Scene & Pipeline Tools
Production pipelines, render management, look dev.
| Software | Description | License | Tags | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGAL | A software project that provides easy access to efficient and reliable geometric algorithms in the form of a C++ library. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | Geometry Lib · Open Source | Computational geometry algorithms |
| CGRU | CG tools pack that includes AFANASY, a free open-source render farm manager. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | Render Farm · Open Source | Open-source render farm |
| Coalition | Render-farm manager from Mercenaries Engineering (makers of Guerilla Render). See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | Render Farm · Guerilla-adjacent | Small-studio render farm |
| Flamenco (Blender render farm) | Blender Foundation's free render-farm manager. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | Render Farm · Blender | Blender render farm |
| Flamenco (flamenco.io) | From the Blender Foundation See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | Render Farm · Blender | Blender render farm |
| ftrack | Production tracking. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Paid | Production Tracking · Pro | Production tracking |
| Gaffer (GafferHQ compositing) | Gaffer is a great toolbox, it's a VFX application that enables look developers, lighters, and compositors to easily build, tweak, iterate, and render scenes. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | Look Dev · Open Source | Look dev / lighting / compositing |
| Godot Game Tools | Blender addon that eases Mixamo animation import into Godot. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Free | Mixamo-to-Godot animation import | |
| Kitsu (CGWire) | Production tracker. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | Open Source · Tracking | Open-source production tracking |
| Medieval Fantasy City Generator | Browser tool that generates random medieval city map layouts. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Free | Procedural city map reference | |
| Open3D | Modern library for 3D data processing. Point clouds, meshes, voxels, reconstruction. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | 3D Data Processing · Open Source | 3D data processing (Python/C++) |
| OpenCue (docs) | Open-source render management. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | Render Farm · Open Source | Render farm management |
| OpenTimelineIO (site) | (repo) - Editorial timeline. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | Editorial · Open Source | Editorial timeline interchange |
| Pandora | Open-Source Renderfarm-Manager. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | Render Farm · Open Source | Indie render farm management |
| Prism Pipeline | Animation and VFX pipeline. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Freemium | Pipeline · Free Core | Indie/small studio pipeline |
| TerraForge3D | A procedural terrain generation and procedural modeling toolkit. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | ||
| Tik Manager (GitHub) | Artist friendly asset and pipeline manager. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | Pipeline · Open Source | Asset/pipeline management for small teams |
| Tik Manager (site) | Artist-friendly asset and pipeline manager. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Freemium | Pipeline · Asset Mgmt | Asset/pipeline management |
Related:
- BlenderProc. A procedural Blender pipeline for photorealistic training image generation.
- CGCmake. CMake modules for CG apps.
- Cortex. Libraries for VFX software development.
- Cross3D. Scene and node management abstraction.
- Dailies. Wraps ffmpeg, Nuke, or RV to process video files and image sequences. Integrates with Shotgun, Ftrack, Kitsu.
- Easy3D. A lightweight, easy-to-use, and efficient C++ library for processing and rendering 3D data.
- Example of Python scripts for 3D Studio Max, Maya and Blender. Sample Python scripts for 3ds Max, Maya, and Blender automation.
- Field3D. Open-source library for storing voxel data.
- MayaCharm. Run and edit Maya scripts directly from PyCharm
- MayaSublime. Run and edit Maya scripts directly from SublimeText
- mGui. Portable pure-python GUI library for Maya.
- minq. Maya query language for speeding up common scene operations.
- nuke.vim. Run and edit Nuke scripts directly from vim
- OD CopyPasteExternal. Tool to easily copy/paste a geometry across 3D application like Blender <> 3DS Max <> Maya <>.. <>.
- Pipeline Developer Forum. Forum for pipeline TDs and studio tool developers.
- Prisma. Computational photography pipeline tool that performs multiple inferences (masks, depth, motionvectors) from any image or video.
- Py3dsMax. 3dsMax API in Python.
- PyMEL. Python in Maya Done Right.
- Ramses. Asset Management System for motion picture production (by Rainbox Laboratory).
- Stalker. Open Source Production Asset Management (ProdAM) Library designed specifically for Animation and VFX Studios.
- VEX. Houdini add-on for Sublime Text