# tools.ashthornton.dev

> Blender add-ons for three.js developers: export Blender materials as three.js TSL node materials, and export glTF textures as KTX2, WebP or AVIF.

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## Blender to TSL

A Blender add-on that lets your AI coding agent bring materials into your three.js project as TSL node materials, through the Blender MCP. Or export the JavaScript modules yourself. Requires Blender 5.0+.

- [Blender to TSL product page](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-to-tsl/): Blender materials → three.js TSL
- [Getting started](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-to-tsl/docs.md): Install Blender to TSL, turn on updates with your licence key, and pick how you want to use it.
- [Exporting a material](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-to-tsl/docs/exporting.md): Export a material from Blender's material panel as a three.js TSL module, and read the notes it gives you.
- [Using the module in three.js](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-to-tsl/docs/threejs.md): Import the exported material, load its textures, drive its uniforms, and match Blender's colours.
- [Using it with AI agents](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-to-tsl/docs/ai-agents.md): Let Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another coding agent export materials from Blender and wire them into your three.js project.
- [Supported nodes](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-to-tsl/docs/nodes.md): Which shader nodes convert exactly, which are approximated, and how to get the closest match to Blender.
- [Bugs, requests and help](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-to-tsl/docs/support.md): Report a bug from inside Blender, request a feature, and find answers to common problems.

## Texture Exporter

A Blender add-on that exports scene textures as external .ktx2, .webp or .avif files with per-texture settings, linked from glTF / GLB files written by Blender's built-in exporter. Requires Blender 4.2+.

- [Texture Exporter product page](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-texture-exporter/): KTX2 / WebP / AVIF textures for glTF
- [Getting started](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-texture-exporter/docs.md): Install Texture Exporter, turn on updates with your licence key, and check the tools it uses.
- [Quick start](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-texture-exporter/docs/quick-start.md): Export a GLB with web-ready textures, then adjust textures and update it without re-exporting the scene.
- [The Scene panel](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-texture-exporter/docs/scene-panel.md): Every texture in your scene in one list, with details, object selection, renaming and the export buttons.
- [Texture settings](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-texture-exporter/docs/texture-settings.md): Formats, scale, mipmaps, usage, codecs and quality, with what each one is for.
- [Previewing on the models](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-texture-exporter/docs/preview.md): See your textures in Blender's viewport exactly as they'll be exported, and update them live as you change settings.
- [Exporting with glTF](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-texture-exporter/docs/gltf-export.md): The Texture Export section in Blender's glTF exporter, and what changes in the files it writes.
- [Updating a glTF without re-exporting](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-texture-exporter/docs/update-gltf.md): Re-encode changed textures and patch the glTF in place, leaving its geometry untouched.
- [Sharing a texture folder](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-texture-exporter/docs/shared-folders.md): Export several .blend files into one texture folder, so GLBs share files and URLs, and clean up files nothing uses.
- [Loading in three.js](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-texture-exporter/docs/threejs.md): Set up GLTFLoader for KTX2, WebP and AVIF textures, share textures between GLBs, and show real loading progress.
- [Using it with AI agents](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-texture-exporter/docs/ai-agents.md): Have a coding agent export your scene through the Blender MCP and set up texture loading in your three.js project.
- [Warnings and size estimates](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-texture-exporter/docs/warnings.md): What each warning means and how to fix it, and how file sizes are estimated before export.
- [Bugs, requests and help](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/blender-texture-exporter/docs/support.md): Report a bug from inside Blender, request a feature, and find answers to common problems.

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- [All docs in one file](https://tools.ashthornton.dev/llms-full.txt): every page above, concatenated