Next-Gen Native PBR Texture, Normal Map & Procedural Terrain Suite
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A blazingly fast, lightweight, and modern desktop application designed for game developers, 3D artists, and environment designers. Generate high-quality PBR map sets and procedural terrain heightmaps with instant real-time 3D feedback.
Axis Texture Lab is part of the Axis Tools open-source game development ecosystem. Engineered with a native Rust + Tauri v2 architecture, it replaces heavy web wrappers with a standalone binary that is over 15× lighter and starts instantly while retaining a sleek, modern visual interface.
Transform any 2D diffuse/albedo texture into a complete, game-ready PBR material package (Normal, Height, AO, Specular, Roughness, Metallic, Curvature, Slope) with real-time viewport rendering and seeded procedural terrain synthesis.
- Normal Maps: Multi-level Sobel and Scharr gradient filters with customizable strength, blur, detail preservation, and normal format toggle (DirectX vs. OpenGL Y-axis flip).
- Height / Displacement Maps: Accurate luminance and depth mapping with optional 16-bit PNG high-dynamic-range heightmap export.
- Ambient Occlusion (AO): Ray-tested or convolution-based local surface contact shadow generation with adjustable sample radius and intensity.
- Roughness & Metallic: Inverse specular, micro-surface contrast, and metallic threshold masking.
- Curvature & Slope Maps: Convex/concave edge extraction for vertex blending and terrain masks.
- Real-Time Three.js Renderer: Orbit, pan, and zoom around materials with dynamic physical shaders.
- Multiple Geometries: Instant switching between Cube, Sphere, Plane, Cylinder, and Torus meshes.
- Custom Lighting: Studio, Dramatic, Outdoor presets, or full manual control over Key, Fill, Ambient, and Rim lights.
- Visual Aids: Wireframe overlay, auto-rotation toggle, reset camera, and one-click viewport screenshot snapshot.
- Seeded Terrain Synthesis: Generate infinite procedural terrain landscapes and heightmaps using customizable frequency scale, octaves, persistence, and lacunarity.
- Live 3D Terrain Preview: Interactive wireframe and shaded terrain mesh with altitude color coding.
- Seamless Generator Bridge: Click "Use in Generator" to automatically send the generated terrain heightmap into the PBR engine to bake full normal, roughness, and AO terrain materials.
- Edge Mismatch Detection: Computes mathematical boundary pixel discrepancy to quantify tileability.
- Tiling Preview: 1×1, 2×2, 3×3, and 4×4 pattern repeats to spot repeating seams instantly.
- Folder Batch Processing: Automatically convert dozens of textures in a directory with consistent naming conventions (
_normal,_height,_ao,_roughness, etc.). - Preset Management: Save, export, and import custom generator settings as JSON profiles.
- Multi-Theme Support: Dark, Light, Midnight, and Ocean UI color schemes.
Cross-platform release packages for Windows, macOS, and Linux are available on the v2.0.0 Release Page:
| Package | Description | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standalone Portable | Zero installation required. Run directly. | AxisTextureLab-v2.0.0-windows-x64.exe | ~9.2 MB |
| Portable Zip Package | Includes executable, icon, and quick-start docs. | AxisTextureLab-v2.0.0-windows-portable.zip | ~2.9 MB |
| Standard Installer (NSIS) | Desktop & Start Menu shortcuts, clean uninstaller. | AxisTextureLab-v2.0.0-setup.exe | ~2.2 MB |
| Enterprise Installer (MSI) | Windows Installer package. | AxisTextureLab-v2.0.0-x64.msi | ~3.3 MB |
| Package | Description | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universal DMG Package | Drag-and-drop installer for Apple Silicon (M1-M4) & Intel Macs. | AxisTextureLab-v2.0.0-macos-universal.dmg | ~8.5 MB |
| App Bundle Tarball | Compressed .app application archive. |
AxisTextureLab-v2.0.0-macos-universal.app.tar.gz | ~7.8 MB |
| Package | Description | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universal AppImage | Portable executable. Runs on all major Linux distributions. | AxisTextureLab-v2.0.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage | ~9.0 MB |
| Debian / Ubuntu Package | Native .deb package installer. |
AxisTextureLab-v2.0.0-linux-amd64.deb | ~3.1 MB |
| Binary Tarball | Standalone Linux executable bundle. | AxisTextureLab-v2.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz | ~2.8 MB |
System Requirements: Windows 10/11 with WebView2 • macOS 11.0+ (Big Sur or newer) • 64-bit Linux with WebKit2GTK 4.1.
Axis Texture Lab
├── Backend (Rust)
│ ├── Tauri v2 (lib.rs, main.rs)
│ ├── RFD (Native OS file & directory pickers)
│ └── Native File I/O
└── Frontend
├── Modern Vanilla JS + HTML5 Canvas
├── Three.js r150 (Physical PBR Shading & Orbit Controls)
├── Duotone SVG Sprites (Solar, Iconsax, Scarlab)
└── Tauri v2 IPC Bridge (tauri-bridge.js)
- Rust & Cargo (v1.77+): Install via rustup.rs.
- Node.js (v18+): Install via nodejs.org.
- C++ Build Tools: Microsoft C++ Build Tools (via Visual Studio Installer).
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/MooPuu/axis-texture-lab.git cd axis-texture-lab -
Run in development mode:
npx @tauri-apps/cli dev
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Build the release binary & installers:
npx @tauri-apps/cli build
Compiled binaries and installers will be generated under
src-tauri/target/release/andsrc-tauri/target/release/bundle/.
This project is open-source and released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
- Creator & Lead Developer: Mahdi Kareem (MooPuu)
- Organization: Axis Tools — The Open Source Game-Dev Stack
- Copyright © 2026 Mahdi Kareem. All rights reserved.