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Photoshop for 3D

Photoshop for 3D
738
Photoshop

Photoshop
602
Project Overview

Project Overview
1353
3ds Max

3ds Max
990
Modeling

Modeling
976
Character design

Character design
908
Texturing

Texturing
729
ZBrush

ZBrush
632
Lighting

Lighting
518
Rendering

Rendering
497
Digital Painting

Digital Painting
418
Maya

Maya
412
V-Ray

V-Ray
264
Animation

Animation
111
Cartoon

Cartoon
110
mental ray

mental ray
104
Rigging

Rigging
89
LightWave

LightWave
69
Softimage

Softimage
60
Mudbox

Mudbox
56
Blender

Blender
67
Cinema 4D

Cinema 4D
50
Modo

Modo
39
After Effects

After Effects
38
Realism

Realism
41
Painter

Painter
35
KeyShot

KeyShot
36
Mari

Mari
37
Sketching

Sketching
35
Marmoset Toolbag

Marmoset Toolbag
29
Substance Painter

Substance Painter
44
Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine
28
Marvelous Designer

Marvelous Designer
33
Arch-viz

Arch-viz
27
Posing

Posing
27
Illustration

Illustration
39
Matte Painting

Matte Painting
21
Speed painting

Speed painting
19
Comic

Comic
18
Nuke

Nuke
17
Digital Sculpting

Digital Sculpting
16
Materials

Materials
16
Drawing and inking

Drawing and inking
21
Arnold

Arnold
22
Anatomy

Anatomy
18
VUE

VUE
13
Photorealism

Photorealism
11
iClone / Character Creator

iClone / Character Creator
10
PaintTool SAI

PaintTool SAI
10
Art theory

Art theory
22
HDRI

HDRI
9
Character Creator

Character Creator
7
Krita

Krita
9
SketchUp

SketchUp
6
3D-Coat

3D-Coat
11
Traditional painting

Traditional painting
6
Compositing

Compositing
6
GIMP

GIMP
5
ArtRage

ArtRage
4
Photobashing

Photobashing
4
Lightroom

Lightroom
4
Houdini / Mantra

Houdini / Mantra
3
Simulation

Simulation
4
NURBS

NURBS
3
Substance Designer

Substance Designer
4
SketchBook

SketchBook
2
Game development

Game development
3
Sculptris

Sculptris
3
OctaneRender

OctaneRender
3
ZSpheres

ZSpheres
2
Procreate

Procreate
10
Onion Skinning

Onion Skinning
2
Mantra

Mantra
1
HDR Light Studio

HDR Light Studio
1
AutoCAD

AutoCAD
1
Real-time rendering

Real-time rendering
3
Custom Brushes

Custom Brushes
1
Polypaint

Polypaint
1
UVs

UVs
3
3D Paintover

3D Paintover
3
Procedural generation

Procedural generation
1
Watercolors

Watercolors
1
PBR / Physically-based rendering

PBR / Physically-based rendering
1
Visual Development

Visual Development
1
Creature design

Creature design
321