NVIDIA® Gelato® rendering software NVIDIA® Gelato® rendering software allows anyone with an NVIDIA GPU to create stunning images fast. A hardware-accelerated, non-real-time renderer, Gelato was originally designed for the creation of 3D visual effects and animation in feature films. But Gelato is a powerful tool for any number of industries, including film & broadcast, CAD, architecture, and print. Gelato is a software program that leverages the NVIDIA GPU as a floating point math processor. This allows Gelato to render images faster than comparable renderers, but without the quality limitations traditionally associated with real-time graphics processing on the GPU. It's Fast! It's Free! ... more  + Tuesday, August 26, 2008 ITEM LINK

  Tweak Software's RV sequence viewer for VFX RV is the next generation image and sequence viewer for VFX and animation artists. It was created in a high-end production environment by artists and engineers who wanted a more refined tool for working with film resolution, high dynamic range images. RV was designed for professional digital artists. It does what you want and gets out of your way so that you can focus on your images and not your software ... more  + Tuesday, August 26, 2008 ITEM LINK

  Autodesk® Maya® modeling & animation software The award-winning Autodesk® Maya® software is a powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, visual effects, and rendering solution. Because Maya is based on an open architecture, all your work can be scripted or programmed using a well-documented and comprehensive API (application programming interface) or one of two embedded scripting languages, the Maya Embedded Language (MEL) or Python®. This level of openness, combined with an industry-leading suite of 3D tools, enables you to realize your creative vision for your film, television, game development, and design projects ... more  + Tuesday, August 26, 2008 ITEM LINK