Dream Textures (Blender)
Plugin : A set of capabilities installed into an AI application or a host · requires blender
Stable Diffusion built into Blender to generate textures and images, locally.
The best free and open-source option for Blender: local, no API key, no cloud.
Security reflects where data goes, requested permissions and incidents on record at the verification date. It is not a guarantee of zero risk: check the deployment mode and the connections you enable.
What it does, concretely
Creating consistent, high-quality textures for 3D models is a time-consuming task that usually requires specialized software and image editing skills. Dream Textures integrates Stable Diffusion directly into Blender to generate textures, concept art, and background assets from a simple text prompt, without leaving the working environment.
The plugin installs like a standard Blender add-on. Once activated, it allows users to generate images from text prompts, project textures onto entire scenes using depth-to-image, retouch or extend existing images (inpainting and outpainting), and upscale results by 4x. All models run locally on the user's machine.
Dream Textures is aimed at 3D artists and content creators who already work in Blender and want to speed up their texturing workflow without relying on an online service. It also suits those concerned about the privacy of their creations, since no data is sent to an external server.
However, it is not suitable for users without a compatible GPU (CUDA or Apple Silicon) with at least 4 GB of VRAM, nor for those looking for a plug-and-play tool with no technical setup. Complete beginners in Blender will face a significant learning curve.
What it offers
- ·Texture and image generation from a text prompt, directly within the Blender interface.
- ·'Seamless' option to produce textures that tile perfectly with no visible seam.
- ·Texture projection onto entire scenes using depth-to-image (Project Dream Texture).
- ·Inpainting to fix areas of an image and convert existing textures into seamless ones automatically.
- ·Outpainting to increase the size of an image by extending it in any direction.
- ·AI upscaling to increase image resolution by 4x.
- ·Dream Textures render engine with a node system to create complex effects and re-style animations.
- ·Cloud processing via DreamStudio available for machines with unsupported hardware. (paid)
In practice
- Price
- Free
- Commercial use
- Commercial use: paid plan
- Available on
- blender
- Host
- blender
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Runs locally
- Yes, 6 GB VRAM recommended
- FR interface
- No
Security and data
- Rating
- Security: nothing to flag
- Your data
- Data stays local
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last release
- 26 August 2024
Links and repository checked on 18 October 2026 · added on 1 September 2022
How to install Dream Textures (Blender)
xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine ~/Library/Application\ Support/Blender/3.3/scripts/addons/dream_textures/.python_dependencies