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DAZ Studio, from DAZ Productions, is a cross platform 3D digital drawing application for Mac OS X and Windows.
From the DAZ Productions - 3D Models, 3D Content, and 3D Software website:
Whether you’re just getting started in 3D, or are an avid 3D artist and enthusiast, DAZ|Studio will allow you to express yourself in 3D like never before. Imagine being able to easily create your own convincing 3d artwork. You don’t need to take any special courses or read any complicated books. Perhaps you have a scene in your mind that you’d like to create. Choose your 3D subjects and their virtual environment, and then let DAZ|Studio fill in the rest for you. Or, perhaps you’ve found an interesting 3D character that you enjoy and would like to build a scene around it. Either way, DAZ|Studio can be the means to bring everything together into a stunning representation of your limitless imagination.
DAZ|Studio is a free software application that allows you to easily create beautiful digital art. You can use this software to load in people, animals, vehicles, buildings, props, and accessories to create digital scenes. DAZ|Studio includes two pre-configured scenes ready for you to Load & Render within DAZ|Studio. Just double-click on the scene thumbnails inside of DAZ|Studio, and everything will come on screen posed, lit, and ready for you to create a stunning digital image
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Carrara, from DAZ Productions, is a cross platform 3D modeling and animation application for Mac OS X and Windows.
From the Carrara website:
Carrara 5 offers a wealth of tools for all types of users - from 3D animators, modelers and industrial designers to illustrators and creative professionals, from motion media aficionados and still photographers to fledgling 3D enthusiasts. The friendly and approachable interface will help you get started quickly, and the rich feature set will keep you satisfied throughout your projects.
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Bryce, from DAZ Productions, is a cross platform 3D landscape modeling application for Mac OS X and Windows.
From the Bryce website:
Make your scenes more realistic by combining imported animations with your Bryce 6 scenes to create seamless productions of environments populated with human figures, animals and other characters. With improved support of animations created in DAZ|Studio software, included free with Bryce, you can place your characters directly into your Bryce scenes and have them walk and talk right before your very eyes. Choose at what point you want the imported animations to begin, with the freedom to go back to DAZ|Studio to make any necessary adjustments to make them perfect. Then simply re-import those animations back into your Bryce scene.
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Kirk

CS Odessa, developers of the cross-platform, OS X and Windows applications, ConceptDraw MINDMAP, ConceptDraw VI, ConceptDraw Project 2, ConceptDraw NetDiagrammer, and ConceptDraw WebWave, have opened an office in the silicon valley. ConceptDraw, from Odessa, Ukraine, makes products that are functional supersets of similar Microsoft products, like Visio, and Project, providing Microsoft data-file compatibility, and offering them on both OS X and Windows platforms, significantly less expensive compared to the Microsoft offering.
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Animation:Master is a cross platform 3D animation and rendering application for Mac OS X and Windows.
Continue reading ‘3D Rendering and Animation: Animation:Master’
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Dia is a cross platform diagramming application similar to Visio and available for Windows and Linux
Continue reading ‘Diagramming: Dia’
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Manga Studio is a cross platform manga and comic illustration application for Mac OS X and Windows
Continue reading ‘Manga & Comic Illustration: Manga Studio’
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Shade is a cross platform 3D modeling, rendering and animation application for Mac OS X and Windows
Continue reading ‘3D Modeling and Rendering: Shade’