Category: Graphics

LuxCoreRender is an open source software rendering system for physically correct image synthesis. Based on state of the art algorithms.

Mitsuba – research-oriented rendering system

Mitsuba is an extensible rendering framework written in portable C++. It implements unbiased as well as biased techniques.

Cycles – physically based production renderer

Cycles is an physically based production renderer developed by the Blender project. This is free and open source software.

appleseed – physically-based global illumination rendering engine

appleseed is a modern, open source, physically-based renderer developed by the VFX and Jupiter Jazz. Ultimately targeted at production rendering.

Crunch – lossy PNG image file optimization

October 28, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Reviews

Crunch is a command line executable that performs lossy optimization of one or more PNG image files with pngquant and zopflipng.

GTKRawGallery – workflow oriented photo retouching software

GTKRawGallery is an open source workflow oriented photo retouching software with all necessary tools to quickly process camera raw images.

Filmulator – raw photo editing application with library management

Filmulator is a simple raw photo editor based on the process of developing film. This is free and open source software.

LightZone – open source digital darkroom software

LightZone is professional-level digital darkroom software. Originally proprietary software, the software is now open source.

Photivo – photo processor

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms Graphics

Photivo is a multi platform open source photo processor for RAW and bitmap images with 16 bit precision. It’s free and open source software.

Image Optimizer – simple lossless image optimizer

Image Optimizer is a simple program that provides lossless compression.

Trimage – cross-platform tool for losslessly optimizing PNG and JPG files

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms Graphics

Trimage is an open source cross-platform graphical user interface and command-line interface to optimize image files via optipng, advpng, pngcrush.

Curtail – compress your images

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms Graphics

Curtail (previously ImCompressor) is an image compressor, supporting PNG, JPEG and WEBP file types.

MB-Lab – Blender addon that creates humanoid characters

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms Graphics

MB-Lab is a character creation tool for Blender 2.80, based on ManuelBastioniLAB. Free and open source software. Written in Python.

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Slate – pixel art editor

Slate was built for pixel art. It aims to simplify the creation of sprites and tilesets by offering a user-friendly, customisable interface.

rx – modern and minimalist pixel editor

rx is a modern and minimalist pixel editor. This is free and open source software written in the Rust programming language.

mtPaint – painting program to create pixel art and manipulate digital photos

mtPaint is a simple GTK+1/2/3 painting program designed for creating icons and pixel based artwork.

PikoPixel – draw and edit pixel art images

PikoPixel is software for drawing and editing pixel art images. It runs under Linux using the GNUstep framework.

Piskel – animated sprites and pixel art

Piskel is an easy-to-use sprite editor. It can be used to create game sprites, animations, pixel-art, and more.

csprite – tiny pixel art tool