Open PainterSimple by design
Open Painter is free.
Materials+ and Teams are optional.
The Blender extension is free and open source under the GPL, and Open Painter Studio is free. Pay only for Materials+, a maintained material library, or for Teams, a shared library for your team.
Open Painter for Blender
The complete texturing suite as a Blender extension. Free and open source under GPL-3.0-or-later.
- The complete painting engine
- 50 smart materials & 18 smart masks
- Material painting, layers, masks, baking and export
- Aging, geometry effects and reusable modules
- Source code on GitHub under GPL-3.0-or-later
- Works offline; the optional Material Director goes online only when you connect it
Open Painter Studio
A free early preview of Open Painter for Mac with Apple silicon, no Blender required. Paint materials, save editable projects, bake maps from your current mesh and export textures. Windows is coming soon.
- 50 smart materials and 10 material presets
- Editable projects with embedded models, textures and paint
- PNG and TIFF texture export with engine presets
- Bake mesh maps from the current model
- Mac with Apple silicon, macOS 13 or later
- Windows coming soon
- Sign in for your Materials+ and team libraries
- High-to-low baking and some Blender effects are not available
Your work stays yours.
The models, textures, materials, games and other assets you create with Open Painter are yours. The GPL covers the software, not your work.
Read the extension's source code and its license . Materials+ and Teams are the paid services: a maintained library of smart materials, and shared libraries for teams. See licenses for everything Open Painter publishes.
Paid services
Materials+ and Teams
More smart materials with library updates, and one shared library for your whole team. Both fund Open Painter's development; you can also support it with a donation.
Materials+
A growing collection. A shorter path to your next idea.
- Access to every Materials+ pack
- Editable smart material packs
- Library updates through Connect
- Clear license and provenance
- Cancel anytime. Keep installed files.
Teams
One shared library. Your whole team in sync.
- Free below $10K annual revenue
- $50/month from $10K to $200K
- $99/month above $200K
- Shared libraries, roles & invitations
- Billed per team, not per seat
Prices in USD. Any applicable taxes are shown before payment. Materials+ renews at the selected monthly or annual rate until canceled. Team revenue is self-declared. Materials+ license.
Open source. Your work stays yours.
Read, change and share the source under GPL-3.0-or-later. The models, textures and other assets you create are yours.
A few good questions
Before you get started.
Is Open Painter really free?
Yes. Open Painter for Blender is free software under GPL-3.0-or-later, and Open Painter Studio is a free app, for personal and commercial work alike. Materials+ and Teams are optional paid services.
What is Open Painter Studio?
A free early preview of Open Painter for Mac with Apple silicon, no Blender required. Paint materials, save editable projects, bake maps from your current mesh and export textures. Windows is coming soon. Get it from the download page.
Are my created assets subject to the software license?
The models, textures, materials, games and other assets you create with Open Painter are yours. The GPL covers the software, not your work.
What am I paying for with Materials+?
Additional editable smart material packs, with library updates and delivery through Connect. Browse the published catalog to see what is available.
What happens when I cancel Materials+?
You can cancel through your billing page. Your subscription remains available through its paid period. Installed files stay on your computer under the Materials+ license; new downloads and updates require an active subscription.
How does Teams pricing work?
Teams is billed per team, based on self-declared annual revenue. It is free below $10,000, $50/month from $10,000 to $200,000, and $99/month above $200,000. All bands include shared libraries, roles, invitations and sync. Materials+ is a separate subscription.
Do I need Connect?
Only for Materials+ and team libraries in Blender. Everything else works offline. The optional Material Assistant signs in to your own ChatGPT account and does not require Connect. Connect is a separate, GPL-licensed companion extension.