Substance 3D Painter First Steps: 01 - Creating a Project, Materials & Masking | Adobe Substance 3D

In this introductory video for Substance 3D Painter, you'll learn how to set up your first project, how to add materials and how to do masking.
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[@ElricTheFullMetal]

I have gone over thousands of tutorials on different dcc software and game engines and what not over past few years. But your tutorials published over last couple of years are top notch and nothing comes close to the high quality, pace and the presentation that you offer. Amazing job as always, thank you for helping the community.

[@purrspctiv]

Well, they finally updated the logo. I say “finally” because we were all waiting for it after Adobe bought substance. The new logo truly, truly sucks ass. Thanks Adobe! I’m excited for the possible new features, but seriously. The logo didn’t need to be changed, and what it’s been changed to is beyond trash.

[@panimala]

So what effect does it have on the software? None.

[@Arrkail]

Adobe is trash but there is nothing we can do.

[@volker2714]

What a stroke of genius those new logos are, where the different "logos" are virtually indistinguishable from each other, and you have to read the letters to be able to tell which is which. And that is coming from the developers of design software... Yeah, its just a logo. But "assimilated into the brick wall" is what someone called this in the comments somewhere, and that is exactly what this symbolizes...

[@tyhar7493]

"New features" equals new bugs right?

[@nikolasmarkovic3065]

@@volker2714 what the hell man, Painter is in circle with dots, Designer is a square with line across it and Alchemist is 3 triangles....how hard is it for you to distinguish them...Adobe is just like a tumor..

[@andreasschultze6644]

Gosh.... that new logo is aweful. Make painter great again.

[@dalienware668]

I'm learning Substance as well and your tutorial technique is simple and to the point. This tutorial has helped me the most on moving forward with learning it. Thank you.

[@WeltschmerzvonGavagai]

Uuuuhhhh the logo….. glad Wes still with us.

[@graemeh6345]

I’m pretty sure that’s not what he signed up for…too bad

[@twitte0king]

Looks like plutonium, gross

[@kituwahband]

I'm juuuuust learning substance 3d, and this tutorial is very helpful and easy to understand. Thank you for helping!!!

[@rafopics5467]

R.I.P

[@megamanx9346]

Ya that Pt logo doesn't fly, it reminds me of "part time", Sp would make a lot more sense.

[@StylizedStation]

I completely agree, but SP is already taken by Adobe Spark

[@K9Cubed]

Truthfully will never move to the "Adobe Substance 3D" version, i will stick with the latest version by substance forever. The new layout and everything about "adobe substance" is just not my up of tea, what a solid run you guys had substance! Will forever use the latest version from ya'll. 7.1.1 and end of an era

[@NyaruTheMaid]

Any updates besides awful logo?

[@Substance3D]

A lot :-) substance3d.adobe.com/magazine/

[@adimaxify]

@@Substance3D based

[@karthikeyan3d319]

@@Substance3D so you guys acknowledge the logos are awful

[@justincase7773]

@@Substance3D this site is flashing like a disco! cookies problem? you give us new logo's a seizure inducing website and substance source won't download assets... ah this is what ADOBE calls success!

[@turtleonacid]

yes, now all your custom materials, alphas, textures and settings were deleted and you have to add them all over again :D

[@venomantis5426]

Very clear and well explained tutorial, thank you so much!😄

[@michajabonski8365]

Simply, good job! Thx for this quick tutorial!

[@mcroman-superfeat]

Beginner and always be, Think I look @ this TUT for like 100 Times and still learning... ;) ....

[@dangerousmindgames]

Great video so far. [Where did this roller skate mesh get all the parts separated out and named when we geometry mask? I see there are 3 parts in the texture set list, but how would I make that more comprehensive list of parts to do this on my own meshes?

[@yasamanhedayati9549]

I don't know how to appreciate, your presentation, your voice, peace ..wow. thanks a lot

[@justincase7773]

so... when can we expect the inevitable hotkey changes and the hiding of commonly used features so we have to search endlessly to find them?

[@jeffreyspinner9720]

@@Cyber_Kriss Really? I'll take a hotkey bind for the Import Resources menu option, I don't see that in the options... why was that hidden away? You guys channeling MicrosoftON?

[@synthbendati]

So clear and helpful Tutorial. Thanks a lot

[@gustavodutra8578]

I really get a nausea feeling looking at this green logo. Wtf is that. The adobe ceo's daughter learned how to use Illustrator ?

[@JanneWolterbeek]

LOL, touché! At this point I don't give a crap about their logo but much more about functionality and compatibility, see my long rant in the comments here...

[@olivierbehr8133]

I'm trying to figure out why my colors are off in the Suede (boot) and Climbing Rope (laces) smart materials. I've double-checked the colors I'm using, and they seem to be matching the ones from the tutorial. The colors seem okay in all the other materials though. For example, the light yellow (E0A016) looks really orange on the boot and laces of my model, but it looks okay on the wheels. For what it's worth, I'm using Adobe Substance 3D Painter 2022 (Steam Edition).

[@vancedaccount572]

how you created all options in the geometry mask mode is it some kind of meterial ID?

[@mcroman-superfeat]

I hope you stay and the PAY you well... Mr. Wes... THX a lot ... Great TUT and I come back like 100 times and still learning...

[@guxiangguse]

In Substance 3D Painter, pressing shift+right mouse button can only rotate the ambient light left and right, can't rotate the ambient light up and down, can you increase the function of rotating the ambient light up and down? Or increase the function of custom lighting, and then increase the function of model wireframe rendering, thank you!

[@HATL201]

Can you please give us a shortcut to open the color pallet? What's exactly taking you years to implement this basic functionality? It boggles my mind that a software that's called "Painter" is not having a shortcut to open the color pallet. It makes the process extremely slow and methodical, especially in handpaint projects. For this one feature, I am considering getting 3D coat. I really hope you guys implement it soon.

[@RyoMassaki]

Somebody asked this years ago and they brushed it off. Very arrogant and very stupid if you ask me.

[@JevoKitano]

Completely agree - Please add a colour picker that's always open, just like in Photoshop.

[@lloydrachel6645]

I'm so glad to watching,thanks for your sharing.

[@sarahashemi6521]

Thank you very much. It was so helpful 💖💖💖

[@acrokrim4205]

Very clear, step by step explanation.

[@ermanart]

Excellent Course, Thank You!

[@koichiyoshino8383]

Perfect for the 3D Motion Design Community.

[@atefezare5623]

Hi and good day, I exported maps from the new painter to blender and all maps were wrong even diffuse map was wrong colors, is the new substance 3d painter compatible with blender?

[@ShashiKumar-je4vs]

Thanks Adobe team for this tutorials its very help full for me and others.

[@ExellRecords]

Ive never tried this software so apologies before hand... now, i was wondering how to 3D myself... thanks

[@DATECStudio]

Hello and thank you. Please provide a complete video to export material from Substance 3D Painter to Vray Metal/Rough mode. I read and watched a lot of videos both neither works correctly and never substance painter and vray render look similar (Even same HDRI/ Settings) and I mean without substance plug-in. Thank you.

[@RayCaesar1111]

Using the Iray renderer in Substance ... can I import a Maya Camera into Substance painter ? also.... can I choose a alpha mat for the background of the saved render ? Always amazing Tutorials Wes ... I believe you are truly part of why Substance is such a success.

[@mcroman-superfeat]

Agree I hope they PAY him WELL ... ;) ....

[@TonyKnight1208]

I'm attending full sail university and we are using this. The masking and everything else is so confusing. This video helped alot

[@onzkicg]

Nice. But for 1 object only? Looks good in product, characters, & interior design where material is customised. Anybody know if this is useable in larger scale projects like Architecture and Landscape, these have big /repetitive objects textures like pavement patterns, roads, etc.

[@3dbabu604]

thanks providing amazing tutorial

[@ruok3351]

Well hello Quixel Mixer

[@_Shinique]

Mask mode is awesome!

[@joegideon8461]

Very helpful info!

[@mohammedwishah]

"Creative" Adobe have these Logos 👏👏

[@Toss90]

So what's new feature ? Can someone answer me ?

[@rafopics5467]

The price.

[@ayushigandhi3842]

The logo

[@brenolad]

Feature? They're all gone for Adobe minimalism aesthetics.

[@ayoubmoumni5263]

Red became Green thats all

[@edenassos]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKSUiYGkmbWVnJI Use your brain and you'll find it.

[@nalanshawky1856]

I can NOT load the rollerskate fbx into Painter. I have the latest version of Pt.

[@RobertAllsopp]

Well time to commit 100% to Quixel Mixer. Thanks Adobe

[@nikolasmarkovic3065]

or Armory Paint, or Marmoset Toolbag's painting options....

[@chrisjustin4115]

yeah am using marmoset now

[@Onlygoodsir]

So is this ever going to be part of the adobe CC all package or you going to keep selling it standalone ?

[@suc6795]

Renting it*

[@sttate]

@@suc6795 You can buy a permanent license on steam, costs the same as ~6 months

[@TonyMrFree23]

How can you have Base, Laces and upper on your textures set list ? i really don'T understand when i apply a material, it's apply to all the mesh

[@ArtsOfChris]

I was curious how he grouped subtools inside each of them (Upper, lace and base). How to make an FBX with several subtools identical to the project (roller)? I tried FBX and OBJ in zbrush with various settings using 3 subtools Upper, Lace and Base, as in the project above, but they never get subgroups or polygroups.

[@chloeworthyart]

after they are merged you can just use Tool > Polygroups> Autogroups to get back subgroups if that’s what you mean.

[@royeshusni5915]

@@chloeworthyart in maya or substance?

[@chloeworthyart]

@@royeshusni5915 zbrush. since that was the software he was referencing in the question. there's also a function to create polygroups in ZBrush using UVs. Tool > Polygroups> Auto Groups with UV. I have no idea what it would be in Maya, or Substance. I think Maya is Mesh>seperate, idk if you don't have polygroups on the model already I don't think it will work, and then in substance, I don't think you can do any modeling function, that I'm aware of.

[@kazirk8]

How do I split my mesh into mesh parts in Blender so that it's easy to mask it just like in this tutorial? When I assign a different material slot to a part of my mesh in Blender, it creates a new texture set list for Painter. So how do I further divide the mesh into parts, like "nuts", "bolts", etc? Thank you so much!

[@keyotine]

Late reply but to anyone who needs it, you select all of the faces/ edges/ vertices you want split in edit mode (you can sometimes do this with the “L” key plus LMB if you made the mesh originally with separate parts before joining them) and then hit “P” on your keyboard and separate the selection. Just make sure you have all individual parts selected when you export the mesh from Blender. It’s also a good idea to rename the separate parts with F2 on the keyboard if you have a multitude of them.

[@frieddawk7056]

Is this 2021 right, what's the deal with going to basics Again?

[@IronTrainStudio]

Sure but there is still some new to it.

[@panimala]

Because you want to keep your tutorials up to date?

[@ao1835]

Because Adobe is creeping in and slowly how the software look & work will also change ;)

[@danielef3813]

it is possible to import also models from 3dsMax and Sketchup?

[@christinebrenneisen6937]

crazy sheet, super speed !!!!

[@Shadowsphere1]

I wish my models were this organized. Since I'm using models other people made, I have to deal with all of them being one singular mesh with no grouping.

[@sansh-z]

5:07 how do we make these 'mesh parts' in texture sets. I mean the model contains Base, Lace and Upper texture sets, but how do these sets have sub parts in properties panel?

[@Substance3D]

Just keep them as separate objects inside the 3D model. Detach them to new objects if they are combined.

[@sansh-z]

@@Substance3D thanks a lot, this makes masking so easy..

[@TSREMYO82]

I guess I know the answer already but can the new versions (meaning the ones released after Adobe acquired substance) open the old files?

[@Substance3D]

Yes, no problems at all.

[@TSREMYO82]

@@Substance3D Thanks for the reply! Didn't wait for it to subscribe to a formula though xD Impressive upgrades on the software!

[@m3t4llic69]

I hope we'll get more updates for the 2021 version because as a hobbyist I simply can't afford monthly subscription plans if that's where this is going :(

[@desocrate]

Luckily Quixel is free

[@m3t4llic69]

@@desocrate Quixel is good but it lacks some features such as baking normals.

[@desocrate]

@@m3t4llic69 Give it a few months, features will be added a lot quicker than the ones missing from "3D Painter" that are already available in Mixer

[@Cd5ssmffan]

Why are you such a propertarian cuk? Just torrent it

[@desocrate]

@@Cd5ssmffan Prison in my country is no walk in that park, thanks for the offer though.

[@Scultronic]

You should at least make the logos consistent with your products, everything is now called Substance even the trash adobe dimension and still you made the logos random letters?. . . Keep it consistent Substance Painter = "Sp", Substance Designer "Sd", Substance Sampler "Ss", the new Substance "modeler" which looks like more like an sculpting tool not a modeling, should be "Sm" the remaining thing Substance Stager aka Adobe Dimension name it whatever you want no one use that thing xD. But the original Substance Product keep it consistent not what is it now Pt? Sa? Ds? Sg? Md? does not make any sense.

[@karthikeyan3d319]

They are out-of their minds

[@jamesfield8023]

They can’t because it’ll clash with their Spark range of products.. which are actually one of the best things they do.

[@younesbayati4168]

How can I import a 3D model I made in Fusion 360 to Substance painter? If someone knows please let me know.

[@user-to1jh7km7e]

Thank you so much!

[@gustavodutra8578]

Btw the new library is awful. Pls consider to change that to what it was before.

[@BongbokCG]

Thanks!!🥰🥰

[@John.Greaney]

How do I upgrade from my previous full perpetual licensed versions of Painter 2018 and Designer 5, to the latest Adobe versions???

[@wayfarerzen3393]

Knowing Adobe, the answer's probably "lmfao you don't, pay up, subscribe-slave"

[@demafairport]

Don't do it! LOL - seriously though, don't do it. Or Go purchase the perpetual license form the steam store before you can no longer, I don't like the new one and just reinstalled SP 2020

[@junghopark8888]

Mission Complete :)

[@fluffypuffy5945]

Sorry I am abit confused, is Substance 3D Painter the same as Substance Painter but the newer version? Many thanks!

[@Substance3D]

Yes, just a slight rename once it moved under Adobe Creative Cloud!

[@pimeto]

Can someone explain the workflow of baking a single texture set with multiple objects (for use with Geometry masks). How da hell did they bake the texture of this rollers when all the object overlap and project all over the place....

[@Aldemir86]

in the example they didn´t use any low poly mesh...in the fbx there´s only high poly...so the software uses only the UV as reference to create the textures. If you download the example FBX you can investifate further.

[@user-uj7td2bn6x]

How to change the layer resolution of all components of a project with one button?There are many components in my project file.If every one needs to be modified, it will take a long time.

[@user-uj7td2bn6x]

Is there any have python program instruction or some api？

[@Substance3D]

You can do that at export time, with the export dialog.

[@oxygen6613]

💙💛

[@wilhelmeniabilliedoherty5917]

I use the Steam version, I don't have access to the free asset library :( That part of the tutorial stung a little bit.

[@danielplumb4179]

Hi there anybody know why when i import the skate into substance it comes up as a solid pink colour? i checked and im definatly in the material channel?

[@Substance3D]

Your shader is out of date, try setting a new one. Or your hardware might have issues with the shader...

[@sixstringslayaguitarman419]

How do I export from Painter to Marmoset? New to all of this. Thanks.

[@wes.mcdermott]

Hello! With Marmoset, you will be using Metallic/Roughness workflow and you can export the default channels from Painter. Go to File>Export Textures and choose Document Channels + Normal + AO (No Alpha).

[@louis2023]

ya no aparece el archivo para descargar!

[@pravi-7662]

Hey there i'm Unable to find particle tools ! Can any body help

[@seffdog1177]

How is this different to the other substance painter software?

[@stephanechataignie]

It is not. Adobe is in the house now and the shit will soon befall the users. Adobe is hell ... 👿

[@justincase7773]

Because soon ADOBE will change all the hotkeys make all the commonly used features more complicated than they need to be and move everything around on a bi-monthly basis as they do with all the other software they bought.

[@wayfarerzen3393]

The difference is that now it's owned by a monopoly and is going to cost more

[@jeffreyspinner9720]

@@wayfarerzen3393 You're so wrong! Monopolies are never bad for the customer. "Competition is a sin" they say!

[@luisalberto7417]

Is anyone able to download the files?

[@vanessaafrika7659]

why can't I switch my view to 3d only? you have a lot more options at the top than I do.

[@Torokatze-wm8hl]

thank u so much buddy

[@petroste7932]

Project file link doesn't work! Please fix it!

[@tinman3000]

I have no content library... or roller-skate. L'il help?

[@TheRandomhero14]

why green and why so ugly ?!!??!?!?

[@wiglow2810]

I don't like they showcased the Substance Software as ez MS paint tool :/

[@AVDVDFOTOSEFILMAGENS]

Good morning...I imported from REALLUSION's Character Creator 3.4 an avatar .Obj file and the textures of the avatar but when I go to Textures of My Lybrary Your Assets and drag to the Character Base it different from the materials it doesn't drag to the positions correct character as shown in reallusion video link base textures of character , I am using Substance Painter version 7.2.1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppCbYoaOr62jjLc what is the correct procedure in this case in the new version I await and thank you in advance

[@digitaldelirium4297]

Please fix the project files link!!! It is saying no such files or directory. NOT A good start Adobe!

[@av.yana_]

Can anyone prompt how the author uses the color scheme exact colors? I can see they have certain numbers, but how to insert and apply them with the eyedropper?

[@secularblasphemy6627]

Thank you for the tutorial, it's very good, I don't care if everyone is angry at Adobe, that's not your fault.

[@cambodiaarts2495]

Thanks

[@3dmaxart322]

nice

[@pixel2plastic832]

You know what's better than having colors selected from a random browser tab? Being able to load palettes and have a color Swatch history.... Seriously algorithmic never fixed this really zero excuse for Adobe not too. Also add different color wheels... How about allow the object to be rotated (not just orbiting with camera) and let us manually add lights while your at it. That 20$ extra a month that isn't covered even if you subscribed to the ALL APPS in CC should go to something. But I'm guessing you'll add some weird AI filter novelty instead....

[@JanneWolterbeek]

I really feel this is barely a BETA, but Adobe clearly felt they had to release this incomplete mess to the public.

[@Salt_CoffeeZ]

damnable. adobe, fucking the new logo design. So lucky to me, I'm learning Mixer now.

[@FrancoFrames]

for a stupid logo? ahahhahah

[@Salt_CoffeeZ]

@@FrancoFrames That't right kk

[@JanneWolterbeek]

My first time (yes, I am late to the party) to say that @Adobe really is becoming a mess lately. I won’t go into details but leadership has to go and bring in FOCUSED top talent. Adobe tries to do a million things, but they should do FEW and do them really GOOD.

[@sukruboyraz6517]

I still use Allegorithmic Substance Painter

[@animarch3D]

Project files download link NOT working >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[@PradeepKumar-th7mf]

Adobe Substance 3D Painter live link maya

[@aendom]

Nice performance upgrade! It's a lot faster than the previous version!

[@user-du6pk2qu3g]

how can i download this model

[@Substance3D]

Project files for this video can be found in the video description above, or here: creativecloud.adobe.com/cc/learn/substance-3d-painter/web/first-steps-with-substance-3d-painter. Happy learning!

[@cgmaster]

I just don't get all this fuzz about the logo! I liked the old one better, but does it really matter that much?! Except for this little change, the software remained the same! Better integration with other Adobe products is a good thing, isn't it? Stop panicking already and appreciate the fact that Wes stayed with us!✌️😎

[@Zoids-bf6op]

so what is the difference between substance painter and substance 3d painter?

[@Substance3D]

none: this is just the new name

[@gameboytech5064]

New Substance Logos are Aweful. I'm saying this 1000times AWEFUL Logos designed by Aweful Artists.

[@debjitghosh26]

how to download crack in adobe subtance 3d painter? without crack not open softwear plz help me

[@Cyber_Kriss]

Drugs are bad... m'kaaaay ?

[@jeffreyspinner9720]

@@Cyber_Kriss He can't be serious. If it's a troll, I think it's funny af. Given the Delta strain that doesn't exist because a "virus" was never isolated, he could have passed on by next week. I wonder if we get down to Georgia Guidestone population levels, will we be able to breathe easier? Oh wait, we won't be part of that 500MM. You gots some benzos, or something else? Sometimes drugs are recommended, m'kay? As far as I can tell, Adobe wants their stuff pirated and learned, because then they saturate the job space with their product and not others like Mari or 3D Coat, or Mixer... Oh, I so hate DDO, but that was shite many years ago, and the DDO ptsd is real.

[@Cd5ssmffan]

Use cgpersia

[@jeffreyspinner9720]

@@Cd5ssmffan Adobe's last release requires an up to date win10 too, they do stuff like that (first software I've noticed I had to go online and update win10, since I shut off it's update ability in the regedit settings.) Adobe is thinking: use only our product, only our materials and only the way we let you. They are no better than the pirate. They are the reason for the pirates.

[@palashdas8009]

I was scratching my head for some time

[@alltradesjack6594]

So, is anyone else not able to load their projects in designer because of some "dependencies" bullshit and "program is too old to load this asset" now?

[@HawKDesignss]

There's a way to manually fix the dependencies but I can't remember where I saw it at this particular moment, I believe the folder location changed and it's as simple as moving the old to the new but I could be wrong

[@alltradesjack6594]

@@HawKDesignss For sure there has to be a way to fix it. Problem is, having time to do that, I couldn't afford the time to fix the dependencies for every material I've made for my current project just because Adobe felt like forcing a new version onto us and ditching the launcher... I don't know if it's still possible to adquire the launcher "legally" but for me it was already too late, I've moved on already with it and found another solution. Hopefully in the future we will see some open source software capable of creating a similar workflow to what Allegorithmic did with substance, because we all know that depending on Adobe's future plans for their software isn't a good idea at all... Anyways thanks for your help and time, have a nice day!

[@stevenross5342]

Fails to Launch on Steam after the update.

[@Cyber_Kriss]

To me it works perfectly fine.

[@stevenross5342]

@@Cyber_Kriss I reverted back to last update. Have setting to use now.

[@user-lc3mr3tr2g]

ロープやスエードをダウンロードできないので、残念。ビデオで使うマテリアルはフリー素材にして欲しい