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Documentation
Overview
Getting Started
Creating Your First Texture
Understanding How Poly Works
Next Steps
Upgrading to Poly Infinity
Interface
Interface Overview
Toolbar
Quick Generate
Make Patches
Upload Image
Make Seamless
Upscale Texture
Generate PBR Maps
Dock
Prompts View
3D View
PBR Maps View
Status Bar
Status
Header
Undo & Redo
Render Options
Lighting Options
Map Options
Download
Side Menu
Version History
Feedback
Documentation Sidebar
News & Updates
Library
Guides
Best Practices
Best Practices for Writing Prompts to Generate Textures with AI
How to Select Winning Patches
How to Efficiently Scale Your Patches
How to Select the Right PBR Material Type
What are PBR Maps and How to Create Them
Texture Types
How to Create Concrete Textures
Use Cases
Using Marble in 3D Modeling and Texturing
Creative Uses for Wood Textures in Designs
How to Generate and Use PBR Textures
How to Use AI to Generate Textures for Video Games
How to Create Textures for Interior Design
Integrations
How to Use Textures to Create Realistic Prop Assets in Substance
How to Create and Use Textures in Substance
Answers
Can I use my own textures with Poly?
Can I upload my own PBR maps into Poly?
What are the license terms of my generated textures?
Do you offer API access to Poly?
How do I sign up for Poly Infinity?
What are the benefits of Poly Infinity?
How do I cancel Poly Infinity?
How do I report a NSFW or unsafe output of Poly’s AI?
Can I provide feedback on the quality of Poly’s textures?
Can I use Poly from a tablet such as an iPad?
Overview

Overview

Poly lets you quickly generate customized, HD, and seamlessly tile-able textures with 32-bit PBR maps using a simple text and/or image prompt in seconds. Create new materials, convert from existing images, generate variations, or explore thousands of stunning textures made with Poly AI.

Welcome to Poly's documentation! Poly is an AI-enabled texture creation tool that lets you quickly generate customized, HD, and seamlessly tile-able textures with up to 32-bit PBR maps using a simple prompt (text and/or image) in seconds. It's perfect for use in 3D applications such as 3D modeling, character design, architecture visualization ("Arch Viz"), game development, AR/VR world-building, and much more. We're thrilled to share the result of our team's research work with the community, and hope you will find it useful and fun.

If you're interested in the power of AI-driven texture creation, join us on our Discord server, where you can find us working, chatting, and learning from a rich community of creative professionals.

Understanding Poly

Poly has a simple and accessible web-based UI that requires no installation or GPU, and it's totally free to get started. In fact, you don't even need to sign up for an account or log in at all. We'll also never limit the amount of textures you can generate.

Poly's full AI texture generation editor view

Within seconds, you can:

  1. Generate any seamless textures with 32-bit PBR maps from scratch by describing it to our AI in a simple text prompt.
  2. Convert any image into an HD seamless texture complete with AI-generated 32-bit PBR maps.
  3. Generate unlimited variations for your existing textures.
  4. Browse and get inspired by thousands of stunning textures generated by AI. Explore how they were generated and customize them yourself.

Using this documentation

Most users shouldn't need to read this documentation in order to get started. But it's useful to understand the way we laid out this tool, and what the color scheme represents. You'll find some tips and how-tos to help you maximize your effectiveness, from basic to advanced techniques. If you have any questions this is not answered in this manual or if you have any problems creating certain types of textures or PBR maps, please free to email hello@withpoly.com, ask us on our Discord server.

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Understanding Poly
Using this documentation