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texture painting

Updated for Beta 2: 3D texture painting software gets new Tri-Planar Tiled and Hex Tile nodes, plus support for A/B comparisons.

Thursday, September 24th, 2026

The first 'official' release of the open-source alternative Substance 3D Painter is now ready to download. Check out its new features.

Friday, September 4th, 2026

Sizeable free update to the real-time rendering and look dev tool adds Text and Scatter Layers, and support for IES light profiles.

Thursday, August 13th, 2026

Check out the new features in the free alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including a new Dynamic Sky Material. Now also on Steam.

Tuesday, July 14th, 2026

See the new features in the free alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including a Controlled Variations system for material variants.

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026

Quixel Mixer 2023.1 makes it possible to run the material-authoring software offline indefinitely, unlike previous versions.

Friday, February 20th, 2026

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

3D texture painting software gets long-awaited Multi-Paint system for projection-painting multiple texture maps simultaneously.

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025

Find great seasonal discounts on CG software, hardware and assets. Deals available in January include 3DCoat, 3D Scan Store, CGTrader.

Friday, November 28th, 2025

Library Drop 07 makes 100+ new assets available for the real-time rendering and look dev software, including 50 new brushes.

Sunday, November 16th, 2025

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

Check out the new features in the real-time rendering and look dev tool, from dedicated decal layers to low-to-low-poly texture baking.

Sunday, August 17th, 2025

Promising hard-surface-focused add-on implements Substance 3D Painter-style layer-based texture painting inside Blender.

Friday, August 15th, 2025