awesome-cg-vfx-pipeline
github.com/cgwire/awesome-cg-vfx-pipeline ↗List of open-source technologies that help in the process of building a pipeline for CG and VFX productions
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Communities
File formats
- ACES
Color management.
- Alembic
Animations.
- AL_USDMayaUSD
Represent Maya data in Maya and USD data in USD.
- Assimp
A portable Open-Source library to import various well-known 3D model formats in a uniform manner.
- Cryptomatte
Accurate object ID mattes.
- Field3D
An open-source library for storing voxel data.
Digital Content Creation Software (DCCs)
- A-Frame3D realtime engines
An easy web framework for building 3D/AR/VR experiences.
- AliceVisionPhotogrammetry
Photogrammetric Computer Vision Framework.
- Allusion2D
no open source software - or
- Animation Nodes3D
A node-based visual scripting system designed for motion graphics in Blender.
- AppleSeedRendering Engines
Physically-based global illumination rendering engine.
- AppsmithLow-code platforms
To build dashboards quickly.
Libraries
- aframe-vartiste-toolkitUI
WebXR/VR UI components toolkit (that the VR drawing app
- autoremesherGeometry
Automatic quad remeshing tool.
- BlenderGISGeometry
Geo data importer.
- BRDF ExplorerShaders
The Disney BRDF Explorer is an application that allows the development and analysis of bidirectional reflectance distribution functions.
- CGALGeometry
A software project that provides easy access to efficient and reliable geometric algorithms in the form of a C++ library.
- CGCmakeCG Software API
CMake modules for CG apps.
Plugins
- AFX
Everyday compositing for Nuke
- Cmt
Various Maya tools
- FTrack Hooks
Package managers
- AllzparkEnvironment Manager
- bleeding-rez
a very active Rez fork with improved isolation, Windows support, and Python 2+3 support.
- conda
- Ecosystem
- mamba
a faster drop-in replacement for "conda".
Docker images
- Animal Logic's USD Docker
A set of docker build scripts that will download all the Open Source packages required to build Pixar's Universal Scene Description, as well as USD itself
- Deadline
Docker images for Thinkbox Software Deadline
- Foundry RLM
- Jean-Paul StartMisc
Small (with Ansible-like syntax) launcher with GUI
- Kitsu/Zou
- Maya
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