CGBookcase vs Simple Repeat
CGBookcase
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| Figure | CGBookcase | Simple Repeat |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Texture Libraries | 7.8 (#12) | 7.3 (#24) |
| Creator | Dorian Zgraggen says he runs the site in his spare time and creates free PBR textures and guides. | The creator identifies themself as Ima, lives in Japan, and says they draw illustrations and make custom content for PC games, mainly 3D model textures. |
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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.
Simple Repeat
Simple Repeat has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.