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dual/dual 280's still beat the nuts off G5's in real world use where the application is truly cross-platform.
POVRay
Visual Effects Society
HighEnd3d.com - Site dedicated to high end 3D software. Lots of Maya scripts.
Alias / Wavefront - 2-D and 3-D graphics for film, video, games development, industrial design, automotive design and visualizations markets. Maya software.
Areteis.com: Arete Entertainment, Inc - Digital NatureTools plug-ins
The following are plug-ins for Maya v3.0 available on Linux:
Psunami
Psyclone
P_Liquid
RenderWorld
Maya Gallery and Tutorials
PhoenixTools.com: Yellow CD - Package of tools for Maya on Linux
Dhima.com: DH Institute of Media Arts - Visual Effects and Multimedia Training School - Maya training courses (Santa Monica CA)
Softimage
Xsi 2.0: Their flagship 3D modeler, animator and rederer.
Toonz: 2-D cell animation to create cartoons. Supports DDR to render directly to a video device.
Global Information Group: GIG 3-D - GIG3DGO solid modeler + renderer - (Try for free.)
Kaydara: Filmbox - Generate and produce digital content for film, TV, games, and the Web. Also broadcast systems. - Huge suite of animation, motion capture, modeling and simulation tools for Linux.
MainActor - Commercial video editor for Linux
SideFx: Houdini - 3D animation. Also Houdini Select for animators.
Silicon Grail - works with GIMP. Composting and image manipulation system for feature film resolutions.
SteamboatSoftware.com - JIG: Photorealistic Hair Renderer, Cartoon and Line Renderer, and Volumetric Renderer for Procedural Gases and Particles
PCI Geiomatics: GeoGateway - geographical data image viewing tool. Handles 80 data formats.
Paul Nolan Software: Photogenics - Paint program with airbrush, chalk, watercolors, effects, 90+ filters
Side Effects Software: Houdini - 3-D modeling and animation.
N.A. Software: CAESAR - Synthetic Aperature Radar imagery
Research Systems: IDL - cross platform, access, analysis and visualization. Drag and drop GUI app builder.
3D Pipeline: Tree FX - tree and flora simulation
2D3: Automated Matchmoving Software - Match 3D and 2D, camera tracking.
Eyetronics: Liquid Faces - 3-D scanning and digitizing.
EyeOn: Digital Fusion - 3D Graphics and effects software.
Silicon Grail: RAYZ - 2D composositor. Clip editing, morphing, warping, annotate images, color correction, ...
NothingReal.com - Composting systems for high resolution effects. (Used by the big time pros)
Shake: Compositing, filters, transformations, color correction, ...
Ultimatte.com - blue and green screen compositing, screen correction, grain killer/filter, ... Plug-in for "Shake" from Nothing Real.
Marlin Studios - Land and sky textures, background images (CD sets)
Exluna.com
EntropyR - Quality, production-tested Linux rendering system. Compatible with RenderMan shading language.
BMRT - Ray tracer distributed free of charge! BMRT has been used in the production of several feature films, including Swordfish, A Bug's Life, Stuart Little, The Cell, Hollow Man, and Woman on Top.
Okino: NuGraf, PolyTrans - Photo-Realistic Rendering and 3D Model, Scene, CAD and Animation Translation/Viewing