/ Linux Best HOT Free Software (Pipeline)

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Here is my HOT software list for a full Vfx Studio, ALL for FREE in Linux.

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Sound

• Ardour for Sound, is an alternative to Adobe Audition, Nuendo or similar.

Video

• Shutter Encoder for compress video.

• Natron as a basic Nuke, without 3d env.

• VSDC Free Video Editor kind of After Effects, but still not for Linux.

• KdenLive for Editorial, another is Olive or Lightworks.

• Mr viewer instead RV, or DJV

• DaVinci/Fusion has free basic versions.

• Nuke for Non-Commercial HD work.

Graphic

• Glimp for photo, as an alternative to Photoshop. Also Krita as an alternative to Painter.

• Inkscape as vector drawing, or Adobe Illustrator alternative.

• DarkTable or RawTherapy instead of LightRoom, also Digicam

• Scribus: Alternative to Adobe Indesign

• Gwenview and XnView are great for search images.

2D Animation

• OpenToonz for traditional animation.

• Wick as a simple Flash, also Synfig: Alternative to Adobe Animate/Flash

Text

• Libre Office, alternate text editor + pdf

• Calibre, keep your library in order.

3D

• Of course you know it: Blender

Virtual

• VirtualBox for emulate another OS, including MacOs or Windows.

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/ VFX Good Night Reading (Pipeline) and More

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Here is an amazing link for TD and Pipeline Artists, a compilated archive full of sources about free software and articles.

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If you are interested in development for CG and VFX take a long view.

vfx_good_night_reading

And here, a complete list of Open Source for Pipeline.

Pipeline:

• Prism-pipeline: https://prism-pipeline.com/​

Project Manager:

• Kitsu / CGWire: https://www.cg-wire.com/​

Render Farm:

• Afanasy: https://cgru.info/​
• OpenCue: https://www.opencue.io/​
• Crowdrender: https://www.crowd-render.com/​
• Polargrid: https://polargrid.space/

The VFX Reference Platform is a set of tool and library versions to be used as a common target platform for building software for the VFX industry.

vfxplatform calendar

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