CGBookcase vs CineGrain
CGBookcase
cgbookcase.com
CineGrain
cinegrain.comSide by side
| Figure | CGBookcase | CineGrain |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 10 |
| Spec score · Texture Libraries | 7.8 (#12) | 7.9 (#10) |
Plans
CineGrain
- Indie 8mm Collection$76, paid once
- City$96, paid once
- Indie 16mm Collection$96, paid once
- Indie 35mm Collection$96, paid once
- Apollo$148, paid once
- Artifacts - Indie Master Series$164, paid once
- Era - 1970s$198, paid once
- Grain - Indie Master Series$246, paid once
- FILM Pipeline$999, paid once
- Professional Collection$999, paid once
In their own words
CGBookcase
CGBookcase is a free web resource for physically based rendering textures and material guidance. Its catalog lists 566 free textures with filters for 1K, 2K, 4K, 6K, and 8K resolutions. Textures use the CC0 1.0 license, allowing free use without credit, including commercial work. A listed Manhole Cover 16 material includes Base Color, Height, Mask, Metallic, DirectX Normal, and Roughness maps. The site also provides the open-source Texture Tiling Tool, which helps make photoscanned surfaces seamless and repeatable through surface-aware blending, clone patches, and lighting equalization at seams. Guides cover Blender and Unreal Engine setup. The Blender guidance notes that DirectX normal maps need green-channel inversion for Blender’s OpenGL format. Sample Rock and Bark downloads are offered in 4K and 8K, with file sizes from 118MB to 958MB. Patrons can access a Google Drive folder containing all textures.