About Marmoset Toolbag
Marmoset Toolbag is a creative software package for 3D artists that handles baking, texturing and rendering in one application. Artists use it to prepare art for games, film and product visualization, and the site organizes its features into edit, bake, texture and render tools, plus a library and a viewer.
The current release is Toolbag 5, with version 5.03 adding text and scatter layers, IES profiles and SpaceMouse support, and earlier updates adding UDIMs, a bevel shader and painting tools. The vendor publishes asset library drops of brushes, materials, smart materials and textures, plus a tutorial series on baking, texturing and rendering a hard-surface asset. Toolbag is offered for studios and schools, with a free trial and licenses sold through the vendor's store.
Key features
- Texture baking for 3D models
- Painting and texturing tools
- Real-time rendering
- Asset library of brushes and materials
- UDIM support and bevel shader
- Viewer for sharing finished scenes
Good fit for
- →Baking high-poly detail onto game assets
- →Rendering portfolio pieces for character or environment art
- Tags
- 3d-rendering
- texturing
- baking
- real-time
- game-art
- 3d-artists
- pbr
Marmoset Toolbag: questions and answers
- What is Marmoset Toolbag used for?
- Marmoset Toolbag is a software package for 3D artists that combines real-time rendering, texture baking, painting and a material library. It is a good fit for baking high-poly detail onto game assets and rendering portfolio pieces for character or environment art.
- How much does Marmoset Toolbag cost?
- Marmoset Toolbag is a paid product with no free plan.
- Is Marmoset Toolbag open source?
- No. Marmoset Toolbag is proprietary (closed-source) software. Open-source alternatives to Marmoset Toolbag include Blender.
- What are some alternatives to Marmoset Toolbag?
- Marmoset Toolbag competes with Adobe Substance 3D, KeyShot and 3D-Coat. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Marmoset Toolbag alternatives.
Open-source alternatives to Marmoset Toolbag
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Blender
3D & CAD
Official mirror of Blender
OSSvs Autodesk Maya★ 21k
FreeCAD
3D & CAD
Official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler
LGPL-2.1vs SolidWorks★ 34k
OrcaSlicer
3D & CAD
G-code generator for 3D printers (Bambu, Prusa, Voron, VzBot, RatRig, Creality, etc.)
AGPL-3.0vs Simplify3D★ 16k
OpenSCAD
3D & CAD
OpenSCAD - The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller
OSSvs Autodesk Fusion★ 10k
PrusaSlicer
3D & CAD
G-code generator for 3D printers (RepRap, Makerbot, Ultimaker etc.)
AGPL-3.0vs Simplify3D★ 9.4k
UltiMaker Cura
3D & CAD
3D printer / slicing GUI built on top of the Uranium framework
LGPL-3.0vs Simplify3D★ 7k
SaaS alternatives to Marmoset Toolbag
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Adobe Substance 3D
3D & CAD
Suite for 3D texturing, material creation and staging from Adobe
SaaS
KeyShot
3D & CAD
3D rendering and animation software for product visualization
SaaS
3D-Coat
3D & CAD
3D sculpting, retopology and texture painting software
SaaS
Redshift
3D & CAD
GPU-accelerated production renderer from Maxon
SaaS
V-Ray
3D & CAD
Ray-tracing renderer for 3D and architectural visualization from Chaos
SaaS
Nomad Sculpt
3D & CAD
Mobile 3D sculpting and painting app for iPad and iPhone
SaaS

