What is MaPZone?
MaPZone is simply the most advanced texturing tool ever. MaPZone is only intended to be used for producing high quality textures , and this is what it does best. Based on a unique and patented technology called the FX Maps, MaPZone is the only procedural tool giving you that much control over your creation.





Download the latest version MaPZone, it's free!

As the editor is freeware, what does a commercial usage cost?

Seems to be free in commercial use too, the only thing the license agreement mentions is that you aren't allowed to distribute the software itself. It doesn't specifically mention 'commercial usage', but I think it's save to assume that it's free.

Cheers

WooooT! You know that 1. April is not today but tomorrow

hooray!

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umm... how do i use it? why do i need to create approx. 200 nodes befor a texture looks cool? it's really not that easy to get into. at least for me.

Yes, that's normal. Every tried the Shader Tree of Final Render in Maya or C4D? It's crazy.

ok, under "documentation", you can find 2 tutorial videos which i strongly recommend (around 40 MB each).
i must admit that i am faster atm with creating my textures as 3d models in wings, rendering them in c4d and converting a greyscale hightmap into a normal map with the ati tool. this way, i can use c4d's renderer for lights and other gimmicks as well.

and no, i do not know the c4d/maya shader tree, as i only have c4d r6 and never had maya on my hdd.

No, I didn't touch any illegal version I made my "praktikum" at a 3d visualisation company and had the pleasure to touch many of these packets.

Yes I used their tools before and they are ACE

Rojart:
Thanks for sharing this great piece of software. I already made a few very nice textures with it. I like it very much. It is a mixture of Genetica (the special kind of nodes) and Lightwave (the great gradient editors).

This can be really powerful in the right hands.