CGILIBRARY

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...

   There are various types of CGI softwares in the industry. They can be used for 3D modeling, animating, texturing, shading, lighting and rendering. These softwares are- Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3DS Max, Maxon Cinema 4D, Z Brush, Blender 3D, Houdini etc. Among these softwares Maya is good for modeling and animation. So it is used in film and game industry. 3DS Max is used for architectural visualization and hard surface modeling. Again Cinema 4D is good for 3D motion graphics. It is used by most of the 3D motion graphics artists. It contains some awesome tools named as mograph tools. Z Brush is a software used for sculpting. It is used for character creation mainly. It has a lot of amazing tools for sculpting. Blender is an open source software which is very good for beginners. It is good for modeling and it has nice sculpting features. Blender is good for animation also. You can use blender for compositing too. Houdini is a software often used in film industry. Its a a...