Leaf Generator | Beginner Substance Designer Tutorial

[@vladimirkhadyko8304]

"Because you can't stop me" was hilarious! I was smiling the whole tutorial because of that)))

[@GetLearnt]

Ha, Im happy you thought so! Gotta make talking to yourself interesting when I make these tuts, so I enjoy a quick jab here and there which I then completely forget about until editing. :D

[@thomassamuel2913]

I guess Im kinda randomly asking but does anyone know of a good website to stream new tv shows online ?

[@lennonvihaan6148]

@Thomas Samuel Lately I have been using flixzone. You can find it by googling =)

[@alexanderronan33]

@Lennon Vihaan yea, I've been watching on flixzone for since april myself :D

[@thomassamuel2913]

@Lennon Vihaan thanks, I went there and it seems like a nice service :) I appreciate it!!

[@breakmon218]

Thank you so much! We really need some leaf tutorials in SD and thank god you made a tutorial. :D

[@GetLearnt]

And thank you for watching! I just needed a leaf for of my materials and then thought others might as well! Make sure to head to my Patreon to get a free one I made which has some more leaf types!

[@anthonyr4843]

I love the fact you use a wide range of nodes in your graphs, alot of nodes I haven't seen anyone else use in other tutorials.

[@GetLearnt]

Gotta use a lot of different nodes for a lot of different materials! I actually try and make it a habit that I use a new node in each of the materials I make, so that I can find out what it can do. That's really all learning the software is. You learn what combination of nodes works to make a certain thing. :)

[@月下萧何追不追]

一直看你的视频学习，太感谢你能制作出那么好的视频，万分感谢！！

[@GetLearnt]

谢谢你的收看！我希望将来能继续帮助你！

[@StudioNicomedia]

thanks for these lessons. I am waiting the new ones to come. There isnt much tutorials for this software. Thanks for the job you done !

[@GetLearnt]

I'm happy to help out! Unfortunately school has me a little bogged down for the time being, but I am looking forward to getting more tuts out there when I have the time. I've really been missing it. :)

[@StudioNicomedia]

@@GetLearnt then we are lookin' forward too.

[@martins3d453]

Great as usual, I've gone from massive noob in SD to relatively competent because of your tutorials and the possibilities! Cheers for all you do! (Not much free for substance designer tutorials out there so this is super cool) Would love to see you have a go at a chainmail or lamellar armour scale texture

[@GetLearnt]

That's rad man, I'm stoked to hear it! Thanks for watching as well! I know how hard it was for me to find stuff to learn SD, so I'm glad I can be a great resource for people who also wanna learn. As well, I really like the chainmail idea. I'll see what I can do! :D

[@martins3d453]

You should have more subs considering the content too! Excellent content in general, and well formatted :D Awesome! Hehe i'm so hyped!

[@GetLearnt]

More subs are always great, but I also really enjoy all the subs I have now as well! It's all a matter of time and continuing to help everybody grow as a community. :) For now, my focus is on making sure you guys get the materials you need. :D

[@MrSnoops3d]

Im a recent subscriber and man I love your work and tutorials extremely well done!

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks friend! I'm happy to help out any way I can! :)

[@shelbizlle]

Hey thank you so much for this! I was seriously lost on how to make a decent looking leaf in designer. Your tutorials are always easy to follow and I actually learn from them too! You're the best! :)

[@GetLearnt]

That's amazing to hear, thank you for watching! I'm happy I can help out, I'm hoping that I will have some awesome new tuts out for you in the near future! :)

[@Trogleth]

I needed this in 2021!

[@brom1277]

EASY BREEZY! YOU CANT STOP ME!!!

[@GetLearnt]

And stop me you didn't! >:D

[@alexhu5696]

Thank you so much !!! you are awesome!!!

[@GetLearnt]

You're too kind!

[@davidffortesmeireles5328]

Wow great my mind is blown

[@GetLearnt]

Glad to help out, thanks for watching! :D

[@jhett1746]

Blowing my mind once again.... with all that detail, id believe it was scanned :O

[@GetLearnt]

I'm really glad to hear that! Now you too can make them! :D

[@jhett1746]

Working on it now!! :D I messaged you on artsation btw c:

[@GetLearnt]

Word, I'll take a looksie!

[@charliemew2]

Great video as always!

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks, glad you liked it! Hope it helped out. :)

[@vorrch]

Great video man

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks Borja!

[@tiedie]

Thank you! god this will come in handy

[@GetLearnt]

I was trying to turn that into a pun, but I couldn't. I'll just leaf now...

[@nec8050]

Very nice

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks man! Still working on the grass and all that, I swear! :D

[@nec8050]

Np, & haha looking forward to it still. I plan to pledge as a patreon here soon when I can as well for your awesome work. Keep it up =^)

[@GetLearnt]

No worries! I appreciate all the support you have given in the past and I look forward to seeing ya in future tutorials! Thanks man. :D

[@robErmak]

Another great tutorial! Thanks. You're really good at breaking down the process. One question, though: Do you have a video about how to figure out what nodes to use? It's one thing to know what shapes go into a material, it's something else to know you need to skew, mirror, and directional warp a beveled stripe node to get that shape. Seems to be the steepest part of the SD learning curve.

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks friend! And I'm glad you've asked. I've recently looked into starting a new series about learning what each specific node does and some use cases for them. Very short, concise tuts. Unfortunately I dont have any of those out right now, but trust that I'm working on it! :)

[@luciomagno6195]

okay but how to create that random leaf tile you made in the end?

[@GetLearnt]

I used the exact same process to make a few variations of the leaf shape, plugging those variations into a Multi Switch Greyscale node to switch between the shapes. There's nothing really too different than what is shown here, however I did expose the parameters on the Switch node to allow me to alternate between the shapes. You can take a look at exposing parameters in the link below if you're not too familiar: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5qqkoZtpLx6fas

[@luciomagno6195]

@@GetLearnt oh i see, that is the conclusion i got to... i spent literally the whole day trying to create a function(kind of a "parameter randomizer") so that for each tile item the leaf would appear different... found out that a little bit impossible :)

[@GetLearnt]

@@luciomagno6195 The easiest option is often times the best one! :D

[@dylanhesselbacher9471]

Thanks for the tutorial! Will there be a follow up to learn how to scatter the leaves and color them as well? Or should I look at some other videos for that?

[@GetLearnt]

I want to make a tutorial that covers the Shape Splatter node specifically, so while I doubt there will be one for the leaves there will be something showing you how to use that node to colour things. :)

[@dylanhesselbacher9471]

Thank you! Do you mind explaining how you went about scattering them and coloring them?

[@GetLearnt]

It might be a little convoluted but I will see what I can do! Here is an Imgur post I just made up so hopefully that helps a little bit more! imgur.com/gallery/iD8AHZy

[@dylanhesselbacher9471]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it :D

[@GetLearnt]

No worries, I hope to eventually get a full tutorial out showing how to use the node in cool ways. :)

[@Yudhisthira.K.A]

Thanks.

[@GetLearnt]

Thank you for watching!

[@nansynano]

In your cobblestone video you have an instance parameter for different types of leaves... how did you do that??

[@GetLearnt]

If you actually take a look in this video here, I'll walk you through the steps to import any custom nodes that you make to speed up your workflow! It's only about 4 minutes, so you'll be up and running in no time! I used the final product of this video in the one I have linked so it should be pretty straight forward, no tom-foolery. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zn6mhXV3m7SYg7c

[@tacosalad4620]

I could be misunderstanding her question, however I think she's asking about in your video "Customizing Your Library | Adding Custom Nodes in your Library" and "Cobblestone Material | Beginner Substance Designer Material" you have an option under your instance parameters to change the leaf type. So I'm understanding how you brought in your custom node, but it looks like there were more steps after the leaf generator video ends to add these leaf types? I'm pretty new to SD so I might have missed something, but with following along this tutorial it doesn't show how to make those different leaf types, right? Edit: I think you answer my question in your cobblestone comment to someone, you just add a lot more to the final product off camera because it takes a while? That makes sense! However, is there any tutorial you could possible make or point me in the right direction to find how to do it? If you are too busy I completely understand.

[@GetLearnt]

Ah, I see what you're saying! Like you said, for all of my tutorials there is a bit of "off-camera" stuff that I do that I don't show in the videos, only because it redundant information. If I feel I have taught a method well enough, I will normally leave it up to the viewer to extrapolate that knowledge when trying to further their understanding of the software. As much as I want to be able to show you guys around the software, I also want people to do some self exploration with the ideas being taught so that they can cement that knowledge through teaching themselves. So to have a short answer to a long response, I don't actually show how to make the various leaf types in the video. HOWEVER, you can download the file I made (totally free, no sign up or anything required) in the link below, and take a look at the raw graph that I made for this video, with the "off-camera" stuff in there as well. :D www.patreon.com/posts/leaf-generator-20381476 Thank you for taking the time to comment on the video, I really appreciate it! And I am never too busy to help clarify or find a solution for you, so never hesitate to let me know! :)

[@CubeRepublic]

​@@GetLearnt I found this a bit confusing too, but I understand your point. I must have done four of your tutorials this last week, you've taught me so much in an easy to follow format, thanks very much, I'm almost feeling like I can take the stabilizers off now. I've been making mesh plants for a few years, and am wishing to use SD more in my work flow.

[@GetLearnt]

I am currently looking at ways to inprove future tutorials, so thats great feedback! Im looking forward to seeing your materials once you remove me completely! :D

[@ImMacFly]

really good :)

[@GetLearnt]

Holy moly, it's Mac Fly! Thanks Mac Fly! :D

[@edoakutagawa9099]

Thank you so much for you tutorial. It really makes a lot of sense to me as a beginner. Channel subscribed! Yet I do need help with the SVG nod because I did exactly what you did in the video but when I finished drawing, nothing changes. I cannot cut out a white trigangular shape along the edge. Do you know what might be the reason of this?

[@GetLearnt]

I'm happy it was so helpful, thank you a ton for subbing! :) As for the SVG issue, I can't quite say off the top of my head. So after selecting the white colour, and placing the vector points, still nothing shows up eh?

[@edoakutagawa9099]

@@GetLearnt is there a alternative way to do it?

[@edoakutagawa9099]

Get Learnt I can only see the blue border but not the white cutting off part.

[@GetLearnt]

@@edoakutagawa9099 After you have completed the shape and are happy with how its shape, are you hitting the "Enter" key on your keyboard? I've just replicated the tutorial and I can't seem to find any issue with it! As for alternatives, you'd also be able to play around with shape nodes, blending them together to try and recreate the shape, you could make an image outside of SD using Photoshop or something and bring it in as a Bitmap node, or even just forget the Shape Extrude node altogether and try using any combination of nodes to make a stem a different way. There are technically endless ways you could go about it, depends on what you are looking to do! :)

[@edoakutagawa9099]

Alright. Thank you very much thou! I'll try to figure something out.

[@StoicVagrant]

Hi, i would also like to know if the final sbs file created here can be used in blender for trees i have created using the sapling addon

[@GetLearnt]

The .sbs file itself cannot be. You would have to export the maps you'd like to use for the leaf material, map those out onto a plane and then you'd be able to make the most out of these leaves. A little bit more of a process, but ti shouldn't be too tough.

[@StoicVagrant]

@@GetLearnt I don't have the slightest clue on how to do that. Any clarity would be much appreciated. A link showing that process or anything. Thanks again.

[@GetLearnt]

For sure, man. If you right click on the graph you are using in your Explorer tab, you can go down to "Export outputs as bitmaps" or something like that. You'll be able to select your output nodes to be saved out as PNGs which you can then use in Blender. As far as the sapling addon, I really haven't used it too much but as long as you have your leaf material saved out in images, you will likely be off to a good start when looking up sapling tutorials on KZbin. :)

[@StoicVagrant]

@@GetLearnt That really helped so much man. Thank you for taking your time to address my issues.

[@GetLearnt]

Absolutely, man. I'm happy to help any time. :)

[@JosephRomay]

Hi, I have the same substance designer version as yours but my bevel node it's completely different form yours. Mine doesn't has neither the hight nor normal outputs, instead it has only one output called material. Do you know why? :(

[@GetLearnt]

Good question! That's likely because you are viewing your nodes in "Compact Material" view. If you look up in the toolbar of your graph, you should see a tab that looks like a connection line (in your case it should probably be a green line). Click that and hit single input (or whatver the single one is) and it should show up. Alternatively, if you hit "1" on your keyboard it should switch it. :)

[@JosephRomay]

Get Learnt Thanks! :D

[@ludfiamriandi5527]

My mannn... thx for this.. :*

[@GetLearnt]

Thank you so much for watching, and dropping a comment. :*

[@StoicVagrant]

Hi, can you please explain why im not able to find skew grayscale in my version and what i need to do to get it?

[@GetLearnt]

Hey Sandeep, what version of Substance Designer do you have? If your version is a little too old, (I don't know exactly when that node was introduced) you can simply go to their site and update your license, assuming you still have a years maintenance subscription or student license. If you don't want to do that, you could also try your luck at using a Transformation 2D node instead. :)

[@StoicVagrant]

@@GetLearnt I must be using the latest version. I bought the indie licence only last month. Anyway, I'll try using the transformation 2d node. Thanks for your reply.

[@GetLearnt]

Interesting, if you have the latest version then the Skew Node should be in there. I'm wondering if maybe they renamed it... But you should be able to get the same effect with the Transformation node. :)

[@StoicVagrant]

@@GetLearnt thank you so much. Your tutorials are really helping me with my project. I'm expecting more to learn from you.

[@GetLearnt]

I'm looking forward to getting some better tutorials out for you!

[@tjeerdroukens5110]

Hi! I have a question, does this tutorial still work and is is also possible to create a generator that will make 1 leave where you can control all the parameters on that 1 leave?

[@GetLearnt]

I can't foresee this tutorial not working in 2022, unless there are nodes that have been deprecated in the most recent version. If there are nodes that no longer exist, there will likely be some type of equivalent so you should still be able to follow along regardless. As for the second part of the question, it will depend on how you structure your graph but the goal of this node is to have it be a quick tool to generate leaf shapes, so you should be able to get what you are looking for.