Other Free 3d Apps

[ascottk]

I'm not sure anyone else brought these up, but I found a few helpful utilities:

 

3D

 

SharpConstruct (Windows/Linux gtk) - open source ZBrush2 (wannabe) equivalent:

http://sharp3d.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page

 

xNormal mapper (windows only, can port to Linux, Solaris, or MacOS) - NVidia Melody, Orb (I couldn't find a download site for this), & other hi to lo poly normal utilities.

http://www.santyesprogramadorynografista.net/projects.aspx

 

Graphics

 

PaintStar (freeware) - Windows GIMP rip-off (it works & looks exactly like the GIMP but the author gives no credit). I don't think it can load gimp plugins though.

http://wang.zhenzhou.googlepages.com/

[OrbWeaver]

PaintStar (freeware) - Windows GIMP rip-off (it works & looks exactly like the GIMP but the author gives no credit). I don't think it can load gimp plugins though.

http://wang.zhenzhou.googlepages.com/

 

GIMP already runs on Windows -- why would you want a freeware rip-off? Does it add some new features that GIMP lacks?

[ascottk]

GIMP already runs on Windows -- why would you want a freeware rip-off? Does it add some new features that GIMP lacks?

 

GIMP for windows uses gtk for the interface & that causes some problems (gimp often freezes on me). I don't use PaintStar. But PaintStar is windows native & I would assume it would work better for graphics tablets. I know tablet support on ported software is buggy or nonexistant. The Orange Project (the big Blender movie project) was done on a mac os x system but the artists couldn't use a tablet with their gimp install so they used Sea Shore, which is a stripped down version of the gimp using os x native libraries.