.MTL file extension - Wavefront material data
What is mtl file? How to open mtl files?
File type specification:
File extension mtl is mainly known to be used for Wavefront format.
Wavefront Technologies was a computer graphics company that developed and sold animation software used in Hollywood motion pictures and other industries. It was founded in 1984, in Santa Barbara, California, by Bill Kovacs, Larry Barels, Mark Sylvester.
They started the company to produce computer graphics for movies and television commercials, and to market their own software, as there were no off-the-shelf computer animation tools available at the time. In 1995, Wavefront Technologies was purchased by Silicon Graphics and merged with Alias Research to form Alias / Wavefront. It is now is owned by Autodesk.
Material library files contain one or more material definitions, each of which includes the color, texture, and reflection map of individual materials. These are applied to the surfaces and vertices of objects. Material files are stored in ASCII format and have the .mtl file extension.
The mtl file differs from other Alias / Wavefront property files, such as light and atmosphere files, in that it can contain more than one material definition (other files contain the definition of only one item).
Updated: October 14, 2024
The default software associated to open mtl file:
Company or developer:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Photoshop is great photography editing software that offers numerous features, powerful tools and other breakthrough capabilities to offer users maximum image editing performance. The default file format used by Adobe Photoshop is PSD.
The latest version, Photoshop CC is available through the Adobe Creative Cloud subscription service. The previous version was Photoshop CS6.
Company or developer:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Photoshop for Mac is popular image editing application. It is able to create and compose images, edit photos and supports variety of image formats to open, export and convert.
The latest version, Photoshop CC is available through the new Adobe Creative Cloud suite. The previous version was Photoshop CS6.
List of software applications associated to the .mtl file extension
Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open mtl file, edit mtl file, convert mtl file, view mtl file, play mtl file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
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Software that open mtl file - Wavefront material data
Programs supporting the exension mtl on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open mtl file action.
Microsoft Windows:
Main software associated with mtl file by default:
Adobe Photoshop
Other suggested software:
TurboCAD
Apple macOS / Mac OS X:
Main software associated with mtl file by default:
Adobe Photoshop for Mac
Other suggested software:
TurboCAD for Mac
