SpriteIlluminator Alternatives

SpriteIlluminator is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to SpriteIlluminator for Windows, Linux, Mac, Python and GIMP. The best SpriteIlluminator alternative is Laigter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SpriteIlluminator are AwesomeBump, Unflattener, Quixel Suite and Sprite Lamp.

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SpriteIlluminator lets you easily generate normal maps for your 2d game and web projects. Render dynamic lighting &...

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SpriteIlluminator alternatives page was last updated Jul 13, 2022
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  1. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Laigter VS SpriteIlluminator

     
    • Laigter is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to SpriteIlluminator.

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

    • Laigter is Free and Open SourceSpriteIlluminator is Paid and Proprietary
  2. 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 SpriteIlluminator

     
  3. Unflattener icon
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    Unflattener is a free and open source Python module and a command line tool (unflatten.py) that helps you make normal maps for 2D sprites and other graphics. You can use the normal maps it generates to implement dynamic lighting in video games.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python

    Unflattener Features

    1.  Dynamic lighting

    Unflattener VS SpriteIlluminator

     
    • Unflattener is the most popular Mac alternative to SpriteIlluminator.

    • Unflattener is Free and Open SourceSpriteIlluminator is Paid and Proprietary
  4. 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 SpriteIlluminator

     
  5. 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.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Sprite Lamp Features

    1.  Dynamic lighting

    Sprite Lamp VS SpriteIlluminator

     
    • Sprite Lamp is the most popular commercial alternative to SpriteIlluminator.

    • Sprite Lamp is Paid and ProprietarySpriteIlluminator is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Handplane Baker is a free baking tool for a production environment that processes extremely dense models easily.

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    HandPlane Baker Features

    1.  Texture Baking

    HandPlane Baker VS SpriteIlluminator

     
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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 SpriteIlluminator

     
  8. 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 SpriteIlluminator

     
  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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Crazybump VS SpriteIlluminator

     
  10. NVIDIA Melody icon
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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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    NVIDIA Melody VS SpriteIlluminator

     
  11. Njob icon
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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:

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Njob VS SpriteIlluminator

     
  12. 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 SpriteIlluminator

     
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