Substance Painter
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Convert fill layer to paint layer
It would be really helpful to be able to add an image into a fill layer and then convert that into a paint layer.
For cleaning up AO as an example, doing this and then using smudge to neaten up issues would be really nifty.
1 voteYou can add a “Add Paint” filter to achieve this.
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delete textures from textures tab
I'm not sure if i'm missing anything but i cant for the life of me find a way to delete textures i'm not using anymore in substance. I tried the Clean command, that did a little cleaning, i still have left over stuff.
i just wanna press Delete or RMB (remove)
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copy & paste Layer effects with instance option
copy & paste Layer effects with instance option
22 votesFeasible with anchor points
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Add mask by an existing layer
It will be nice to allow an existing layer to be turn into a mask that can be use on other layers.
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Viewport Texture Set Selection
Instead of having to select Texture Sets manually in the texture set window it would be more intuitive to be able to Example. 'Hotkey' + Left Click on the geometry you want to paint and have Substance Painter automatically switch to the applicable texture set. Similar to Subtool switching in Zbrush by alt + left clicking on your geometry.
6 votesctrl+alt+right click
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Assign Baked Mesh Maps (Normal, AO, ID, etc.) to different UV Channels
Is it possible to implement feature, which allows to select / assign individual Baked Mesh Maps (Normal, AO, ID, etc.) to different UV Channels than UV1?
It is not necessary for Baker functionality, just for already baked / pre-created textures.4 votesYou can set this in the export configuration panel
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Decimal separator "," should be accepted
In English, the decimal separator is "."
However, other languages have "," as the decimal separator.
On the numpad, there is no ".", but ",".
Having to go to the keyboard to enter a "." instead of "," is quite cumbersome.
All other softwares I know accept "," as well.
Substance Designer / Painter should do the same.5 votes -
Alembic import
A lot of VFX and animation studios now have their pipeline based on Alembic at most steps.
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Change 'Abort' to 'Cancel'
Hi,
Could you please change your 'Abort' button to cancel? It'd be nice to not be reminded of my abortion in dialog boxes.
Thank you :)
1 voteSorry about this. It’s fixed and will be submitted in the next release.
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Bring back the "+" and "-" slider controls that were removed in 2018.
In the latest version (2018), you removed the little "+" and "-" buttons from the slider controls, for things like UV Scale, UV Offset, etc. I used those all the time in previous versions to "nudge" textures into place with very fine control (2 decimal places). Please add them back. Ideally with a preferences setting to specify how many decimal places of accuracy.
It's now very cumbersome to have to constantly click the mouse in the numeric field and enter values manually over and over to get things just right, and just dragging the new slider doesn't offer enough control.
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7 votesshortcuts works since 2018.1.3
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Triplanar improvements - rotate, offset and scale in 3 axis
When using triplanar mapping on basematerials and textures it would be useful if you could rotate, scale and translate the projection in 3 axis, and maybe even visualize it in the viewport like a box mapping gizmo. This would be useful if your texture has any kind of grain going in one direction and you want to line up 2 of the sides on your object to have the same direction.
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multiple selected layers create folder
add the functionality that if you have multiple layers selected and click the "create new folder" button, painter automatically puts those selected layers into the folder.
1 voteJust do ctrl+g and it will work ;)
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Import Cameras, Alembic, FBX etc.
Being able to import a camera would be great. Not only if working on a whole set in SP but as well to check a asset from a specific camera angle.
Furthermore it would help to render for example a turntable or specfic camera for example to use a Object in a Mattepainting straight from IRay, or for a concept etc. There are a ton of great new things that could be done in Substance Painter with this feat. :)
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Legacy UV seam padding
Padding is always bleed in SP 2018.1.
i need legacy padding toggled option.1 vote -
Edit mesh name
We would like to be able to edit mesh name in project configuration within painter (Similar to being able to edit shader name within texture set list).
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Ability to see painted masks
I haven't found a way to do this yet, but it would be helpful if you could hover over a mask and the mask is shown on a bigger window, or even being able to see the black and white mask on the model. I just want to be able to see the black and white mask I painted, and right now the mask icon is so small it's hard to tell what's going on.
1 voteJust do alt click on your mask to display it on your model
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YOUR SMARTHONE IS A MATERIAL SCANNER
That is one **** of a typo.
https://tutorials.allegorithmic.com/courses/18796e4975a36ab18b6a51d745d402b91 voteThan for reporting!
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It can't paint the texture out of the model region.
you can see on this screenshot, I just need a little bit of the brush and the brush circle is out of the model rigion then I can't paint it. how I can finish this step?
10 votesanswered in the comments
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i would love to start working with substance painter but im hopelessly lost
my email is geniusthemaster@yahoo.com and
i cant seem to get started in substance painter.
i get lost in the sea of buttons.
i would like to import a mesh and paint upon the surface and make a skin for many peices of art but i dont know where to start, or end |o.o| .
if someone could upload a video of how to do all these steps in a short video i would appreciate it so much
1 voteHere is a link to Substance Academy:
academy.allegorithmic.com -
Apply Smart Material to multiple TextureSets
Apply Smart Material to multiple TextureSets
7 votesDone with dynamic instancing.
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