3D Modelling Software
Commercial 3D Modelling Software
Autodesk 3DS MAX
- Buy 3DS MAX - Rental only licences now offered: £228/month, £1,818/year, £3,456/2 Year
- 30 day trial version of 3DS MAX available.
Autodesk Maya
- Buy Maya - Rental only licences now offered: £204/month, £1,644/year, £3,126/2 Year
- 30 day trial version of Maya available.
Autodesk Maya LT
- Buy Maya LT - Rental only licences now offered: £30/month, £258/year, £492/2 Year
- 30 day trial version of Maya LT available.
Free 3D Modelling Software
Blender
Download Blender: http://www.blender.org/download/
Image Editors
Commercial Image Editors
- Adobe Photoshop - Annual plan for US $9.99 per month
- Autodesk® SketchBook® Pro - 79,95 €
- ArtRage
- CorelDRAW Graphics Suite - £529
- Corel Painter - £314
- Corel PaintShop Pro - £53.99
- PaintTool SAI
- Xara Designer
Free Image Editors
- Paint.NET
- ArtWeaver
- GIMP
- Splashup Light
- PaintTool SAI
- Krita – Open source paint tool similar to Corel Painter.
Vector Graphics Editors
- Adobe Illustrator – $19.99/month
- Corel Draw – free trial, then $499
- Inkscape – free
- Serif DrawPlus – $99
- Xara Photo & Graphic Designer - free trial, then $89.99
- Creative Docs.Net – free
Normal Map Generation
Commercial 3D Sculpting Software
3D Modelling
Bitmap to Normal
- Crazybump – Student license $49 USD, Personal license $99 USD, Professional license $299 USD.
- Quixel NDO – Only available on pre-order. Due to be released Q2, 2014.
- Quixel nDO – Legacy version now available for free..!
- ShaderMap - ShaderMap 2 is $39.95. That includes all version 2 updates plus 3 installations per seat license. Additional seats are $19.95.
Free Normal Map generation Tools
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