Materialize

Spec sheet

Purpose

Materialize is a standalone tool for creating materials for games from images.Read 10 Oct 2026 · boundingboxsoftware.com

Privacy

The FAQ says the maker does not ask for or collect personal information.Read 10 Oct 2026 · boundingboxsoftware.com

Support

The FAQ directs users to email [email protected] and says the maker will try to answer as soon as possible.Read 10 Oct 2026 · boundingboxsoftware.com

Automation

It can automate many processes with XML clipboard commands, including opening and saving multiple texture files quickly.Read 10 Oct 2026 · boundingboxsoftware.com

Documentation

The FAQ says documentation may come someday and points users to video tutorials.Read 10 Oct 2026 · boundingboxsoftware.com

License and source

Materialize is open source under GNU GPL v3, and its Unity project source code is hosted on GitHub.Read 10 Oct 2026 · boundingboxsoftware.com

Platform availability

The FAQ says there is no Mac or Linux version at this time.Read 10 Oct 2026 · boundingboxsoftware.com

Setup requirement

The download instructions say to extract the zip somewhere that does not need special permission to write temporary files; image loading may require the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable.Read 10 Oct 2026 · boundingboxsoftware.com

Texture generation

It can generate height, metallic, smoothness, normal, edge, and occlusion textures from diffuse, height, and normal inputs.Read 10 Oct 2026 · boundingboxsoftware.com

Tiling and formats

It can make textures tile seamlessly and save and load them in a variety of formats.Read 10 Oct 2026 · boundingboxsoftware.com

Use case

The site says Materialize was used on the Uncharted Collection to generate metallic, smoothness, and occlusion textures for environments in Uncharted 1 and 2.Read 10 Oct 2026 · boundingboxsoftware.com

Plans and prices

Every Materialize plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Game Texture Software#29 of 347.2
• 3D Texturing Software#26 of 297.3