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Artifacts when baking normal map

I'm working on the retopology of a high-poly model I made. I'm not very experienced with retopology and baking normals. When I extract the normal map in Substance Painter, I see these triangular arti…
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Ivanose

Import issues from Maya

Hi all, I have a problem with Maya and Substance Painter. I need to export a file from Maya to Painter.I am a beginner and know very little about the whole workflow. I followed tutorials and my gut, …
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Chmerk

Substance Painter smart mask messed up after reimport mesh and maps

Alright guys,I am experience this issue every time I reimport the slighty changed mesh. So here the smart mask (dirt) is as it has to be:This is the same smart mask after reimport the same Mesh:Do I …
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poopipe

Calling All 3D Artists: Share Your Texture Baking Preferences!

Hi everyone! I am a 3D Art Student, currently writing my Bachelors Thesis covering the topic of Texture Baking. Currently, I am trying to find out which software is the most popular fo…
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davit3d

Calling All 3D Artists: Share Your Texture Baking Preferences!

Hi everyone! I am a 3D Art Student, currently writing my Bachelors Thesis covering the topic of Texture Baking. Currently, I am trying to find out which software is the most popular for Bak…
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davit3d

Marmoset Toolbag vs Substance Painter bake with cage file

Hey there!I would like to achieve the same nicely rounded edges if i'm baking with Marmoset Toolbag (4)If i bake it with SP it looks good, but yeah i can't skew the normals in SP, so i need a MT solu…
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ReD-SpideR

Weathered Stop Sign (critique)

This is intended to be game-ready and I tried my best to be careful with the polycount. I modelled this in Maya and sculpted the small details in Zbrush. Baking and texturing were done in Substa…
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teodar23

Rotating View Breaks Lighting?

The face texture set of my character get's dark when I rotate the view. I already restarted Substance Painter. Here a short screen recording showing it: https://imgur.com/a/hwcP9rz
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Sidney Eliot

Feedback Request: Guitar Textures

Looking for some feedback on the texture-work for this guitar. There are already some things I plan to go back and revise, but I would appreciate some new eyes to tell me what could be improved. Than…
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lolpoly

Vixen - UE5 Realtime Character (3D Stylized)

Hi everyone, I'm super excited to share my first stylized real-time project: Vixen Fanart based on Shane Glines concept art from Justice League Action!This has been a great learning opportunity of th…
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okumuokore

3D Artist - characters, props, 3D print

Experienced 3D Artist with obsession for quality game art looking to join your your army. Will you accept him?https://www.artstation.com/vinceshinkevichsoftware: Zbrush, Blender, 3Ds Max, 3…
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VinceOrcis

Substance Painter issues ? UV seam mark

Why are the places I choose mark seam darker? I am using Blender if you know what problem it is please help me ! Thank you 
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Tahyuni

3D Props Modeler looking for remote work.

Junior 3D Artist looking for work and offershttps://www.artstation.com/pavel_gusevsoftware: Maya, Marmoset Toolbug, Substance Painter, ZBrushskillset:full production PBR workflow: high/low poly,…
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m3DModeler

Wireframe affecting shading in substance painter

I feel like this is probably a fairly common issue but I cant seem to find anything online so im probably googling poorly. Im sure the answer is probably how the triangulation is done but im not sure…
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TannedBatman

Baking Problem

Hi there !I made few rocks in maya and I decided to made one UV map for all of themHigh & Low Poly :UV Map : And, when I tried to bake it all in Substance Painter, I had weird artefact on my…
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Elliott

Maya average normals averaged unintentionally

This is causing weird bakes, I know this because I manually changed the direction and it fixed itI believe this may be causing issues elsewhere and Im wondering why its averaging normals as such and …
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TannedBatman

Jaguar XJR9

Hello any feedback and critics are welcome. This is an incomplete project, but due to time, carelessness,  and limited computing resources some things like the faulty proportion of the roof comp…
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alfonzx

High poly to Low poly bake

Hey there, i'm trying to bake a high-to-low poly model but I'm having some issues,I'm using this high model as a test:first I tried to bake with Substance Painter and here's the result:then I tried t…
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GhostMasaki

BRDM2

After a long break, I decided to start studying blender again
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BaNaNCHiK

Pumpkinhead Fan Art - What more does it need?

Hi there! I am working on this piece of fan art practice/portfolio piece of Stan Winston's Pumpkinhead. I'm on the texture creation phase in Substance Painter, and wanted to get some thoughts on what…
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kearney_art

PBR or Handpainted ?

Hi there !I would really like to improve my texturing skills at the moment, and I see a lot of these artists who worked on Wayfinders, with this really beautiful graphic style. I would like to be abl…
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Elliott

3D Creature Character Design Looking for Feedback

Hi everyone! I made This female creature as part of a development project for my university. It was my first time using substance painter and my third attempt at lighting in UE5. The creature was scu…
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Anna_Mini_Jayan

Pipe Wrench prop - Looking for Feedback

Hello everyone! First post here. I started building my portfolio and just finished this Pipe Wrench prop, I would appreciate some feedback.Thanks!Link with more pictures: https://www.artstation.com/a…
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melissamothy

[3dsMax][Texturing] Unwrap long rounded shapes

Hello !I have a question, i am trying to do a low poly microphone and i was wondering how can i deal with the unwrap of a rounded shape like a microphone net without seeing the seam? Do you have any …
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ZacD

Substance painter: Correct way to increase normal map intensity

Hi!I am doing some landscapes. Texturing in Substance Painter with pbr materials. What is the preferable way to increase normal map intensity to match other masked layers? Using levels on a normal ma…
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poopipe

ZBrush- Substance part of mesh not visible- Please Help!!

Hello guys, i have my model in ZBrush. But when im trying import to substance, i cant see part of my characters mini short. I try to unwrap again but not worked. And i have couple more problems. I us…
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wunderkitten

Senior Visual Effects Artist Needed in Oklahoma City

Boiling Point Media – Oklahoma City, OKJob DescriptionBoiling Point Media is looking for an experienced senior level artist to join our visual effects team. Our artists create visual effects and anim…
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Boiling_Point

Senior Visual Effects Artist Needed | Oklahoma City, OK

Boiling Point Media – Oklahoma City, OKJob DescriptionBoiling Point Media is looking for an experienced senior level artist to join our visual effects team. Our artists create visual effects and anim…
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Boiling_Point

3D Artist looking for work

Hello I am a new Artist looking to get into the field,I am Adept and capable of using Maya, Zbrush, Substance Painter/Designer, Unity, Unreal engine 4/5, Photoshop and After effects.To inquire about …
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ForgottenKing

Texture feedback, 3D axe

Hello polycount, I've created this model in order to improve my texturing. I've been told I need to  improve the textures of my assets. In this asset I try to include more bespoke weathering to …
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BigMike813

How do I combine texture maps on export in Painter?

So this is my first time making a game ready character and I'm already finishing up with the textures. However I think I messed it up. What I did was separate the mesh for different materials sharing…
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vlaint

[workflow/best practice] 3ds Max/SP/Unity Hero Asset Help

Hi everyone,Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I am not convinced with the recommendations of the Unity developers I am working with, that's why I am asking you all for some assistance an…
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ColMatrix

curvature mask generator problem

Hi!When using the Curvature generator for the mask, artifacts appear in the form of black areas on the borders of UV islands (do not pay attention to triangles). This happens mostly on one side, but …
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IngridEngelschion

Textures get in a mess when I change the resolution

HiI am using substance painter 2021. While doing the last two projects, I found a problem with textures.The essence of the problem: when I change the resolution of textures to 4096, the textures come…
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IngridEngelschion

FC1 Red Dot Sight Low-poly 3D model

model**3D model the FC1 Red Dot Sight*** Made in Blender, Substance Painter, and Marmoset Toolbag.* I used 4K Textures for the scope, and 1K texture (roughness only) for the lens.* *Polycount:10297**…
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ferasa

Sig Sauer Romeo5 Red Dot Sight 3D model

model**3D model the Sig Sauer Romeo5 Red Dot Sight.*** Made in Blender, Substance Painter, and Marmoset Toolbag.* I used 4K Textures for the scope, and 1K texture (roughness only) for the lens.* *Pol…
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ferasa

Substance painter - Quick color picking for handpainting

[{"insert":"Hello there,\nI used to handpaint my models in 3D coat, but I want use SP for handpainting, which I really like. The only thing I don't like is that I always have to press with the pen\/c…
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iam717

Baking UDIMS IN SUBSTANCE QUESTION

Hello, I was hoping i could get some answers in here; I was watching this livestream : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-AFNe-gtZg&t=490s&ab_channel=JaredChavez  min 3:43 and for th…
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sandrac

3D Artist Prop|HardSurface |Environment

Hello!I am looking for an entry level remote job as a prop artist or environment artist. I have been in an industry for 2 years. I know very well lowpoly baking pipeline. My tools are Blender/Maya/Su…
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muratpasaDi

3D Modeling

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SUTHONG

3D artist, assets and hard surface, looking for work

Hi, I'm Germán, a 3D artist mainly focused on innorganic modelling. I have years of experience with Maya and Substance painter, some basic knowledge of Unreal 4/5 and as of late I've been experimenti…
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iffytecnoid

artifacts on the curvature map

HelloWhen baking a curvature map, artifacts appearSomething similar to polygonsThis happens both when baking from a mesh and when generating from a normal mapI bake it in  substance painter…
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Flmn

Weird stains appear when painting over normal map in SP

I was painting the normal and tried to fix some baking errors on my mesh in SP. I tried this method before in the previous version, and it works well. Then, I noticed that whenever I paint over the m…
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KayHuang

Dashed lines on AO and Curvature maps after baking

Hello! For some time after baking from low poly to low poly I've been facing some dashed lines on my model. They are quite prominent on ao and curvature maps; however, there are some artifacts on the…
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AlexandrDm

Any resources on the different shaders in substance painter?

I was watching some videos on texturing stuff in substance painter and they kept switching between some of these shaders (using the word loosley cuz im not sure what these are), so if they needed som…
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Eli_Taran

Lines after bake in Substance 3D Painter

Hey,After bake in Substance 3D Painter there appeared those weird lines and I  have no idea how can I get rig of that. Do you have any idea why does it happen?Bake, highpoly and lowpoly:
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Benjammin

[Critique Needed] Arcade Cabinets - From a Cyberpunk Environment

Game ready models of 1 and 2 player arcade cabinets I created for my cyberpunk environment.The cabinets use original artwork of fictional games who logos and animated home screens I created. The anim…
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DanielHiggins

Tank treads out of individual components: How to best tackle texturing?

Hey there! It's been a while since I've posted here and I've come with a very overly specific issue. I've been working on a tank model for my portfolio using some new techniques I've picked up with m…
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Alfax

Substance Painter - When to use the Bevel Filter?

Hi there...Question... Do you guys ever use the Bevel filter in Substance Painter?and if so, do you have any examples or workflows of when to use it?I've tried googling, but there is so little on the…
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Benjammin

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…
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bentraje

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