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3D computer graphics software
* AC3D [Inivis] 3D modeling on the Amiga platform.
* Blender [Blender Foundation] free GPL, open-source, 3D studio for modeling, animation, rendering, texturing. includes features multi-resolution sculpting; retopology painting supports 3D
* Cinema 4D [MAXON]slightly lighter package. * BodyPaint allows draw textures directly onto the surface of models. * 3ds Max [Autodesk] 3D Studio MAX. used in the video game industry for developing models and creating cinema cut-scenes architectural visualizations. compatible with AutoCAD. view texture painting; stack based modifier system; flexible particle system with particle based hair; cloth/soft body dynamics, rigid body dynamics and fluid simulation; node based texturing and node based compositing; an integrated non linear video editor; and integrated game engine. * Electric Image Animation System [EI Technology Group] 3D animation and rendering package Mac OS X and Windows. * form-Z [autodessys, Inc.] general purpose solid/surface 3D modeler architecture, interior design, illustration, product design, and set design. * LightWave 3D [NewTek]Video Toaster package* Houdini [Side Effects Software] Vfx visual effects, character animation Disney's The Wild. .* LightWorks [LightWorkDesign] quality 3D rendering toolkit used in Mechanical, Configuration and Architectural CAD used ray tracing and radiosity algorithms, available for Mac OS X Windows 32- 64bit.* Massive animation system for generating crowd-related visual effects.* Maya [Autodesk] high learning curve alternative to using the default built in rendering system named mental ray is Pixar's Renderman. * Modo [Luxology] subdivision modeling, texturing and rendering tool support camera motion and morphs blendshapes. * Relux Professional [Relux Informatik AG]basic modeling and rendering tool. * Silo [Nevercenter] subdivision-surface modeler. * SketchUp Pro [Google] 3D modeling package features a sketch-based modeling approach. pro version which supports 2-D and 3-D model export functions * Softimage|XSI [Autodesk] similar to Maya * SolidWorks [SolidWorks Corporation] series of packages modeling, assembly, drawing, sheetmetal, weldments, and freeform surfacing support for custom programming/scripting in Visual Basic and C. * trueSpace [Caligari Corporation] * ViewBuildUSA [VEC3D] gaming platform for modeling architecture.* ZBrush [Pixologic] digital sculpting tool that combines 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting tool * Vue 6 [E-on Software] creating, animating and rendering natural 3D environments.* solidThinking [solidThinking Ltd] 3D solid/surface modeling and rendering features a Construction Tree method of development. * Swift3D for transforming models in Lightwave or 3DS Max into Flash animations.* After producing video, studios then edit or composite the video using programs such as Adobe Premiere or Apple Final Cut at the low end, or Autodesk Combustion, Eye-on Digital Fusion,
* MetaCreations Detailer and Painter 3D for painting texture maps on 3-D Models. To touch up rendered 3D still images from any 3D software application any raster graphic editor software is used.* UVMapper freeware/shareware program-setting UVs on Alias Wavefront Object models.* Headus UVLayout

* Anim8or-3D rendering and animation. * Animation:Master[HASH, Inc] modeling and animation.
* Art of Illusion * AutoQ3D GPLed cross-platform modeler.* Ayam- free 3D modeling environment for RenderMan interface.* Bryce [DAZ Productions] famous for landscapes.
* Carrara [DAZ Productions] 3D modeling, texturing animation rendering; Amapi and Hexagon [DAZ Productions] * Cheetah3D for amateur 3D artists.* DAZ Studio free Similar to Poser.* DeleD 3D Editor is a fully functional free game-oriented 3D Editor. PRO version available.* DIALux light making software. It also makes buildings / architectural modeling and a little more. * DX Studio integrated development environment for creating interactive 3D graphics. The system comprises both a real-time 3D engine and a suite of editing tools, and is the first product to offer a complete range of tools in a single IDE.* Equinox-3D * Grome professional modeler especially suited for outdoor environments. Used in gaming and 3D simulation industry.
* K-3D GNU modeling, animation, and rendering on Linux and Win32. * Landscape StudioJava-based heightmap generator.* MakeHuman GPL program that generates 3D parametric humanoids.
* MeshLab visualizing, simplifying, processing and converting large three dimensional meshes to or from a variety of 3D file formats.* MilkShape 3D polygon 3D modelling extensive import/export capabilities.
* Misfit Model 3D OpenGL-based 3D model editor works with triangle-based models.supports multi-level undo, skeletal animations, simple texturing, scripting, command-line batch processing, and a plugin system for adding new model and image filters. online help is included. easy to extend with plugins and scripts. * Moonlight|3d * Mudbox Mudbox high resolution brush-based 3D sculpting program, acquired by Autodesk
* OpenFX modeling and animation studio * Pixels 3D supports NURBS modeling, animation and effects and comes with a micropolygon renderer with node-based material graphs.
* Poser [Smith Micro] 3D rendering and animation includes some specialized tools for walk cycle creation, cloth and hair.* RealFlow simulates and renders particle systems of rigid bodies and fluids.
* Realsoft 3D Real3D* Rhinoceros 3D commercial modeling tool freeform NURBS editing.
* ShapeShop sketch-based 3D modeling tool hierarchical implicit surfaces. * SharpConstruct 3D modeling program like ZBrush.* Terragen and Terragen 2 freeware scenery generators.
* Wings 3D is a BSD-licensed, minimal modeler.
* 3D MESH BLACKSMITH useful in video game level design, or for designing 3D objects through a simplified interface. character modeling and animation, object animation scripting, mesh generation and editing as well as 3D painting [colors and bump map]. uses a pseudo "C style" scripting language.

Renderers
* 3Delight- RenderMan-compliant renderer.* Aqsis free rendering suite compliant with the RenderMan standard. * Brazil rendering engine for 3ds Max and VIZ * Gelato hardware-accelerated, non-real-time renderer designed by NVIDIA graphics card manufacturer * Indigo Renderer closed source photorealistic renderer that uses XML for scene description. * IRender for SketchUp add photorealistic rendering capabilities to SketchUp.* Kerkythea supports raytracing. * KRay for Lightwave very fast radiosity rendering solutions * Maxwell Render 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. * mental ray popular renderer default.* Pixie * Turtle alternative renderer for Maya automatic surface baking technology.* LuxRender unbiased open source rendering engine featuring Metropolis light transport * FPrime for Lightwave adds a very fast preview used for final rendering. * Fryrender multi-platform renderer forgoes raytracing, global illumination and radiosity in favor of photon rendering with a virtual electromagnetic spectrum, resulting in very authentic looking renders. * POV-Ray [ Persistence of Vision Raytracer] * Sunflow photo-realistic renderer written in Java. * VRay promoted in the architectural visualization field.* YafRay * Pixar's PhotoRealistic RenderMan

game engines

open-source game engines:

* Allegro library :free crossplatform C/C++ game programming library, provides functions for graphics, sounds, input, timers, fixed and floating point, 3d, compressed datafile and GUI.

* Aleph One (computer game) - Open-source first-person shooter engine based on the source code of Bungie Studios' Marathon 2: Durandal.* Agar : high-level graphical application framework used by 2D and 3D computer games * Game Blender :flexible node based game logic engine Blender 3D * Boom :port of the Doom source code by TeamTNT
* ClanLib :cross-platform (including Mac OS X), object-oriented C++ game programming library.* Box2D - cross-platform physics and graphic engine.* Crystal Space :general framework for developing 3D applications * Crystal Entity Layer :extension of the Crystal Space 3D Engine * DarkPlaces :Heavily modified version of Quake engine which supports modern graphics* Cube :Powers the computer game of the same name * Delta3d :Integrates other well-known free software projects into easy-to-use API, originally developed by the U.S. Navy
* Doom engine :The now free software engine originally used for the hugely popular Doom * DXFramework :simple, pedagogical 2D/3D DirectX-based game engine for Visual Studio * Exult :free software reimplementation of the UltimVII game engine* Eternity Engine * GZDoom :source port of the Doom engine based on ZDoom * FIFE :free software 2.5D isometric game engine.* Genesis3D :real-time 3D engine for Windows * Genesis Device powerful LGPL engine* Horde3D portable shader based 3D engine.* id Tech 2 :Formerly known as the Quake II engine, the original open-source engine from id Software * id Tech 3 * ioquake3 :updated fork of the GPL'ed id Tech 3 engine* Irrlicht Engine :cross-platform and lightweight three dimensional graphics engine. * jMonkeyEngine :open-source, BSD licensed Javscenegraph engine.* Jogre :Javbased client/server game engine and API for online real time games such as chess, checkers, etc.* KallistiOS :free, BSD licensed development library for the SegDreamcast, by DPotter.* Lightfeather 3D Engine - cross-platform, zlib licensed, real-time 3D graphics engine.
* NebulDevice :realtime 3D game engine developed by Germgame studio Radon Labs.* OGRE Engine :very popular object-oriented graphics rendering engine. Also called OGRE3D* Panda3D easy to use python-driven game engine made by Carnegie Mellon University. Disney uses it to produce some of their games. * ORX - portable, lightweight and data-driven 2D-oriented game engine.* Panda3D :relatively easy to use python-driven game engine made by Carnegie Mellon University. Disney uses it to produce some of their games.* PLIB :game engine :includes 3D, Audio, Music, GUI, Window manager and is portable Linux/Windows/Mac OS X.* ProQuake * RealmForge * Retribution Engine * Sauerbraten :upgraded engine forked from the Cube engine * Simple DirectMediLayer - powerful multimedilibrary.* SFML - Simple and Fast MultimediLibrary used for wide range of applications and games. * Spring RTS game engine* Stratagus :cross-platform real time strategy game engine* Xilon Engine II * Game Maker Lite :Object-oriented game development software with scripting language as well as drag-and-drop interface* Adventure Game Studio : to develop third-person pre-rendered adventure games, this engine is one of the most popular for developing amateur adventure games.
* Daybreak motor :Flexible, object-oriented graphics rendering engine for .NET and XN(XN3D Game Engine) Currently in development.* DX Studio :Real-time professional 3D engine and editing suite produced by Worldweaver Ltd* dim3 :Freeware 3D javascript engine for the Mac (although finished games are cross platform).* Game Blender :sub-application of Blender for creating games* Flatredball :2.5D XNand MDX game engine.* Build engine : to power Duke Nukem 3D* PhyreEngine engine from Sony Computer Entertainment.* Wintermute Engine :runtime and development tools for creating 2D and 2.5D point'n'click adventure games.* Jogre Javbased multiplayer gaming engine.* M.U.G.E.N :2D fighting game engine* World Builder :pre-Mac OS X game engine.

Commercial engines

* Blade3D targeting Indies for XNbased games.* id Tech 4 :(Also known as Doom 3 engine) Used by the games Doom 3, Quake 4, Prey and Quake Wars.
* id Tech 5 * DX Studio :Engine and editing suite that allows rapid creation of real-time games and simulations * Elflight Engine :High-performance cross-platform 3D streaming game engine designed from the ground up for use over the Web. Games cplay in web browser window, in separate window or full-screen. Javand OpenGL based.* Crystal Tools :Square Enix's proprietary 7th seventh generation game engine.* Freescape used in Driller and 3D Construction Kit * Frostbite Engine : for the next-gen title Battlefield: Bad Company
* DuniEngine : specially for FarCry2 * Earth-4 Engine : used in Earth 2160 * Electron engine :by ObsidiEntertainment for their game Neverwinter Nights 2, based on the Aurorengine
* Dagor Engine 3 :high-tech cross-platform game engine (3D, physics, game logic) with rich toolset for content development * AurorEngine :For Role-playing games* BRender :real-time 3D graphics engine for computer games, simulators and graphic tools * C4 Engine :next-generation computer game engine by Eric Lengyel * AbyssalEngine professional commercial grade rendering engine and toolset * Alamo - the engine used in Star Wars: Empire at War by Petroglyph Games* Coldstone game engine :(game creation suite) to create role-playing or adventure-style games for Macintosh/Windows * CryEngine: used for the first-person shooter computer game Far Cry. CryEngine 2 is next generation engine by Crytek to create the FPS game Crysis.
* EnigmEngine :tactics game engine used in Blitzkrieg.* Euphori: Biomechanical Ragdoll engine by NaturalMotion* Explorations :2D MMO creator* Jade engine : by Ubisoft, originally for Beyond Good & Evil* Jedi for Star Wars: Dark Forces and Outlaws* FPS Creator : you can create your own First Person Shooter without any knowledge of scripts.* Gamebryo * Gamestudio (A7) :The engine behind the Gamestudio Authoring system * Glacier2 :by IO Interactive used for the Hitmseries of games. * GrimE - Used in LucasArts graphical adventure games starting with Grim Fandango* Havok :Hightech cross-platform (PC, PS3, Xbox 360 etc) middleware engine* HeroEngine : by Simutronics for building MMOs in live collaborative environment
* IMUSE :Specifically designed to synchronize music with visual action* INSANE * Medus:C++ 3D game engine developed by Palestar and used in the DarkSpace MMO.
* Monumental Technology Suite :MMOG platform, including server and client technology and development / live management tools. * Infinity Engine :Allows the creation of isometric computer role-playing games * MultimediFusion 2 * Multiverse Network :MMOG platform, including server, client, and tools. * Unreal Engine :popular game engines for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 * Virtools : combined with unique high-level development framework, used for game prototyping and rapid developments. * Onyx Engine :by Ubisoft* Quest3D Used in for instanceAudioSurf.* KanevGame Platform : MMOG engine. * Kinetic : by Sony for PlayStation 2.* Leadwerks Engine : Leadwerks Engine is high-performance 3D engine for rendering, sound, and physics in real-time games and simulations.* Lithtech :competing alternative to the id Tech and Unreal engines.* Lithtech Jupiter Ex : by Monolith Productions to create the game F.E.A.R.* Offset Engine : to create fantasy FPS Project Offset * Odyssey Engine : used in Knights of the Old Republic* RAGE : by Rockstar Implemented in Grand Theft Auto 4. * Realm Crafter Standard Edition :3D MMORPG specific game engine with easy click-and-drop design.* Realm Crafter Pro Edition :3D MMORPG * RPG Maker XP :2D engine to make top-down and isometric-style role-playing games.* SAGE engine :Used to create real-time strategy games * SCUMM* Source engine : by Valve Software for Half-Life 2 * Serious Engine : by Croteam used in the epic Serious Sam: The First Encounter and The Second Encounter * Shark 3D :middleware from Spinor for computer, video games and realtime 3D applications
* ShiV- with authoring tool to produce 3d real time applications for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and iPhone. * Silent Storm engine :turn-based tactics/tactical RPG game engine, used in Silent Storm.* Sith* X-Ray Engine - advanced AI abilities developed by GSC Game World for their Oblivion Lost project renamed to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl * Unigine :Cross-platform middleware engine* RelentENGINE :next-generation FPS engine supporting massive destroyable city environments and realistic vehicle control, makes extensive use of shader model 3.* RenderWare :very popular 3D API and graphics rendering engine * Vengeance engine :video game engine based on the Unreal Engine 2/2.5 * Vicious Engine :Available for Microsoft Windows, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, and Sony PlayStation Portable * Unity :easy-to-use open-ended 3D game/interactive software engine for web, Windows, Mac OS X, the iPhone, and Nintendo Wii * Revolution3D : by X-Dream Project * Torque Game Engine :modified version of 3D computer game engine originally developed by Dynamix for the 2001 FPS Tribes 2 * Torque Game Engine Advanced :next-generation 3D game engine support modern GPU hardware and shaders. * TOSHI :fourth generation cross platform game engine designed by Blue Tongue Entertainment * Truevision3d :3D game engine using the DirectX API * Visual3D.NET Game Engine - All-in-One 3D game engine and toolset, fully written in C#/.NET for Windows and Xbox360. * WGAF :The game engine developed by Guild Software which powers their MMORPG VendettOnline * XnGine : by BethesdSoftworks

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