OpenFX is an Open-source software, open-source, free software, free modeling and animation studio, distributed under the GNU General Public License, created by Stuart Ferguson. He made the decision to release the source code to the public in the middle of 1999 and released a stable version a year and a half later. The product, formerly named SoftF/X, was renamed to OpenFX. The OpenFX featureset includes a full Rendering (computer graphics), renderer and Ray tracing (graphics), raytracing 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 to the flexibility of the program. Version 2.0 also features support for modern graphics cards with hardware GPU hardware acceleration, acceleration. OpenFX supports the Win32 platform, including Windows 2000, Windows XP, XP, Windows Vista, Vista, Windows 7, 7 and Windows 8, 8. It can run under Unix-based platforms by using the Wine (software), Wine compatibility layer.

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; Plug-in ; Video software, such as GenArts Sapphire or RE:Vison Effects which adds a wider variety of effects to a host application.

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Queen's University of Belfast, 3D Graphics and Animation
Free animation software Free 3D graphics software Windows-only free software Free software programmed in C Software using the GNU General Public License {{graphics-software-stub