ShaderMap Alternatives

ShaderMap is described as 'Creates rendering textures such as normal maps, ambient occlusion, albedo, displacement, metalness, and roughness. Select a mode and source type then load the source file - ShaderMap will create a project generating maps from the source. It's that easy' and is an app in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ShaderMap for Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and GIMP. The best ShaderMap alternative is AwesomeBump, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ShaderMap are Quixel Suite, HandPlane Baker, Resynthesizer and ModLab.

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ShaderMap alternatives page was last updated Jul 13, 2022
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  1. AwesomeBump icon

    AwesomeBump

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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

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    AwesomeBump screenshot 1

    AwesomeBump Features

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

    AwesomeBump VS ShaderMap

     

    • AwesomeBump is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to ShaderMap.

    • AwesomeBump is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ShaderMap.

    • AwesomeBump is Free and Open SourceShaderMap is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Quixel Suite icon

    Quixel Suite

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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...

    25 Quixel Suite alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Quixel Suite screenshot 1

    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 ShaderMap

     

    • Quixel Suite is the most popular Mac alternative to ShaderMap.

    • Quixel Suite is Freemium and ProprietaryShaderMap is Paid and Proprietary
  4. HandPlane Baker icon

    HandPlane Baker

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

    14 HandPlane Baker alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    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:

    HandPlane Baker Features

    1.  Texture Baking

    HandPlane Baker VS ShaderMap

     

  5. Resynthesizer

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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

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GIMP

    Resynthesizer Features

    1.  Remove Unwanted Objects
    2.  Image Processing

    Resynthesizer VS ShaderMap

     
  6. ModLab icon

    ModLab

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

    18 ModLab alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ModLab screenshot 1

    ModLab Features

    1.  Texturing

    ModLab VS ShaderMap

     
  7. Crazybump icon

    Crazybump

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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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Crazybump screenshot 1

    Crazybump VS ShaderMap

     

    • Crazybump is the most popular commercial alternative to ShaderMap.

    • Crazybump is Paid and ProprietaryShaderMap is also Paid and Proprietary
  9. NVIDIA Melody icon

    NVIDIA Melody

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    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

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    NVIDIA Melody screenshot 1

    NVIDIA Melody VS ShaderMap

     
  10. Njob icon

    Njob

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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 philosophies are:

    14 Njob alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Njob screenshot 1

    Njob VS ShaderMap

     
  11. Substance B2M icon

    Substance B2M

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    Converts a bitmap into a seamless PBR material, including normal, AO, roughness and metallic.

    15 Substance B2M alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Substance B2M Features

    1.  Textures

    Substance B2M VS ShaderMap

     
  12. MightyBake icon

    MightyBake

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    Mightybake is fast hybrid GPU / CPU accelerated baker maximizes your hardware to bake textures ultra fast.

    14 MightyBake alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    MightyBake screenshot 1

    MightyBake VS ShaderMap

     
  13. MindTex icon

    MindTex

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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...

    22 MindTex alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MindTex screenshot 1

    MindTex Features

    1.  Texturing

    MindTex VS ShaderMap

     
  14. NormalMap-Online icon

    NormalMap-Online

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    Create a normal map directly inside your browser for free! No Uploads required, completely client-based.

    7 NormalMap-Online alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    NormalMap-Online screenshot 1

    NormalMap-Online VS ShaderMap

     

    • NormalMap-Online is the most popular Web-based alternative to ShaderMap.

    • NormalMap-Online is Free and ProprietaryShaderMap is Paid and Proprietary
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