ShaderMap 4 Review

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Review of ShaderMap 4 powered by the Slant community.

Node-based texture map generator which can create maps such as Normal, Displacement, Height, Ambient Occlusion, etc from an input image. Includes a 3d viewer as well as tools for editing maps directly.

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What are the best shader editors?

What are the best programs for making height maps, normal maps, and/or other maps?

Pros

Pro
Node-driven map generation

Shadermap specializes in generating multiple maps using nodes. Changes to one node can then be propagated to other nodes.

Pro
Bake texture maps from 3d models

This program can bake texture maps from 3d models from a high poly to low poly. Not many similar software has this feature.

Cons

Con
Expensive compared to similar software

While the software is great at what it does, it comes at a higher cost than most software that does similar things when it comes to generating normal maps.