Top 23 Vfx Open-Source Projects

• OpenVDB

  56 2,407 8.7 C++

  OpenVDB - Sparse volume data structure and tools

  

  Project mention: PicoGK is a compact and robust geometry kernel for Computational Engineering | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-14

  In the README there is a section title "On the shoulders of giants" that probably points to the main reason. This project is a layer overtop https://www.openvdb.org/

• appleseed

  4 2,167 1.2 C++

  A modern open source rendering engine for animation and visual effects

  

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• sprite-glow

  2 2,163 4.0 ShaderLab

  Sprite glow effect for Unity via HDR outline and bloom post-processing

• OpenShadingLanguage

  8 2,019 8.7 C++

  Advanced shading language for production GI renderers

  

• OpenImageIO

  0 1,875 9.4 C++

  Reading, writing, and processing images in a wide variety of file formats, using a format-agnostic API, aimed at VFX applications.

  

• MaterialX

  2 1,729 9.3 C++

  MaterialX is an open standard for the exchange of rich material and look-development content across applications and renderers.

  

• OpenEXR

  10 1,570 9.2 C

  The OpenEXR project provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, the professional-grade image storage format of the motion picture industry.

  

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• OpenTimelineIO

  8 1,355 6.7 Python

  Open Source API and interchange format for editorial timeline information.

  

  Project mention: Is Opentimelineio (OTIO) a thing? | /r/editors | 2023-04-20

• zeno

  1 1,101 10.0 C++

  ZEn NOde system - a simulation & rendering engine in nodes (by zenustech)

  

• SideFXLabs

  2 937 9.1 C++

  

  Project mention: Trying to get Sidefx Labs installed in Uni and getting this Error, silly question but what's the fix? Where do I find the Launcher so it let's me update the Sidefx Labs toolset? | /r/Houdini | 2023-05-16

  Best bet would be to try method 3 here https://github.com/sideeffects/SideFXLabs

• HdrpVatExample

  1 824 1.8 HLSL

  VAT (Vertex Animation Texture) with Unity Shader Graph and Visual Effect Graph

• OpenCue

  1 805 6.9 Python

  A render management system you can deploy for visual effects and animation productions.

  

• SdfVfxSamples

  3 774 3.2

  Unity VFX Graph samples with SDF (signed distance field)

• bevy_hanabi

  1 757 8.7 Rust

  🎆 Hanabi — a GPU particle system plugin for the Bevy game engine.

• Post-Processing-Scan

  4 713 3.9 ShaderLab

  A 3D scan/sonar-like post-processing effect for Unity. Essentially a visualization of a spherical signed distance field (SDF).

  Project mention: I made a procedural distortion shader that can be rendered and controlled by individual particles. It features smooth blending against intersecting geometry seamless effects, like SHOCKWAVES. ✨⭕️ | /r/Unity3D | 2023-06-02

  This is a WIP for URP, and I plan on releasing it free on my GitHub alongside my other open Untity/VFX projects when I've finished.

• LaspVfx

  3 586 0.0 C#

  Audio reactive Unity VFX with LASP

• USD-Cookbook

  1 575 0.0 Mathematica

  USD Example Projects

• Compute-Shaders-Fluid-Dynamic-

  1 492 0.0 C#

  Fluid Simulation Implementation in Compute Shaders using Unity3D

• MatrixVFX

  1 466 0.0 ShaderLab

  A realtime Matrix VFX Shader in Unity 3D

• composer-suite

  2 437 4.9 TypeScript

  A suite of libraries for making game development with Three.js and React not only awesome, but so good, it would feel wrong to use anything else.

• kitsu

  3 345 9.9 Vue

  Collaboration Platform for Animation and VFX Productions

  

  Project mention: Show HN: Windmill – fastest open-source workflow engine – the how | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-22

  Sorry, yes, VFX is "visual effects".

  A sibling already gave links to Kabaret and Prism.

  Here's the link to Kitsu: https://github.com/cgwire/kitsu

• VfxGraphTestbed

  1 325 0.0 HLSL

  My testbed for Unity VFX Graph

• OpenAssetIO

  1 261 9.3 C++

  An open-source interoperability standard for tools and content management systems used in media production.

  

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• I made a procedural distortion shader that can be rendered and controlled by individual particles. It features smooth blending against intersecting geometry seamless effects, like SHOCKWAVES. ✨⭕️
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• Is it possible to create a transparent material with a culling mask like in the camera?
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• Is Opentimelineio (OTIO) a thing?
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