Substance Designer 5.6 - New Filters | Adobe Substance 3D

[@glyndyer4052]

Just perfect timing for Xmas with a snow node and frost node in puddled water. Fantastic.

[@Substance3D]

Merry Christmas : )

[@rangeslider]

Dear Allegorithmic, *tight hug* love you

[@Substance3D]

Thank you so much! We greatly appreciate your support.

[@AceAlmighty13]

You took the words right out of my mouth. Or keyboard.

[@Scizzz]

Jesus. You guys keep making our jobs easier and easier so we can focus on the ART. You guys a literally magicians. This is amazing. Thank you! That "Make Art" button isn't too far off. xD

[@Substance3D]

Thanks very much! So glad you like the update. : )

[@MrTheGameNarrator]

This is without a doubt the best performing Software I've ever had the pleasure of using

[@Substance3D]

Thanks very much! We are so glad to hear that : )

[@FlynTie]

You guys never disappoint! I had made myself a similar system for water puddles before based on an inverted height and the ao for some form of soft blend for the edges but it never really worked out the way i want it to be. I will happily dissect your approach and then trash mine and use yours. :D Thanks a ton guys!

[@Substance3D]

You are most welcome! So glad you like the update.

[@戴巍-s7i]

yes. I created a very similiar node before. and I think a lot of people have done the same thing like us. But you guys take it further, this node is absolutly better than mine. Thanks. Btw, sometime I want to use the 'water mask' in my offline renderer, hope it could.

[@Substance3D]

So glad you like the new nodes : )

[@DPDPDPDP]

The Height Blend Node is a whole new workflow for me, damn, Also HBAO node, that sick.

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! Glad you like the new nodes : )

[@elk_h]

Awesome stuff guys. I saw the competitor's tool set and was waiting eagerly for your asnwer, knew you wouldn't disappoint. And thank you Wes for the great video :]

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! We have much more to come as well : ) So glad you like the video.

[@bobcharlotte8724]

Must be exhausting for you guys to constantly raise the bar with every update you guys do... Amazing stuff

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! We do our best to keep improving : )

[@coolbeans9038]

allegorithmic, hats off to you guys, i gotta hand it to you, other industrial grade softwares should learn from you guys. this software is really affordable and worth every fucking penny, cant wait to buy it.

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! Very glad to hear you are pleased with the products and pricing. Means a lot to us.

[@Enderquartz]

6:40 Yeah, but nothing has changed much OH MY GOSH THAT LOOKS GORGEOUS

[@luisdavidsalmeronberbel4402]

Wow!! Congrats for this version, today is a happy day for texturizers, I think naughty dog is very happy now!! In my university use photoshop for textures and i simply laugh with their problems, i can´t imagine make all this new features manually, it´s impossible.You put the texturize process in another level and i really think every person who studies 3d he must study substance

[@Substance3D]

Thanks very much! So glad to hear you like the toolset.

[@ZeHatsu]

The water Level node makes making puddles so much easier, thank you Allegorithmic, (I'd like to be able to change the water colour as well but this is a start)

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! You can change the water color using the Sludge color and settings.

[@ZacVrono]

Oh wow lol. This is basically an official version of a tool I made back for the substance designer contest. Glad it is an official tool now.

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! Did you post your version on Substance Share?

[@ZacVrono]

Allegorithmic it was within "the destructable wall" entry. I got 3rd in urban category. I think I called it min max blend. it blended 2 input color maps by thier height. it didn't have as much cool stuff as your guys does. it was used for blending wooden beams into a wall stuffed with insulation, so insulation would only show when actually in front of the beam. I used the pixel processor node to make it. Between that and other tools I had that handled specific effect that yours just has all in one lol. oh and yes, it is on substance share still.

[@tontonjeannot6089]

You guys are schmeekin' wizards. I bow down.

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! We always aim to do our best for our users.

[@bytrebz]

Thanks for this Update! I always wanted to combine my scans with Substance. Now it works much more better! Keep going on with scan blending!

[@Substance3D]

You are most welcome! More to come : )

[@CynicatPro]

the new normal and AO nodes look so dope! X3

[@bicer6742]

Dr.Gavagai me too :D

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! It's a huge improvement over the previous version.

[@戴巍-s7i]

I got a question. Could the new AO and normal node take the old ones place totally ? If yes, does it mean,we will never use the old ones from now on? If no, under what condition should I use the old ones? The real difference between the old and new ones didn't figure out in this video.

[@CynicatPro]

戴巍 The new nodes are based on real world scales. there are very few reasons to use the old ones. the AO is basically better in every way. the normal is more reliable and predictable. basically no reason to ever use the old ones as i see it. X3

[@JezzGT]

this look amazing! *Breathing Intensifies*

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! More to come soon : )

[@QuantumTheoryEnt]

Suggestion for the future: Can you put in the description the time for when each feature is explained?

[@Substance3D]

Yes! Thanks Pete very good suggestion : )

[@Kipachuu]

I used up my trial but I'm definitely going to purchase this soon.

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! Let us know if you have any questions.

[@mattgrimaldi13]

Oh yes! Once again, awesome tutorial!

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! So glad you liked the video.

[@edersouza1881]

Amazing improvements. well guys :)

[@Substance3D]

Thanks : )

[@howl13]

thank you for the early Christmas present !!

[@Substance3D]

You are most welcome : ) Thank you for using Substance : )

[@jamesblackwell8264]

This is pretty fantastic

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! Glad you like the updates.

[@shubhamsingh2719]

I Can Listen You For Hours :)

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! So glad to hear I don't sound annoying : )

[@d.r.1402]

A input position map can get confused with well, a baked Position Map.

[@Substance3D]

Yeah, they are actually two different things indeed. The position input is not a position map. It's just a map to drive the position value of the histogram.

[@Mart-E12]

That is insane!

[@erikm9768]

I love the new nodes, keep up the great work!! Specifically snow cover, wow! Btw, Allgorithmic , any chance of uploading videos in 4k? even though the video is sourced from 1080p the general sharpness is so much better and its so much easier to read text that is otherwise a little bit blurred.

[@Substance3D]

We don't have plans to create and edit the videos in 4K. I will look into this though.

[@erikm9768]

Thank you so much!

[@rajeshkumaragrawal3682]

Hi, can you arrange the link of tutorial on Rusty Metal of Diamond plate? Regards

[@Zilushy]

This is nuts !!

[@LEGIT134]

The love the water:)

[@cub1ko]

Allegorithmic outperforming Quixel's MegaScans Layer system singlehandedly

[@Substance3D]

Thanks, we want to work well with all tools so we wanted to add nodes for working with scans

[@CGFUN829]

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[@CGFUN829]

Is there a sample scene where i can play with? maybe like in this video ? just to have an idea and compare it megascans studio!

[@CGFUN829]

***** Omg i didn't know about this Substance Source till i went to site thank you am now discovering things :)

[@trycgorank8033]

Jeremie Noguer

[@CGFUN829]

Is there a sample scene where i can play with? maybe like in this video ?

[@Substance3D]

You can grab some of the free substances on the Source homepage. source.allegorithmic.com/#/substances/home Cliff Stylized Mossy would work well to test the filters.

[@rauschundluxus]

innovation matters, indeed

[@Substance3D]

We agree : )

[@andr101]

This tool looks super handy, thanks for sharing it! Only thing that didn't covince me is the snow. I lke how it works, but don't like those flat flakes. Given the granular nature of snow, my understanding is that some of those flakes should shine and reflect a lot, right? I don't see any specularity at all.. Wonderful tool anyway, guys (-:

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! The flakes to have specular hits. I think it's just hard to see in the video as it's subtle.

[@adamdavidkenyon6664]

Any chance of you updating your software to support higher DPI monitors such as 4k? It would be nice as I have a bigger monitor of 50inches at 4k resolution. Nice video too btw.

[@Substance3D]

Thanks : ) Actually Designer and Painter do support high DPI monitors. It should be working with 4K monitor. We made this update recently. I think it was a version or 2 ago. We don't have any settings to control the DPI, but when using a 4K monitor it should scale. I'm using a 4K screen and the UI is rendering correctly for me.

[@adamdavidkenyon6664]

Allegorithmic Ok thanks! I'll look into this.

[@Emma-lr2no]

Hi I know this was posted 4 years ago, but I've got Substance Designer version 11.1.2 and 'Water level' doesnt seem to be a filter available anymore? Is it deprecated or is it named something else now? Many thanks!

[@marijanfabris9983]

is there any plugin that can apply any PS filter but taking geometry into account? so the effect could be seamless? thank you

[@Substance3D]

We don't have anything like this pertaining to PS filters. However, you can create map input nodes that take baked data from the mesh such as normal, world-space, AO, position. These input maps give you data about the mesh and you can then create various effects from that data.

[@jamesblackwell8264]

I am trying to use this for my level design in Unreal engine. What is the best way to go about this? is it required to be used with the Height map and tesselation or is there a more efficient way by using pre-existing geometry and having only the water use tesselation.

[@Substance3D]

The filter uses the height map to blend. You will need to create or import a height map for the filter. You don't have to use tessellation. The video used it because it helps to show the effect.

[@jamesblackwell8264]

Allegorithmic awesome thanks for the quick reply!

[@NihalRahman123]

So The New AO Node Is Using HBAO As A Baking Method ? i Am Confused Of How It Works

[@Substance3D]

It's not a bake. It uses the Horizon Based method to calculate the AO which is much better than the original AO node.

[@NihalRahman123]

Oh So , Its Basically Using The HBAO As AO Method , Gotcha ;)

[@eXeCuzeje]

Hi, I am at the moment playing around with the snow covering filter. I realy do like the filter but i was wondering if it is possible to use this filter on geomtery instead of an height map. So not on a flat plane but real geometry. Would be awesome if you guys can explain to me how this works :)

[@Substance3D]

I'm sorry but you can't use this directly on geometry. However, since you are using baked maps you essentially are using geometry information. The node uses the height and normal for the blending.

[@mcmaurice1866]

very good news !

[@Substance3D]

Thanks! Glad you like the new filters.

[@jeansebastianrodriguezgome3185]

Nice man ty

[@Marienkarpfen]

how do you even make such insane roots

[@Substance3D]

In this case, this content is from scanned data.

[@briangonzalez907]

can you do a tutorial on this material

[@IPpainting]

"this material" lol

[@Substance3D]

This material is actually scanned data that is blended using the new height blend node. It's not fully procedural.

[@briangonzalez907]

Allegorithmic thank you for replying but you can't make a tutorial of the nodes that you using this one like you done is previous textures

[@Substance3D]

Ah, I see what you mean. We can create a tutorial on using these nodes. This video pretty much covers it but future material creation videos will use these nodes. We have material videos planned for the getting started series.

[@SuWoopSparrow]

So can we expect texture scans to turn texturing jobs into tedious janitorial cleanup in the future?

[@qazmorr5409]

Version 5 and still there is no way to save or bookmark the camera position, or am I the one who doesn't know how it's done ???

[@Substance3D]

I'm sorry we don't have a way to save or bookmark the camera position. However we support cameras in the FBX file so you can setup camera positions and import them as part of the FBX. In the Camera menu in the 3D view you can switch between the cameras.

[@protanopia]

Is the root a nested substance or something? not understanding what nodes it has.

[@Substance3D]

The root is just another substance. Its a material. We are just blending it with another material using height.

[@gamingmoments7305]

if i get the pro version of this will i be able to use it commercially? Or do i need the Indie version.

[@coolbeans9038]

you can use the indie version commercially as long as you don't make over $100,000 a year. id recommend you to get it from steam.

[@Substance3D]

I confirm you can use the indie version commercially as long as you don't make over 100K per fiscal year.

[@JaiKishanSankla]

the displacement is not shown in the viewport in my pc

[@Substance3D]

Are you using the Tessellation Shader? It's not enabled by default.

[@sebastianotto3483]

id love to get my hands on this root material. where can i get it?!

[@Substance3D]

This is from scanned data. I can check to see if we can distribute this material. You can get some free scanned files from Source on the home page. source.allegorithmic.com/#/substances/home

[@sebastianotto3483]

this would be cool. i checked the free samples but compared to the rich roots material you are showing here they are fairly simple (and flat)

[@rirath]

Thanks guys, these nodes are very much appreciated. I've been doing a lot of scan based work these days and the tools available out there are still few. Next step is getting scan data to seamless in fewer steps. :) In the "Go Scan the World!" post you mentioned at the end: "In the coming weeks, we will also publish a second part to this tutorial covering how to convert a scan like this into a seamless PBR material Substance Painter and Substance Designer." -- Is that still in the works? I'd welcome any tools or tutorials on making photogrammetry / scans into seamless textures. My current workflow uses Bitmap2Material's "Make it Tile" with relief set to 100% input height map (baked from scan data to a plane in Blender) and relief tiling turned on. It works, better than anything else I've tried, but more tools or workflows are always welcomed.

[@Substance3D]

We are working on more tools for working with scan data and removing seams. We will have more to share on this. I will check on the 2nd part of the tutorial.

[@Substance3D]

The tutorials are still in the works and plan on releasing them in the coming weeks.

[@rirath]

Allegorithmic - Awesome, looking forward to it. Thanks for checking in.

[@atheran]

Any chance we can use the snow cover with a custom snow substance?

[@Substance3D]

Yes, you can use the snow cover substance with custom nodes.

[@naifox1]

This New Filters has wet surface ?

[@Substance3D]

Yes, we have a new wet surface node.

[@ataca430]

WOW!! I feel soon abrupt RPG game with your technologies of change of weather will appear))

[@Substance3D]

Awesome! Please let us know how it goes. Would love to see this in action

[@indidev1073]

when installing water level of the filter occurs when exporting a mistake, how can I fix?

[@Substance3D]

I'm sorry, I'm not sure I understand the issue. Are you getting an error?

[@staughost]

Hey are those scanned files available for testing?

[@Substance3D]

You can grab some of the free substances on the Source homepage. source.allegorithmic.com/#/substances/home Cliff Stylized Mossy would work well to test the filters.

[@yonjuunininjin]

Man, I'm just 20 sec in and I want to make this root material, put some heavy tesselation on it and see how it looks like in Unreal Engine :3

[@Substance3D]

It's very cool! Really like this material as well.

[@田辉-n7y]

amazing~~~~！！！

[@dry0nPS]

DAYUM

[@northzealand]

Who here wants that roots material ??

[@masterxeon1001]

damn...