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Life & fun · June 1, 2025

Material Generator

Generate high-quality PBR texture maps from images or text.

Material Generator launched on June 1, 2025 with 8 votes, #3,353 of 7,998 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

What it does

Material Generator is a web app that allows users to create and edit PBR (Physically Based Rendering) texture maps like Base Color, Normal, Roughness, Occlusion, Height, and Metal from a single image or text prompt.

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