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Overview on the most commonly used renderers in visual effects and 3D modeling /animation: >>>>> KeyShot: Simple Interface Rendering Speed Powerful Animation Advanced Features Easy Fast Accurate CPU-Powered, it takes full advantage of all cores and threads inside a computer Tight Integration: When you import 3D geometry, KeyShot maintains the entire model structure including part and assembly names Large Data Handling: Since KeyShot is CPU-based, any imported data is stored in RAM – not the video card. This allows KeyShot to handle extremely large data sets. There are no restrictions on the size of the data set as long as the computer has enough memory available. >>>> V-RAY: Progressive Rendering: Instead of creating the image bucket by bucket, it renders the whole output at once and quickly clears the noise in it. Probabilistic Light Sampling Integrated Embree Great for architectural renders VRayClipper Object Render Mask/Render Subset Deep Image Output...

Asset Flinger What it does:  Allows you to quickly and easily import your objects into other scenes. Price:  Free! Author:  Manu Jarvinen Download it How to Use it EasyFX What it does:  Allows you to add compositing effects to your renders very quickly Price:  Free! Author:  Nils Söderman Download it How to Use it Matalogue What it does:  Gives you quick access to all the materials and lights in your scene. Making complex scenes means dealing with large amounts of materials, lights and compositing setups. This tool by Greg Zaal alleviates all these frustrations for you by giving you access to all this in one tab in the Node Editor. Price:  Free! Author:  Greg Zaal Download it How to Use it Animation Nodes Allows you to:  Animate almost anything in Blender! This addon brings parametric modelling and animation to life! I've been wanting a feature much like Houdini where you can input node values...