What are the best programs to create procedural textures?

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Filter Forge
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Filter Forge

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Endi Sukaj

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Several filters

Filter Forge includes a lot of filters and each of them has several presets. Filters are grouped into different categories (Organic, Patterns, Creative, Distortions, Photo, etc...) so it's easy to locate them.

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Tyler

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Large online library of filters

The website has thousands of filters available for download. This is the only thing that makes the basic edition feasible.

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Endi Sukaj

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Standalone application or PhotoShop plugin

Filter Forge can be used as both a standalone application and as a plugin for PhotoShop.

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Janine Gubskaya

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Not only a Photoshop plugin, has a lot of other hosts

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Tyler

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Slow development cycle

New versions come fast enough, but for example, the beta version of 7 doesn't have a lot that 4 didn't have.

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Endi Sukaj

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No free tier

Filter Forge is not free. The basic edition (cheapest one) is $149. It does go on sale regularly though for around $30.

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Hefty price tag

Its $399 for the professional version, whereas a big competitor used by large studios is only $149.

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