3D & 2D Software List --- (Additional software at bottom)


All pricing in this list is using the US Dollar.

All products linked to are the newest versions (and most expensive). Some companies still offer older versions of their software for a reduced price.

3D Software

Free 3D Software
3D Canvas
3dom
Anim8or *Popular*
Art of Illusion
Aztec
Blender *Popular*
Calimax Modeller
DeleD Lite
Equinox3D
GameSpace Light
JTEdit
K-3D
Loq Airou
MakeHuman (pre-alpha version) (New - added 2/2/06)
Maya PLE
Metasequoia LE
Moonlight3D
OpenFX
OpenTeddy
Pretty Poly Editor
Wings3D

3D Software under $100
3D Canvas Plus & Pro
AC3D
Bryce
CharacterFX
DeleD Pro
MilkShape 3D *Popular*
World Creator

3D Software $100 to $1,000
3D Matrix
Amapi Designer
Amorphium Pro
Carrera
Cinema4D
GameSpace
Hash Animation Master
LightWave 3D
Modo
Pixels 3D
Plasma
Poser
Realsoft 3D
Shade
Silo
SketchUp
Softimage|XSI Foundation
Strata 3D
TrueSpace
ZBRUSH

3D Software $1,000 to $4,000
3D Studio Max *Popular*
Electric Image
Houdini Select
Houdini Escape
Maya Complete *Popular*
Rhino3D
Softimage|XSI Essentials

3D Software over $4,000
Houdini Master
Maya Unlimited *Popular*
Softimage|XSI Advanced

2D Software

Free 2D Software
ArtRage
CinePaint
GraphicsGale
ImageForge
Paint.NET (New - added 2/8/06)
PhotoPlus Freeware
Pixia
The Gimp *Popular*
Ultimate Paint

2D Software under $100
Corel DRAW Essentials
Digital Image Pro
GraphicsGale
ImageForge Pro
Lview Pro
OpenCanvas
Paint Shop Pro *Popular*
PhotoFiltre
Photogenics
PhotoImpact
PhotoPlus
Photoshop Elements
PhotoStudio
PhotoSuite
Pixel32
ProMotion
Texture Maker

2D Software over $100
Alias Sketchbook Pro (New - added 2/2/06)
Deep Paint 2D
Illustrator
Mirage
Painter
Photoshop *Popular*

Other Software

Model File Format Converters
Deep Exploration
Polytrans

Tile & Sprite Software
ASE (Allegro Sprite Editor)
Dungeon Crafter
Mappy
DelphiX (various)
Spritesheet Editor
Tile Studio

Font Software
Bitmap Font Editor

Need some projects and content for your Software?
Check out the Tutorials & Downloads thread.

[Edited by - Veovis on February 8, 2006 9:00:17 AM]

Here is another 3d under $4k

ZBRUSH

"If you are not willing to try, you will never succeed!"

Grellin

You should submit this to Myophic Rhino, so maybe we can get a FAQ for this forum.

Thank you Grellin. I added it in.

and about Myophic Rhino...

dont' forget Rhino3d http://www.rhino3d.com/


And for 2d:
Opencanvas : http://www.portalgraphics.net/en/download.html (easy and simple rather painter).


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"Cuando se es peon, la unica salida es la revolución"

[edited by - eng3d on January 21, 2004 2:12:37 PM]

You can add Art of Illusion to free/open source category http://artofillusion.org/

Thank you. It''s updated.

I submitted the info to Myopic a while ago, but no word.

This is a bit of a bump, just because it seems sad for all this content to get lost so quickly.

Someone should do a breakdown of these applications. For example, Wings3d has a nice and flexible modeler, but doesn''t support any sort of texture mapping, lacks any kind of raytracing/realistic rendering engine, and has no animation support. Anim8tor has texture mapping and a animation support, but no realistic renderer. Blender has all three, etc.

I''m trying these programs out myself, and I can post my results, but it might take a long time -- if ever.

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- 2D/Pixel Artist - 3D Artist - Game Programmer - Ulfr Fenris
[[ Gaping Wolf Software ]] [[ GameGenesis Forums ]]

Ahhh, beat me to it.


[edited by - raymondo on February 9, 2004 9:13:43 PM]