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For now, this is a copy-paste from luxrender wiki.<br>
todo: <br>
- check the links. '''Done''' (byob)<br>
Also maybe create a table for the textures and mark which ones offer Creative Commons licenses (good to know if you plan to share the scene afterwards).


This page contains links to online resources that may be useful in combination with LuxRender. To suggest new links for this page, please discuss them [http://www.luxrender.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2247 here].
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==Textures==
==Textures==


[https://www.textures.com/ Textures.com (formerly CG Textures)]
Always check the site's Terms of Use or FAQ for the license. As textures usually are a big part of a render, it's always recommended to mention where you got the texture from if you got it for free. If you plan to share the scene file, be very careful with the textures you use as some sites do not allow redistribution of their textures. Some sites do allow redistribution but only if the texture is not part of a texture pack and instead part of another project (your 3D scene). Always respect the license of a texture.
- One of the biggest and best site for textures. You can only download 15mb a day as a free member but its worth it since they have a huge amount of good quality textures. Highly recommended! Pretty much the one stop shop  ''' RECOMMENDED '''


[http://www.2textured.com/main.php 2Textured]  
{|class="wikitable"
- There is lots here in high quality.''' RECOMMENDED '''
!style="width:200px; text-align:left"|Site Name
!Requires Registration
!style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"|Free / Paid Textures
!style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"|Allows redistribution
|-
|[https://textures.one/ textures.one] 
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|-
|[http://www.cc0textures.com CC0 Textures] 
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|-
|[https://texturehaven.com/ Texture Haven] 
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|-
|[https://www.cgbookcase.com/ cgbookcase.com] 
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|-
|[http://amazingtextures.com/textures/ Amazing textures] 
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|style="text-align:center;"|Free and paid
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|-
|[http://www.anniemation.com/textures/texture_overview.html Anniemation]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes but only if part of another project
|-
|[http://www.aversis.be/textures/textures-collections.htm Aversis]
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes and no
|style="text-align:center;"|Free for non-commercial use and paid
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|-
|[http://www.bencloward.com/resources_textures.shtml Ben Cloward]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|-
|[http://www.burningwell.org Burning Well]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes. Public domain
|-
|[http://www.imageafter.com/ Image After] 
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|-
|[http://www.lughertexture.com/index.php Lugher Texture]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free and paid
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|-
|[http://www.openfootage.net/ Open footage] 
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free and paid
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|-
|[http://www.plaintextures.com/ Plaintextures] 
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free and paid
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|-
|[http://sharecg.com/b/6/textures Share CG]
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Varies
|-
|[http://texturebits.blogspot.com/ Texture bits]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|-
|[https://www.textures.com/ Textures.com]
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|style="text-align:center;"|Free and paid
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|-
|[http://www.textureking.com/ Texture king]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|-
|[http://texturez.com/ Texturez]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|-
|[http://texturemate.com/ TextureMate]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes, but not commercially
|-
|[http://www.tonytextures.com/free-photo-texture-gallery/ Tony Textures]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free and paid
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|-
|[https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/ Solar Textures]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes (CC BY 4.0)
|-
|}


[http://amazingtextures.com/textures/ Amazing textures] 
==Sky Maps==
-Hundreds of quality textures ''' RECOMMENDED '''


[http://www.animax.it Animax]
- 1000 Free textures here. *May take a while to load images.


[http://www.anniemation.com/textures/texture_overview.html Anniemation]
{|class="wikitable"
-Lots of nature textures, cutout leaves etc
!style=width:200px;text-align:left"|Site Name
!Requires Registration
!style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"|Free / Paid Images
!style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"|Allows redistribution
|-
|[https://www.cgskies.com/ CGSkies] 
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free and paid
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|-
|[http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24038 Collection at BlenderArtist]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|-
|}


[http://www.bencloward.com/resources_textures.shtml Ben Cloward]
-Small amount but is quality.


[http://www.davegh.com David Gurrea]
==High Dynamic Range Images (HDRIs)==
Low resolution hand painted textures for games


[http://www.freetextures.org/ Free textures.org]
Lots of high resolution textures


[http://www.imageafter.com/ Image After] 
- This one is also quite large. ''' RECOMMENDED '''


[http://www.lughertexture.com/index.php Lugher Texture]
{|class="wikitable"
- Lots here high res and quality
!style=width:200px;text-align:left"|Site Name
!Requires Registration
!style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"|Free / Paid Images
!style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"|Allows redistribution
|-
|[https://hdrihaven.com/ HDRI Haven] 
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|-
|[http://www.aversis.be/hdri/hdri-free.htm Aversis] 
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|style="text-align:center;"|Free and paid
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|-
|[http://dativ.at/lightprobes/ Bernhard Vogl] 
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free for non-commercial
|style="text-align:center;"| -
|-
|[http://www.evermotion.org/download Evermotion] 
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|style="text-align:center;"|Free and paid
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|-
|[http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/archive.html Hdr labs]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free for non-commercial
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|-
|[http://gl.ict.usc.edu/Data/HighResProbes/ ICT USC graphics lab]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"| -
|-
|[http://www.openfootage.net/?cat=15 Open Footage]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Paid and free for non-commercial
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|-
|zbyg.deviantart.com [http://zbyg.deviantart.com/art/HDRi-Pack-1-97402522 Set one], [http://zbyg.deviantart.com/art/HDRi-Pack-2-103458406 Set two], [http://zbyg.deviantart.com/art/HDRi-Pack-3-112847728 Set three]
|style="text-align:center;"|No
|style="text-align:center;"|Free
|style="text-align:center;"|Yes
|-
|}


[http://www.mega-tex.nl/highqualitytextures/ Mega tex]
-Hundreds of textures of various types here


[http://www.noctua-graphics.de/english/fraset_e.htm Noctua graphics]
<!-- light probes only. currently not supported in luxcore
-459            free            textures          Most            textures are 512x512 pixels, and seamlessly tileable. (bottom of page)
|[http://www.debevec.org/Probes/ Paul Debevec]
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|[http://www.unparent.com/photos_probes.html Unparent]
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|  -->


[http://www.openfootage.net/ Open footage] 
==Models==
-LOTS of high res seamless textures (poorly tiled) Including other goodies ''' RECOMMENDED '''


[http://www.plaintextures.com/ Plaintextures]   
{|class="wikitable"
-Lots of high resolution textures and brushes.
!style=width:200px;text-align:left"|Site Name
!
|-
|[http://threedscans.com/ http://threedscans.com/]   
|style="text-align:center;"|3D scans of statues or sculpts. High poly and not UV unwrapped
|-
|[http://3dmdb.com/ http://3dmdb.com/]
|style="text-align:center;"|3D model search engine
|-
|}


[http://sharecg.com/b/6/textures Share Cg]
-Lots of user submitted textures of various size and quality


[http://texturebits.blogspot.com/ Texture bits]
==IES lighting files==
-A few High resolution textures here


[http://textures.forrest.cz/ Textures.forrest.cz]
This is a collection from a few lighting vendors. While these are mostly direct links to the IES downloads, it's probably a good idea to look at the lamp they are representing first so you know what result to expect.
- Lots of low(ish) resolution textures of various types


[http://www.textureking.com/ Texture king]
*[http://www.americanelectriclighting.com/Library/Photometry/default.asp?path=/American_Electric_Lighting Lamps From American Electric Lighting]<br>
- Couple of hundred high res textures in here.
*[http://www.lithonia.com/Photometrics.aspx Lamps from Lithonia Lighting]<br>
*[http://www.holophane.com/hlp_library/photometrics.asp Holophane Lighting]


[http://texturez.com/ Texturez]
- Couple of hundred High res textures
[http://www.tonytextures.com/free-photo-texture-gallery/ Tony Textures]
- Thousands of photographs, mostly aimed at architecture.
[http://texturemate.com/ TextureMate]
- A repository of free textures, brushes, patterns and design articles
==Sky Maps==
[https://www.textures.com/ Textures.com]
-300+ skymaps and 20000+ textures
[http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24038&amp Free high res skymaps]
==HDRi's ==
[http://www.aversis.be/hdri/hdri-free.htm Aversis]
-A few free light probes
[http://dativ.at/lightprobes/ Bernhard Vogl]
-Lots of hdr panoramas
[http://www.evermotion.org/download Evermotion]
-Few hdr, few decent models
[http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/archive.html Hdr labs]
-Heaps of high res, high quality hdr panoramas here  ''' RECOMMENDED '''
[http://gl.ict.usc.edu/Data/HighResProbes/ ICt graphics lab]
-A few hdr panoramas
[http://www.openfootage.net/?cat=15 Open Footage]
-Lots of high quality, huge res hdr panorams here  ''' RECOMMENDED '''
[http://www.debevec.org/Probes/ Paul Debevec]
-Some high res low quality probes
-High res Studio hdri : ''' RECOMMENDED '''
*[http://zbyg.deviantart.com/art/HDRi-Pack-1-97402522 Set one]
*[http://zbyg.deviantart.com/art/HDRi-Pack-2-103458406 Set two]
*[http://zbyg.deviantart.com/art/HDRi-Pack-3-112847728 Set three]
http://www.unparent.com/photos_probes.html
- Lots of light probes here
==IES lighting files==


This is a collection from a few lighting vendors. Most of them are for outdoor lighting. While these are mostly direct links to the IES downloads, it's probably a good idea to look at the lamp they are representing first so you know what result to expect.
== Similar lists on other websites ==


[http://www.americanelectriclighting.com/Library/Photometry/default.asp?path=/American_Electric_Lighting Lamps From American Electric Lighting]<br>
* https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/15355/resources-for-blender
[http://www.lithonia.com/Photometrics.aspx Lamps from Lithonia Lighting]<br>
[http://www.holophane.com/hlp_library/photometrics.asp Holophane Lighting]

Latest revision as of 22:54, 23 May 2019


Textures

Always check the site's Terms of Use or FAQ for the license. As textures usually are a big part of a render, it's always recommended to mention where you got the texture from if you got it for free. If you plan to share the scene file, be very careful with the textures you use as some sites do not allow redistribution of their textures. Some sites do allow redistribution but only if the texture is not part of a texture pack and instead part of another project (your 3D scene). Always respect the license of a texture.

Site Name Requires Registration Free / Paid Textures Allows redistribution
textures.one No Free Yes
CC0 Textures No Free Yes
Texture Haven No Free Yes
cgbookcase.com No Free Yes
Amazing textures Yes Free and paid No
Anniemation No Free Yes but only if part of another project
Aversis Yes and no Free for non-commercial use and paid No
Ben Cloward No Free Yes
Burning Well No Free Yes. Public domain
Image After No Free Yes
Lugher Texture No Free and paid No
Open footage No Free and paid Yes
Plaintextures No Free and paid No
Share CG Yes Free Varies
Texture bits No Free No
Textures.com Yes Free and paid No
Texture king No Free No
Texturez No Free No
TextureMate No Free Yes, but not commercially
Tony Textures No Free and paid No
Solar Textures No Free Yes (CC BY 4.0)

Sky Maps

Site Name Requires Registration Free / Paid Images Allows redistribution
CGSkies No Free and paid No
Collection at BlenderArtist No Free Yes


High Dynamic Range Images (HDRIs)

Site Name Requires Registration Free / Paid Images Allows redistribution
HDRI Haven No Free Yes
Aversis Yes Free and paid No
Bernhard Vogl No Free for non-commercial -
Evermotion Yes Free and paid No
Hdr labs No Free for non-commercial Yes
ICT USC graphics lab No Free -
Open Footage No Paid and free for non-commercial Yes
zbyg.deviantart.com Set one, Set two, Set three No Free Yes


Models

Site Name
http://threedscans.com/ 3D scans of statues or sculpts. High poly and not UV unwrapped
http://3dmdb.com/ 3D model search engine


IES lighting files

This is a collection from a few lighting vendors. While these are mostly direct links to the IES downloads, it's probably a good idea to look at the lamp they are representing first so you know what result to expect.


Similar lists on other websites

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