3d-resources

A collection of resources for 3D.
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Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing
- Houdini: Plugins & Tools
 - ZENO - based 3D system that can produce cinematic physics effects at high efficiency.
 - cb-houdini-tools (conlen-b)
 - Houdini-scripts (JoseZalez)
- Houdini: Rigging & Animation (KineFX)
 - Secondary Motion in H19
 - Space Girl Rigging
- Houdini: VEX & Coding
 - 1 Minute VEX - sized VEX lessons.
 - HouPy Wiki
 - OpenCL in Houdini
 - Python Snippets for Houdini
 - Python Startup Scripts
 - VEX Manager - pill lic-paid">Paid. VEX snippet/code manager HDA by Shir Manor. See also: <a href="#houdini-plugins--tools">Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Houdini: Plugins & Tools</a>
 - VEX Wrangle Cheat Sheet
 - VFXBrain VEX
 - Houdini OpenCL (MysteryPancake)
 - Learning VEX via Bees and Bombs
 - Mantra LPE Cookbook (alexwheezy)
 - vex_tutorial (jtomori)
- Material Creation Tools
 - Agama Materials - made textures. See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Paid | | |
 - ArmorPaint - source texture painting. See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Open Source | Open Source · Painter-alt | OSS texture painting |
 - AwesomeBump - also">See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Open Source | | |
 - Filter Forge - based filter editor with library of thousands of textures and photo effects; standalone or Photoshop/Affinity plugin. See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Paid | Procedural · PS Plugin | Procedural textures and photo filters |
 - Live Normal - able texture and generates texture maps ready for a PBR engine of your choice. See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Freemium | | |
 - Mari - resolution 3D texture painting app, film-VFX standard for hero assets. See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | Indie perpetual $149; Individual $299/yr; Studio $1,289/yr | Paid | Industry Standard · Hero Texturing | Film-VFX texture painting at hero resolution |
 - Material Maker - source procedural texture generator (Substance Designer alternative). See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Open Source | Open Source · SD Alternative | Procedural PBR materials, free |
 - Materialize - also">See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Free | Free · Map Generation | Generating normal/height/AO maps |
 - Quixel Mixer - also">See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Free | | |
 - Substance Designer - based procedural texturing. See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Paid | Procedural · Industry Standard | Procedural PBR materials |
 - Texelpaint3D - pixel-per-triangle workflow. See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Free | No-UV · Early Access | UV-free 3D painting |
 - TextureLab - also">See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Free | | |
 - xNormal - poly to low-poly baking (normals, AO, cavity). See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Free | Baking · Free | Texture baking |
 - Agisoft De-Lighter - alone tool designed to remove shadows from model textures. [!download](https://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/)
 - Architextures - Create - pill lic-freemium">Freemium. Web app allows you to create textures, bump maps and CAD hatches. Select any of the parameters to get started.
 - Imogen
 - ShaderExpo
 - SmartNormal 2.0
 - TexGraph
 - AutoCAD - standard 2D/3D CAD. | $210/mo | Paid | Industry Standard · 2D/3D Drafting | Architecture, engineering, drafting |
 - Autodesk Inventor
 - Bitbybit
 - BricsCAD - compatible DWG CAD; offers both perpetual and subscription licensing. | Lite from €314; Pro $1,752 perpetual; Ultimate from €1,176/yr | Paid | DWG-Compatible · Cross-Platform | DWG-compatible CAD on Mac/Linux |
 - CATIA
 - FreeCAD - source parametric CAD. | | Open Source | Parametric · Open Source | Parametric CAD, engineering |
 - Fusion 360 Personal
 - LibreCAD - source 2D CAD. | | Open Source | 2D CAD · Drafting | 2D drafting |
 - Onshape Free - based CAD with free hobbyist tier (public projects). | | Freemium | Cloud CAD · Collaborative | Collaborative CAD, hobbyists |
 - OpenSCAD - based CAD for parametric design. | | Open Source | Script-Based · Parametric | Script-based CAD |
 - PTC Creo - based; perpetual ~$2,200–$16,000; subs $200–$1,500/mo | Paid | Parametric CAD · Industry Standard | High-end mechanical engineering |
 - Rhino - focused 3D modeling for architecture and product design. | $995 perpetual | Paid | NURBS · Grasshopper | NURBS modeling, architecture |
 - Shapr3D - first parametric/direct CAD on iPad, Vision Pro, Mac, and Windows. | Pro $299/yr | Paid | Touch-first · Cross-Platform | Tablet-first concept and product CAD |
 - Siemens NX - end product engineering CAD/CAM/CAE; NX X is the cloud SaaS variant. | Quote-based (perpetual, subscription, or token) | Paid | PLM · Industry Standard | Enterprise PLM and engineering |
 - SolidWorks
 - Solvespace
 - 3DF Zephyr
 - 3DF Zephyr Free
 - Agisoft Metashape
 - CloudCompare - source and designed for visualizing and editing LiDAR and photogrammetry data. Good for alignment, meshing, cleanup, segmentation, a | Open Source | Open Source · Point Cloud | Point cloud and mesh processing |
 - COLMAP - purpose Structure-from-Motion (SfM) and Multi-View Stereo (MVS) pipeline with a graphical and command-line interface. | Open Source | Photogrammetry · Open Source | Photogrammetry SfM/MVS reconstruction |
 - KIRI Engine - platform mobile photogrammetry. | Freemium | Cross-platform · Mobile | Cross-platform mobile photogrammetry |
 - Learning Object-Compositional Neural Radiance Field for Editable Scene Rendering - nerf.txt)  | | nerf · scene-editing | |
 - Meshroom (AliceVision) - source photogrammetry. Node-based, GPU-accelerated. | Open Source | Open Source · Node-based | Open-source photogrammetry |
 - Open Scan Tools - source tools for photogrammetry, depth-sensing, and 3D reconstruction workflows. Nice rendering options for xray style. | Open Source | Open Source · Toolkit | Open-source scan toolkit |
 - PCL (Point Cloud Library) - scale open project for 2D/3D image and point cloud processing. | Open Source | Point Clouds · Open Source | Point cloud processing |
 - Polycam
 - Postshot
 - Quixel Megascans
 - SINE: Semantic-driven Image-based NeRF Editing with Prior-guided Editing Field - editing | |
 - 3D Coat - retopo, manual quad retopo, UV unwrap, bake. | ~$379 perpetual (Educational $99) | Paid | Sculpt + Retopo · PBR Paint | Sculpt + retopo + UV + PBR paint in one app |
 - 3D Coat Print - sculpt build of 3D Coat aimed at 3D-print workflows. | ~$199 perpetual | Paid | Voxel Sculpt · 3D Print | 3D-print sculpting |
 - 3D Coat Textura - only variant of 3D Coat. PBR paint and bake, no sculpt or retopo modules. | ~$199 perpetual | Paid | PBR Paint Only · Standalone | Standalone PBR texture painting |
 - AutoRemesher - source auto-retopology tool intended to convert source meshes into clean, animation-friendly all-quad geometry. | | Open Source | Free · Auto Retopo | Auto-retopology |
 - Cozy Blanket - to-retopo app. Clay sculpt plus auto-quad retopology for game/film topology, from Naam. | ~$80 perpetual | Paid | iPad Sculpt · Auto Retopo | iPad sculpt + auto-retopo |
 - Headus UVLayout - based. | | Paid | Flatten-based · Classic | Flatten-based UV editor |
 - Instant Meshes - source auto-retopology. | | Open Source | Free · Auto Retopo | Auto-retopology |
 - Topogun
 - UVPackmaster
 - Valence 3D
 - Substance Designer - based procedural texturing. See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Paid | Procedural · Industry Standard | Procedural PBR materials |
 - RizomUV - seam, auto-pack. Standalone or bridge. | | Paid | Industry Standard · Standalone | Fast pro UV unwrapping |
 - Mixos - based 3D texture painting and PBR material authoring with AI auto-texturing and a pre-made material library. See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | Free tier (watermarked beta); Pro $9/mo; Studio $19/mo | Freemium | Browser PBR · AI Texturing | Browser-based PBR texture painting |
 - Substance Designer - based procedural texturing. See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Paid | Procedural · Industry Standard | Procedural PBR materials |
 - Substance Painter - standard 3D texture painting with smart materials. See also: <a href="#material--texture-creation-software">Software Reference → Material & Texture Creation Software</a> | | Paid | Industry Standard · PBR Painter | 3D texture painting |
 - PackCAD
Motion Graphics & Video
- After Effects: Learning & Templates
 - Jitter Templates
 - Top 5 Expressions (graymachine)
- Fusion (DaVinci Resolve): Learning
- Motion Graphics: Inspiration
 - Friction - source motion graphics and 2D vector animation. After Effects-style workflow. See also: <a href="#2d--animation-software">Software Reference → 2D & Animation Software</a> | Open Source | Open Source · AE-alt | Open-source motion graphics |
 - Ads of the World
 - AEJuice - pill lic-freemium">Freemium. Free and premium motion presets, transitions, and effects packs installable directly via a panel inside After Effects.
 - Animation Nodes (GitHub) - based visual scripting system designed for motion graphics in Blender.
 - Animation Nodes (site)
 - Art of Style Frame
 - Art of the Title
 - Behance Motion
 - Commotion - on for motion graphics.
 - Eyecannndy
 - Film Grab
 - Flim AI - pill lic-freemium">Freemium. Film frame search engine.
 - Houdini 2 AE
 - John Berube
 - Mobox Graphics - depth After Effects tutorials, especially in the field of motion design.
 - Motionographer
 - Opening Titles (Vimeo)
 - PlayPhrase.me - pill lic-freemium">Freemium. Phrase-based film clip search.
 - RailCut - pill lic-paid">Paid. Multi-track clip editing directly in After Effects with NLE-style tools like ripple edit, rolling edit, slip, and slide.
 - React UMG
 - Reddit - r/AfterEffects
 - Rubberhose 2 - pill lic-paid">Paid. Shape-layer-based IK limb rigging system for fast character animation with one-click rig creation.
 - ShotDeck - pill lic-paid">Paid. Film shot reference database.
 - Stash Magazine - pill lic-freemium">Freemium. Motion design and animation showcase.
 - Trapcode Suite - pill lic-paid">Paid. A set of 3D motion graphics and visual effects plugins for After Effects.
 - After Effects Facebook Group
 - FrameRate
 - nexrender - driven render automation for After Effects.
- Motion Graphics: Tools & Utilities
 - Caddis - pill lic-paid">Paid. Motion design app with layer timeline and node compositing.
 - Element 3D - pill lic-paid">Paid. A 3D plugin for After Effects that allows you to import and animate 3D models.
 - Jitter - pill lic-freemium">Freemium. Browser-based collaborative motion design tool.
 - Lottielab - pill lic-freemium">Freemium. Editor for Lottie animations targeting apps and websites.
 - Nukepedia Lens Engine
 - Nw Wrld
 - PixelCrash - pill lic-paid">Paid. Creative motion and visual tools.
 - Plate - pill lic-paid">Paid. WebGPU motion design tool running in the browser, with macOS and Windows builds.
 - Easing Functions
 - Periodic Table of Motion
- Motion Graphics: YouTube Channels
 - Ben Marriott
- Video Editing: Courses
 - Aseprite
 - Autograph - based motion graphics, compositing, and VFX (After Effects alternative). Free for individuals incl. commercial use. Originally Left Angle, now Maxon. | | Free | USD · Free Commercial | 2D/3D motion design and compositing |
 - Cavalry - Driven | Data-driven motion graphics |
 - Clip Studio Paint - standard illustration and comics with animation timeline. | | Paid | Manga · Frame-by-Frame | Manga, illustration, frame-by-frame animation |
 - Clipnote Studio - by-frame 2D animation |
 - DragonBones - origin workflow, runtimes for multiple engines. | | Open Source | Open Source · 2D Skeletal | 2D skeletal animation (OSS) |
 - GraphicsGale
 - Krita - source digital painting. Brush engine, animation, HDR. | | Open Source | Digital Painting · Animation | Digital painting, concept art, 2D animation |
 - LibreSprite
 - Lightcube
 - Memao Sprite Sheet Creator - made art. Customize and export in seconds for any project. | | Paid | Pixel Art · Sprites | Pixel character sprite sheets |
 - Moho (Smith Micro) - rigged animation. | | Paid | Bone Rigging · Vector Animation | Character animation, motion graphics |
 - OpenToonz - sourced. | | Open Source | Ghibli Pipeline · Traditional 2D | Traditional 2D animation |
 - Pencil2D - drawn | Simple hand-drawn animation |
 - Pickle
 - Pixa.Pics - art tool w/ vectorization. | | Freemium | Browser · Vectorization | Browser pixel art |
 - Pixel Composer (itch.io) - based 2D VFX and compositing for pixel art. | | Paid | Node-based · Pixel VFX | Pixel art effects, game VFX |
 - Pixelator
 - Pixelorama - built | Pixel art for games |
 - PixelOver - perfect transforms. | ~$20 (free demo) | Paid | Artwork→Pixel · Rigging | Artwork → pixel art conversion |
 - Pixen (GitHub)
 - Pixen (site) - sensitive drawing. | | Paid | | |
 - Procreate - native · Storyboarding | Mobile illustration, storyboards |
 - Rebelle 8 Pro - media painting app simulating real watercolor, oil, acrylic, ink with fluid dynamics. | | Paid | Natural Media · Watercolor Sim | Realistic traditional-media digital painting |
 - REXPaint
 - Rive
 - Spine (Esoteric Software)
 - SpriteMancer
 - Spriter Pro
 - Synfig Studio - source 2D vector animation. | | Open Source | Vector · Cutout | Cutout/bone animation |
 - Tahoma2D - motion animation (OpenToonz fork w/ modernized UI and features). | | Open Source | OpenToonz Fork · Stop Motion | 2D / stop motion |
 - TexturePacker - engine export. | | Paid | Sprite Sheets · Multi-Engine | Sprite sheet packing |
 - Toon Boom Harmony
 - Toon Boom Storyboard Pro - standard storyboarding software. | | Paid | Storyboarding · Animatics | Pre-production, animatics |
 - Apple Compressor
 - Apple Motion
 - Avid Media Composer - standing film/TV finishing NLE. Standard for collaborative editorial in features and broadcast post. | From $23.99/mo (Ultimate $79.99/mo) | Paid | Industry Standard · Film/TV | Film and TV editorial |
 - Avidemux
 - CapCut Desktop - first | Social/short-form editing |
 - Clipchamp
 - DaVinci Resolve Studio - user collaboration. | $295 perpetual | Paid | Pro Tier · One-time Buy | Full pro post pipeline w/ collaboration |
 - Descript - driven video and podcast editor. Edits by editing the text. | Free / $15/mo Creator / $30/mo Pro | Freemium | Transcript Edit · Podcast | Podcast and talking-head editing |
 - Filmora - friendly editor; watermarked free tier. | ~$80/yr | Freemium | Beginner · Templates | Beginner editing |
 - Final Cut Pro - native NLE with magnetic timeline. | | Paid | Mac-only · Magnetic Timeline | Mac-based editing |
 - GoZen - source video editor built with Godot (alpha). | | Open Source | Godot-built · Alpha | Lightweight editing, Godot integration |
 - HitFilm - owned editor + VFX combo. Free tier plus Pro paid version. | Free / $7.99/mo Pro | Freemium | Editor + VFX · Free Tier | Editor + VFX in one app |
 - Kdenlive - source NLE. | | Open Source | Open Source · Cross-Platform | Linux/cross-platform editing |
 - Lightworks
 - OBS
 - OpenShot - winning free and open-source video editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows. | | Open Source | Open Source · Beginner-Friendly | Cross-platform beginner editing |
 - Premiere Elements - time-purchase consumer Premiere variant. | ~$99 perpetual | Paid | One-time Buy · Consumer | Consumer Adobe editing without subscription |
 - Premiere Pro - standard NLE from Adobe. | | Paid | Industry Standard · Adobe Suite | Broadcast, film editing |
 - Shotcut - source video editor. | | Open Source | Lightweight · Beginner-Friendly | Quick edits, beginners |
 - VEED - subtitles, AI tools, and screen recording. | Free / $12/mo Lite / $24/mo Pro | Freemium | Browser · Auto-Subs | Browser-based quick edits + subtitles |
 - Vegas Movie Studio
 - Vegas Pro - based timeline, HDR, and AI-assisted tools. | From $19.99/mo (perpetual $599) | Paid | Windows Pro NLE · Track-based | Windows-only pro editing |
 - VSDC Free Video Editor - linear editor, free + Pro tier. | | Freemium | Free · Windows | Free Windows editing |
 - Ableton Live
 - Adobe Audition
 - Ardour
 - Audacity - source audio editor and recorder. | | Open Source | Open Source · Recording | Voice recording, SFX editing, podcast |
 - Bfxr - bit · Generator | 8-bit game sound effects |
 - Bitwig Studio - Platform | Modular DAW |
 - Cakewalk by BandLab
 - Cubase
 - Dolby Atmos Renderer
 - FabFilter Pro Suite - Q, Pro-L). | | Paid | Pro Plugins · Mixing | Pro mixing/mastering plugins |
 - Fairlight
 - FL Studio - based DAW with lifetime free updates. | From $99 | Paid | Lifetime Updates · Pattern DAW | Pattern-based production |
 - Flux Spat Revolution - derived object-based spatializer for immersive mixing. | | Paid | IRCAM · Spatial | Object-based spatial mixing |
 - FMOD - standard adaptive audio. Free for indie <$200k. | | Freemium | Industry Standard · Indie-Free | Adaptive game audio |
 - FotoSketcher
 - GameSynth (Tsugi) - based procedural SFX generator for games. | | Paid | Procedural SFX · Games | Procedural game SFX |
 - iZotope RX - standard audio restoration suite. | From $399 | Paid | Audio Repair · Industry Std | Audio repair/restoration |

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3d-resources

Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing

Houdini: Plugins & Tools

Houdini: Rigging & Animation (KineFX)

Houdini: VEX & Coding

Material Creation Tools

Motion Graphics & Video

After Effects: Learning & Templates

Fusion (DaVinci Resolve): Learning

Motion Graphics: Inspiration

Motion Graphics: Tools & Utilities

Motion Graphics: YouTube Channels

Video Editing: Courses