CG Software Listing
An ever growing list of software to help you on your CG and Motion Graphics Journey. Let us know if we’ve missed anything.
| Name | Description | Category | Type | Free or Paid | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Max | 3ds Max is Autodesk's PC-only professional 3D computer graphics program. | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Adobe Creative Cloud | Suite of tools for creative artists | Suite of creative tools | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| AED Corner Cutters | Bunch of time saving tools for AE by Mt Mograph | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Animation composer | After Effects Animation presets | Animation | Plugin for After Effects | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Arnold | Industry standard CPU and GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Audacity | Free program for audio editing | Audio Editing | Standalone Software | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Blender | Open source 3D modelling software boasts professional-grade features. | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| CI Layer Stripper | Keep your projects tidy with the great little script | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Cinema 4D | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE | |
| Coggle | Mind Mapping software to help you with your brain storming | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Copy Pasta | Copy and Paste straight out of After Effects! | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| DaVinci Resolve | Editing and colour correction | Editing and Grading | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Daz Studio | Custom character and asset library that can be integrated with other 3D software | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| DEM Earth | Map creation in Cinema 4D | Maps | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Diagram Generator | Create some cool Diagram effects in C4D | Infographics | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| DJV | Free EXR sequence player | EXR Player | Standalone Software | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Drive! | Car driving plugin! | Rigging | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Dual Graph | Make cool meshes! | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Easy Chesterfield | Get that Chesterfield effect easy! | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Easy Ivy | Ivy grower plugin | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| FX Console | Awesome workflow plugin for After Effects by Video Copilot | Workflow / Productivity | Plugin for After Effects | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| G Suite | Suite of tools for productivity and small business | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Greenshot | Alternative to Share X Screen Capture | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Greymachine Scripts | A few free scripts you'll use all the time | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| HoRope | Make dynamic rope free! | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Houdini | Powerful procedual 3D software and industry leader for effects | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Lightwave 3D | 3D software for producing beautiful photo-real renders as well as incredible anime | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| MacDrive | Open Mac drives on a PC | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Mari | Texture painting app | Texture painter | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Marvelous Designer | Create CG clothes and cloth effects and simulations | Clothing designer and Sim | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Materialize | Create PBR materials from images | Texturing | Standalone Software | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Maya | The industry standard for character animation | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Meshroom | Free Photogrametry software | Photogrametry | Standalone Software | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Mindomo | Mind Mapping software to help you with your brain storming | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Modo | A powerful and flexible 3D modelling, texturing and rendering toolset. | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| MoI3D | 3D modeling for designers and artists | Modeling | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Motion 2 | Bunch of time saving tools for AE by Mt Mograph | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| OCD Renamer | Keep your projects clean and tidy with this automatic renamer | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Octane Render | Super fast GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Octane Render | Super fast GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Unreal Engine | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Optical Flares | Plugin for epic cinematic lens flares! | VFX | Plugin for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Orb | Awesome Planet Creator plugin for After Effects by Video Copilot | VFX | Plugin for After Effects | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Plexus | Get the plexus effect! | VFX | Plugin for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Pot Player | Nice alternative video player to VLC | Media Player | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Premiere | Probably the most popular editing package out there | Editing and Grading | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| PT Text Edit | Fastest way to organise your projects typography | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| PureRef | Moodboarding tool | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| RealFlow | Fluid simulation plugin | Fluid Sim | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Red Shift | Flexible GPU Renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Reelsmart Motion Blur | Plugin for adding natural motion blur in post | Motion Blur | Plugin for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Reeper | Make nice twisted ropes! | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Saber | Awesome Energy Beam plugin for After Effects by Video Copilot | VFX | Plugin for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Sculptris | Lighter sculpting package to ZBrush | Sculpting | Standalone Software | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Share X | Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Signal | The Signal plugin allows easy procedural animation for any parameter inside C4D without using the timeline | Animation | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Sketchup | Make anything you can imagine, without downloading a thing. | Modeling | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Substance Designer | Procedural shader and material creation software | Texture and Material | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Substance Painter | Texture painting app | Texture painter | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Terrain Builder | Plugin for building terrain in Cinema 4D | Modeling, Terrain | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| The Gelatin Deformer | Plugin for adding an elastic effect to your animated objects | Animation | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Topoformer | Cool topology generator | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Topowire | Adds dynamic wires to objects in C4D | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| True Comp Duplicator | This will save you from Precomp hell! | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Turbulence FD | Realistic fire, vapor, dust and particles directly in Cinema 4D | Fire and Smoke Sim | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Vectary | Online 3D Design & 3D Modeling Software | 3D Software | Online Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Vector Pro | Create cool animated vctor art | Animation | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| VLC Player | Plays everything, very customisable | Media Player | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Vue | Digital landscape and environment creation tool | Environment Creator | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| X-Particles | Cinema 4D plugin for advanced particle effects | Particles, Cloth, Liquid sim | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| XnView | Free software for viewing images and creating contact sheets | Media Viewer | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Z Brush | Digital sculpting, modelling and texturing | Sculpting | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Name | Description | Category | Type | Free or Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Materialize | Create PBR materials from images | Texturing | Standalone Software | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| PureRef | Moodboarding tool | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| G Suite | Suite of tools for productivity and small business | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Coggle | Mind Mapping software to help you with your brain storming | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Greenshot | Alternative to Share X Screen Capture | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| MacDrive | Open Mac drives on a PC | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Mindomo | Mind Mapping software to help you with your brain storming | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Pot Player | Nice alternative video player to VLC | Media Player | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Share X | Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool | Workflow / Productivity | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| VLC Player | Plays everything, very customisable | Media Player | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| XnView | Free software for viewing images and creating contact sheets | Media Viewer | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Reelsmart Motion Blur | Plugin for adding natural motion blur in post | Motion Blur | Plugin for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| AED Corner Cutters | Bunch of time saving tools for AE by Mt Mograph | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Animation composer | After Effects Animation presets | Animation | Plugin for After Effects | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| CI Layer Stripper | Keep your projects tidy with the great little script | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Copy Pasta | Copy and Paste straight out of After Effects! | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| FX Console | Awesome workflow plugin for After Effects by Video Copilot | Workflow / Productivity | Plugin for After Effects | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Greymachine Scripts | A few free scripts you'll use all the time | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Motion 2 | Bunch of time saving tools for AE by Mt Mograph | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| OCD Renamer | Keep your projects clean and tidy with this automatic renamer | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Optical Flares | Plugin for epic cinematic lens flares! | VFX | Plugin for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Orb | Awesome Planet Creator plugin for After Effects by Video Copilot | VFX | Plugin for After Effects | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| PT Text Edit | Fastest way to organise your projects typography | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Plexus | Get the plexus effect! | VFX | Plugin for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Saber | Awesome Energy Beam plugin for After Effects by Video Copilot | VFX | Plugin for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| True Comp Duplicator | This will save you from Precomp hell! | Workflow / Productivity | Script for After Effects | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Octane Render | Super fast GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Octane Render | Super fast GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Maya | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Octane Render | Super fast GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for 3DS Max | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Octane Render | Super fast GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for AutoCAD | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Octane Render | Super fast GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Blender | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Octane Render | Super fast GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Daz 3D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Octane Render | Super fast GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Houdini | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Octane Render | Super fast GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Inventor | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Octane Render | Super fast GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Modo | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Octane Render | Super fast GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Unity | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Octane Render | Super fast GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Unreal Engine | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Arnold | Industry standard CPU and GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Arnold | Industry standard CPU and GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Maya | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Arnold | Industry standard CPU and GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Houdini | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Arnold | Industry standard CPU and GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for 3DS Max | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Arnold | Industry standard CPU and GPU renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Katana | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| DEM Earth | Map creation in Cinema 4D | Maps | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Diagram Generator | Create some cool Diagram effects in C4D | Infographics | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Drive! | Car driving plugin! | Rigging | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Dual Graph | Make cool meshes! | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Easy Chesterfield | Get that Chesterfield effect easy! | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Easy Ivy | Ivy grower plugin | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| HoRope | Make dynamic rope free! | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| RealFlow | Fluid simulation plugin | Fluid Sim | Plugin for Maya | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| RealFlow | Fluid simulation plugin | Fluid Sim | Plugin for 3DS Max | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| RealFlow | Fluid simulation plugin | Fluid Sim | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Red Shift | Flexible GPU Renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Red Shift | Flexible GPU Renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Maya | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Red Shift | Flexible GPU Renderer | Renderer | Plugin for 3DS Max | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Red Shift | Flexible GPU Renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Houdini | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Red Shift | Flexible GPU Renderer | Renderer | Plugin for Katana | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Reeper | Make nice twisted ropes! | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Signal | The Signal plugin allows easy procedural animation for any parameter inside C4D without using the timeline | Animation | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| The Gelatin Deformer | Plugin for adding an elastic effect to your animated objects | Animation | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Topoformer | Cool topology generator | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Topowire | Adds dynamic wires to objects in C4D | VFX | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Turbulence FD | Realistic fire, vapor, dust and particles directly in Cinema 4D | Fire and Smoke Sim | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| V Ray Render | Renderer that has made it's mark in architectural work | Renderer | Plugin for 3DS Max | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| V Ray Render | Renderer that has made it's mark in architectural work | Renderer | Plugin for Sketchup | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| V Ray Render | Renderer that has made it's mark in architectural work | Renderer | Plugin for Maya | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| V Ray Render | Renderer that has made it's mark in architectural work | Renderer | Plugin for Rhino | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| V Ray Render | Renderer that has made it's mark in architectural work | Renderer | Plugin for Revit | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| V Ray Render | Renderer that has made it's mark in architectural work | Renderer | Plugin for Unreal Engine | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| V Ray Render | Renderer that has made it's mark in architectural work | Renderer | Plugin for Modo | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| V Ray Render | Renderer that has made it's mark in architectural work | Renderer | Plugin for Nuke | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| V Ray Render | Renderer that has made it's mark in architectural work | Renderer | Plugin for Houdini | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| V Ray Render | Renderer that has made it's mark in architectural work | Renderer | Plugin for Katana | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| V Ray Render | Renderer that has made it's mark in architectural work | Renderer | Plugin for Blender | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Phoenix FD | Realistic fire, vapor and dust | Fire and Smoke Sim | Plugin for Maya | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Phoenix FD | Realistic fire, vapor and dust | Fire and Smoke Sim | Plugin for 3DS Max | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Vector Pro | Create cool animated vctor art | Animation | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| X-Particles | Cinema 4D plugin for advanced particle effects | Particles, Cloth, Liquid sim | Plugin for Cinema 4D | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Audacity | Free program for audio editing | Audio Editing | Standalone Software | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| DaVinci Resolve | Editing and colour correction | Editing and Grading | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Premiere | Probably the most popular editing package out there | Editing and Grading | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| 3D Max | 3ds Max is Autodesk's PC-only professional 3D computer graphics program. | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Adobe Creative Cloud | Suite of tools for creative artists | Suite of creative tools | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Blender | Open source 3D modelling software boasts professional-grade features. | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Cinema 4D | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE | |
| Daz Studio | Custom character and asset library that can be integrated with other 3D software | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Houdini | Powerful procedual 3D software and industry leader for effects | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Lightwave 3D | 3D software for producing beautiful photo-real renders as well as incredible anime | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Marvelous Designer | Create CG clothes and cloth effects and simulations | Clothing designer and Sim | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Maya | The industry standard for character animation | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Meshroom | Free Photogrametry software | Photogrametry | Standalone Software | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| MoI3D | 3D modeling for designers and artists | Modeling | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Modo | A powerful and flexible 3D modelling, texturing and rendering toolset. | 3D Software | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Sculptris | Lighter sculpting package to ZBrush | Sculpting | Standalone Software | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Sketchup | Make anything you can imagine, without downloading a thing. | Modeling | Standalone Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Substance Designer | Procedural shader and material creation software | Texture and Material | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Substance Painter | Texture painting app | Texture painter | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Vectary | Online 3D Design & 3D Modeling Software | 3D Software | Online Software | Free and Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Mari | Texture painting app | Texture painter | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Vue | Digital landscape and environment creation tool | Environment Creator | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| Z Brush | Digital sculpting, modelling and texturing | Sculpting | Standalone Software | Paid | VISIT WEBSITE |
| DJV | Free EXR sequence player | EXR Player | Standalone Software | Free | VISIT WEBSITE |