OpenFX
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Open FX is an Open-Source, free modeling and animation studio, distributed under the GNU General Public License, created by Dr. Stuart Ferguson, who made the decision to release the source code to the public in the middle of 1999 and he released a stable version a year and a half later. The product, formerly named SoftF/X, was renamed to OpenFX.
A powerful feature-set in OpenFX includes a full renderer and raytrace engine, NURBS support, kinematics-based animation, morphing, and an extensive plugin API. Plugin capabilities include image post processor effects such as lens flare, fog and depth of field. Animation effects such as explosions, waves and dissolves add enormously to the flexibility of the program.
OpenFX supports the Win32 platform, including Windows 95, NT, 98, ME, 2000 and XP. A port for Linux/BSD is under construction.
[edit] Release History
| Version | Release Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| Beta | January 15, 2001 | First Public Beta |
| 1.0 | February 9, 2001 | Initial Release |
| 1.1 | July 22, 2004 | Stereo hardware support Stand Alone Model Viewer(OFXVIEW.exe) A Stereo Movie Viewer(GGPLAY.exe) A fullscreen flc and avi player (DDPLAY.EXE) |
| 1.5 | September 22, 2005 | Better Wave Simulation Plugin Cubic Environment Support |
| 1.7 | November 3, 2006 | Fixed Anti aliasing problems |
