as freeware...
  
   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.
• KeyShot is a photorealistic realtime rendering software

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• LightWave 3D is a commercial 3D modeling and animation suite.
• LuxRender
  LuxRender
  LuxRender is an open source software rendering system for physically correct image synthesis. The program runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and exporters are available for Blender, SketchUp, Cinema 4D, XSI, DAZ Studio, and Maya.-Overview:...
  
   is an unbiased open source rendering engine featuring Metropolis light transport
  Metropolis light transport
  The Metropolis light transport is a SIGGRAPH 1997 paper by Eric Veach and Leonidas J. Guibas, describing an application of a variant of the Monte Carlo method called the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm to the rendering equation for generating images from detailed physical descriptions of three...
  
  .

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• MakeHuman
  MakeHuman
  MakeHuman is an Open Source software application that generates 3D humanoids.Features that make this software unique include a new, highly intuitive GUI and a high quality mesh, optimized to work in subdivision surface mode ....
  
   is a GPL program that generates 3D parametric humanoids.
• Match moving
  Match moving
  In cinematography, match moving is a visual-effects, cinematic techniques that allows the insertion of computer graphics into live-action footage with correct position, scale, orientation, and motion relative to the photographed objects in the shot...
  
   software is commonly used to match live video with computer-generated video, keeping the two in sync as the camera moves.
• 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 to market.
• mental ray
  Mental Ray
  mental ray is a production-quality rendering application developed by mental images . mental images was bought in December 2007 by NVIDIA.As the name implies, it supports ray tracing to generate images....
  
   is another popular renderer, and comes default with most of the high-end packages. (Now owned by NVIDIA)
• MeshLab
  MeshLab
  MeshLab, is a free 3D mesh processing software program; MeshLab, started in late 2005, is an open-source general-purpose system aimed to help the processing of the typical not-so-small unstructured 3D models that arise in the pipeline of processing of the data coming from 3D scanning...
  
   is a free Windows
  Microsoft Windows
  Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
  
  , Linux
  Linux
  Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
  
   and Mac OS X
  Mac OS X
  Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
  
   application for visualizing, simplifying, processing and converting large three dimensional meshes to or from a variety of 3D file formats.
• MetaCreations
  MetaCreations
  MetaCreations was a computer software company founded in 1997 by the mergers of MetaTools, Fractal Design Corporation, Ray Dream, Specular, and RTG...
  
   Detailer and Painter 3D are discontinued software applications specifically for painting texture maps on 3-D Models.
• MicroStation
  Microstation
  MicroStation is a CAD software product for 2- and 3-dimensional design and drafting, developed and sold by Bentley Systems. The latest versions of the software are released solely for Microsoft Windows operating systems, but historically MicroStation was available for Macintosh platforms and a...
  
   is proprietary 2D / 3D modelling program with extensive import/export capabilities by Bentley Systems
  Bentley Systems
  Bentley Systems, Incorporated is a software company that produces solutions for the design, construction and operation of infrastructure. The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction and operations...
  
  .
• MilkShape 3D
  MilkShape 3D
  MilkShape 3D is a Shareware low polygon 3D modelling program created by Mete Ciragan. It is used mainly by people compiling models for Half-Life, Blockland, The Sims 2, The Sims 3 and other sandbox games....
  
   is a shareware/trialware polygon 3D modelling program with extensive import/export capabilities.
• Mixamo
  Mixamo
  Mixamo, Inc. is a web-based character animation company. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California.- History :Currently, the two most common methods for animation are keyframe animation and motion capture. Keyframing, while very precise, is expensive to produce and requires a trained...
  
   is an online character modeling, rigging and animation service. Users can upload their character mesh or rigged character and download them complete of animations in a few seconds. Exports in FBX and Collada 1.4.1.
• modo
  Modo (software)
  modo is a polygon and subdivision surface modeling, sculpting, 3D painting, animation and rendering package developed by Luxology, LLC. The program incorporates features such as n-gons, 3D painting and edge weighting, and runs on Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows platforms.-History:modo was created...
  
   Polygon and subdivision surface modeling, sculpting, 3D painting, animation and rendering package developed by Luxology, LLC.
• Moment of Inspiration
  Moment of Inspiration
  Moment of Inspiration is a 3D modeling program designed for Microsoft Windows and aimed at designers and artists. It supports precision and freeform NURBS drawing tools and sports a unique user interface that operates seamlessly with a pen tablet....
  
   (MoI) is a 3D modeling program designed for Microsoft Windows and aimed at designers and artists.
• Mudbox
  Mudbox
  Mudbox is a computer-based 3D sculpting and painting tool. developed by Autodesk, Mudbox was created by Skymatter, founded by former artists of Weta Digital, where it was first used to produce the 2005 Peter Jackson remake of King Kong...
  
   Mudbox is a high resolution brush-based 3D sculpting program, that claims to be the first of its type. The software was acquired by Autodesk in 2007.

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• Octane Render
  Octane Render
  -Integration with other software:Octane Render comes with free plugins for the following software:* Autodesk 3ds Max* Autodesk Maya* Autodesk Softimage* MAXON Cinema 4D* Google Sketchup* Blender * Luxology Modo...
  
   is a GPU-accelerated unbiased rendering engine based on Nvidia
  NVIDIA
  Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...
  
   CUDA
  CUDA
  CUDA or Compute Unified Device Architecture is a parallel computing architecture developed by Nvidia. CUDA is the computing engine in Nvidia graphics processing units that is accessible to software developers through variants of industry standard programming languages...
  
  .
• OpenFX
  OpenFX
  OpenFX is an Open-Source, free modeling and animation studio, distributed under the GNU General Public License, created by Dr. Stuart Ferguson. He made the decision to release the source code to the public in the middle of 1999 and released a stable version a year and a half later...
  
   is a modeling and animation studio, distributed under the GPL.

P

• PhotoRealistic RenderMan
  PhotoRealistic RenderMan
  PhotoRealistic RenderMan, or PRMan for short, is a proprietary photorealistic RenderMan-compliant renderer.It primarily uses the Reyes algorithm but is also fully capable of doing ray tracing and global illumination....
  
   is the a renderer
  Rendering (computer graphics)
  Rendering is the process of generating an image from a model , by means of computer programs. A scene file contains objects in a strictly defined language or data structure; it would contain geometry, viewpoint, texture, lighting, and shading information as a description of the virtual scene...
  
   developed by Pixar
  Pixar
  Pixar Animation Studios, pronounced , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide...
  
  , used in many studios. Animation packages such as 3DS Max and Maya can pipeline to RenderMan to do all the rendering.
• Pixie
  Pixie (renderer)
  Pixie is a free , photorealistic raytracing renderer for generating photorealistic images, developed by Okan Arikan in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas At Austin...
  
   is an open source photorealistic renderer.
• Poser
  Poser
  Poser is a 3D CGI rendering and animation software program optimized for models that depict the human figure in three-dimensional form, mostly used to pose and animate the figures in a similar way as a mannequin...
  
   (Smith Micro) Poser is a 3D rendering and animation software program optimized for models that depict the human figure in three-dimensional form and is specialized for adjusting features of preexisting character models via varying parameters. It is also for posing and rendering of models and characters. It includes some specialized tools for walk cycle creation, cloth and hair.
• POV-Ray
  POV-Ray
  The Persistence of Vision Raytracer, or POV-Ray, is a ray tracing program available for a variety of computer platforms. It was originally based on DKBTrace, written by David Kirk Buck and Aaron A. Collins. There are also influences from the earlier Polyray raytracer contributed by its author...
  
   (or The Persistence of Vision Raytracer) is a freeware (with source) ray tracer written for multiple platforms.

R

• RealFlow
  RealFlow
  RealFlow is a fluid and dynamics simulator for the 3D industry, created by Madrid-based Next Limit Technologies. Currently at version 2012, the stand-alone application can be used to simulate fluids, water surfaces, fluid-solid interactions, rigid bodies, soft bodies and meshes...
  
   simulates and renders particle systems of rigid bodies and fluids.
• Realsoft3D Real3D Full featured 3D modeling, animation, simulation and rendering software available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Irix.
• Rhinoceros 3D
  Rhinoceros 3D
  Rhinoceros is a stand-alone, commercial NURBS-based 3-D modeling tool, developed by Robert McNeel & Associates. The software is commonly used for industrial design, architecture, marine design, jewelry design, automotive design, CAD / CAM, rapid prototyping, reverse engineering as well as the...
  
   is a commercial modeling tool which has excellent support for freeform NURBS editing.

S

• Sculptris
  Sculptris
  Sculptris is the brainchild of programmer Tomas Pettersson, who developed as an unpaid hobby project and a work-in-progress sculpting tool since early December 2009....
  
  
• Shade 3D
  Shade 3D
  Shade is a 3D modeling, rendering, and animation software program developed by E Frontier Japan and published by Mirye Software.-History:Shade was first published in Japan in the late 1980s, making it one of the oldest 3D applications on Mac OS and Windows. E Frontier, a Japanese software company...
  
   is modeling, animation and rendering software with high precision curved surface modeling and advanced render to 3D animation, including stereoscopic
  Stereoscopy
  Stereoscopy refers to a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by presenting two offset images separately to the left and right eye of the viewer. Both of these 2-D offset images are then combined in the brain to give the perception of 3-D depth...
  
   Anaglyph
  Anaglyph image
  Anaglyph images are used to provide a stereoscopic 3D effect, when viewed with glasses where the two lenses are different colors, such as red and cyan. Images are made up of two color layers, superimposed, but offset with respect to each other to produce a depth effect...
  
   rendering for 3D television.
• Seamless3d
  Seamless3d
  Seamless3d is open source 3D modeling software free and available for all under the MIT license.The models for the virtual reality world, Techuelife Island were created using Seamless3d technology...
  
   NURBS based modeling and animation software with much of the focus on creating avatars optimized for real time animation. It is free, open source
  Open source
  The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
  
   under the MIT license.
• SquidNet-NDP is a commercially available product for rendering 3D animations within a distributed network environment.
• Sunflow
  Sunflow
  Sunflow is an open source global illumination rendering system written in Java.The current status of the project is unknown, but the last announcement on the program's official page was made in 2007.-External links:***...
  
   is an open source, photo-realistic renderer written in Java.
• Swift3D Initially a pioneer in the 3D-to-vector Flash world, Swift 3D is now accepted as a highly-capable and versatile 3D authoring application, while maintaining its reputation as the marquee tool for producing vector-based 3D content for Flash and Microsoft Silverlight.
• Silo 3D is a focused 3D modeling application with the ability to effortlessly switch between organically sculpting high-polygon models and precisely controlling hard-edged surfaces. It can be used for anything from creating 3D characters for video games and movies to quickly exploring 3D architectural ideas.

T

• Terragen
  Terragen
  Terragen is a scenery generator program for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X developed and published by Planetside Software. It can be used to create renderings and animations of landscapes.-History:...
  
   and Terragen 2 are scenery generators.
• Turtle by Illuminate Labs
  Illuminate labs
  Illuminate Labs is a Swedish software company based in Gothenburg, founded in 2002 and specializing in video games lighting. The company produces two middleware products called Beast and , based on their proprietary LiquidLight technology. Autodesk, Inc...
  
  , an alternative renderer for Maya, specializes in faster radiosity and automatic surface baking technology which further enhances its renders.

V

• 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.

See also

• Comparison of 3D computer graphics software
  Comparison of 3D computer graphics software
  3D computer graphics software refers to programs used to create 3D computer-generated imagery.-General information:This is a chart on basic comparative elements that is based on the raw software without the inclusion of additional plugins....
  
  
• List of 3D animation software
• List of 3D modeling software

External links

• Comparison of 3D Tools from the Society of Digital Artists
• Another comparison of 3D tools from tdt3d.be