theodox/awesome-cg-pipeline

List of open-source technologies that help in the process of building a pipeline for CG productions

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Awesome CG Pipeline

List of open-source technologies that will help in the process of building a pipeline for CG productions.

Any contribution is welcome!

Image software

2D

The Gimp - Image edition
Krita - Image edition

3D Softwares

Blender - Modelisation and animation

3D realtime engines

Babylon.js - webGL engine
Three.js - webGL engine
Unreal Engine - C++ based 2D/3D realtime engine (PC, console, mobile, HMTL5)
Panda3d - Python based 3d Engine (PC)

Video

Natron - Compositing
CasparCG - Video broadcast

Job scheduler

Libraries

File path

Lucidity - File path template
Fileseq - Frame ranges and file sequences parsing

UI

Qt.py - Qt versions abstraction
Nodz - Node generator for Qt
SceneGraph - Ui for scene graph.

CG Software API

Cross3D - Scene and node management abstraction
Py3dsMax - 3dsMax API in Python
CGCmake - CMake modules for CG apps
PyMEL - Python in Maya Done Right
mGui - Portable pure-python GUI library for Maya
minq - Maya query language for speeding up common scene operations

Geometry

Simplex - Blendshape Solver
CvWrap - Fast Maya wrap deformer
Blender Addons - Helpers for Blender
BlenderGIS - Geo data importer
Rigify - Auto-rigging Addon for Blender
QHull - Convex hull generator
MakeHuman - Parametric human character modeling

File formats

Alembic - Animations
MaterialX - Materials and look-dev
USD - Scenes
OpenEXRid - Object isolation

Dockers

Asset managers

Production Managers

Kitsu - For small to mid-size studios

Content validation

Pyblish - Test-driven content creation

Plugins

AFX - Everyday compositing for Nuke.

IDE

MayaCharm - Run and edit Maya scripts directly from PyCharm
MayaSublime - Run and edit Maya scripts directly from SublimeText
nuke.vim - Run and edit Nuke scripts directly from vim

Databases

Graph

Relational

Document-based

Monitoring Web Services

Communities

Resources / Tutorials