Picogen Alternatives

Picogen is described as 'A free Terrain Synthesizer and RendererPicogen is an outdoor ray tracing system, a free Terrain Synthesizer and Renderer targeting large-scale terrain with realistic day/night-illumination and detailed plant populations' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to Picogen for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, LightWave and Autodesk 3ds Max apps. The best Picogen alternative is LuxCoreRender, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Picogen are Vue, MoonRay, Adobe Dimension and Infinigen.

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  1. LuxCoreRender icon
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    LuxCoreRender is a physically based and unbiased rendering engine. Based on state of the art algorithms, LuxCoreRender simulates the flow of light according to physical equations, thus producing realistic images of photographic quality.

    46 LuxCoreRender alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Vue icon
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    Create vast expanses of terrains, add trees, select the best point of view and render hyper-realistic images of your landscapes in moody atmospheres... in a few mouse clicks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. MoonRay icon
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    MoonRay is DreamWorks Animation’s in-house 3D renderer, used to render all DreamWorks movies since How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

    45 MoonRay alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Adobe Dimension icon
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    Versatile 3D design tool combining asset compositing and photorealistic rendering with real-time previews. Access Adobe Stock seamlessly and enhance with Photoshop for practical workflows.

    57 Adobe Dimension alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe Creative Cloud
     
  5. Infinigen icon
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    Infinigen is a procedural generator that creates everything entirely from randomized mathematical rules, including all shapes and materials, from macro structures to micro details. Infinigen can create unlimited variations.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. Terragen icon
     33 likes

    Terragen is a scenery generator, created with the goal of generating photorealistic landscape images and animations.

    26 Terragen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. POV-Ray icon
     31 likes

    The Persistence of Vision Raytracer is a high-quality, totally free tool for creating stunning three-dimensional graphics. It is available in official versions for Windows, Mac OS/Mac OS X and i86 Linux. The source code is available for those wanting to do their own ports.

    42 POV-Ray alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. RenderMan icon
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    PhotoRealistic RenderMan, or PRMan for short, is a proprietary photorealistic RenderMan-compliant renderer.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. World Machine icon
     9 likes

    World Machine is a powerful terrain generation software used by game developers, visual effects artists, and independent creators to create realistic 3D landscapes and terrains.

    29 World Machine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Malt icon
     2 likes

    Malt is a fully customizable real-time rendering framework for animation and illustration. Designed as a community effort to expand the possibility space of 3d rendering, it provides graphics programmers and technical artist an enjoyable “shadertoy-like” workflow inside Blender...

    46 Malt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. appleseed icon
     10 likes

    appleseed is a modern, open source, physically-based rendering engine designed to produce photorealistic images, animations and visual effects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. FlowScape icon
     1 like

    In FlowScape you can create your own tiny nature scene simply by painting.

    Choose from more than 20 landscapes and 60 models to create your own private paradise by changing the sky, rotating the sun, adding sound effects and adjust your camera.

    13 FlowScape alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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