How to texture a 3D model with AI

1. 1Open a model or pick a sample

   Open the studio. In box 1 Your 3D model, click Drop a model or click to upload, or drag your file onto it.

   No model yet? Under No model? Pick a sample, choose Bear, Dragon or Gamepad. The model opens in the 3D viewer on the right. A sample also fills in a prompt idea for you.

   

2. 2Describe the texture

   In box 2 Describe the texture, write what the surface should look like, for example "blue furry bear with black eyes and a red scarf". Short and concrete works best: colours, materials, and where they go.

   Click one of the Ideas if you want a starting point, and pick a style: Realistic, Stylized game, Cartoon, Anime, Metal, Wood, Stone or Sci-fi. The style adds a few words to your prompt. No style adds nothing.

   

3. 3Press Auto texture

   In box 3 Paint with AI, pick the number of views next to Views: 4 (8 credits), 6 (12 credits) or 8 (16 credits). Then press Auto texture: 4 views (8 credits); the label follows your choice. If you are not logged in, the login window opens first.

   The studio paints the front, right, back and left views one after another. Each view sees what the earlier views painted, and each new view is colour-matched to the paint it overlaps, so colours stay consistent. With 6 or 8 views, the extra views aim at the parts the first four see worst, such as the top and the underside. The top of the viewer shows which view is running: plan for about 15 to 30 seconds per view.

   When all views are done, the studio fills small gaps the cameras could not see.

   Want a cheap first look at your prompt? Quick preview: 4 sides in 1 call (2 credits) paints all four sides from one AI image, with less detail. If you like it, run Auto texture for the full result.

4. 4Check the result and fix spots

   Drag in the viewer to turn the model, or use the view buttons under it: Front, Right, Back, Left, Top, Bottom. The AI images for each view appear as small thumbnails under the viewer.

   Spot you do not like? Turn the model to face it and press Paint this view (2 credits). Grey spots are places no camera saw, like under the chin. See fix grey spots. To change only one part, brush over it with Select region. A visible line where two views meet? Blend it away for free with the Heal brush.

   

5. 5Download

   Need normal, roughness, metal and AO maps for a game engine? Make them first in box 4 PBR maps, free: see make PBR maps.

   In box 5 Download, press Download textured model (GLB). You get a file named after your model, like bear_textured.glb, in the same size and units as your upload.

   Want only the image? Texture only (PNG) saves the texture that fits your model’s own UV map. Next: import the GLB into Blender, Unity, Unreal or Godot.