YoluPainter

YoluPainter is a texture painting application for 2D canvases and 3D models with Unity live link support.

YoluPainter is a paint application designed to create textures for 2D canvases and 3D models. It allows users to paint across multiple material channels such as color, roughness, metallic, height, normal, and emission in a single stroke. The software includes support for layers, masks, filters, procedural generators, and mesh maps. Users can connect the application to Unity to view painted colors directly on scene materials in real time. It also supports importing PSD files, ABR brushes, and CLIP STUDIO brushes.

YoluPainter at a glance

Best for: Designer, Software engineer
Runs on: Windows, macOS, Linux, CLI, self-hosted, open source
Pricing: Free
Released: October 2026
Category: AI image tool
Website: github.com/yozorakurage/yolupainter

Key features

2D and 3D painting with pressure and tilt sensitive brushes
Layers, groups, masks, clipping, and blend modes
Simultaneous painting of multiple material channels
Generators for baked mesh maps and noise
Unity live link for real time material preview
PSD file and brush format import
Automatic recovery after crashes

Use it for

Painting textures for 3D avatar models
Creating multi channel material textures
Editing 2D canvas illustrations and textures

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