CGBookcase vs Cinegrams

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.

Cinegrams sells editing assets for visual storytelling, including LUTs, presets, overlays, transitions, sound effects, film scans, titles, and Powergrades. The maker presents these as drag-and-drop tools. LUTs work in software that supports the.cube format, including Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Photoshop, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and Vegas Pro. Lightroom presets are listed for Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Lightroom Mobile, and Photoshop; Powergrades support both free and full versions of DaVinci Resolve. Purchases are one-time, with a listed starting price of $29.99 and no free plan. Named options include Season I at $97, paid once, Season II at $97, paid once, Cinematic Academy at $149, paid once, and Full Access at $249, paid once. The Academy offers courses in cinematography, color grading, photography, photo editing, and social media, and is intended for creators including those with no previous experience. Cinegrams lists Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. Support is available Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm ET, with an average answer time of four hours.