Software and Tools

XSEO Limited XSEO Limited- Provides optimising services with keyword relevancy. Based in Stafford, United Kingdom. Tek Tips: Corel: DRAW Forum Tek Tips: Corel: DRAW Forum- Corel Draw technical support forums and mutual help system for computer professionals. BlenderCourse BlenderCourse- free PDF e-book with over 120 pages of lessons and exercises on modelling, lighting, animation and rendering. Blender People Blender People- Python scripts to generate large scale crowd dynamics. Little French's Blender Tutorials Little French's Blender Tutorials- Tutorials on modelling, lighting and python scripting. BlenderNation BlenderNation- News, art and tutorials. Blender Artists Blender Artists- A forum for users of the open source 3D software Blender. Blender Cookie Blender Cookie- Tutorials on the open source 3d software Blender including modelling, lighting, texturing, game development and Python scripting. All levels catered for from begin… Blender Guru Blender Guru- Tutorial site covering the use of the open source 3d software Blender catering for all levels from beginner to advanced. Tutorials for Blender 3D Tutorials for Blender 3D- Tutorials and documentation for Blender 3D graphics software and game engine. Download game textures and models. Blender Open Material Repository Blender Open Material Repository- A community of Blender-Users who provide their materials or shaders for free download under public domain. Blender Mama Blender Mama- Provides tips, guides, tutorials and inspiration for architects who use Blender for architectural rendering. Nystic Nystic- A forum aimed at programming and Blender 3D. Blender - Animation For The Appliance Challenged Blender - Animation For The Appliance Challenged- beginner's tutorials, gallery and links to plugins and tools. Five o Clock Five o Clock- Download several plugins for generating textures or doing postprocessing. Blender Foundation Blender Foundation- Home of the open source 3D graphics and animation software. Official Blender downloads, galleries, conferences, tutorials, and links. Realtime Raytracing Maillist Realtime Raytracing Maillist- Discuss programming techniques, algorithms and productions related to realtime raytracing, both software or hardware based. Ray tracing in Wikipedia Ray tracing in Wikipedia- An overview non technical article on ray tracing also covering some history of the subject. Tachyon Parallel / Multiprocessor Ray Tracing System Tachyon Parallel / Multiprocessor Ray Tracing System- A ray tracer distributed as C source, supporting almost every Unix version, Windows NT and Mac OSX. GRT Raytracer GRT Raytracer- Raytracing system written in Common Lisp. It trys to become good classical raytracer: reasonably efficient, with a good selection of primitives, advanced texturing … Chuck's Ray Tracing Software Chuck's Ray Tracing Software- Personal page with links to programs for modeling, Ray tracing, converting, and animating. Plus models for various ray tracers. Windows, MacOS and Un… The Rearview Rendering Engine The Rearview Rendering Engine- A game engine aiming towards three dimensional computer graphics which fits both human perception and the shape of the real world better than common… Ray Tracing Introduction from SIGGRAPH Ray Tracing Introduction from SIGGRAPH- A basic introduction to building a ray tracer, with some pointers to more advanced subjects at the end. Bagisas Bagisas- A GUI the YAFRAY raytracer written in Python. Downloads, screenshots, and FAQ. Available for Linux and Windows. Flamingo Flamingo- Plug-in for Rhino, uses both raytracing and radiosity to create single-frame images and animations. Product description, gallery, training, evaluation download, and purc… Realistic Image Synthesis Engine Realistic Image Synthesis Engine- R.I.S.E. is an open source global illumination renderer for producing physically and biologically based photo realistic images. Product specifica… vlib vlib- An open source volume modeling and rendering library for unix. The interface facilitates the majority of significant developments in the field to date. CoolRay CoolRay- Open Source Raytracer with a scene description language that provides constructs for programming like loops and functions. Its written in C++ and runs on Windows and Linu… FuzzyPhoton - The Raytracing Repository FuzzyPhoton - The Raytracing Repository- Information about raytracing in general, with a how-to section and an A-Z reference. Technical articles and a gallery of images renderd wi… RayTraccio RayTraccio- A Java ray-tracer running as a applet that wants to be simple and clean but nonetheless has some advanced features.