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
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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
Escape Motions releases Rebelle 8.2
Check out the latest features in the natural media painting software, including Gradient Maps and updates to the new Bristle Brushes.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2025
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