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Free to use 3d apps
Sep 15
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Blender
A free and open source 3D
modeling and animation application which can be used for
modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, water simulations, skinning, animating, rendering, particle and other simulations, non-linear editing, compositing, and creating interactive 3D applications.
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K-3D
K-3D is free-as-in-freedom 3D
modeling and animation
software. It features a plugin-oriented procedural engine for all of its content, making K-3D a very versatile and powerful package.
K-3D excels at polygonal
modeling, and includes basic tools for NURBS, patches, curves and animation.
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Art of Illusion
Art of Illusion is a free,
open source 3D modelling and
rendering studio. Some of the highlights include subdivision surface based modelling tools, skeleton based animation, and a graphical language for designing procedural textures and materials.
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SOFTIMAGE|XSI Mod Tool
A free 3D
modeling and animation software for aspiring game developers and modders. The Mod Tool is a free version of XSI for non commercial game creation. It is made for everyone needing a powerful 3D application to make and mod games. The Mod Tool plugs into all the major game engines and development frameworks for next-generation games, casual games, mods for existing titles and even Flash-based 3D games.
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Zmodeler
ZModeler (or Zanoza Modeler) is a 3D
modeling application developed by Oleg Melashenko. It is aimed at modelers who model for computer games. ZModeler is capable of complex
modeling, even though it does not support important
modeling functions such as extruding, or beveling.
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TopMod3d
TopMod3d is a free,
open source, portable, platform independent topological mesh modeling system that allows users to
create high genus 2-manifold meshes. It can also
create solid models that can be prototyped using various rapid prototyping technology.
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Google SketchUp 6

Google SketchUp is
software that you can use to
create, share and present 3D models. Whether you want to design a new deck for your house, build models for Google Earth, or teach geometry to your fifth-graders, you can use SketchUp to see your ideas in 3D. And when you’re done, you can export an image, make a movie or print out a view of what you made. -
AutoQ3D Community – 3D Editor
AutoQ3D Community is an easy, light and fast 3D model editor tool that uses the full power of your PC´s graphics hardware, allowing you to rapidly prototype your 3D designs. Its interface is intuitive and easy to use and provided at no charge. It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License so it will be free to use, modify and distribute within any educational, professional or commercial purposes.

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Anim8or
Anim8or is a 3D
modeling and character animation program which allows users to create and modify 3D models with built-in primitives such as spheres, cylinders, platonic solids, etc.; mesh-edit and subdivision; splines, extrusion, lathing, modifiers, bevel and warps,
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Seamless3d
Seamless3d is free
open source 3d modelling
software which designed for the artist who is realistic about the time it takes to learn any tool that’s going to offer creative freedom.
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BRL-CAD
BRL-CAD is a powerful cross-platform constructive solid geometry solid
modeling system that includes an interactive geometry editor, ray-tracing for
rendering & geometric analyses, network distributed framebuffer support, image & signal-processing tools.
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3DPlus
With 3DPlus you can
create outstanding 3D designs in just a few minutes – with no need for any complicated VRML or other programming. 3DPlus is the amazing 3D
design
software that enables you to
create stunning 3D graphics for your home, school or business – no experience required!
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3D Canvas
3D Canvas is a real-time 3D
modeling and animation tool that incorporates an intuitive drag-and-drop approach to 3D
modeling. Complex models can be constructed from simple 3D primitives, or created using 3D Canvas’ Object Building Tools.
Modeling tools are provided to deform, sculpt, and paint 3D objects.
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eDrawings
eDrawings is a freeware utility which will give the user the power to view,
create and share 3D models and 2D drawings. eDrawings offers unique capabilities like point-and-click animations that make it easy for anyone with a PC to interpret and understand 2D and 3D
design data.
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Blink 3D
Blink 3D is an authoring tool for
creating 3D environments. The 3D environments are immersive, just like today’s modern games and can be viewed using the a Blink 3D Viewer on the Web or locally.
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Minos
MINOS extends the capabilities of your existing 2D-or 3D-wireframe-based systems, so you can take advantage of all the benefits solid
modeling offers right away. MINOS makes it easy to
design 3D parts and assemblies. The
design methodology is based on defining simple geometric elements including lines, curves, and circles, and then linking them together to form contours.
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freeCAD
freeCAD is a basic 3D CAD with advanced Motion Simulation capabilities. It is suitable for anyone interested in learning 3D CAD and Motion Simulation for free before using more sophisticated packages. Its motion simulation capabilities are comparable to the best and can provide accurate answers to engineers and scientists in diverse fields.

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Bishop3D
Bishop3D is an interactive modeler and animation tool for the popular freeware raytracer POV-Ray™, a world-class renderer for
creating three-dimensional photo-realistic images. Bishop3D allows you to model the scenes interactively and it will automatically generate the correspondent POV-Ray SDL script. It offers native keyframe animation support, POV-Ray SDL import and a powerful texture editor.
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K3DSurf
K3DSurf is a program to visualize and manipulate Mathematical models in three, four, five and six dimensions. K3DSurf supports Parametric equations and Isosurfaces. K3DSurf can be used by every one interested in 3D Mathematical drawing functions and don’t require any special competences by users.

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DesignWorkshop Lite
DesignWorkshop is a three-dimensional
modeling program for architectural
design and related endeavors. Its unique interface makes it more profoundly “Mac-like” than any prior
modeling
software. This interface allows it to support actual
design in three dimensions, as opposed to just recording
design ideas already worked out with other media.
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GDesign 2.0
GDesign 2.0 is a 2D/3D free generative art application for Windows. With GDesign you can interactively build, test, and edit complex models. You can
create, edit, build and preview huge 2D and 3D objects with extended LSystems and Cellular Automata tools.
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Sweet Home 3D
Sweet Home 3D is a free interior
design application that helps you place your furniture
on a house 2D plan, with a 3D preview. Sweet Home 3D helps people to
design their interior quickly. The user may: draw the walls of his rooms upon the image of an existing plan, change the color or the texture of the walls, import additional 3D models created by himself or downloaded from different Web sites, change the size, view the changes in the plan simultaneously in the 3D view, either from an aerial view point, or from a virtual visitor view point, print the home plan and the 3D view.
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trueSpace
trueSpace7.6 is a fully-featured 3D authoring package that will let you model, texture, light, animate and render 3D content. As well as traditional images and movies, you can also make 3D content for online shared spaces, and for Virtual Earth.

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Alibre Design Xpress
Alibre
Design Xpress is a rich and capable 3D solid modeler for
creating mechanical parts, assemblies and 2D drawings – and is free. Alibre
Design Xpress equips the person needing basic 3D
design capabilities. Alibre
Design Xpress has a rich set of integrated tutorials that you can use to learn the product quickly.
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3DVIA Shape
3DVia Shape is a free online 3D
modeling application that eases you to
create, publish and share ideas in 3D. There are 3DVIA archive of prototypes and
modeling
software you can choose to
create three-dimensional. Each model can be viewed at any angle, spun around and zoomed-in on.



Cartoon yourself
Sep 14
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Portrait Illustration Maker
Portrait Illustration Maker is a service which provides character icons completely free of charge! They are available for your blog site or SNS. If you’d like to save the completed avatar, right-click on the icon. And then select “Save Picture As… ” from the menu.
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WeeWorld
Create an
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Meez
Social entertainment website that allows users to create their own animated avatars, or “3D I.D.” graphics, for the Web, to play casual games with their avatars, and to use them in customizable Rooms on social networks like Facebook.
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Simpsonize Me
Turn yourself into a simpson character.
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Yahoo! Avatars
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BeFunky
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Buscar Messenger
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Cartoon Me
Cartoonize yourself as simple as uploading
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Joystiq Mii characters
Think of it as creating Mii
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MyPlay
By far, one of the most sophisticated
cartoon character creating free service. However this Taiwanese site is only for those who are able to interpret chinese words. -
South Park Studio
For south park fans, now you can become one of them.
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Moonjee
Virtual makeover and Make a face.
PhotoFunia
One of the hottest site with tons of creative backgrounds to play around with. Now comes in 9 different languages.
Fun Photo Box
If you don’t get what you want from PhotoFunia, you reallly need to check out this site.
Picartia
Create a photo mosaic of your choice for free online.
Hairmixer
Choose a photo for the left and right side and start mixing their hairs up.
Photo505
We’d say, with Photo505, Photofunia and Fun Photo Box, you’ll be buzy for days.
Yearbook Yourself
Turn your face photo into yearbook alike black & white old school photo. The service is paused and will be back this Summer.
Loonapic
Make funny photos by embedding your face from the photo to the various templates.
Magmypic
Create different fake magazine covers from your photos.
Your own Wired Cover
Powered by Xerox, this service allows you to create your own Wired magazine cover. Customized everything from titles, colors to photos.
Hollywood Hair Makeover
Love those celebrities’ hair? Wear them instantly and see how you look.
More Ways To Have Fun
Write On It
Easily create your fake pictures, captions and fake magazines and other funny jokes for you and your friends.
Dumpr
Create multiple interesting effects from your normal photos.
Anymaking
Allows you to upload any photo and create “old photo”, “wanted” and “puzzle” effects out of it.
Montagraph
PiZap
My Heritage
Making use of their face recognition technology, this site offers several fun effects you can play with your photos. Included are Celebrity Morph, Look-alike Meter, Celebrity Collage and Tag Photos.
Letter James
Letter James has nothing to do with photo effects, but instead you allows you to blend texts and words of your choice into their existing templates.
Imagechef
Lots of ways for you to customize your photos and express them wherever you want.
Funny Photos
Similar to Fun Photo Box and Photofunia, just different effects.
Frontpage
Make yourself frontpage in 136 different magazine covers.
Fake Magazine Cover
Personalized money
Get your head into that dollar bill.
Faceinhole
Create HDR
One of the simplest way to create HDR photos online.
Blingee
Add Glitter, Graphics, and Comments to personalize your images, then share with your friends!
Moron Face
Moronize yourself and upload your photo.





































