philnolan3d Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Here's a list of some free stuff, textures, models, tutorials, etc. Found it on another forum. The list is a little old now so some of the links may not work. Textures: http://www.textureking.com/ ( good res, 2mb file size ) http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/27...ontest-results/ ( high res, 700 MB of total textures ) http://www.defcon-x.de/textures ( high res , 720 dpi ) http://textures.vertx.ca/ ( 2832x2128. res ) http://texturez.com/ ( high res ) http://www.texturearchive.com/ ( I think you need to register there to download large textures ) http://www.freetexturemaps.com/ http://www.yourdailytexture.com/ http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/free_st...ery.php/cat/506 (good res ) http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/free_st...ery.php/cat/603 ( seemless , tilable textures ) http://free-textures.got3d.com/index.html ( 2560 x 1920) http://www.art-dept.com/artists/rankin/por...html?source=20i ( high res eye textures ) http://www.grungetextures.com/ ( really nice high res ones ) http://www.2textured.com/ ( they are updating their webpage at the moment ) http://www.freeseamlesstextures.com/ ( lower res but seemless ) http://www.texturearchive.com/ ( need to login to for high res ) http://www.mayang.com/textures/ http://www.yourdailytexture.com/ (1647?1233 res ) http://textures.forrest.cz/ (low res ) http://www.freefoto.com/browse/33-00-0?ffid=33-00-0 ( need to type in email address for watermarkless image download) http://www.cgtextures.com/ ( lots of categories in Small (1024x1024), 498Kb Large (2030x2030), 1121Kb ) http://www.davegh.com/blade/davegh.htm ( various hand drawn textures ) http://www.artssphere.com/textures.php (panoramic cloud shots in high res, from 4285 x 2252 to 13002 x 2201 ) http://www.texturewarehouse.com/gallery/index.php http://www.noctua-graphics.de/english/Tex/metal_01.htm (low res ) http://squidfingers.com/patterns/ (just patterns) http://www.amazingtextures.com/textures/ ( need to register to download high res, most are tilable , also got tree shadows ) http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=23983 ( link to FORMICA IMAGE CD 2006 , with textures A4 @ 72dpi ) http://free3dstextures.com/ ( some textures hosted on flickr, some up to 3072px / 2048px ) http://www.morguefile.com/archive/index.php?display=1164 ( high res textures ) Inspirational + educational stuff: http://www.worldwidetelescope.org ( Microsofts online space library ) http://www.visiblebody.com ( human anatomy in 3d) http://www.phun.at/ ( 2d physics sandbox ) http://www.artnatomia.net/uk/artnatomy.html ( facial expressions and muscles guide ) http://characterdesigns.com/ ( human poses and some textures ) http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical...nIndexList.html ( refraction index , incase you need an accurate number ) http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ ( artist and gallery data base ) http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/Customer/index.aspx (although all the clips are royalty free, still good if you need some reference for animation or something else. Clips can be downloaded, but have a watermark) ) http://www.abandoned-britain.com/photos.htm ( photos of abandoned places in Britain ) http://physbam.stanford.edu/~fedkiw/ ( Ron Fedkiw's 3d computer gallery lots of Phd papers and .pdfs about computer graphics and computational physics) Ebooks + Tutorials: http://www.video-tutes.com/ ( video tut. Search engine ) http://www.scribd.com ( the youtube of documents, you can also search for tutorials ) http://www.carloscabrera.com.ar/tutorials/ (Photoshop painting tutorials from carlos cabrer ) http://www.3dtotal.com/ps100/pstut100.html (100 Photoshop tutorials for creating beautiful art ) http://www.newtek.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77002 (lightwave tuts) http://www.vast.ws/resources/xsi/tutorials/tutorials.html (XSI tuts ) http://www.good-tutorials.com/ ( tuts for various different programs ) http://www.houseoftutorials.com/ (zbrush, maya , 3dsmax & PS tuts ) http://wikivid.com ( seems to be down at the moment, used to have all kind of video tutorials for all programs ) http://www.tutorialguide.net/ http://www.awn.com/tooninstitute/lessonplan/lesson.htm (animation basics tutorials) http://abduzeedo.com/tutorials (photoshop tutorials) http://photojojo.com/content/tips/photoshop-tips-video/ (Deke McClelland's 101 Photoshop Tips in 5 Minutes) http://www.vimeo.com/psdtuts ( photoshop tutorial channel on Vimeo ) http://lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/index.php ( game programming tutorials ) http://psdtuts.com/ ( some nice photoshop tutorials ) http://www.duber.tv (3ds Max, Syntheye, Pftrack video tutorials ) http://www.cgtrade.net/ (GFX tutorials - Photoshop , After effects , Cinema 4d, Houdini, Autocad, etc etc all video tutorials ) Vector graphics + Clip art: http://createsk8.com/category/freebies/ (hand drawn Illustrator graphics) http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/sitemap/sitemap.htm (25.000 B&W tiffs ) http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/categories/ ( company logos ) http://www.vecteezy.com/ ( ? stupid name cool vectors ? ) http://www.allfreelogo.com/ ( company logos ) http://www.freevectors.net/ http://vector4free.com/ http://vectormagic.com/ (convert bitmap images to verctor graphics online ) http://www.logotypes.ru/ ( more logos ) http://qvectors.com/ ( free vector graphics, similar to vecteezy ) Programs and Applications: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_...ftware_packages ( great list of open source software ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free...design_software ( list of free CAD ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_graphics_software ( list of free graphics software ) http://www.shadermap.renderingsystems.com/ ( only the command line tool is free ? crazy bump alternative ) http://www.xnormal.net/ ( opensource displacement, normals mapping tool) http://mydeco.com/plan-my-room/ ( upload photo and change the interior design ) http://www.glc-player.net/index.php (.obj .3ds and .stl model viewer ) http://www.amabilis.com/ ( free CAD and animation program ) http://graphics.uni-konstanz.de/~luft/ivy_generator/ ( an Ivy generator ) http://www.treegenerator.com/download.htm ( tree generator ) http://portableapps.com/ ( portable opensource programs for the USB stick ) http://www.inkscape.org/ ( open source illustrator ) http://www.getpaint.net/ ( open source PS ) http://www.gimp.org/ ( open source PS ) http://www.kompozer.net ( open source dreamweaver ) http://bluemarine.tidalwave.it/ (open source application for the digital photo workflow ) http://www.picnik.com/ ( online Photo editing ) http://jahshaka.org/ ( open source video editing ) http://pic2color.com/ ( for creating colour schemes ) http://research.animationsinstitut.de/ ( Maya facial animation plugin ) http://www.mapzoneeditor.com/index.php?PAGE=HOME (texturing tool) http://www.digilab.uni-hannover.de/docs/manual.html (free camera tracking program) http://www.blender.org/ (3d modeling and animation program ) http://home.gna.org/cal3d/ (3d character animation library) http://homepage3.nifty.com/escargot/MCLFrm.html (Japanese modeling tool) http://www.makehuman.org/blog/index.php ( free 3d character modeling tool ) http://woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/template.html ( gear template generator , also allowes you to export to CAD ) http://www.itoosoft.com/english/menu.php?id=news ( free 3ds max Plugins ) http://www-viz.tamu.edu/faculty/ergun/research/topology/ ( topological mesh modeler) http://cart1.caligari.com/web/Truespacemainreg.aspx ( caligari truespace , need registering to be able to download) http://avocado-cad.sourceforge.net/ (open source CAD software for Mac Linux and Windows ) http://www.world-machine.com/download.html ( next gen terrain generation software, free version with little limitations ) http://www.k-3d.org/wiki/Main_Page (K-3D is free-as-in-freedom 3D modeling and animation software) Renderers + Shaders : http://www.indigorenderer.com/joomla/ ( indigo render ) http://www.nvidia.com/gelatozone ( nvidia gelato Pro ) http://mymentalray.com/ ( great link for mental ray users ) http://www.vray-materials.de/ ( great link for vray users ) http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/ ( open source renderer ) http://www.toxicengine.org/ ( open source renderer ) http://www.aqsis.org/xoops/modules/news/ ( open source renderer ) http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/ (open source renderer) http://www.yafray.org/ (another renderer) http://www.renderpixie.com/ (opensource renderman) http://www.povray.org/ (renderer) http://drqueue.org/cwebsite/ (open source renderfarm manager also used by ILM) http://www.3dsn.com/ ( next to the search bar change the search results to shaders , then sort by price) http://www.luxrender.net/ ( open source renderer with exporters for MAya, XSI and Blender, for Windows, Linux, Mac) Web design +Html stuff: http://www.forwebdesigners.com/ ( anything to do with web ) http://www.flashmo.com/ ( free flash templates and some more stuff ) http://www.flasheezy.com/ (free flash templates etc ) 3D Models _ .3ds, .obj , .lwo etc: http://www.3dsn.com/ (3d model search egine, list the result by price to get the free stuff , you can also just search for shaders and blueprints etc ) http://dmi.chez-alice.fr/freemodels.html (huge list to various transportation models , cars, ships , planes etc in various formats) http://www.scifi3d.com/ ( Science fiction movie figures ) http://www.vanishingpoint.biz/freestuff.asp ( more sci-fi poser figures) http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Main_Page ( blender architecture models and also textures ) http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=1115 ( free character models .lwo + .obj) http://www.3dxo.com/page/36.htm ( some models and textures ) http://www.3dvia.com/home.php ( the youtube for 3d models) http://www.sharecg.com/ ( big search engine for 3d models and textures ) http://archive3d.net/ (lots of architecture models in .3ds) http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ (models for sketchup and google earth) http://www.archibase.net/ (architectural models, quite similar to archive3d http://artist-3d.com/ (lots of models in different categories ) HDRI +HDR : http://hdrwalls.com/ ( wallpapers ) http://www.aversis.be/hdri/index.htm ( some HDRI maps ) http://debevec.org/Probes/ ( small selection ) http://hdri.3dweave.com/library/ ( hemispherical HDR images 512 x 512 ) http://www.hdrmill.com/Freebies.htm ( tiny selection ) http://smashmethod.deviantart.com/art/High...-Pack-1-9597501 ( 30 high res HDRI maps ) http://pogon.deviantart.com/art/Light-Probe-Pack-1-25795163 ( smaller selection ) http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/cwis/research...s/PICS/envmaps/ ( environement maps ) http://www.c4dcafe.com/ipb/index.php?showtopic=6790 ( big list to various link ) http://www.lightworks-user.com/hdri_starte...on/sachform.htm (LightWorks HDRI Starter Collection ? Sachform ) http://hyperfocal.vismasters.com/catalog/v...ction=Downloads (VM Store - Hyperfocal Design) http://www.dbki.org/hdr/index.html ( hdri volume 1 ) http://www.clarac.net/nataz/hdr.html ( hdr ) http://www.spectralogue.com/textures/index.php?path=50 ( Spectralogue. Textures, 3d models, soon HDRI and character ) http://hdrcreme.com/ (HDR photo gallery ) http://www.evermotion.org/index.php?unfold...nfold=exclusive ( some free ones from evermotion ) http://www.lfgrafix.com/grafix/Skies_Free/SkyBasic-1.html ( some free 360 degree sky maps ) Scripts + plugins: http://www.fxshare.com/nuke/ ( for nuke) http://www.scriptspot.com/ ( 3ds max + Sketchup ) http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=101635 (demolition script for blender) http://www.indigosm.com/modoscripts.htm ( scripts for modo) http://www.vertexmonkey.com/ ( modo scripts , plugins etc ) http://www.smustard.com/news/ ( sketchup scripts) http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/...brary_Depot.htm ( sketchup plugins and scripts) http://park7.wakwak.com/~oxygen/lib/script/modo/index.html ( modo scripts , in Japanese ) Mocap + Animation + Video: http://mocapdata.com (mocap) http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu (mocap) http://www.animazoo.com/Free_downloads.aspx (mocap) http://accad.osu.edu/research/mocap/mocap_data.htm (more mocap) http://gl.ict.usc.edu/animWeb/humanoid/sampleData.html (mocap) http://www.charactermotion.com/ http://audiomotion.com/ http://www.creative-content.de/de/products.../free_stuff.htm ( some video footage and animations ) http://www.openfootage.net/ ( timelapse and other nice stuff ) http://www.aniboom.com/ ( youtube for animation ) http://www.mytoons.com/ ( same as aniboom ) http://www.animationlibrary.com/ ( a selection of cliparts and gif animation ) http://pptheaven.mvps.org/ ( Powerpoint animation guides etc ) http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/index.html ( NASA and ESA animations, some in HD) http://www.mocapclub.com/ ( some more Mocap ) http://www.movietools.info/ ( free animated background animations and video loops ) Photoshop and Zbrush brushes: http://www.cgindia.org/2008/04/free-photoshop-brushes.html ( for PS ) http://forum.gfxnews.ru/viewtopic.php?t=25289 ( Venton?s Zbrushes ) http://gnomonology.com/tutorial/113 (free Zbrushes by gnomonology ) http://gnomonology.com/tutorial/114 ( more free Zbrushes) http://www.brusheezy.com/brushes'>http://www.brusheezy.com/brushes (Ps brushes) http://www.psbrushes.net/ http://getbrushes.com/ http://www.photoshopbrushes.com/brushes.htm http://www.brusheezy.com/ ( Photoshop brushes search engine ) http://qbrushes.com/ ( similar to brusheezy ) Traditional art + Drawing: http://www.posemaniacs.com/blog/pose/ ( for drawing poses , in case you don?t have a real model Smile ) http://www.anime-model-sheets.com/ (Lots of free anime model sheets) http://www.artgraphica.net/ ( some free tutorials and guides ) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ (traditional engravings and illustrations from old books) http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/ ( Yale Digital Images Online ) http://www.elfwood.com/farp/art.html (fantasy art tutorials and technique resources) Games and development: http://www.havok.com/ (free to try game physics solution and animation SDK ) http://www.ogre3d.org/ (3d engine) http://fxpression.com/ (free particle plugin for ogre) http://crystalspace3d.com/main/Main_Page (Blender friendly engine ) http://www.apgardner.karoo.net/retrib/index.php (first person shooter engine) http://www.ambiera.com/irrklang/index.html (cross platform audio library to be used in games etc) http://globe3d.sourceforge.net/ (open source realtime 3d engine) http://www.h3dapi.org/ (open source software development platform for multi-sensory applications) http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/ (open source 3d engine) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=519AAE99-B701-4CA1-8495-39DDDE9D7030&displaylang=en (DirektX SDk) http://panda3d.org/ (free engine developed by Disney) http://monsterengine.sourceforge.net/ (game engine) http://ode.org/ (open dynamics engine) http://www.tokamakphysics.com/ (open source physics engine) http://www.bulletphysics.com/Bullet/wordpress/ ( open source physics SDK ) http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/gta.html ( GTA 1 + 2 ) http://www.pygame.org/news.html ( Pygame is a set of Python modules designed for writing games - freeware ) http://www.gamedevelopertools.com/ ( a website full of book, tools , engines and other resources, good info also some free stuff) Photostock: http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2007/09/16/huge-list-of-free-stock-photos-on-the-net/ ( list of some links to free photostock pages ) http://www.sxc.hu/ http://www.morguefile.com/ http://www.cepolina.com/freephoto/ http://www.flickr.com/ http://www.freephotosbank.com/ http://www.photocase.com/en/ http://www.free-pictures-photos.com/ http://www.stockvault.net/ (Registered users can download 7 free images weekly) http://www.openfootage.net/ ( various stuff also video footage ) http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/free_stock_photos/ http://characterdesigns.com/ ( human photo reference ) http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/free_stock_photos/ http://www.spectralogue.com/textures/index.php ( also got human figures ) http://www.free-pictures-photos.com/ www.supercars.net ( nice photos of cars ) http://www.imageafter.com/ ( between 1600 x 1200 and 2560 x 1920 also got textures) http://www.dieselstation.com/ ( car wallpapers ) http://seriouswheels.com/ ( cars ) http://www.autogaleria.pl/tapety/ ( just cars ) http://www.desktopmachine.com/ ( cars again ) http://www.infocoches.com/fotos/ (cars) Fonts: http://fonts101.com/ http://www.1001freefonts.com/ http://www.sketchpad.net/freefonts.htm http://www.abstractfonts.com/ www.dafont.com http://www.creamundo.com/index.php?lang=en ( great preview ) Sound: http://www.freesound.org/ http://www.soundsnap.com/ http://www.jamendo.com/en/ (creative common licensed music ) http://ardour.org/ (free audio workstation) http://audacity.sourceforge.net (open source audio recorder and editor) Blueprints: http://www.suurland.com http://www.the-blueprints.com/ http://www.airwar.ru/other/drawe.html ( in russian ) http://www.combataircraft.com/ ( aviation pictures and blueprints and some 3d rotating gifs ) http://world.guns.ru/main-e.htm ( guns pics ) http://www.stormloader.com/alexbard/ ( starwars blueprints ) http://www.architecturalhouseplans.com/ ( floor plans ) http://www.amazingplans.com/index.php ( more floor plans ) http://www.theplancollection.com/ ( floor plans ) http://www.housemouse.net/ebooks/ebooks.htm ( some samples of ebooks about historic floor plans) http://www.3dsn.com/ ( next to the search bar change the search results to blueprints, then sort by price ) Colour related http://www.colourlovers.com/ ( inspirational colour patterns and other stuff ) http://kuler.adobe.com/ http://pic2color.com/ ( upload photos and convert them into colour schemes) Hardware http://www.lenshoods.co.uk/ (free lens hoods for photo cameras , printable pdfs. ) Graphics design http://www.travelbrochuregraphics.com/ (Graphic Design from the 1920s and 1930s, mostly travel posters ) http://www.timetableimages.com/index.htm ( a site devoted to the collecting of airline timetables ) http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/index.htm (Maritime Timetable Images ) http://digilander.libero.it/adretichette/ ( Luggage labels graphics design ) http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavesjax/( Art of the Luggage Label's photostream ) Photography http://www.pbase.com/magazine (12 issues of PBASE Magazine - photography/Photoshop tips) http://www.photographybb.com/ ( photography community ) http://www.photographyblog.com/ ( reviews , portfolios, gallery, buyers guide, forum and more ) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Oliver Thornton Posted August 3, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Fantastic list Phil, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applink Developer haikalle Posted August 3, 2009 Applink Developer Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Thank you. I have been looking list like this. Founded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted August 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Glad to be of service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted August 3, 2009 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Agreed...nice list. Should be a Sticky somewhere. Maybe Javis or someone can set up a a forum category called "3DC Exchange," where forum members can easily find it and share things like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javis Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 I just got approval to add a new section for resources. Give me a few minutes and I'll put 'er up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted August 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 A great, my post has a new home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member JimB Posted August 4, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Here is another one for the Games and development section 3DRad 6 is now freeware http://www.3drad.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 This is another one I discovered last night for displaying your models in a game engine. Marmoset Toolbag: http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=61346 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Pavel (pzdm) Zoch Posted September 2, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 www.c4dexchange.com C4D stuff and some 3DC-C4D tutorials Cheers P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor 3d_sculptress Posted September 7, 2009 Contributor Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 wow Phil..this really is a fantastic list...thanks so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sergio Posted January 10, 2011 Member Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 amazing list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 Thank you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted August 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 Thank you ! Heh, I actually forgot about this list until i got an email about your reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Tony Nemo Posted August 11, 2013 Contributor Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 But I don't see it in the "Resources" section like it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Member HelenGaracia Posted February 5, 2020 New Member Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Hi Phil, I must say that you did a thorough research on the topic. Kindly update the list as some of the links are not working. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted February 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Like I said in the first post. I didn't make this list I found it on another forum. I also posted this like 10 years ago. I'll see if I can remove some broken links. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Member HelenGaracia Posted August 3, 2022 New Member Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 Very Informative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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