Mextures vs Poliigon

Mextures offers photo-editing textures, overlays, film presets, and apps for creating film-like effects. Its iOS editor supports unlimited layers that can be moved, hidden, rotated, and adjusted for opacity. The product page lists more than 200 stackable textures, including grain, dust, light leaks, and color gradients, along with 30 film presets and more than 300 Formulas. Formula Manager lets users import Formulas from others and export their own to share. Console is a free Photoshop plugin in beta; it works with Photoshop CC 2016–2023 on Windows 10 or newer and macOS 11 or newer. The maker warns that the current Console version crashes with the latest Photoshop and macOS Sonoma. Film Presets are compatible with Console, Lightroom CC 2021/2022, Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Premiere, with separate software-specific versions required for separate purchases. They are not conversion LUTs, so RAW or LOG footage needs to be normalized first. Listed options include the iOS app at 1.99 USD once and the X-Film Overlay Pack at $10 a month.

Poliigon provides 3D artists with a library of photorealistic textures, models, and HDRIs. The homepage describes more than 7,000 3D assets for architectural visualization, product rendering, game design, VFX, and animation. Other listed asset types include generators and Substance Designer files, with download formats such as JPG, PNG, TIFF, EXR, FBX, BLEND, and MAX. The site lists support for tools including Blender, SketchUp, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Maya, Houdini, Rhino, Revit, AutoCAD, Vectorworks, D5 Render, Lumion, KeyShot, Enscape, Unity, Unreal Engine, Twinmotion, and Substance tools. Polydex organizes local asset folders, identifies PBR textures, models, and HDRIs, and groups related files into single assets. Its Core plan costs nothing, billed Forever, and provides automatic identification, local search, and drag-and-drop import. Unlimited plans include premium and free library access and commercial licenses for assets downloaded during the subscription. Those plans prohibit mirroring large portions of the library or automating downloads; excessive use can restrict downloads for up to seven days.