Substance Alchemist: Image to Material (Bitmap To Material) | Substance 3D

In this video we take a look at using the Bitmap to material filter in Substance Alchemist, to create a material from a single bitmap input. We will also look processing the source input and dealing with a non-square image.
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Substance Alchemist: Image to Material (Bitmap To Material) | Substance 3D
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[@talhazulqarnain4427]

I have been waiting for this I can not thank enough!!!!! Brilliant !

[@GameDev1]

Wes' tutorials are always the best! 👍😊

[@andreiaquitian]

Excellent tutorial! I´m sooo happy to have found Substance !!!

[@Substance3D]

Great to hear!

[@marwans4018]

the best teacher EVER!

[@dylandeheer]

Alchemist is completely redefining my workflow for the better. Keep it up 👌

[@Substance3D]

Thanks, will do!

[@orcundemirturk]

I can model home, gun etc. but i never painted it or textured it. I didnt even know where to start. These videos are helped me a lot. I am grateful to you.

[@vorsh7970]

Thank you so much for awesome tutorial. This is best so far.

[@Substance3D]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MelbourneArchviz]

30 seconds in and WOW mind blown!!!!

[@Lezenko]

Whoever does this tutorial, adobe... give him a pay rise. Crystal clear instructions as well as flawless workflow. You're lucky to have him!

[@charlixtv8254]

There should be a way to yell truths like this in a text

[@anomatics]

thx for this tutorials ! very good explained everything.

[@Substance3D]

Glad you like them!

[@NN-wc7dl]

Beautiful!

[@hamidsalami7022]

Thanks a lot!

[@lawrence9713]

the problem i have with this endresult is, that the pattern is repeating itself way too dominant with the dark spots. but those dark spots are also giving some interesting variation. is it somehow possible to have these dark tiles at different places every tiling?

[@laibhoucine193]

i want to ask you about tiles , is substance could used to build ceramic tiles for ceramic factory , or is it just for 3d models ?? thank you .

[@luqunzhou6888]

The exported “sbsar” format to substanc painter can have adjustable parameter options？ like substance designer

[@Substance3D]

It does not at this time. The sbsar file packaged the textures. You can export as SBS which will create a project file with the textures connected to the outputs. You can then add nodes to extend procedural effects in Designer. In the future, we will have more to offer with sbs : )

[@harrysanders818]

When I insert the original image size, I don't get a square image anymore when re-activating the cropfilter layer :( It will just insert black gaps in the image. Does not work for me unfortunatley. Only if I match X and Y I can get a square image. Any idea why that could be? 03:00

[@grey_box]

5:50 i cant find Bitmap to material filter in the list in newest version. Pls help UPD: Ok. its Image to Material now

[@Substance3D]

We renamed it to Image to Material (B2M) because we now have Image to Material (AI Powered)

[@Suran329]

@@Substance3D Thanks! Better pin this comment. I ran into the same issue and didnt find a solution until I read this :D

[@adamplechaty]

Iam having the opposite problem Wes had when he imported his non uniform image in. When I import the image it gets automatically transformed to a square shape, which I don't want. Is there a way to force Alchemist to work with non uniform textures? Thanks!

[@Substance3D]

Are you starting with the Use as Bitmap option before the Image to material? I first import the image as a bitmap and use crop with the original input image resolution. This way, I crop to square but do so without distorting the image.

[@zoomorbit695]

how do you snap the transform manipulator? at 10:55 it looks like you are just freehand rotating it.

[@Substance3D]

There is not a snapping feature for the transform at this time. I was just freehand rotating : )

[@dawidwyborski3753]

What format is the best for picture ? for export later to substance painter

[@Substance3D]

You can use the sbsar file format which can be imported into Painter. You can also use any of texture formats like PNG. If you use the sbsar format, it will give you a single file that contains all of the map channels. When you import this into Painter, you can tag the sbsar file as a base material and it will appear as a material. Then you just drag and drop it to your layer or on the mesh and it will create a fill layer.

[@MCYC]

Digitalize the whole world :D

[@bolbolegypttuber]

Hi What if i want to make my own tile .. with custom tile i draw it in my autocad & convert it to image .. how i can to insert it in 3d sampler !?

[@hamadal.mutairi1256]

What about The source image, did i need some pro tools to get it, or its just a simple image? Can i use my phone to get the image ?

[@Substance3D]

Can just be a cellphone picture.

[@JBARTS-ln3lt]

how can I use the material in ue4 , because you substance's use displacement map and there is no one in ue4 so it doesn't give me the effect I want if u can explain ????

[@Substance3D]

You can work with displacement in UE4. If you export as sbsar and user our plugin for UE4, there is a displacement template. Here is how you can set it up manually. docs.substance3d.com/display/integrations/Working+with+Displacement

[@ulus2109]

can i export this to substance painter to add a paint effect on it?

[@Substance3D]

Yes you can export the maps or the sbsar file that can be imported into Painter

[@pooriandri]

"V" button is not working for me to pick in clone patch in version 2.3.2 .... any help?

[@Substance3D]

I think you are mixing it with the Painter shortcuts, they're not the same in Alchemist.

[@peacelover5729]

can't view with scan1 needed to change to base color

[@nokedlipudinggal8276]

Did Alchemist replace Bitmap2Material?

[@Substance3D]

It does. Bitmap2Material is part of Alchemist as a filter.

[@nokedlipudinggal8276]

@@Substance3D ah great I was just wondering whether its enough to pick up Alchemist or I need to learn 2 tools. Thanks for the reply. Fantastic Program.

[@ulus2109]

cant see an bitmap to material or image to material in layers... why?

[@Substance3D]

The bitmap to material is a filter that is added to the layer stack. If you search the filters, you don't see bitmap to material?

[@ulus2109]

Substance by Adobe nope

[@Mauritius98]

What´s the difference between "Bitmap to Material" and "Use as Bitmap"? :)

[@Substance3D]

It's in the name. B2M loads the bitmap and then generates other channels from it to make a full material. Use as bitmap just loads it as a bitmap and nothing else, so less steps happening automatically if you'd want to do things likea crop or adjustment on only the bitmap.

[@Mauritius98]

Substance Thank you for your fast response :) So if I understood it correctly, you could do basically the same in both modes, they are just „presets“ and it‘s possible to create a fully functional material too if you started with „Use as Bitmap“, is that right? The other way round I can also make adjustments, crops onto the image if I started with B2M?!

[@Substance3D]

Yes, one is just a bit more automated then the other. Alchemist is about being fast so we provide one-click options.

[@Mauritius98]

Substance Thank you very much :)

[@dawidwyborski3753]

And what is the difference between MATERIAL CREATION TEMPLATE...bitmap to material and use as bitamp

[@Substance3D]

Bitmap to material will take the source image and create a material by creating all the map channels from the single source image. Use as bitmap allows you to import the single bitmap to use in the layer stack.

[@ngontri9921]

bitmap to material doesnt generate anything for me, it stays black.

[@panterloart9180]

I'm having the same problem

[@peacelover5729]

bitmap to material is now image to material(b2m)

[@karlostorres7745]

Subtance Alchemist crashes on me so much doing this that I just gave up.

[@Substance3D]

It is crashing we you are using Image to Material? Can you please post in our forums and our team can help. forum.substance3d.com/index.php?board=66.0

[@TuRmIx96]

No Perpetual license. I love your products, but goddammit...

[@Substance3D]

Thank you for your support : ) We do have perpetual licenses on Steam for Painter and Designer. However, these do not include Alchemist. Alchemist is available via the subscription offer which also includes Substance Source. You can find the links for Steam here. www.substance3d.com/subscribe/

[@DelacruzSL]

​ @Substance i noticed that BITMAP TO MATERIAL HAS only SCAN 1 as input. Is there a way to mix two images?