Free vs Pro — Full Feature Comparison

v0.2.0 — everything TexelBox does, side by side.

Feature Free Pro
🗺️ Maps Generation
Normal map (Scharr 3×3 / Sobel 5×5)✅✅
Height map✅✅
Roughness map✅✅
AO (ambient occlusion) map✅✅
Full slider control (contrast, brightness, blur, strength, kernel)✅✅
Height channel selector (R/G/B/Luminance/Alpha)✅ NEW✅ NEW
Normal auto-strength from source contrast✅ NEW✅ NEW
Detail enhance pre-pass (sharper normals on flat photos)✅ NEW✅ NEW
High resolution export (>1024px)❌ 1024px cap✅
Batch generation across folder❌✅
🔄 Tileable Texture Prep
50% offset wrap (expose seam)✅✅
Mirror mode (instant tileability)✅✅
Manual clone/heal brush✅✅
Auto-heal (content-aware seam blend)✅✅
Undo/redo (10 steps)✅ NEW✅ NEW
Live 3×3 tiled-repeat preview❌✅
Unlimited resolution❌ 2048px cap✅
📦 Channel Packing
Manual R/G/B/A channel assignment✅✅
Alpha channel as pack target✅✅
Custom per-channel image loading✅✅
Engine presets (Unreal ORM, Unity, Godot)❌✅
Batch channel-packing across folder❌✅
🗂️ Atlas Texture Generation
Source images32 maxUnlimited
Max atlas size2048×20488192×8192
PNG export✅✅
TGA export❌✅
Edge bleed / per-tile padding control❌✅
Rotation packing (tighter density)❌✅
Trim-sheet mode❌✅
JSON UV sidecar✅✅
XML UV sidecar❌✅
Priority-based collage arrangement❌✅
⚙️ Format / Resolution Optimization
PNG / TGA export✅✅
Basic resize (bilinear)✅✅
Power-of-two snap (nearest/up/down)✅✅
Output file size estimate before export✅ NEW✅ NEW
DDS with BC1/BC3/BC5/BC7 compression❌✅
Full resampling choice (bilinear/bicubic/Lanczos)❌✅
Batch templated export❌✅
🚀 Quick Export
Quick Export in Maps panel NEW✅ NEW✅ NEW
Quick Export in Tileable panel NEW✅ NEW✅ NEW
Quick Export in Packing panel NEW✅ NEW✅ NEW
Quick Export in Atlas panel NEW✅ NEW✅ NEW
Last-used folder remembered per panel NEW✅ NEW✅ NEW
Source image remembered between sessions NEW✅ NEW✅ NEW
🎮 Engine Export Profiles (v0.2 New)
Unreal Engine 5 — ORM pack + T_name_D/ORM/N naming NEW❌✅ NEW
Unity HDRP — Mask map (R=Metallic, G=AO, B=Detail, A=Smooth) NEW❌✅ NEW
Godot 4 — standard PBR naming (_albedo/_normal/_roughness/_ao) NEW❌✅ NEW
👁️ Quick Preview / Validation
Plane preview✅✅
One lighting preset✅✅
Basic warning set (errors only)✅✅
Sphere preview❌✅
Multiple lighting rigs❌✅
Full validation suite (warnings + info)❌✅
📁 Batch Processing
Single operation across folder✅✅
Max files per run25Unlimited
Sequential processing✅✅
Multi-operation chains❌✅
Dry-run preview (first file only)❌✅
Background / parallel processing❌✅
💾 Presets / Profiles
Saved presets per functionality5 maxUnlimited
Save / load / delete✅✅
Export / import .texelbox-preset files❌✅
Project bundles (multi-functionality)❌✅

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