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15 Best Addons for Blender 2.83 (free and paid)

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     Blender has a large number of tools which can be used for creating beautiful 3D works. It has all kind of modeling, texturing, shading, rigging, animating and lighting tools which are necessary for 3D artists. But sometimes these tools are not enough. The artists need more tools in order to get their job done. In these cases artists use addons for blender. For example, if you need to make forest in blender but you do not have the time to model the trees then you can use a tree generator addon. In blender the addons basically lets you manage secondary scripts without any effort which extends blender’s functionality. Addons are proven to be helpful for every 3D artist. Using these addons artists can do their work easily without taking much time. In this article I will talk about 15 blender addons (free and paid). These addons will help you with your 3D workflow. Free: 1. Easy FX Easy FX is a free blender addon created by Nils Söderman. This addon is for compositing. It can b

10 Best Rendering Softwares for 3D Artists

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External rendering softwares are very popular in the 3D industry nowadays. People like to choose external softwares over built in rendering system for rendering. There is a reason behind this. External softwares provide more features than built in renderers. The users can also use some presets to get their job done easily and quickly. In this article we are going learn about 10 best rendering softwares which you can use for your work. Rendering softwares give you the ability of adding custom improved HDRI, improved lights, advanced materials, advanced render settings, multi passes etc. There are two types of rendering softwares- in built rendering software and rendering plugins or render engines. Some of these softwares use CPU and some other use GPU. Here you are going to learn about different features of these rendering softwares. 1. Octane Octane is a GPU based rendering software developed by a company named Otoy. Octane is one of the best rendering softwares in the industry.

10 Best Compositing Software for 3D Artists

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For every digital artist choosing the right software is a very important thing. For a 3D artist choosing the base 3D software is main priority. You can read my article ‘Introduction to CGI softwares’ in order to know about different 3D softwares in details. Along with 3D software choosing the right compositing software is also very important for a 3D artist. Compositing softwares are softwares using which 3D artists can apply final touch to their still renders and animations. Compositing softwares are often used by VFX artists. There are a lot of things that can be done with compositing softwares such as, 2D and 3D tracking, keying, background adding, matte painting, color grading, adding glow, multi pass compositing, adding stock elements, adding lens flares, depth of field, etc. There are some compositing softwares that are used in film industry and some other software which are used by mainly independent artists. In this article I will talk about 10 best compositing softwares you