Texture Paint Champ (FREE Texture Painting Tool for Unreal Engine 5)
*** Texture Paint Champ has been updated to v1.2. Please see the README.txt in the downloaded zip file for more details ***
Texture Paint Champ is a completely FREE in-editor painting tool for UE5 that allows you to paint directly onto a static mesh to update your material’s textures without needing to export to other programs like substance painter, Quixel Mixer etc. This makes it perfect for easily adding dirt, wear and tear, recoloring parts of your object, baking decals/graphics into the texture, painting masks etc.
NOTE - I don't want any money for this tool, but I put a ton of work into it so if you love it and would be so kind, please share the link to this page with your social networks so more people can discover it. Huge thanks!
Also, check out Decal Champ, my free procedural decal generator for Unreal Engine 5 (https://metaldonut.gumroad.com/l/decalchamp)
KEY BENEFITS
- Paint directly on any static mesh in UE5 (no messing around in other programs)
- No additional performance cost as you’re just updating the existing textures
- Works with almost any material type
- Paint an unlimited amount of textures over your mesh’s material’s textures
- 30 brushes included. Easy to create and add your own custom brushes
- Optional Height Based Painting
- Paint into textures directly or even create masks for blending
- Easily view your mesh through various lighting conditions
- Auto Mapper to make mapping paint and target textures easy
- Error checker to help ensure you set everything up properly
- Clean and intuitive UI
- Easily move around your mesh with keyboard and mouse (uses Unreal’s Floating Pawn Movement Component)
- Save/Load your brush settings
- Various quality of life tools like auto rotate brush, built-in color picker/palette
- Also works with Channel Packed textures
LIMITATIONS
- If your mesh has overlapping UVs, it will paint on all parts of the mesh that overlap that section of the UV map
- No undo function as it uses play mode, but it does have a built in eraser so easy to clean up mistakes
SUPPORT:
- This tool is FREE so doesn't come with formal support. However, I've recorded a handful of tutorials that should cover all of the fundamentals of Texture Paint Champ. You can see the playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQSzNwc3QR-rYsn5bP6bgoZkdjcpwbGSU.
- While I can't commit to formal support/response, if you get really stuck or find any critical bugs, you can try contacting me at metaldonutgames@gmail.com.