Substance Painter

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Show only the Red Channel in Substance Painter? Hi, I have imported a somewhat texture mask that has different R,G,B value. I only want that the R value. How do I extract it so I get a black and white mask in Substance Painter?I checked the list o…	3 Last	bentraje Aug 2023
Steel Sword This time I decided to make a simple steel sword with better textures than usual	2 Last	BaNaNCHiK Aug 2023
normal´s baking error Hello everyone, I've been struggling with an error in a project.I'm baking in marmoset, and in there it looks alright (next images)the problem comes when I use the bakes in substance painter, some ed…	2 Last	fofo Aug 2023
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Bake AO using Self Occlusion? HiThis might be more of a feature request than anything, or I simply haven't used the right settings, but, is it possible to bake an individual element, or everything together, using Self Occlusion? …	11 Last	DustyShinigami Aug 2023
Advice when baking thin strips HiThis is something I've had problems with for a while now. It was great when I discovered the Unitize tool under Modify, in Maya's UV Editor, as it allowed to more easily keep curved strips nice and…	7 Last	DustyShinigami Aug 2023
UE5 LUT for Substance Painter Hello all, I made a LUT to match UE5 in Substance Painter, you can get it for free here https://alexandrealvesdb.gumroad.com/l/ue5_lutNo need for additional post-processing, you just put the exr as c…	0 Last	AlexandreAlvesdb Aug 2023
Baking on a cylinder not working correctly? Whats going on here? Shouldnt the averaged normals stop this? Or am I forgetting something.	16 Last	TannedBatman Aug 2023
Approach for PBR correctness of coated or treated metal surfaces (Metal/Rough & Spec/Gloss) Hey everyone,I've been texturing hard surface assets for a while now but still run into the same issue, that especially coated metal surfaces (Anodized Aluminium, Blued Steel etc.) get later on …	14 Last	Brandon.LaFrance Aug 2023
Futuristic Bullpup SMG - 3D Model Showcase I am very proud to share with you my latest creation: a futuristic bullpup SMG in 3D! I never liked firearms very much, but I’m loving modeling them. The bullpup design, which puts the magazine …	2 Last	RodNasca Jul 2023
Substance Painter. How to add these circular layers on the cloth? Hello everyone.Basically I want to create something like this:These circular layers of the cloth on the spool. I tried using different noises but couldn't really get any decent results so I hope that…	1 Last	gnoop Jul 2023
Colt 1911 game ready asset Model i finished recently	1 Last	Ahsan55 Jul 2023
Issues with baking Hi. I'm working making a set of furnitures with boat themed that are around my house. I got one of the first with good topology and UVs but when I bake it it doesnt look that good so I wanted to try …	5 Last	Fabi_G Jul 2023
How to project a decal on a curved surface ? (Substance Painter) Hi polycounters !My question is in the title, I have a potato bag model here I would like to stamp decals onto. I use Substance's Projection tool for it and it works perfectly on flat surfaces, but t…	7 Last	gnoop Jul 2023
Curvature map triangle issues Hello, I'm having some curvature map issues while baking in substance painterThe issue is - the curvature map has weird triangles around the borderSome fixes I've made -- Smooth the mesh/Subdivi…	2 Last	Harshkoshiya991 Jul 2023
Adesola Mask Hey everyone!It's been a while, but I finally finished up the Adesola mask project I've been working on. Feels good to have it all wrapped up!The process of designing the mask and experimenting with …	0 Last	Miladbahari Jul 2023
Invalid preset resource error- Substance Painter keeps crashing when moving imported texture to fill [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/0MZR5OE18DA1\/image.png","name":"image.png","type":"image\/png","size":249251,"width":1920,"height":1031,"displa…	2 Last	poopipe Jul 2023
I have a question regarding odd artifacts in substance painter. So I am fairly new to UV unwrapping things but I get the idea behind it and how to do it. But I am running into an issue with a design that is more organic than usual and I am getting odd artifacting…	5 Last	SamDesigns Jun 2023
Looking for feedback to my witcher sword Hello folks. I completed my witcher sword and need some feedback about that. What can u say about realism,model, details etc. ?	1 Last	zetheros Jun 2023
2DView Export washed while using aces As you can see on the left it results are washed. Im using ACESsRGB colour and exporting 2dview. I have tried changing the settings in many ways but I must be misunder…	2 Last	poopipe Jun 2023
ID map keeps baking red [{"insert":"I keep running into an issue where whenever I try to bake an ID map from the Material Color, the result is just a solid red map. \n\nAs a test, I ran a bake on this mesh (Made in 3DS Max,…	12 Last	poopipe Jun 2023
Substance Painter \| Weird artifacts after baking I've baked my model from High poly in SP, but it has weird artifacts of chamfer in edges.I've made UV seams in hard edges, but this didn't help. There should be Soft chamfer, but instead there is a w…	6 Last	CuriousAn124 Jun 2023
Problem with Normal maps exported from photshop Hello everyone.i got a problem everytime i try to edit 2 normal maps togther in photoshop.after i export my final normal map and view it in substance it shows with alot of artifacts and kinda pixilat…	11 Last	gnoop Jun 2023
A question about projecting details vs high poly to low poly bake? Is they're really a difference bewteen reprojecting high poly details onto a low poly retopoed mesh (in a software like blender, or zbrush), vs just baking high to low poly in substance painter (i'm …	8 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2023
Looking for feedback on my horror game character I just finished texturing this character and I'm kind of not liking the result, especially the hair, is there anything I could do to make her a bit more realistic? Thanks in advance =)	6 Last	SmoothTempest Jun 2023
Cursor disappears in Substance Painter Hello everyone! I encountred the issue when placing the cursour in viewport it just disappears and I can't rotate, zoom, move as well as paint. It appears when I place it over layers window, material…	4 Last	dushnyla2309 May 2023
Ira Wendagoth (Critical Role Fan Art) Hey, everyone! First post here.This is a piece of fan art and also my first character art project. All feedback is welcome!During this project, I learned a ton about the workflow, sculpting body &…	0 Last	Aline May 2023
3D game character " Old Hunter" Hello, this is a character i made based on the artwork of Heewon Kim. First time I've made a character so complex, if anyone has any critiques or advice please feel free to tell me, I want to learn m…	8 Last	sandrac May 2023
Star Wars Inspired eta 2 actis class interceptor W.I.P So am currently learing how to animate and rigging a veichle and am also learning how to texture in substance painter this is where am at currently So this is the animation that I have made insi…	2 Last	Joel_Tilsley May 2023
Substance painter keeps failing to save [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/ZM9MTQL8OHVO\/image.png","name":"image.png","type":"image\/png","size":17593,"width":350,"height":636,"displaySi…	4 Last	FishMan Apr 2023
Multiple mesh maps in a single slot [{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"Hi. This is my first time working using Udim Workflow. For my model I use 1 material with 2 Udims (uv tiles) and for each of them I need a mesh map in SP. When I bak…	2 Last	Sani Apr 2023
How to paint through the model in substance painter ? [{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"Hello everybody ! \n\nI'm starting using substance painter and really struggling to paint through the model (example : through a character's body to have nice grades…	0 Last	Natus_000 Apr 2023
UV issue with no reason in sight. As you can see here I UV mapped it fairly well and there is no UV overlap of the highlighted UV islands. But when baked in substance painter and in Marmoset these issues appear.The issues circled are…	18 Last	sacboi Apr 2023
Creating Low Poly assets [{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"Hi all, I've been following a udemy course on environment creation and one of the assets is a bookshelf seen below and for the low poly he just adds a 1 segment beve…	4 Last	Fabi_G Apr 2023
UE4 - Bunker Environment [{"insert":"\nArtStation post: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/044e98"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/044e98"},{"insert":" \n\nHi! This is an envir…	0 Last	EricMArt Mar 2023
Where is it better to make materials for models, in blender or in Substance Painter? [{"insert":"I model in Blender and now I want to learn how to make more complex materials. It would be convenient for me to make them right away in Blender, but in Substance Painter, as I know, it is…	2 Last	kanga Mar 2023
Textures showing up black in maya (viewport and render) [{"insert":"For reference, I exported textures from SP using the Arnold (standard surface) preset, then used the Substance to Maya plugin to import them to maya. The pants and teeth of my character a…	3 Last	Alex_J Mar 2023
Desert Gas Station [UE5] [{"insert":"Hey there! Here is my new personal project Desert Gas Station: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/WBK9Vy"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/W…	1 Last	Fabi_G Mar 2023
How would you handle UVing/baking this rope? Zbrush, insert mesh [{"insert":"Hello there, I'm currently doing some tests with ropes, I made an insert mesh which I UVed in Zbrush and created a curve to make a rope brush. \nNow each section's UVs are overlapping to …	2 Last	xiphos Mar 2023
Texel Density and scale in UVS? workflow between blender and substance painter [{"insert":"Hello, I know a little about 3D but just recently I'm experimenting with painting my models in substance painter, that's when I first heard about the concept of texel density. Usually wha…	3 Last	pior Mar 2023
Looking for a bit of critique on my gravestone asset [{"insert":"Hi there, \nThis year, I am really challenging myself to improve on as many of my skills as possible. Starting off, I wanted to get better at my texturing and high poly sculpting skills.…	0 Last	bipolarbear45 Mar 2023
Looking for critiques or feedback on my 3d model [{"insert":"Hello everyone, this is my first time posting here. I am hoping to get some feedback\/critique's on a 3d project that I plan to use in my portfolio. I recently graduated and I'm looking …	4 Last	nexussim Mar 2023
Substance Painter - Wireframe showing through high poly bake [{"insert":"So I'm trying to bake a high poly mesh on a low poly mesh. It looks like the low poly wire frame is showing through the bake. You can see in the photo the grid showing through all the map…	2 Last	poopipe Mar 2023
Why does my material look so different in painter vs designer? [{"insert":"Hi , I have recently started to teach myself designer and i have ran into an issue i was hoping someone could help me with . I have made a wood material i was planning on using for a gun…	4 Last	gnoop Mar 2023
What to learn to be a great texture artist. [{"insert":"Hi guys! I want to be a texture artist I really got inspired by video games mostly from the The Last Of Us 2, love how detailed they are so I want to ask you guys which softwares are esse…	14 Last	MaiwandHimmat Mar 2023
[SOLVED] Substance won't bake my model using a HP mesh [{"insert":"Hello everyone! i imported my LP (and unwrapped) mesh onto substance painter and went to bake my HP mesh that i sculpted off the last one (unwrapped (not the same uv map)) (has the same l…	9 Last	albertobalsalm Feb 2023
Substance Painter - Baking problem with Color [{"insert":"Hello everyone!\n(I am new here and I hope i am in the good section, sorry if that's not the case)\nAfter a baking on substance painter, I have a strange render about my color (I've the i…	0 Last	LoicDigitalArt Feb 2023
Black ambient Occlusion map for thick garment [{"insert":"Like the title says, I exported a garment from marvelous designer using the thick preset. When the file is imported in substance painter and I try to bake maps, I get a very dark AO map. …	3 Last	killnpc Feb 2023
Death Stranding 2 BB Pod [{"insert":"I recreated the BB pod seen in the Death Stranding 2 trailer. It's is a beloved game of mine and I hope my fan work did some justice to the series\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":…	0 Last	tsundoku Feb 2023
Multiple High Poly to a Single Low Poly Baking? Hi,I am practicing modelling/baking and I've been having this question that I cannot really find an answer.Is there any way that I can bake a single low poly from a high poly with multiple parts?I've…	8 Last	kanga Feb 2023