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Adobe Substance 3D DesignerMaterialize

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Base color and normal material node groups in the graph editor

Best for: 3D artists authoring procedural materials and textures for games and film

Best for: Game artists who need normal, height and occlusion maps from photos

Paid

Included in the paid Adobe Substance 3D Collection plan, with a free trial.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 licence.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows
  • Non-destructive node-based workflow
  • Procedural materials with unlimited variations
All 3 strengths
  • Non-destructive node-based workflow
  • Procedural materials with unlimited variations
  • Widely used standard for material authoring
  • Generates a full material set from a single image
  • Seamless texture tiling
All 4 strengths
  • Generates a full material set from a single image
  • Seamless texture tiling
  • Automation through XML clipboard commands
  • Used in a shipped commercial game remaster
  • Requires an Adobe subscription
  • Node graphs take time to learn
  • Windows only
  • Focused on game textures rather than general image editing
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Not open source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-3.0-only
Account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Offline features available
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Catalog checked September 24, 2026
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Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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