Njob Alternatives

Njob is described as 'Simple tool that supports a number of filters related to normalmapping and texture creation. I’ts key design philosophies are:' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Njob for Windows, Mac, Linux and GIMP. The best Njob alternative is PixPlant. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Laigter or AwesomeBump. Other great apps like Njob are Resynthesizer, Quixel Suite, Sprite Lamp and ModLab.

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Njob is a simple tool that supports a number of filters related to normalmapping and texture creation. I’ts key design...

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Njob alternatives page was last updated Jul 13, 2022
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  1. PixPlant icon
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    PixPlant is a smart texturing app with the best tools to quickly transform a photo into seamless repeating textures and 3D maps.

    20 PixPlant alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • PT flagPortugal
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The latest version (5.0.49) is from October 2023.

    PixPlant Features

    1.  Texturing
    2.  Textures

    PixPlant VS Njob

     
    • PixPlant is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Njob.

    • PixPlant is the most popular commercial alternative to Njob.

    • PixPlant is Paid and ProprietaryNjob is Free and Proprietary
  2. Laigter icon
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    This tool lets you generate normal maps for 2D textures, with little effort. Specially designed for Sprites in 2D games.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Laigter VS Njob

     
    • Laigter is the most popular Linux alternative to Njob.

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

    • Laigter is Free and Open SourceNjob is Free and Proprietary
  3. AwesomeBump icon
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    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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    AwesomeBump Features

    1.  Texturing
    2.  OPENGL
    3.  Realistic viewport
    4.  GLSL

    AwesomeBump VS Njob

     
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GIMP

    Resynthesizer Features

    1.  Remove Unwanted Objects
    2.  Image Processing

    Resynthesizer VS Njob

     
  5. Quixel Suite icon
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    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...

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    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 VS Njob

     
  6. Sprite Lamp icon
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    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.

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    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Sprite Lamp Features

    1.  Dynamic lighting

    Sprite Lamp VS Njob

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

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ModLab Features

    1.  Texturing

    ModLab VS Njob

     
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    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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    SpriteIlluminator VS Njob

     
  9. Crazybump icon
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    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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    • Mac
    • Windows

    Crazybump VS Njob

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

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Knald Features

    1.  GPU Acceleration

    Knald VS Njob

     
  11. Substance B2M icon
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    Converts a bitmap into a seamless PBR material, including normal, AO, roughness and metallic.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Substance B2M Features

    1.  Textures

    Substance B2M VS Njob

     
  12. MindTex icon
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    MindTex is a normal map generation utility for game developers and 3d professionals. Built to rival the competition in quality without the steep price, whether you want to generate a normal, height, specular, gloss, self-illumination, occlusion, or reflection map, you can easily...

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    MindTex Features

    1.  Texturing

    MindTex VS Njob

     
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