Top 5 Free Software Tools For 3D & VFX Artists!
You don’t need to spend big money of software to create cool CG art. There are tons of free open source alternatives to the industry standard (expensive) software that are out there. In this short list, we’ll outline some of the coolest and most useful free open source software that is avaialble for the aspiring CG artists.
Blender
What it does – 3D modelling, texturing, animation.
What’s Awesome – Built-in Compositor, Video Editor and Sculpting.
What’s Not Awesome: Limited Compositor, Video Editor and Sculpting Tools.
Where to get: Blender.org
Gimp
What it does – Photo editing.
What’s Awesome – Can use PSD files and photoshop brushes. Excellent alternative to Photoshop.
What’s Not Awesome: Limited tools, slow and process heavy editing tools for high resolution editing.
Where to get: gimp.org
Natron
What it does – Compositing.
What’s Awesome – Nuke style professional compositor
What’s Not Awesome: No 3d integration, limited in tools, crashing issues. Needs more refinements.
Where to get: natron.fr
Makehuman
What it does – 3D human creation.
What’s Awesome – Awesome human creating tools, fine tune control.
What’s Not Awesome: Needs external app for pose, low quality textures.
Where to get: makehuman.org
Sculptris
What it does – 3D sculpting.
What’s Awesome – Zbrush similarity, high poly sculpting.
What’s Not Awesome: Missing more advaced tools.
Where to get: pixologic.com/sculptris
What do you think? Did we miss any good ones out?