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Auto Painter Ai earns its place in the Superhive library for tying Blender models to a Stable Diffusion and ControlNet texture pipeline, and it currently sits at rank 276. Worth noting: it works best with Blender from the official site rather than the Steam build.
Auto Painter Ai is an AI texture add-on for Blender from Blender Procedural. It generates textures on your 3D models by pairing text prompts with Stable Diffusion WebUI and the ControlNet extension. The add-on can run its AI models locally or connect to external services, depending on your settings.
The workflow centers on multiview maps. With a model selected in Blender, Generate Multiview Maps bakes depth and normal maps using ControlNet. You then enter a texture prompt and use Generate Guided AI Image to send those maps and the prompt to the AI server for generation. Connection is set through a Connection Type dropdown, where you choose Local WebUI and enter the server address.
Local processing relies on Stability Matrix, a one-click installer that sets up Stable Diffusion WebUI, ControlNet, and the Depth and Normal models it needs. One note worth flagging: the add-on does not work well with Blender installed from Steam, so the developer recommends downloading Blender from the official site. A demo video is available on the developer's page.
Auto Painter Ai is best for blender users generating textures for 3D models from text prompts, driven by ControlNet depth and normal maps through a local or external Stable Diffusion setup.
Auto Painter Ai is completely free to download and use.
Auto Painter Ai does not work well when Blender has been installed from Steam. The developer recommends downloading Blender from the official Blender website instead, then installing the add-on there. This applies whether you plan to run the AI models locally or connect to external services. If you run into problems with setup or generation, checking which Blender build you installed is a sensible first step, since the Steam build is called out specifically as a known source of trouble with this add-on.
Auto Painter Ai supports local processing through Stability Matrix, a one-click installer that sets up Stable Diffusion WebUI, the ControlNet extension, and the required Depth and Normal models. Once that server is running, open the Auto Painter Ai settings in Blender, choose Local WebUI under the Connection Type dropdown, and enter the WebUI address. From there you select your model, use Generate Multiview Maps to bake depth and normal maps, enter a texture prompt, and click Generate Guided AI Image to send everything to your local server.
Auto Painter Ai is listed here as free. Pricing and licensing can change over time, so check the developer's page for the current terms before you rely on it. The add-on also depends on additional components you set up separately, including Stable Diffusion WebUI and the ControlNet extension, both installed through Stability Matrix. Those handle the actual AI generation, whether you run them locally or point the add-on at an external service.
Auto Painter Ai uses ControlNet Depth and Normal models, specifically control_sd15_depth.pth and control_sd15_normal.pth. Stability Matrix can download these automatically from its Models tab and place them in the ControlNet models folder for Stable Diffusion WebUI. These maps are what the add-on produces when you run Generate Multiview Maps on a selected 3D model, and they guide the AI when you send a prompt through Generate Guided AI Image. Without them, the guided texture generation cannot run.
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