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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@yasamanhedayati9549]

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

[@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

[@K9Tvz]

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

[@the_3rdKind]

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.

[@mcroman-superfeat]

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

[@rafopics5467]

R.I.P

[@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?

[@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...

[@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...

[@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.

[@kituwahband]

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

[@TonyKnight1208]

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

[@ShashiKumar-je4vs]

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

[@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

[@lloydrachel6645]

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

[@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.

[@koichiyoshino8383]

Perfect for the 3D Motion Design Community.

[@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

[@Fafmagic]

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

[@TheRandomhero14]

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

[@michajabonski8365]

Simply, good job! Thx for this quick tutorial!

[@this-is-spartajr8035]

cool, everyone will criticize the logo and won't even comment on what really matters, at least for me, it's much lighter, it's flowing, it looks very well optimized, I loved it.

[@aendom]

same to me

[@HyenaBlank]

I'm not really seeing much that's different though, as far as I can tell it's still just the 2021 substance painter but with it's branding finally sterilized to adobe. As far as I can tell, it's just new videos for the sake of having videos with the new branding

[@karthikeyan3d319]

@@HyenaBlank yes

[@megamanx9346]

What's the difference from the previous SP?

[@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).

[@nalanshawky1856]

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

[@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.

[@gustavodutra8578]

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

[@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!✌️😎

[@mohammedwishah]

"Creative" Adobe have these Logos 👏👏

[@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 ;)

[@ermanart]

Excellent Course, Thank You!

[@ruok3351]

Well hello Quixel Mixer

[@acrokrim4205]

Very clear, step by step explanation.

[@vancedaccount572]

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

[@_Shinique]

Mask mode is awesome!

[@digitaldelirium4297]

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

[@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 ... ;) ....

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@张先生-x7y]

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.

[@张先生-x7y]

Is there any have python program instruction or some api？

[@Substance3D]

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

[@Malaphisis]

Seems very hard to make assets on a 2k map (Color, spec, ect.) vs. 3x for this model. IE: This skate must have 15 maps once complete.

[@Gameboy-2000]

You Ruined it Adobe, You Ruined Everything!!

[@versegen2]

what'd they ruin? besides their horrid prices Adobe products are pretty great imo

[@darthsquirrel4247]

Stop crying, buy shares

[@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?

[@3dbabu604]

thanks providing amazing tutorial

[@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

[@wiglow2810]

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

[@venomantis5426]

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

[@joegideon8461]

Very helpful info!

[@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..

[@dennisvolkerts]

by going to the website for a asset I dont see the download button.... anyone?

[@younesbayati4168]

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

[@synthbendati]

So clear and helpful Tutorial. Thanks a lot

[@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.

[@sarahashemi6521]

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

[@christinebrenneisen6937]

crazy sheet, super speed !!!!

[@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).

[@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!

[@danielef3813]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@vozesnaminhacabeca810]

The worst moment for the 3D community was for allegorithmic to sell to Adobe.

[@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.

[@junghopark8888]

Mission Complete :)

[@petroste7932]

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

[@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.

[@wayfarerzen]

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

[@jeffreyspinner9720]

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

[@НовыеФильмы-ю4ы]

Thank you so much!

[@Aldebaran80]

plz, contract a good graphic designer for your logos... it seems made by an amateur 14 years old guy.

[@Zoids-bf6op]

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

[@Substance3D]

none: this is just the new name

[@ledlightfordarkroom1621]

That helps, nice vid Adobe bro

[@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!

[@Gameboy-2000]

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

[@tinman3000]

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

[@animarch3D]

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

[@aendom]

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

[@PradeepKumar-th7mf]

Adobe Substance 3D Painter live link maya

[@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.

[@oxygen6613]

💙💛

[@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

[@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.

[@vanessaafrika7659]

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

[@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!

[@pravi-7662]

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

[@ZAR-d5t]

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!

[@Jermaine__Barker]

Nice I appreciate this video will definitely start playing around, a lot of haters in these comments I see lol

[@sukruboyraz6517]

I still use Allegorithmic Substance Painter

[@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.

[@John.Greaney]

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

[@wayfarerzen]

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

[@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?

[@stephanie2107th]

Bring us back the old logo! Not dreamweaver green please, horrible Feel sorry for Wes…

[@FrancoFrames]

Dreamweaver, Fuse and so on ......... bad memories 🤮

[@jeffreyspinner9720]

Oh god, tyvm for giving me a spine tingling ptsd moment...

[@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.

[@坂井登美子]

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

[@Torokatze-wm8hl]

thank u so much buddy

[@santiagosuarez2074]

i apreciate this video im new to substance painter 👍

[@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.