<cat>Dev.Material</cat> <title>Material Resources</title> ## Tools [Substance Player](https://substance3d.adobe.com/documentation/sp31/substance-player-2294742.html) - Free program used to view **.sbsar** files, tweak exposed parameters, and export to texture maps. ## Material Authoring Tools ## PBR Material Authoring Tools [Substance 3D Designer Steam Edition](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1775400/Substance_3D_Designer_2022/) - Paid but powerful Material authoring tool. [Material Maker](https://rodzilla.itch.io/material-maker)² - Free and open-source, based on the Godot Engine. [Texture Lab](https://njbrown.itch.io/texturelab) - Free and open-source, written in TypeScript and hosted in an Electron app. ## Free PBR Materials/Textures [AmbientCG](https://ambientcg.com)¹ [PolyHaven](https://polyhaven.com/textures)¹ [CGBookcase](https://www.cgbookcase.com/textures) [Juliovii](https://juliovii.itch.io/) [3dassets.one](https://3dassets.one/#order=latest) [MaterialMaker](https://www.materialmaker.org/materials?count=10&type=material)³ <note> * ¹Since s&box uses **OpenGL Normals**, when downloading textures from sites such as AmbientCG or PolyHaven for example, check to see if they have an OpenGL (GL) normal provided, ⁴if not you can invert the **DirectX Normals** into **OpenGL Normals** * ¹Since s&box uses **OpenGL Normals**, when downloading textures from sites such as AmbientCG or PolyHaven for example, check to see if they have an OpenGL (GL) normal provided, if not you can ⁴invert **DirectX Normals** into **OpenGL Normals** * ⁴You can invert a normal from **DirectX** to **OpenGL** by toggling **"Legacy Source1 Inverted Normals"** in the material editor [InvertNormals](https://i.imgur.com/U5gUegf.png). * ²Before exporting a material from Material Maker you will need to convert the normal in the graph from the Material Maker’s internal format to OpenGL [Normal convert node documentation](https://rodzill4.github.io/material-maker/doc/node_filter_normal_convert.html) * ²To export from Material Maker, do **'File' > 'Export Material' > 'Blender'** . From there you'll have .exr files whitch are your exported textures. * ³Textures from Material Maker Site Will need to first be exported from Material Maker. </note> <note> Work In Progress, edits are welccome. </note>