Escape Motions releases Rebelle 8.3
Unusual update to the natural media painting app makes it possible to export the paint surface as a heightmap for use in 3D software.
Saturday, August 1st, 2026
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Open-source material authoring software Material Maker 1.6 is out
See the new features in the free alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including a Controlled Variations system for material variants.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
Check out free material authoring software Material Maker 1.5
See the new features in the open-source alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including DDS support and seven new SDF nodes.
Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
Material Maker 1.4 is a big update to the free material authoring app
Open-source alternative to tools like Substance 3D Designer and Painter gets a long-awaited update. Check out the new features.
Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
MatPlus puts Substance 3D-style texture painting inside Blender
Promising hard-surface-focused add-on implements Substance 3D Painter-style layer-based texture painting inside Blender.
Friday, August 15th, 2025
Free add-on Paint System 'turns Blender into Photoshop'
Updated for version 1.2: Intuitive layer-based texture painting add-on for Blender now supports shader layers and texture baking.
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
Free tool: paint textures in Blender with HAS Paint Layers
Check out games artist Vlad Hirourk's streamlined new Blender add-on for Substance-style layer-based texture painting.
Thursday, June 6th, 2024
Material Maker 1.0 is out
Hotly tipped open-source material authoring and 3D texture painting app gets its milestone 1.0 release. Check out all of its new features.
Sunday, July 24th, 2022
Free tools: Material Maker now also does 3D painting
Promising open-source node-based material authoring tool gets new 3D texture painting toolset.
Wednesday, July 7th, 2021