From pixel art sprites to photorealistic materials — generate pixel-perfect normal maps and complete PBR texture sets in seconds. No install. No upload. Just results.
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PBR Forge is free during beta — and already the fastest way to generate PBR textures in your browser. If you encounter any issues, have feedback, or just want to say hi - .
PBR Forge is the most powerful browser-based PBR texture generator for game developers, technical artists, and 3D creators. It uses WebGL 2.0 for real-time processing to generate normal, height, ambient occlusion (AO), roughness, metallic, emissive, opacity, and distance maps from your source image.
All processing is local in your browser. Your files are not uploaded to a server. If you are looking for an online normal map generator or a full PBR map generator, this workflow covers both.
Works well for Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot, Blender, and custom engines that use physically based rendering (PBR) materials.
Uses signed distance fields (Jump Flood Algorithm) from alpha or luminance. Best for sprites, icons, UI elements, and clean bevels.
Uses frequency separation to extract height detail across scales. Best for photos, hand-painted textures, and tileable materials like stone, wood, fabric, or metal.
Increases or reduces normal map depth. Raise it for stronger lighting response; lower it for subtle surfaces.
Use Bevel Width in Sprite mode. In Texture mode, adjust low/medium/high frequency layers. Add light smoothing to reduce noise before normal generation.
AO adds cavity shadowing. Roughness controls matte vs glossy areas. Metallic separates metal vs dielectric surfaces. Emissive isolates glow regions. Opacity maps transparency.
Normal Style changes gradient behavior. Edge Handling chooses clamp, tile, or mirror boundaries. Curve Power reshapes height falloff. AO Influence stylizes normals in occluded regions. Resolution Independent scaling keeps parameter behavior consistent across image sizes.
Open Export with E to download either a single normal map PNG or a full PBR pack ZIP.
PBR Forge is a WebGL 2.0 texture workflow tool built for fast, in-browser PBR map generation and preview. It supports multi-file workflows, real-time map previews, and on-device processing for privacy-first texture creation.
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