melamkish [ Saturday, 04 March 2006, 02:31 PM ]
Post subject: [List] Free Programs and Utilities
Last update May 01, 2006
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Blender 3D - Open source 3D modeling program. <a class="post-url" href="http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Applications.57.0.html" target="_blank">http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Applications.57.0.html</a>
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Version 2.41 latest release and documentation <a class="post-url" href="http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/Main_Page" target="_blank">http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/Main_Page</a>
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here. Documentation is version 2.4
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GIMP - GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation . <a class="post-url" href="http://www.gimp.org/" target="_blank">http://www.gimp.org/</a>
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Program. photo retouching, image composition,
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image authoring. It works on many operating
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systems, in many languages. Current release is 2.2.11
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Terragen - Photo-realistic scenery generation <a class="post-url" href="http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/" target="_blank">http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/</a>
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and rendering software. Many features.
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Current version is 0.9.43.
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Irfanview - A free fast, compact and <a class="post-url" href="http://www.irfanview.com/" target="_blank">http://www.irfanview.com/</a>
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innovative graphics viewer. Expansion plug-ins
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are also available. Current version is 3.98.
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Poser Porter - Drag and drop to unzip runtime <a class="post-url" href="http://www.3dtrue.com/poser/14.html" target="_blank">http://www.3dtrue.com/poser/14.html</a>
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files into the correct folders. Supports up
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to 3 paths. Can zip up complete runtime also.
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Pose Ray - Pose Ray is a model conversion <a class="post-url" href="http://mysite.verizon.net/sfg0000/" target="_blank">http://mysite.verizon.net/sfg0000/</a>
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program that has many features. Can load <a class="post-url" href="http://mysite.verizon.net/sfg0000/downloads.htm" target="_blank">http://mysite.verizon.net/sfg0000/downloads.htm</a>
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Poser and Daz Studio scenes also. V3.8.18
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Objaction Mover - Allows the transfer of .obj
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files based on other copyright figures.
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RTE Encoder - A program similar to <a class="post-url" href="http://rtencoder.com/" target="_blank">http://rtencoder.com/</a>
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ObjactionMover that you may occasionally need <a class="post-url" href="http://rtencoder.com/downloads" target="_blank">http://rtencoder.com/downloads</a>
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to use free content. Release version 1.01
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Mat Pose Edit - MPE can open any character, <a class="post-url" href="http://koti.mbnet.fi/%7Eilaripih/MPEHome/" target="_blank">http://koti.mbnet.fi/%7Eilaripih/MPEHome/</a>
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prop or hair file and do everything, but MPE
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can edit multiple materials at the same time
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UV Mapper - UV mapping and manipulation <a class="post-url" href="http://www.uvmapper.com/" target="_blank">http://www.uvmapper.com/</a>
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program. Demo version is available.
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Pro version is 3.2a.
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VideoLan - Free video software. If you are <a class="post-url" href="http://www.videolan.org/" target="_blank">http://www.videolan.org/</a>
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looking for a media player other than the one
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that came with Windows, here is one option.
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VLC 0.8.4
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Winscape 2001 - Morphing tools, Posers Little <a class="post-url" href="http://home.online.no/~kjellil/Index-AllStuff.htm" target="_blank">http://home.online.no/~kjellil/Index-AllStuff.htm</a>
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Helper, Body Morpher, Scroll down.
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Real Time Texture Editor - An older program. <a class="post-url" href="http://www.stud.tu-ilmenau.de/~aiin-in/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.stud.tu-ilmenau.de/~aiin-in/index.htm</a>
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Nothing in the news section since mid 2004
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All in a Dither - City generation utilitiy for <a class="post-url" href="http://members.tripod.com/~dcieslak/index.html" target="_blank">http://members.tripod.com/~dcieslak/index.html</a>
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use in POVray 3.o. <a class="post-url" href="http://members.tripod.com/~dcieslak/util.html" target="_blank">http://members.tripod.com/~dcieslak/util.html</a>
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Deep Paint - Deep Paint offers a realistic <a class="post-url" href="http://www.download.com/Deep-Paint/3000-2191_4-10398243.html?tag=lst-0-1" target="_blank">http://www.download.com/Deep-Paint/...tml?tag=lst-0-1</a>
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painting experience for the digital artists
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and graphics professional . Stand alone or as a
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plugin for Photoshop. v2.0
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POV Ray - Persistence of vision ray tracing <a class="post-url" href="http://www.povray.org/download/" target="_blank">http://www.povray.org/download/</a>
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render engine that uses scripts.
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Multi-platform. v3.6
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Moray - Wireframe modeler for POV Ray v3.5. <a class="post-url" href="http://www.stmuc.com/moray/" target="_blank">http://www.stmuc.com/moray/</a>
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Interactive way to build models for POV Ray.
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No scripting involved. v3.5
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Morph Manager - Transfer morphs between <a class="post-url" href="http://www.morphography.uk.vu/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.morphography.uk.vu/index.html</a>
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characters. Version 4 <a class="post-url" href="http://www.morphography.uk.vu/dlutility.html" target="_blank">http://www.morphography.uk.vu/dlutility.html</a>
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Wings 3D - Subdivision modeler for all <a class="post-url" href="http://www.wings3d.com/" target="_blank">http://www.wings3d.com/</a>
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platforms. Latest release is 0.98.34
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Wink 2.0 - Tutorial and presentation <a class="post-url" href="http://www.debugmode.com/wink/" target="_blank">http://www.debugmode.com/wink/</a>
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software. For windows or Linux. <a class="post-url" href="http://www.debugmode.com/wink/download.php" target="_blank">http://www.debugmode.com/wink/download.php</a>
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Seno Software - P3dO Explorer is a software <a class="post-url" href="http://www.senosoft.com/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.senosoft.com/index.php</a>
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for viewing and managing Photography and 3D <a class="post-url" href="http://www.senosoft.com/softp3doDownload.php" target="_blank">http://www.senosoft.com/softp3doDownload.php</a>
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Objects with a simple and intuitive interface.
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Does a whole lot more.
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The Lamp - Poser Download Tracker (soon to <a class="post-url" href="http://home.comcast.net/~bob_coleman/index.html" target="_blank">http://home.comcast.net/~bob_coleman/index.html</a>
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renamed) and PHP Download Manager.
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Aqsis - Renderman compliant render engine <a class="post-url" href="http://www.aqsis.org/xoops/modules/news/" target="_blank">http://www.aqsis.org/xoops/modules/news/</a>
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if you like to experiment. <a class="post-url" href="http://www.aqsis.org/xoops/modules/mydownloads/" target="_blank">http://www.aqsis.org/xoops/modules/mydownloads/</a>
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Ultimate Unwrap 3D is a specialty Windows tool <a class="post-url" href="http://www.sharecg.com/v/5169/software-and-tools/LithUnwrap---Free-UV-Mapper-for-Windows" target="_blank">http://www.sharecg.com/v/5169/softw...per-for-Windows</a>
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for unwrapping 3D models. It includes an easy-to-use <a class="post-url" href="http://www.unwrap3d.com/" target="_blank">Main site with tutorials</a>
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UV coordinate editor, a standard set of UV mapping projections
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such as planar, box, cylindrical, and spherical, as well as advanced
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UV mapping projections such as face mapping, camera mapping,
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and unwrap faces for those difficult to map areas on a model.
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It is ideal for gamers, artists, modellers, and hobbyists,
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and easy enough to use for all levels of computer users.