head to head/Design Tools

Normal Map Bench vs Pictley

Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.

Normal Map Bench

Create Normal Maps Online

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Free

what it is

Normal Map Bench turns a height texture into a clean tangent-space normal map, right in your browser. Inspect the result under a movable light, tune strength, smoothing and gradient filters (Sobel or Scharr), then export a PNG in OpenGL (Y+) or DirectX (Y-) format. Built for 3D artists and game developers who need quick, private texture conversion: no upload, no account, no remote processing.

Pictley

Your AI Thumbnail Generator

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Paid

what it is

Pictley is an AI tool that turns your ideas into viral YouTube thumbnails. You can sketch your ideas to life, write a simple prompt or upload a reference and get scroll stopping thumbnails in seconds.