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Re: Linux alternative windows programima

^{20.09.2006. u 12:05}

Software for 3D/2D Artists, Designers, etc.

Intro:
I've been trying to do my small part in the Linux community by helping out as much as possible. In doing so I created this extensive list of software which are used by studios and freelancers. The list is intended to be for working professionals so I try to avoid listing to many hobby software and instead focus more on the highend.

Film/Broadcast/Game Design:
Highend software that is ported to Linux such as some of the ones mentioned below are typically supported by their developers only for use with Red Hat and Novell distributions though this shouldn't stop you from trying other RPM based distributions (ie: Mandriva Linux, etc). Don't be surprised to find some production studios working in a cross network with Linux, Windows and OSX.

Due to individual copyrights, support issues and time involved the method of converting proprietary software files so as to attempt to work on Debian based distributions (ie: Linspire, Xandros, etc) is typically not considered a viable option. When speaking to studios and artist's it's understandable considering tools such as Alien are still in the experimental stage so software developers will not support them at this time. So if you're serious about entering this field and intend to use highend software then I suggest using RPM based distribution offerings from developers such as Novell or Red Hat. Both developers mentioned have obtained LSB certification ( see http://www.linuxbase.org/ ).

Warning: Highend software such as Maya, XSI, Shake, etc that are ported to Linux is compiled for the x86 architecture only. Meaning you cannot run for example Shake ported to Linux on Yellow Dog Linux for PPC. If you are using Apple's PPC hardware you will need to find applications ported to OSX.

Graphic/Web Design:
Typically for web/graphic designers and illustrators the platform of choice is OSX due to Apple's dominance in that particular market. Though I've heard many good reports from designers that Macromedia software such as Flash MX and Dreamweaver MX do work on Wine. There are also other software ported to Linux for designers so freelancers and design studios can now consider Linux as a viable alternative to cut cost. You are also less restricted than production studios in that you have the choice of using either a RPM based or Debian based distribution.

Conclusion:
Choose the right tool for the job. No matter if it's software or hardware the entire pipeline should compliment the end user and projects. Also, ensure to check individual developer system requirements prior to purchase and/or installation.

NOTE: Forward comments and suggestions by sending a PM (see link at end of post). This method ensures an organized thread and less chance of duplicate posts. Thank you.

Previz:
Storyboard Lite http://www.zebradevelopment.com/

2D Animation:
US Animation http://www.toonboom.com/products/USAnimation/
MOHO http://www.lostmarble.com/moho/
Synfig Studio (OSS) http://www.synfig.com/
KToon (OSS) http://ktoon.toonka.com/

3D Animation:
Maya http://www.alias.com/eng/index_flash.shtml
XSI http://www.softimage.com/home/
Houdini http://www.sidefx.com/
Blender (OSS) http://www.blender3d.com/
Cinema4D (Works on Wine) http://www.maxoncomputer.com/
Lightwave (Works on Wine) http://www.newtek.com/

Lip-sync for animation:
Papagayo (OSS) http://www.lostmarble.com/papagayo/index.shtml

Camera Tracking and Match Moving:
Boujou http://www.2d3.com/
3DEqualizer http://www.3dequalizer.com
Mokey/Monet http://www.imagineersystems.com/
Matchmover Pro http://realviz.com/products/mpro/index.php
MMTrack http://realviz.com/products/mmt/index.php
Maya Live (Included with Maya Unlimited - See Maya link above).

Compositors:
Inferno http://usa.autodesk.com/
Flame http://usa.autodesk.com/
Shake http://www.apple.com/shake/
Flint http://usa.autodesk.com/
Nuke http://www.d2software.com/index.html
Halo http://www.sidefx.com/
Combustion (Works on Wine) http://usa.autodesk.com/

Render Software:
Mental Ray http://www.mentalimages.com/
Renderman https://renderman.pixar.com/
Pixie (OSS) http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~okan/Pixie/pixie.htm
3DElight http://3delight.com/index.htm
Open Render (OSS) http://openrender.sourceforge.net/
Aqsis (OSS) http://www.aqsis.com/
Radiance (OSS) http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/
Gelato Film Renderer http://film.nvidia.com/page/home.html
PovRay (OSS) http://www.povray.org/
Air http://www.sitexgraphics.com/
Yafray (OSS) http://www.yafray.org/
RenderDocC http://www.dotcsw.com/rdc.html
Discreet Burn http://usa.autodesk.com/
Turtle http://www.illuminatelabs.com/
Qube! http://www.pipelinefx.com/
Muster http://www.vvertex.com/
Rush http://seriss.com/rush/
GRender (OSS) http://grender.sourceforge.net/
DrQueue (OSS) http://drqueue.org/
PovMosix (OSS) http://povmosix.sourceforge.net/

Online Render Services:
Render Rocket http://www.renderrocket.com/
ResPower: http://www.respower.com/
RenderNOW http://www.rendernow.com/
EFX http://www.efxone.com/renderfarm1.htm
Rendercore http://www.rendercore.com/
Render-it http://render-it.co.uk/

NLE Software:
Jahshaka (OSS) http://www.jahshaka.org/index.php
Smoke http://usa.autodesk.com/
Piranha Cinema http://www.ifx.com/piranha/
MainActor http://www.mainconcept.com/
Cinelerra (OSS) http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3

Online NLE Services:
Rainmaker http://www.rainmaker.com/
Eyespost http://www.eyespost.com/
Post Producers http://www.ppd.ca/
Imarion http://www.imarion.com/

Audio Editing/Mixing:
Wired (OSS) http://bloodshed.net/wired/
Ardour (OSS) http://ardour.org/
Rosegarden (OSS) http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/
LMMS (OSS) http://lmms.sourceforge.net/
Hydrogen (OSS) http://www.hydrogen-music.org/

Paint/Image Editing:
GIMP (OSS) http://gimp.org/
Cinepaint (OSS) http://www.cinepaint.org/
Pixel http://www.kanzelsberger.com/pixel/
IFX Amazon Paint http://www.ifx.com/amazon/
Photogenics http://www.idruna.com/index.html
Pixologic ZBrush (Works on Wine) http://pixologic.com/index.cgi
BodyPaint 3D (Works on Wine) http://www.maxoncomputer.com/
Panorama Tools (OSS) http://panotools.sourceforge.net/

Film Color Correction/Mastering:
Da Vinci http://www.davsys.com/
Speedgrade http://www.speedgrade.com/
Lustre http://www4.discreet.com/lustre/
Film Master http://www.digitalvision.se/
Data Conform http://www.digitalvision.se/

Video/Audio Conversion:
Konverter (OSS) http://www.kraus.tk/projects/konverter/
AudioKonverter (OSS) http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=12608
AudioMove (OSS) http://www.lcscanada.com/audiomove/index.html

Video Playback:
Framecycler http://www.iridas.com/framecycler/
MPlayer (OSS) http://www.mplayerhq.hu
Xine (OSS) http://xinehq.de/
Helix (OSS) https://player.helixcommunity.org/
RealPlayer http://www.realnetworks.com/
MoviX (OSS) http://movix.sourceforge.net/

Vector Drawing/Illustration:
Inkscape (OSS) http://www.inkscape.org/
Sodipodi (OSS) http://www.sodipodi.com/
Skencil (OSS) http://www.nongnu.org/skencil/index.html
Adobe Illustrator (Works on Wine)

Web Design:
WireFusion http://www.demicron.com/wirefusion/index.html
Macromedia FlashMX (Works on Wine)
Flash For Linux (OSS) http://f4l.sourceforge.net/
Macromedia DreamweaverMX (Works on Wine)
Macromedia StudioMX (Works on Wine)
NVU (OSS) http://nvu.com/index.html
Quanta (OSS) http://quanta.sourceforge.net/
Bluefish (OSS) http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/

CAD:
VariCAD http://www.varicad.com/
Cycas http://www.cycas.de/
gCAD3D (OSS) http://www.cadcam.co.at/freiter/gCAD3D.htm
ARCAD 3D http://www.lx-office.com/LX/products/archi...rcad/index.html

Asset Management:
NXN Alienbrain http://www.alienbrain.com/
File Maker Pro http://www.filemaker.com/
Discreet Backdraft http://www4.discreet.com/backdraft/
Gwenview (OSS) http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/
Showimg (OSS) http://www.jalix.org/projects/showimg/
KPhotoBook (OSS) http://kphotobook.sourceforge.net/
Rushplay http://www.heuris.com/hollywood/AboutRushplay.htm
F-Spot (OSS - Like iPhoto) http://www.gnome.org/projects/f-spot/

Cluster Software:
Maui http://supercluster.org/maui/
Open Mosix (OSS) http://openmosix.sourceforge.net/
OpenPBS http://www.openpbs.org/
Platform LSF http://www.platform.com/products/LSF/
OpenSSI (OSS) http://openssi.org/

Archiving/Backup:
Konserve (OSS) http://konserve.sourceforge.net/
KDar (OSS) http://kdar.sourceforge.net/
Dar (OSS) http://dar.linux.free.fr/
Amanda (OSS) http://www.amanda.org/
KArchiver (OSS) http://perso.wanadoo.fr/coquelle/karchiver/
K3B (OSS) http://www.k3b.org/
X-CD-Roast (OSS) http://www.xcdroast.org/
Drive Image http://www.drive-image.com/
Burt (OSS) http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~jmelski/burt/
Storix http://www.storix.com/
GnomeBaker (OSS) http://gnomebaker.sourceforge.net/v2/
APCupsd (OSS) http://sourceforge.net/projects/apcupsd

Conference/Chat Messengers:
OpenWengo (OSS - video/voice) http://www.openwengo.com/
Kopete (OSS - video) http://kopete.kde.org/
GnomeMeeting (OSS - video/voice) http://www.gnomemeeting.org/
aMSN (OSS - video) http://amsn.sourceforge.net/
GAIM (OSS) http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Skype (OSS - voice) http://www.skype.com/
DigiChat http://digichat.com/
Gizmo http://www.gizmoproject.com/

Office Productivity:
Evolution (OSS - Mail) http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/
KMail (OSS - Mail) http://kmail.kde.org/
Open Office (OSS) http://www.openoffice.org/
Star Office http://wwws.sun.com/
KDE Kontact Groupware Client (OSS) http://kontact.kde.org/
KOffice (OSS) http://koffice.kde.org/
Gnome Office (OSS) http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/
Google Calendar http://www.google.com/calendar

Wine Links:
Wine (OSS) http://www.winehq.com/
Wine Doors (OSS) http://www.wine-doors.org/trac
WineTools (OSS) http://www.von-thadden.de/Joachim/WineTools/
CrossOver Office http://www.codeweavers.com
Cedega (For games) http://www.transgaming.com/

Help Docs:
Wine How To http://www.frankscorner.org
eLibrary http://elibrary.fultus.com/technical/index.jsp
Linux How To & Manuals http://www.linuxforum.com/
The Linux Documentation Project http://www.tldp.org/index.html
Linux Wacom Project: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/

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