Digital Art Zone

The old forum used to have a similar thread - really handy stuff.
It would be good to start a new thread here

Here’s an oldie but a goody
P3dO explorer

http://www.senosoft.com/index.php

great for viewing image files but can also help you organise poser runtime and add thumbnails to car files…
so I am told

never one not to flog a dead horse - and oldie buit goodie too
http://www.dualheights.se/caustics

caustics generator to use as gels on your lights

Heck, most of what I have is free - I’ll submit a list of my HD - start with Hexagon, Bryce, DS.  Lol

Roygee - 24 August 2012 01:18 AM

Heck, most of what I have is free - I’ll submit a list of my HD - start with Hexagon, Bryce, DS.  Lol

you posted some good links on that last thread towards the end actually,

following link is for me Nasa models low calorie http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/models.html

Well, maybe someone starting out on a small budget can benefit.  First there are the essentials that every free-bie junkie should have;  Gimp, Sculptris, Poser Debut (is it still free?), Blender,  - these are easily found by Googling.

Then there are a bunch of single-use specialist apps that I occasionally use, keep handy and only install as required - some don’t need installing

Inkscape for vector drawing http://inkscape.org/
Uniconverter for converting Inkscape SVG to AIhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/uniconvertor/
Audacity for sound editing http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Wax for compositing video http://www.debugmode.com/wax/
VirtualDub for compiling sequential stills renders into video http://www.winportal.com/virtualdub?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=ZA-EN_JaviGoogle_VirtualDub
hme height map editor for designing custom terrains http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=f&rct=j&url=http://hme.sourceforge.net/&q=hme+height+map+editor&ei=pGo3UJuxL4qWhQfz8oD4Dg&usg=AFQjCNE5u_M4-m8y6v1gQ7fOrMRZaa3aTw
Picturenaught for making HDR http://www.winportal.com/picturenaut?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=ZA-EN_JaviGoogle_Picturenaut
Mapzone for generating procedural and normal maps http://www.mapzoneeditor.com/
NGPlant for generating custom plants http://ngplant.sourceforge.net/
Meshlab for great decimation and other mesh fixing operations that totally defy my understanding http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/

That should be enough to be getting on with

Cheers mate

Hello!

In the free to use tools set people should also add giants:

Editshare Lightworks ( www.lwks.com)

And most widely used color grading software

DaVinci Resolve Lite (www.blackmagicdesign.com)

Those are extremely powerful tools used in pro league and now is accessible to everyone in Lite versions while Lightworks pro version is a true bargain.

Folder Size .....easy to use, great visuals, very helpful.

megacal - 24 August 2012 07:53 PM

Folder Size .....easy to use, great visuals, very helpful.

I loved FolderSize, pity it doesn’t work in Win7.

pity it doesn’t work in Win7.

Don’t believe it…...works fine. Took about 15min to go through 530gb. 

Screenshot

megacal - 24 August 2012 09:43 PM

pity it doesn’t work in Win7.

Don’t believe it…...works fine. Took about 15min to go through 530gb. 

Screenshot

 

Ah, different FolderSize.  The one I meant integrates with Explorer and lets you replace the Size column with Folder Size.

Ah-ha.

No, didn’t know about that one.

hey everyone

thanks for all the goodstuff

you know - most of the stuff I buy I never use - most of the free stuff I get I use a lot - go figure eh?
I’m really looking forward to sorting through this stuff

Roygee - you posted a link sometime ago for software that let you embed a road displacement on a terrain mesh - you recall what it was by chance - was k ind of handy

EDIt: Jetbird that Lightworks looks a charm http://www.lwks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=182

And don’t forget about good old http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ !

Free licensed software daily.  Got some real gems there.

Gotta check every day!  It’s mostly useless garbage - but they do graphics software periodically.  Worth the time to look daily.

Topmod.........may not make life easier, but sure is interesting!

On my “to do” list.

Do you count the free version of UVMapper   http://www.uvmapper.com/

and

UV Viewer http://d3d.sesseler.de/index.php?software=other&product=uv_viewer

As software ?

Ah yes, how could I forget that one

http://www.shapemagic.com/roadmaker/