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InstaMAT vs Adobe Substance 3D Designer
Adobe Substance 3D Designer covers node-based procedural material authoring, needs an Adobe subscription, and leaves layer painting to a separate Substance application.
InstaMAT vs Material Maker
Material Maker is free and open source for procedural PBR materials with over 200 nodes, but its texture painting tool is still experimental.
InstaMAT vs Adobe Substance 3D Painter
Adobe Substance 3D Painter covers layer-based texture painting on Windows and macOS only, requires a paid subscription and Adobe account, and has no free license.
InstaMAT vs Marmoset Toolbag
Marmoset Toolbag combines baking, texturing and real-time rendering on Windows and macOS, requires a paid licence after the trial, and has no Linux build.
InstaMAT vs ArmorPaint
ArmorPaint is an open-source GPU texture painter with node-based materials and live-link plugins for Blender, Unreal and Unity, though it has fewer tutorials and a smaller user base.
InstaMAT vs 3DCoat
3DCoat adds sculpting, retopology and UV mapping to PBR texture painting in one paid application, with a free learning mode, on Windows, macOS and Linux.
InstaMAT vs Mari
Professional 3D texture painting software for film, VFX and other high-detail digital assets.
InstaMAT vs Adobe Substance 3D Sampler
A desktop app that turns photos and scans into 3D materials, models and HDR lights.