CineGrain vs FreePBRTextures
CineGrain
cinegrain.com
FreePBRTextures
freepbrtextures.comSide by side
| Figure | CineGrain | FreePBRTextures |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 10 | 1 |
| Spec score · Texture Libraries | 7.9 (#10) | 7.7 (#16) |
| Support | CineGrain invites customers to email [email protected] with workflow questions and lists the phone number 888.217.9040 on its homepage. | Questions and suggestions can be sent to [email protected]. |
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
FreePBRTextures
FreePBRTextures is a web library of free, seamless physically based rendering materials for game developers, 3D artists and designers. Its homepage lists more than 30 textures across eight categories, each generated at 4K resolution, or 4096 by 4096 pixels. Every texture includes albedo, normal and roughness maps. Procedural generation uses mathematical noise functions, with wrapped coordinates producing tileable edges; a seed recreates the same result, while changing seeds and parameters makes variations. The site also describes combining AI image generation with procedural post-processing. The textures are released under CC0, which permits commercial use, modification and redistribution without attribution. Blender and Unity workflows can use the albedo, normal and roughness maps; a guide for Unreal Engine 5 also uses metallic maps. The free plan costs nothing and requires no signup. Files are provided in PNG and ZIP formats. The terms page describes itself as template terms and advises customization and legal review.