ModLab Alternatives

ModLab is described as 'Free tool that can generate and fine tune normal maps in a realtime rendering environment' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to ModLab for Windows, Linux, Mac and GIMP. The best ModLab alternative is Laigter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ModLab are AwesomeBump, xNormal, Quixel Suite and Materialize - by Bounding Box Software.

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ModLab is a free tool that can generate and fine tune normal maps in a realtime rendering environment.

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ModLab alternatives page was last updated Jul 13, 2022
  1. Laigter icon
     10 likes

    This tool lets you generate normal maps for 2D textures, with little effort. Specially designed for Sprites in 2D games.

    15 Laigter alternatives
    Laigter screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Laigter iconModLab Icon

    Laigter VS ModLab

    Is Laigter a good alternative to ModLab?
     
    • Laigter is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to ModLab.

    • Laigter is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ModLab.

    • Laigter is Free and Open SourceModLab is Free and Proprietary
  2. AwesomeBump icon
     22 likes

    AwesomeBump is an open source program designed to generate normal, height, specular or ambient occlusion textures from a single image. Since the image processing is done in 99% on GPU the program runs very fast and all the parameters can be changed in real time.

    19 AwesomeBump alternatives
    AwesomeBump screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    AwesomeBump Features

    1.  Texturing
    2.  OPENGL
    3.  Realistic viewport
    4.  GLSL
    AwesomeBump iconModLab Icon

    AwesomeBump VS ModLab

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  3. xNormal icon
     9 likes

    xNormal is an application to generate normal / ambient occlusion / displacement maps. It can also project the texture of the highpoly model into the lowpoly mesh ( complete texture transfer, even with different topologies ).

    10 xNormal alternatives
    xNormal screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    xNormal Features

    1.  Texture Baking
    xNormal iconModLab Icon

    xNormal VS ModLab

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  4. Quixel Suite icon
     10 likes

    Quixel was founded in 2011 by Teddy Bergsman and Waqar Azim, based on the vision of substantially speeding up how creators build digital environments, by giving them access to a vast and ever-expanding library of 3D building blocks, and easy-to-use tools to greatly simplify the...

    25 Quixel Suite alternatives
    Quixel Suite screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Quixel Suite Features

    1.  Scan library
    2.  Procedural Texturing
    3.  Royalty free assets
    4.  Materials Editor
    5.  Textures
    6. Unreal Engine icon  Unreal Engine Integration
    7.  Texture painting
    Quixel Suite iconModLab Icon

    Quixel Suite VS ModLab

    Is Quixel Suite a good alternative to ModLab?
     
    • Quixel Suite is the most popular Mac alternative to ModLab.

    • Quixel Suite is Freemium and ProprietaryModLab is Free and Proprietary
  5. Materialize - by Bounding Box Software icon
     9 likes

    Materialize is a stand alone tool for creating materials for use in games from images. You can create an entire material from a single image or import the textures you have and generate the textures you need.

    6 Materialize - by Bounding Box Software alternatives
    Materialize - by Bounding Box Software screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Materialize - by Bounding Box Software Features

    1.  Texture Baking
    2.  Textured tiles
    Materialize - by Bounding Box Software iconModLab Icon

    Materialize - by Bounding Box Software VS ModLab

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  6. Sprite Lamp icon
     4 likes

    Sprite Lamp is a software tool to help game developers combine 2D art with dynamic lighting effects, through the creation of hand drawn normal maps.

    15 Sprite Lamp alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Sprite Lamp Features

    1.  Dynamic lighting
    Sprite Lamp iconModLab Icon

    Sprite Lamp VS ModLab

    Is Sprite Lamp a good alternative to ModLab?
     
    • Sprite Lamp is the most popular commercial alternative to ModLab.

    • Sprite Lamp is Paid and ProprietaryModLab is Free and Proprietary
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    This is a suite of ten Gimp plugins known as the 'Resynthesizer'. The most commonly used is 'Heal selection' but all use the plugin whose full interface is found at 'Filters>Map>Resynthesize.

    19 Resynthesizer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GIMP

    Resynthesizer Features

    1.  Remove Unwanted Objects
    2.  Image Processing
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    Resynthesizer VS ModLab

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  8. HandPlane Baker icon
     3 likes

    Handplane Baker is a free baking tool for a production environment that processes extremely dense models easily.

    14 HandPlane Baker alternatives
    PSD MATERIAL OUTPUT

You can create, save, and share libraries of material base colors. Assign them to pieces of your models and they are baked into an organized PSD set up with layer masks, ready for you to paint on. I am really hoping people post and share their material libraries so we can build a central repository for everyone to work from. You can name and edit colors for 3 material properties in the editor like this:

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    HandPlane Baker Features

    1.  Texture Baking
    HandPlane Baker iconModLab Icon

    HandPlane Baker VS ModLab

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  9. SpriteIlluminator icon
     1 like

    SpriteIlluminator lets you easily generate normal maps for your 2d game and web projects. Render dynamic lighting & other effects and use paint tools to directly draw on the normal map and fine tune the effects.

    15 SpriteIlluminator alternatives
    SpriteIlluminator screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    SpriteIlluminator iconModLab Icon

    SpriteIlluminator VS ModLab

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  10. Crazybump icon
     5 likes

    Crazybump generates lighting maps from 2D textures. It supports ambient occlusion (AO) maps, bump maps, normal maps, and more.

    18 Crazybump alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Crazybump iconModLab Icon

    Crazybump VS ModLab

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  11. NVIDIA Melody icon
     2 likes

    NVIDIA Melody creates high quality normal maps that make a low-poly model look like a high-poly model. Simply load your low-poly working model, then load your high-poly reference model, click the "Generate Normal Map" button and watch Melody go to town.

    14 NVIDIA Melody alternatives
    NVIDIA Melody screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    NVIDIA Melody iconModLab Icon

    NVIDIA Melody VS ModLab

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  12. Knald icon
     2 likes

    Knald is the world’s first GPU powered solution for generating “bake quality” textures from any 2D source texture.

    13 Knald alternatives
    Knald screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Knald Features

    1.  GPU Acceleration
    Knald iconModLab Icon

    Knald VS ModLab

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