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Latest updates from development.

Nov 5, 2024

Getting there - after a big development effort, ArmorPaint 1.0 alpha builds are coming soon.πŸ–Œ

Sep 25, 2023

ArmorLab 0.1 is out - PBR material creation app.🎨
armorlab.org/notes

Aug 30, 2023

ArmorPaint 0.9 is out now - 3D texturing app for desktop, iOS and Android.πŸ–Œ
armorpaint.org/notes

Aug 7, 2023

Preparing to release ArmorPaint 0.9. Website just got a big update.

Jun 21, 2022

Tons of polishing done in the latest ArmorPaint builds. iOS and Android update coming next.

Feb 11, 2022

New ArmorPaint builds are out on iOS and Android. More to come!

Oct 23, 2021

Thank you for the big interest in the iPad version - will be rolling updates regularly. All feedback on GitHub is very welcome!

Oct 21, 2021

ArmorPaint 0.8 is out - 3D texture painting app now on desktop, iPad and Android.πŸ–Œ
armorpaint.org/notes

Sep 9, 2021

Submitted to the AppStore, in the review process now.

Jul 19, 2021

ArmorPaint on iPadOS with cloud support. Coming to the AppStore!

Jun 18, 2021

Drag and drop procedural edge wear onto your models in ArmorPaint.

Jun 3, 2021

Unlimited masks per layer and mask blending now in the latest ArmorPaint builds.

May 13, 2021

Cloud library now available in ArmorPaint.🌩️
armorpaint.org/cloud

Feb 6, 2021

Working on procedural edge wear materials for ArmorPaint.

Dec 17, 2020

Non-destructive decal layers now available in ArmorPaint.

Dec 3, 2020

Use decals as a brush mask in the latest ArmorPaint builds.

Sept 29, 2020

Painting translucency in the upcoming ArmorPaint ray-tracing update.

Sept 24, 2020

Use nodes to control layer masks in ArmorPaint.

Sept 22, 2020

Live material node preview, new blur node and a boatload of bug fixes now in the latest ArmorPaint builds.πŸ“¦

Sept 9, 2020

Path-traced viewport and ray-traced baking in ArmorPaint now runs on both Direct3D12 and Vulkan, Windows and Linux, Nvidia and the upcoming AMD cards.

Jun 12, 2020

ArmorPaint running on iPadOS. Powered by Metal @ 120fps with Apple Pencil support. ✏

May 13, 2020

Stencil mask, lazy mouse and brush jitter in ArmorPaint.
armorpaint.org/howto

Apr 25, 2020

New video is up! Real-time path tracing in ArmorPaint.
youtu.be/uQb-LOJdYrE

Apr 21, 2020

Creating materials for Minecraft RTX in ArmorPaint.
armorpaint.org/howto

Apr 15, 2020

Live brush preview + path-tracing in ArmorPaint.

Apr 7, 2020

Sewing in ArmorPaint. Using the new brush nodes to create directional brushes.🧡
armorpaint.org/howto

Apr 2, 2020

Painted and rendered in ArmorPaint for fun. Model by Δ°rfan Γ‡aylΔ±.πŸ₯
artstation.com/artwork/aRW169

Mar 5, 2020

ArmorPaint launches on Android - development builds are up, with support for pen pressure, touch, keyboard, mouse and mirroring to big screen. iPadOS will follow!

Feb 25, 2020

ArmorPaint has been awarded an Epic MegaGrant! Full steam ahead to build the best possible open-source 3D painting software!πŸ…

Jan 29, 2020

New ArmorPaint 0.8 dev builds! Working on asset browser with material previews, layer grouping, script console, faster ray-tracing, painting transparent surfaces.

Jan 23, 2020

Learn ArmorPaint by watching short clips. πŸŽ“
armorpaint.org/howto

Jan 9, 2020

ArmorPaint 0.7 is out - new features, tons of fixes and updated manual. Video tutorials section coming!
armorpaint.org/notes

Dec 17, 2019

Baking update for ArmorPaintDXR is up - raytraced ao, cavity, bent normals, thickness, lightmap, curvature, dilate pass, reduced gpu mem usage.🍞

Nov 28, 2019

New ArmorPaint dev builds are up, gearing up for 0.7 release. Focused on fixes but has new stuff as well - custom export presets with channel swizzling, read layers and masks with material nodes, udim tiles export, built-in uv unwrap, improved dxr support.

Nov 4, 2019

Testing out plugin for @UnrealEngine. Paint onto objects by summoning ArmorPaint.

Oct 31, 2019

Small feature to improve workflow in ArmorPaint. Quickly re-import mesh from source obj/fbx/blend file.

Oct 23, 2019

Adding a way to create custom material nodes with plugins. Will make it possible to integrate new node systems, extend existing node set or write material shader by hand.

Oct 22, 2019

More goodies in latest ArmorPaint dev builds.πŸ“¦ Split view, plugin manager, auto-save, improved decal scaling, UV controls for fill layers, faster layer handling, blend modes, enhanced picker tool.
armorpaint.org/notes

Oct 10, 2019

Approaching the holy grail - path-tracing viewport in ArmorPaint.

Oct 7, 2019

A new ArmorPaintDXR build is up, featuring 'Bake - AO (DXR)' option. It's the first build ever running on Direct3D12.

Sep 17, 2019

Texture Synthesis by @EmbarkStudios running in ArmorPaint as a plugin. Make non-tiling textures tile. First step towards generating materials from photos!

Sep 13, 2019

Friday fun - 'procedural' Commodore 64 material.πŸ“Ί Actual emulator compiled from C to WebAssembly, running in ArmorPaint as a plugin. Check out github.com/floooh/chips by @FlohOfWoe!

Sep 4, 2019

Fun with terrain in ArmorPaint. Improving height map sculpting features.

Aug 29, 2019

Working on ray-traced baking in ArmorPaint.🍞

Aug 14, 2019

New video is up! Texturing in ArmorPaint 0.6.

Aug 1, 2019

Upcoming ArmorPaint ray-tracing update now in testing phase.πŸ€–

Jul 12, 2019

Cooking some edge wear materials, powered by curvature baker. Drag and drop material from the shelf to apply.

Jul 4, 2019

New ArmorPaint builds are up! Curvature baker, 16/32bit painting, .exr export, undo for layer operations, custom keymaps, 256 layers per project.🎨

Jun 13, 2019

Under the hood, ArmorPaint 0.5 vs 0.6. πŸš€
23% faster painting
34% less gpu mem for layer storage
43% less gpu mem for mesh storage
72% faster startup
59% faster .obj import

Jun 6, 2019

New 3D brush cursor with topological warp + angle and depth rejection in latest ArmorPaint builds.

May 23, 2019

New features landed in ArmorPaint - triplanar mapping, symmetry paint, texture viewer, native file dialogs, initial .blend material importer.🎨

Apr 18, 2019

Fresh ArmorPaint development builds are up! New layer tools, UDIM, 2D paint, masking.

Apr 10, 2019

ArmorPaint gearing up for ray tracing.

Mar 29, 2019

Advancing layer management in ArmorPaint. Per-layer masking, blending, opacity and channel control.

Mar 21, 2019

Adding particle brushes into ArmorPaint to achieve rain effect!

Mar 7, 2019

New text tool in ArmorPaint. Drop in a font file and stamp text onto objects. Text has active material applied.

Mar 5, 2019

Advancing the decal tool in ArmorPaint. Applies all channels at once and supports opacity masking now.

Feb 28, 2019

New ArmorPaint development builds are now up if you feel adventurous, approaching 0.6 release!🎨

Feb 8, 2019

ArmorPaint is getting more and more refined.πŸ€ πŸ–Œ

Jan 30, 2019

ArmorPaint + latest Armory engine. Importing 650MB .obj file(7.2M tris) - 32% lower memory usage, 15% faster when painting. Must have all the speed!

Jan 25, 2019

If you are eyeing a 3D painting software, ArmorPaint just happens to have another big upgrade around the corner. Humbled by the enormous support!

Nov 8, 2018

ArmorPaint gets the biggest update yet - 0.5 is live!

Oct 12, 2018

New ArmorPaint builds incoming! Painting 3M triangle mesh, all PBR maps at once.

Jul 31, 2018

Kha can do ray-tracing now powered by D3D12 and soon Vulkan. Endless possibilities! First test - primitive path-tracing renderer in Armory.

Jul 12, 2018

ArmorPaint 0.4 is out! Material previews, height painting, sticker tool and first peek at undo support.

Jun 29, 2018

Adding sticker tool and live material previews to ArmorPaint.

Jun 18, 2018

Height-maps in upcoming ArmorPaint - generating procedural terrain with hand-painted road layer.

May 11, 2018

Painting height textures in ArmorPaint.

May 4, 2018

ArmorPaint 0.3 is out! Layers, color-id maps, plugins, themes, pen pressure, erase tool, refined ui.

Apr 27, 2018

Wrapping up new ArmorPaint builds - now with support for color-id maps and plugins written in JS or WebAssembly.

Mar 9, 2018

Testing the new Kha pen API in ArmorPaint!

Feb 27, 2018

ArmorPaint hits version 0.2! Check out what's new.

Jan 19, 2018

ArmorPaint is out now! 3D PBR texture painting tool powered by Armory.

Dec 15, 2017

Still coming! 3D character painting in ArmorPaint.

Jun 18, 2017

Pushed updates to the UI library used in Armory tools.

Jun 15, 2017

Armory painter tool now with a website, launching next month.

May 18, 2017

More progress on Armory painter - added VR/AR mode and mobile/web support.

May 9, 2017

Stress-testing Armory painter tool on a sculpted 1.35M triangle mesh. Up to 20K texture painting using 6GB+ graphics card.

May 2, 2017

Armory-powered GPU painting tool taking shape - Cycles-like node materials for brushes with instant voxel GI enabled preview.

Feb 6, 2017

Watch some GPU based 3D painting I have been working on using Armory & Kha.
youtu.be/TEp3fPBvf80

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