Visualization and graphics software at IU
At Indiana University, the UITS Advanced Visualization Lab supports a variety of visualization and graphics software packages, both open source and commercial, by providing software licensing and distribution along with support and consulting services.
If you have questions about using visualization software at IU, contact the AVL.
| Scientific visualization | |
| ParaView | Open source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application |
| Visualization Tool Kit (VTK) | Open source software for manipulating and displaying scientific data |
| Visual Molecular Dynamics (VMD) | Molecular visualization program for displaying, animating, and analyzing large biomolecular systems using 3D graphics and built-in scripting |
| 3D Slicer | Open source software platform for medical image informatics, image processing, and 3D visualization |
| Information visualization | |
| Cytoscape | Open source software platform for visualizing complex networks and integrating these with any type of attribute data |
| 3D modeling and animation | |
| Blender | Free open source 3D creation suite supporting the entirety of the 3D pipeline including modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, and motion tracking, plus video editing and game creation |
| Autodesk Maya | Used for animation, environments, motion graphics, virtual reality, and character creation |
| 3D mesh manipulation and analysis | |
| MeshLab | Open source system for processing and editing 3D triangular meshes |
| Autodesk Meshmixer | Software for working with triangle meshes |
| 3D photogrammetry | |
| Agisoft metashape | Stand-alone software product that performs photogrammetric processing of digital images and generates 3D spatial data to be used in GIS applications, cultural heritage documentation, and visual effects production, as well as for indirect measurements of objects of various scales |
| AliceVision | AliceVision Meshroom allows you to run the whole photogrammetric pipeline; load in your images, and Meshroom automatically generates a textured mesh |
| OpenMVG | Open Multiple View Geometry library; basis for 3D computer vision and Structure from Motion |
| OpenMVS | Library for computer-vision scientists, especially targeted to the Multi-View Stereo reconstruction community |
| 2D image processing | |
| ImageMagick | Create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images |
| GIMP | Cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows, and more operating systems |
| Adobe | Create and enhance photographs, illustrations, and 3D artwork |
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