--- title: Free Blender Texture Painting Add-On Ucupaint 3.0 Is Now... description: Ucupaint 3.0, a free Blender texture painting add-on, is now available after a year of development. According to the developer, the release skips version 2.5... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/free-blender-texture-painting-add-on-ucupaint-3-0-is-now-available-mzyumf1ks twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Free Blender Texture Painting Add-On Ucupaint 3.0 Is Now Available | daily.dev og:description: Ucupaint 3.0, a free Blender texture painting add-on, is now available after a year of development. According to the developer, the release skips version 2.5... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/free-blender-texture-painting-add-on-ucupaint-3-0-is-now-available-mzyumf1ks og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mzyUMF1kS.png og:image:alt: Free Blender Texture Painting Add-On Ucupaint 3.0 Is Now Available og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Free Blender Texture Painting Add-On Ucupaint 3.0 Is Now Available **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ucupaint 3.0, a free Blender texture painting add-on, is now available after a year of development. According to the developer, the release skips version 2.5 because the new features and improvements were significant enough to jump straight to 3.0. Height and Vector Displacement get their own channels instead of sharing the Normal channel. A single unified preview mode now covers channels, layers, layer alpha, masks, and custom data. The update adds Adjustment Layers, spherical and cylindrical decals, and a new bake target system for customizing resolution and names per channel. It has been tested and is compatible with Blender versions 2.76 through 5.3. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What's new in Ucupaint 3.0 for Blender texture painting? Ucupaint 3.0 adds dedicated Height and Vector Displacement channels separate from Normal, a unified preview mode for channels, layers, alpha, and masks, Adjustment Layers that apply modifiers using the previous layer's data, spherical and cylindrical decal types, and a new bake target system letting you set resolution and name per channel, including support for ORM maps or color attributes as bake targets. _Artists planning a Blender add-on upgrade can track release notes like these on daily.dev._ ### Which Blender versions does Ucupaint 3.0 support? Ucupaint 3.0 has been tested and is compatible with Blender versions ranging from 2.76 to 5.3, covering a very wide range of releases for this free texture painting add-on. _Checking compatibility before upgrading add-ons gets easier when you follow tool updates on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Blender Plans To Introduce Its Own Texture Layer System](https://daily.dev/posts/blender-plans-to-introduce-its-own-texture-layer-system-ysimcc6jt) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [MatPlus Unlocks Layer-Based Texture Painting Inside Blender](https://daily.dev/posts/matplus-unlocks-layer-based-texture-painting-inside-blender-zvvlrqpkp) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Tutorial: Seamless Texture Painting In Blender](https://daily.dev/posts/tutorial-seamless-texture-painting-in-blender-cxhgwxhms) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#3d](https://daily.dev/tags/3d), [#blender](https://daily.dev/tags/blender) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/free-blender-texture-painting-add-on-ucupaint-3-0-is-now-available-mzyumf1ks) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Free Blender Texture Painting Add-On Ucupaint 3.0 Is Now Available","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/free-blender-texture-painting-add-on-ucupaint-3-0-is-now-available-mzyumf1ks","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/free-blender-texture-painting-add-on-ucupaint-3-0-is-now-available-mzyumf1ks"},"datePublished":"2026-10-28T10:03:53.221Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T15:04:09.475Z","description":"Ucupaint 3.0, a free Blender texture painting add-on, is now available after a year of development. According to the developer, the release skips version 2.5...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/361b7d42fbd2e9b47891a1f3af053832?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/361b7d42fbd2e9b47891a1f3af053832?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"80 LEVEL","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"80 LEVEL","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/78eebcd76c154e6bbfd565fed7dc4093","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/free-blender-texture-painting-add-on-ucupaint-3-0-is-now-available-mzyumf1ks","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"3d,blender","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"80 LEVEL","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Free Blender Texture Painting Add-On Ucupaint 3.0 Is Now Available"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/free-blender-texture-painting-add-on-ucupaint-3-0-is-now-available-mzyumf1ks#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What's new in Ucupaint 3.0 for Blender texture painting?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Ucupaint 3.0 adds dedicated Height and Vector Displacement channels separate from Normal, a unified preview mode for channels, layers, alpha, and masks, Adjustment Layers that apply modifiers using the previous layer's data, spherical and cylindrical decal types, and a new bake target system letting you set resolution and name per channel, including support for ORM maps or color attributes as bake targets. Artists planning a Blender add-on upgrade can track release notes like these on daily.dev."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Which Blender versions does Ucupaint 3.0 support?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Ucupaint 3.0 has been tested and is compatible with Blender versions ranging from 2.76 to 5.3, covering a very wide range of releases for this free texture painting add-on. Checking compatibility before upgrading add-ons gets easier when you follow tool updates on daily.dev."}}]} ```