Mixos Paint is a browser-based app for painting layered PBR materials onto 3D models.
Alternatives to Wafer
Trumble is a browser-based creative suite for game developers and artists working on texturing and painting.
Surface Labs is a node-based application for authoring procedural textures and materials by connecting operations in a graph.
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Mari
Mari is a 3D painting package for high-resolution texturing and look development in visual effects, animation, and games.
Free planLinuxWindows7.1From $689 a year - 5

InstaMAT
InstaMAT is a content creation platform for making generative materials, texturing assets, building procedural graphs, and painting in 3D.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.9Free plan - 6

Adobe Substance 3D Modeler
ExtensionWindows6.7 - 7
Material Maker
Material Maker is an open-source tool for authoring procedural PBR materials with node graphs and exporting them for game engines and movie assets.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.7$14.99 one-time - 8
6.7Free plan - 9
ArmorPaint
ArmorPaint is standalone software for painting physically based textures on 3D models, with node-based materials and brushes, procedural materials,…
AndroidiOSLinuxmacOS6.5$19 one-time - 10
ShaderMap
ShaderMap is Windows software for creating rendering and PBR maps from source images, 3D models, and light scan photo stacks.
Free planWindows6.5$19 one-time - 11

ColorMinis
ColorMinis is a 3D painting studio for generating, painting, playing with, and exporting models.
AndroidiOSmacOS6.4From $49.99 a year - 12
Filter Forge
Filter Forge is desktop software for creating photo effects, seamless textures, and custom filters on Windows and macOS.
macOSWindows6.4From $12 a month - 13
Knald
Knald is a standalone Windows application that generates textures from high-to-low polygon meshes and 2D sources such as photographs and heightmaps.
Free planWindows6.4$100 one-time - 14
UVLayout
UVLayout is a stand-alone application for creating and editing UV texture coordinates on 3D polymeshes and subdivision surfaces.
LinuxmacOSWindows6.4From $100 a year - 15
TextureLab
TextureLab is a free, open-source tool for making tileable, physically based textures on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.3Free plan - 16
AwesomeBump
AwesomeBump is free, open-source software for generating material textures from a single image.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.1Free plan - 17
MeshCoat
MeshCoat is a free 3D texture-painting app for game developers and 3D artists, available on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.1Free plan - 18
Pigmi
Pigmi is a desktop editor for texture palettes, gradient atlases, and PBR material maps, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.1Free plan - 19
VFX Texture Lab
VFX Texture Lab is a free, MIT-licensed application for building procedural textures, animated flipbooks, reusable PBR materials and lightweight…
Free planLinuxWindows6.1Free plan - 20
Blacksmith3D
Blacksmith3D is a Windows application with 3D painting and morphing tools for artists.
Free planWindows6.0Free plan - 21
Forge Material Studio
Forge Material Studio is a local-first tool for making procedural PBR materials on the web or Windows.
Free planWebWindows6.0Free plan - 22

LigidPainter
LigidPainter is a free application for texturing 3D models, with painting available directly on a model or in a 2D scene.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.0Free plan - 23
Materialize
Materialize is a free, standalone Windows tool for building game materials from images.
Free planWindows5.8Free plan - 24
PixPlant
Windows5.8 - 25
CrazyBump
macOSWindows5.7$49 one-time - 26
MechaPaint
MechaPaint is a standalone 3D application for painting and texturing models on Windows and macOS.
macOSWindows5.7$39.50 one-time - 27
Vizoo xTex
Windows5.7 - 28
Marmoset Toolbag
macOSWindows4.8


