Finally, a model to paint 3D meshes with high-res UV texture maps

We now have an AI tool that can paint high-res UV maps on 3D meshes using text or image prompts.

Paint3d lets you paint untextured meshes with 2K UV texture maps

Texturing 3D models is an important part of creating realistic 3D graphics and environments (I'm working on a game where this is critical right now!). But, manually creating high-quality textures for 3D models can be tedious and time-consuming. Recent advancements in AI are enabling automated systems to generate textures for 3D models based on text descriptions or example images.

"Figure 1. A gallery of generated texture results by Paint3D. Our method is capable of generating lighting-less, high-quality, and highfidelity textures across diverse objects from numerous categories."

A new paper from researchers at Tencent presents an AI system called Paint3D that can generate high-quality 2K resolution texture maps for 3D models conditioned on either text or image prompts. This could significantly improve workflow for 3D artists and designers. Let's see how it works.