The names are kind of confusing and not really self-explanatory. I would sum it up as follows: - In Designer, you design dynamic materials through a node based system, and you can apply them to regions of a model through an ID map. Meaning that Designer is not just a material creation tool - it can very well be used to…
So. What's the difference between painter and designer? I get from the names that one is just designing mats but why can't you do that in maya with the node environment and paint it in painter?