Add-ons for materials & shading
Physical Starlight and Atmosphere - Sky vs Zen UV v5.4.0
Two of the best-selling add-ons for materials & shading, side by side. Numbers are from their public Superhive pages, checked 2026-11-12.
| Physical Starlight and Atmosphere - Sky | Zen UV v5.4.0 | |
|---|---|---|
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| What it is | "Physical Starlight and Atmosphere" is a full outdoors lighting simulator that takes inspiration of 'sandbox' game worlds and editors, bringing visual consistency between every object in the scene. | Zen UV is a comprehensive UV toolset for Blender designed to make unwrapping faster, cleaner, and easier to control. It combines smart unwrapping, precise transforms, stacking, packing, texel density, trim sheets, UV inspection, and workflow tools in one streamlined add-on. |
| By | Physical Addons | Sergey Tyapkin |
| Price | from $70 | from $24 |
| Coupon | – | – |
| Sales | 17100+ | 13400+ |
| Rating | 4 / 5 (153 ratings) | 5 / 5 (70 ratings) |
| Blender | 2.81 – 5.2 | 4.2 – 5.2 |
| Works with 5.2 | Yes | Yes |
| On Superhive since | about 7 years ago | over 6 years ago |
| License | Options | GPL |
| See it on Superhive Full page | See it on Superhive Full page |