What are colour IDs and how do we use them?

[@Substance3D]

Hi @WilsonDigitalDesign - your tutorial is a fantastic resource for the 3D community, and we've added it to a playlist on our channel so others can learn from you. Keep up the great work!

[@WilsonDigitalDesign]

Thank you!! I'm more than flattered.

[@thewan5969]

this makes using id maps so much easier than without the add on. Briliant video, deserves more attention.

[@Mr_Steve3D]

Finally, someone with good sense posted a valuable tutorial. This is what I needed. Not a fancy way to make something I will never use!

[@navinduperera980]

Thanks Bud I owe you one!!

[@pZq_]

This is gold. Thank you!

[@OsmiumEm]

This was very clear and informative and easy to follow, thankyou!!

[@WilsonDigitalDesign]

Glad to hear it. Thanks

[@kroketkat4872]

amazing, I love it. thank you for the tutorial.

[@AchHadda]

can you do it without baking color id ? because i saw someone just assigning colors to high poly model with no baking nor UVS he just UVs lowpoly

[@96ubme]

how come when I go to back my material to color id it doesnt do anything? I still have 9 materials when I go to the material window

[@camatyleon]

same, I think the addon is not working wellwith the newblender versions

[@cherrygirl8204]

I’m learning and is really helpful, thanks!! Just I’m confused if this steps could be done with a 3D object already have color , texture but was on blender or different program and I want to recolor in substance painter but doesn’t have the ID map , can I still generate the ID on blender and importing the texture for Edit? I hope you could make a tutorial please 🙏

[@MisterZocker]

Can I also create an ID map for my highpoly mesh and use it in substance on my low poly? I want certain things on my bake to have different materials/colors but its not actual geometry on my low poly. Get what I'm saying?

[@WilsonDigitalDesign]

Yes totally! It's a great way to reserve detail without using extra geometry :)

[@gordogonk8068]

If I were to bake high poly textures onto a low poly model. should I do the vertex painting with textools on the high poly mesh? since those are the textures being baked onto the low poly?

[@gordogonk8068]

i assume if I baked the LP models ID map with that, it would be pointless as it would be overridden, but I may be mistaken, let me know :)

[@WilsonDigitalDesign]

Yes you would want to do your colour ID map on the high poly, and bake it down onto the low poly :)

[@gordogonk8068]

@@WilsonDigitalDesign thanks!

[@SaifArabb]

Is there a better way to assign colors other than this addon ? Seems an extra step to something so simple. Can't we use just one material, you can also assign per polygroup/ element, by making each mesh sperate specially in hardsurface.

[@WilsonDigitalDesign]

This is the easiest method I have found for blender and my workflow, although your mileage may vary.

[@SaifArabb]

@@WilsonDigitalDesign Thanks for reply and good video, would like to see more stuff on Substance painter!

[@김종민-t2x]

Does it still work in the Blender 3.6? cuz even if i converted from materials to vertexpaint, it's not being baked at all. (materials are not disappeared)

[@WilsonDigitalDesign]

Yes it should work

[@MatthewCarter]

Yeah, but how do you USE material ids in Blender?

[@WilsonDigitalDesign]

Well considering this is a video about USING colour IDs you'll have to go elsewhere 🤔.

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