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Substance Stager? Does anybody use it?

I can not, for the life of me, figure out who exactly is paying an extra 150% of the regular substance subscription price a month for a program capable of doing little more than dropping models onto …
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Jerc

Will performance for UDIMs be on par with Mari in future?

Sometimes I have to work on bigger projects which has a lot of UDIMs and high resolution maps, but Mari seems to handle it much better, especially with baking nodes. Painter struggles and I'm stuck h…
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Mink

Hard, pixelated edges on substance renders

Hello!I've finished  a few Substance materials recently, and I'm having trouble rendering them properly in the in-built Substance renderer. Attached is a concrete sidewalk material overgrown wit…
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poopipe

Lines (seams) artifacts are visible on the edges

Hello Everyone.I've been trying to fix these artifacts for a long time but didn't succeed so maybe you could help me with that. Basically, I've created some objects in Blender, both low and high…
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shogunato

Metadata in sbs files

Does anyone have an idea  what  someone possible could do with it?       Can I write keywords there   or any kind of tag  Adobe Briidge or any o…
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gnoop

problem baking a simple bottle

hi I am baking a simple bottole in substance but I alwasy get those weird black and gray spots ... how can I resolve that?
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Benjammin

Normal baking issue - Cuts in edges

Hi. I need help to solve this problem. I'll be quick.I have these low and high poly models:But this is the result of my baking:As you can see, there are horrible cuts on the edges.These are the detai…
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AntonB

Substance Bitmap2Material 3 vs Substance 3D Sampler

whats the difference? I got the first because it has a single licence and not a subscription which I hate, but I see the product seems pretty old as was last updated seems on steam on 2014 and I can'…
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Mink

Substance Crash when opening shelf?

Hi My licence just ran out so I did an updated but now it has a crash when I open the shelf, looks like an issue with the smart materials? any ideas? I will have a a tinker then I will try a r…
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poopipe

how to edit a generated mask?

Hello , I am a noob still in Substance so forgive me if this is a trivial question but how do I edit a mask after I applied a generator and it clearly shows visible seams where uvmaps collide?The mas…
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gnoop

Substance Designer [AO issues]

Hey everyone, i'm new in Designer. And trying to creating material but have some issues in AO node i see steps. I pin the pic for example what heppend.Any suggestion? Thanks guys!My output parametrs …
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Fbink

Exporting cavity map from Substance Painter

Hello, when baking the curvature map, Painter seems to make a cavity map.  How do I export this cavity map?Below is a screen grab to help illustrate what I am seeing during the bake.
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sean_rodrigues

Height blend in Sampler

Why when I am using  height blend + paintable mask      in Sampler  I get this sudden  height cliff  ?      .     My gu…
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gnoop

How to erase the background in Illustrator with the Pen tool for beginner

A Deep Dive Into The Janome Memory Craft 9850: An Honest Review In this blog post, we take an in-depth look at the Janome Memory Craft 9850, an advanced embroidery and sewing machine. We'll prov…
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stevengibson

Transmission and translucency

Hi!I want to texture something with transmission or translucency in Substance Painter, but it seems like shaders with alpha-test/blending don't support them in contrast to Subsurface Scattering. Ever…
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Benjammin

So now I can only get access to my substance source stuff if I do this nonsense?

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onionhead_o

Texture compositing / mixing materials, best practice?

I wonder what's the best solution currently?   I mean something like this:https://youtu.be/rgSq0jq5DzY  Form what I see in this video it's a perfect workflow.  But I'v never tried…
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gnoop

Topology showing on bakes - need help!

Hey guys, I'm getting into 3D again and am once again having trouble with the basic shit.My topology (triangulation) is showing on my normal map after a bake, and I don't understand why.I am using av…
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gnoop

Have anybody tried Redshift for Blender?

How is the integration?  Specifically in regards of realtime set dressing,  look dev?  For scattering  trees , landscape scenes?ops. wrong thread.
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gnoop

Blocky Artifacts while painting

Anytime I used the paint brush tool I get this strange blocky artifacts. This only happens while painting. When I stop the blocks disappear. Its annoying more than anything.I though it might be to do…
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poopipe

Baking to a plane

Hello,Pretty new to the 3d art world and had a basic question on baking in substance...Been doing some simple tests baking 'floaters' down to a plane and im getting this odd issue in the AO map.I tho…
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poopipe

Does anyone knows how extract curves node work in substance designer?

I want to make curve from an edge loop. The node  description mentions it can be done in Max Maya and Modo setting special tag  but I can find any nfo how.      Is …
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gnoop

Wood Advice

Does anyone have any advice when making wood in Substance Painter/Designer? I struggle to find the right nodes/layers to use to get the look I want. Ho would you guys approach something like this?Thi…
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gnoop

Cages and Texture Sets

Hij just have a quick question concerning cages for baking and texture sets. When having multiple texture sets for baking in Substance, can you use multiple cages for different parts of a mesh on a s…
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gnoop

How to modify shape_splatter to scale up beyond 5?

it's what I get  when try to do it  by "max pattern liberty"     The input cube continue to  getting scaled up but  is cropped by some square frame.  …
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gnoop

Atlas scatter node anti-aliazed, non-binary opacity / alpha?

Have somebody managed to get something usable from  Substance Designer Atlas scatter ?   It makes any opacity /alpha  binary  and thus  you can use it only in very hi-re…
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gnoop

PBR Lens texturing advice

Hey ! I'm currently texturing a vehicle on which a military thermal camera is mounted, and I'm having difficulties figuring out how to texture the lens of that camera. I tried reading about that…
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cmdrDsig

UVs got broken only in Substance painter

This bowl is very big in my scene and it requires high definition texture to look fine. I tried to cut the wall into repetitive pieces that can be unwrapped into square islands, which can match at le…
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Lauralph

Texturing advice needed

Hi guys and gals! Are there some tutorials for texturing, that's show why, how, and where do you need place materials and surface imperfections?Not technical stuff, but some good art theory.Really st…
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wmyy8

Weird Baking issue - Small prop requires huge Texel density for clean bake and texture

Hey guys i am currently working on a Art test for a Prop and i am having this weird texel density issue. It's quite a small prop compared to a Human scale. It's 30CM tall and 25 CM Width and Depth. I…
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rollin

strange black spots on baking

Hello, what those could be due to and how could  I do to remove? https://i.gyazo.com/a0956249c797f5b6e25fa18ac4bac482.mp4HEre are the settings i used to bake : This instead is the Uvmap of my mo…
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NAIMA

Substance Painter on Steam? - Questions

Hi,as many probably know Substance Painter is on sale on Steam currently. I have a few important questions I'd like to know before I buy it though. I know some of these questions have been alluded to…
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Sloth_42

[substance painter] normal map baking and artifact like mosaic?

I'm learning normal map bakingi started from some simple objects and i moved on to something more detailed objects i used arnord and i got something like some weird artifacts.. more cl…
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poopipe

Verifying your Linux Substance License *after* I've "adobified" my account?

Earlier I cancelled my Substance3D Subscription as per the requirements of transferring your account to the adobe version....Only to realise that there doesn't seem to be a way to get a .key file fro…
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Jerc

best way to add test on a cylindrical shape

Hi. I am making a camera lens and i just cant wrap my head around what is the best way to add the text on a cylindrical shape like a lens for example.I can straighten UV islands in blender no problem…
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solitudevibes

AI in Sampler

I tried to make material from this photo (hi res version of it) and get  this:Looks like AI did zero de-lightng  and height reconstruction only a tad bit better  if any  than …
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gnoop

Substance Painter Curvature Map Errors

Hi everyone, I am currently trying to bake my textures from a highpoly mesh to a lowpoly mesh, and for the most part everything is working fine, but I had noticed these weird sharp points on my textu…
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WarriorN2000

Should One buy Substance Designer 2021 while still on Steam?

Hi there,Substance Designer  2021 (£78) and Substance 3D Painter 2021 (£78) are on Steam to buy.What is your opinion about these programs becoming subscription only?Is it advised to buy them on …
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Jerc

With all fresh new Adobe 3d substance what are real improvements?

Is former Alchemist capable to work with non-square textures now?Have it's AI improved  in depth reconstruction and especially  de-lighting  or it's still same hipass mostly? Is it res…
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gnoop

How do I merge my Adobe & Allegorithmic Account

Now that substance has been fully integrated into adobe, I want to know how I can transfer my account with active substance indie subscription into my main Adobe account.Also, this is the end of linu…
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Jerc

Wheat Texture turning dark

Hi all, I'm working in a wheat field for an environment in Unity.I started with Substance Designer to create the material/texture 2D Plane since I couldn't find a free package that included a pr…
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poopipe

unwanted bake parts?

Hello , how do I avoid Substance to bake AO over parts of the mesh that I do not want to ?  my model is comprised of several pieces, attached toghether but when I bake it projects unwanted parts…
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Kanni3d

Painter baking by mesh name // Solved -> No use of parenting hierarchy (?)

Hello cant find if its me who try to do something wrong or if its a bug (according some other questions about) ?Saying i have a low poly named mesh_low & some high polys named mesh_high_01, mesh_…
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nikononoki

Substance Painter: Mesh turned grey after baking

As the title suggests. I'm having issues baking from high to low poly. During baking I only changed:- Antialiasing 4x4- Match to By Mesh NameAnd changed nothing else. No idea what's happening. I…
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JackoHammer100

Need help with Substance Painter's particle brushes

Hey there!I'm trying to use the "leaks" particle brushes, but I'm having some trouble with it.Firstly this happens:https://i.imgur.com/SXYwoG9.gifWell my brush is not in Uv or texture space, yet it o…
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Montrec_inc

Weird Normal Transition Between Seams

Hi, I don't know why this happens to my high poly to low poly baking. Very bad textures along seams! I have tried almost all of the baking settings, but nothing helped, I've also checked that my UV's…
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pior

Substance Painter for Film? Managing normal seams?

I'm not sure if this is just a Painter problem but I have a piece for a film of a character and because it is for film the there are many uv cuts on the face to get better resolution. There are visib…
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3D4Eva

Substance Designer tweak versions/ snapshots?

Does  anyone know a solution to make SD versions/ snapshots?   I constantly have a situation  when I tweak something and  it get worse   ( better is enemy of good  …
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gnoop

Low Poly and High Poly black mask based on height?

I am trying to make a sign, I've used a displacement map on a high poly plane to indent it with text. I've then baked it in substance painter with a plane and it looks good, however, is there any way…
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poopipe

How to fix those texture errors?

I get often those issues, even if the uvmap is perfectly clear, , the lp model is perfectly matching the high poly one , so I do not understand why I get those artefacts?
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gnoop

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