Tools:
- Blender
- Bryce 3D
- The GIMP
- Dreamwever
- Fireworks

Blender

Blender is a free 3D modeling, rendering, animation and game creation package for Unix and Windows. It's a great program for newcomers to 3D modelling and animation as it's free and easy to use. It's not only for newcomers though, as experienced modellers can get amazing results from the program.

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Website: www.blender.org
Download From: www.blender3d.org (Only 3MB in size!)