FAQ
Answers to common questions. Where an answer depends on information that is not yet confirmed, it is marked as TODO instead of guessed.
What is Surface Labs?
Section titled “What is Surface Labs?”Surface Labs is a node-based procedural texture authoring application. You build textures and materials by connecting nodes into a graph and adjusting their parameters. See the Overview for more.
Where can I get it?
Section titled “Where can I get it?”Every build except for iPad comes from the store page on itch.io:
iPad builds go out through TestFlight rather than the App Store, and the beta is open to anyone. See Install & Platforms.
Which platforms are supported?
Section titled “Which platforms are supported?”Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iPad. See Install & Platforms for downloads and minimum requirements.
Does the manual work offline?
Section titled “Does the manual work offline?”Yes, after the first time the app is online. The manual is not shipped inside the application: it downloads from this website on first launch and is cached on disk, so it is always current, it updates without an app update, and it keeps working with no connection. Illustrations are fetched as you read the articles that use them, and Settings → Library → Documentation can download them all at once. A device that has never been online has no manual yet.
Can I author at 8K on an iPad?
Section titled “Can I author at 8K on an iPad?”No. 8192 is desktop-only. iPadOS and Android stop at 4096, and an 8K project opened on one of them is reduced to fit. See Performance & Memory.
How much does it cost?
Section titled “How much does it cost?”The itch.io page showed the current pricing.
How do I report a bug or request a feature?
Section titled “How do I report a bug or request a feature?”See the Support page.
Where is the source or issue tracker?
Section titled “Where is the source or issue tracker?”Surface Labs is a closed source application, however issues and feature requests can be made on the public website GitHub repo, or in our discord.