Helper AppsModified: 04/13/2006
3Dexplorer - explore scenes in Real -Time & distribute them as stand-alone software, with quality of a TrueSpace render
Lead Multimedia Converter - AVI, DirectShow, ...
blender - free 3D modeler, animator, renderer
For Export Only - plugins for Terragen allowing different formats (BMP, DXF, OBJ, RIB)
Free Software - Web Site Builder, Photo edit, vector draw and other. Full versions of last (but not ancient) version with low $ for latest
IrfanView 32 - thumbnails of image directories
IRIDAS FrameCycler - directly play image sequences (TGA/JPEG/PNG/BMP/TIFF) without prior conversion to AVI
i-tex - Texture Designer/Generator
Leveller - create bitmaps for heightfields
OpenFX - free 3D modeler, animator, renderer
ScreenHunter - Screen capture utility
ShaderMan - visual Renderman shader building tool
Terragen - Landscape generator (for backgrounds)
TreeDo - Tree Generator (available as a tSX, see 3D Plugins)
Universe - Deep space images for backgrounds
Unmesh 1.0 - Command-line surface peeler for .COB files
UVmapper - only imports OBJ models
Vid-edit (you will have to dig a bit)
VirtuaLight - render option for tS includes Caustics (requires output from virtuaout)
Wings3D - Open Source 3D modeler based on Nendo