ArmorPaint

A stand-alone application for physically based texture painting on 3D models, running on the GPU.

PaidOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux
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About ArmorPaint

ArmorPaint is a PBR texture painter: drag a 3D model in and paint on it with instant feedback in the viewport. Materials, fill layers and brushes can be built from nodes, so procedural materials and patterned brushes are possible.

It runs entirely on the GPU with its own rendering engine, supports ray-traced baking and painting effects on Direct3D12, Vulkan and Metal, and offers decal layers and a path-traced viewport. Live-link plugins connect it to Blender, Unreal Engine and Unity.

Strengths

  • Node-based procedural materials and brushes
  • GPU painting at up to 16K textures
  • Ray-traced baking on Direct3D12, Vulkan and Metal
  • Live-link plugins for Blender, Unreal Engine and Unity

Limitations

  • Smaller user base and fewer tutorials than commercial texturing tools

Details

Pricing
PaidPrebuilt releases are offered from the download page; the source code is on GitHub.
License
Open source, license not stated
Developer
The ArmorPaint contributors
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
How it runs
Downloadable app
Works offline
Yes
Best suited for
Artists who want an open-source alternative to Substance Painter
Last verified
Added
Provenance
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Alternatives to ArmorPaint

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Software that can replace ArmorPaint for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.

  • Adobe Substance 3D Painter

    A commercial 3D painting application for applying textures, materials and masks to 3D models in real time.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    Adobe Substance 3D Painter is closed source, runs only on Windows and macOS and needs an Adobe account, but belongs to the wider Substance 3D Collection.

  • 3DCoat

    A 3D application for voxel sculpting, retopology, UV mapping, PBR texture painting and rendering.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    3DCoat is closed source and adds sculpting, retopology and UV mapping to its PBR texture painting, with a free learning mode but a commercial licence for production.

ArmorPaint as an alternative

Listings that name ArmorPaint as an alternative.

  • Material Maker

    An open-source node-based tool for authoring procedural PBR materials and textures for game engines.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    ArmorPaint also uses node-based procedural materials, but its focus is GPU texture painting on models up to 16K, and its compiled builds are paid although the source is open.

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