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24 alternatives to Substance Designer 5
The industry standard for PBR texturing
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Substance Designer 5 launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Apply Pixels▲186Downloadable evolving Industry Standard Design Tools
2016 · applypixels.com · its alternatives →
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A comprehensive handbook on digital design
2014 · ustwo.com · its alternatives →
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Materialette▲177A material design color palette on macOS / Windows / Linux
2016 · mike-schultz.github.io · its alternatives →
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A beginner’s guide to DPI and cross-platform design
2014 · its alternatives →
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Find Guidelines▲174A repository of products' design guidelines
2014 · findguidelin.es · its alternatives →
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Palette For Mac▲205A menu bar based colour contrast analyser
2016 · often.studio · its alternatives →
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Automatic design consistency + documentation.
2017 · uxpin.com · its alternatives →
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Material Design for Bootstrap
2014 · fezvrasta.github.io · its alternatives →
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Designspiration▲135Discover and share design inspiration
2014 · designspiration.com · its alternatives →
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Pixel Hours▲81Curated visual bookmarks for designers & developers
2015 · pixelhours.com · its alternatives →
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A purpose-built drawing tool for pixel artists
2017 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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