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Substance Suite
Inspiring content and intelligent tools to create and apply materials for 3D.
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Substance Source
High-end library of materials, decals, and atlases for 3D
Walls
From the gigantic stadium to the quaint townhouse, build all kinds of walls.
Abandoned buildings
When time has eroded the buildings and they crack and crumble.
Roads and sidewalks
Man-made pathways unfolding through the cities, for walkers and drivers.
Substance Source is the largest library of procedural materials.
Optimized for production, designed with flexibility, and made with all artists in mind, the Substance Source materials are your one-stop shop for 3D creations of beauty.
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Substance Share
Materials, filters, meshes, and more: made by and for the community
Substance Share is where artists of all genres can upload and download 3D assets.
Whether you are a material expert aiming to share your work, or in search of a plugin, chances are you will find what you seek – and more.
Magazine
Get inspired with stories, interviews, tech news, and much more
The Magazine broadcasts the voices of creative 3D.
From award-winning movies to burgeoning artists, each article is designed to bridge the gaps between all the ways we do 3D.
All in all, wanting to connect and inspire.
Events
Meet the teams, chat with other artists, learn, exchange, explore
Stylized Character Art in Substance Painter
Apr. 28 2021
Packaging Creation: From 2D Designs to 3D Visualization
Apr. 21 2021
Substance Designer Craziness with Nicolas Wirrmann
May. 11 2021
From Substance Painter to Cinema 4D: The Making of Gamma
Mar. 31 2021
Product Design Concept with Substance Painter
Mar. 02 2021
Start your Substance Engine: Building Materials Inspired by the Industrial Revolution
Feb. 04 2021
Substance & 3D News 2021
Jan. 28 2021
From Medium to Substance to Adobe Dimension: The Making of the VR Bot
Dec. 17 2020
Fabric Creation & Fashion Inspiration in Substance Designer
Dec. 03 2020
Innovative Workflows from Substance Designer to Unreal Engine
Nov. 17 2020
Material Creation and Texturing for Videogames: Creating a Cartagena Courtyard
Nov. 05 2020
(No) Modeling Needed! in Substance Designer
Oct. 21 2020
Color & Material Design: Explore Creative Freedom in 3D (Substance Source, Substance Painter)
Oct. 13 2020
Building stylized procedural atlas with Substance Designer
Oct. 06 2020
Discover Medium: Sculpt in VR with Gio Nakpil
Sep. 20 2020
Texturing for fashion Design with Substance
Sep. 10 2020
Livestream with Substance Painter team & Damien Guimoneau: UV Tiles (UDIMs) behind the scenes
Aug. 27 2020
Material creation of The Expanse and Zombieland
Aug. 25 2020
Procedural texturing of a parametric building for VFX, with Substance Designer & Substance Painter
Aug. 20 2020
Substance & 3D News
Jul. 30 2020
Procedural material creation for fashion design with Substance
Jul. 16 2020
Substance Alchemist for Archviz & Interior Design (LiveStream)
Jun. 25 2020
Stylized hand Painting of a Korrigan’s house with Substance Painter, by Tangi Bodio
May. 27 2020
Character & Creature texturing in Substance Painter with Magdalena Dadela (#Substancelivestream)
May. 07 2020
Substance Livestream (Recorded): Jeryce Dianingana
Apr. 23 2020
Substance Livestream: Jeryce Dianingana
Apr. 23 2020
Substance Livestream: William Ruhlig
Apr. 17 2020
Substance & 3D News, Livestream
Apr. 08 2020
Take a dive into the environment and material creation of CONTROL
Mar. 19 2020
Substance Source livestream: Fantasy Map material with Enrico Tammekänd
Mar. 17 2020
Substance Source livestream: Detailed Architecture with Jonathan Benainous
Feb. 04 2020
Substance Source livestream: Japanese Porcelain material walkthrough with Kyle Horwood
Jan. 09 2020
What's New in Substance
Dec. 11 2019
Substance Source livestream: Fish Bait Ball material walkthrough with Don Arceta
Nov. 21 2019
Character Texturing with Substance: Magdalena Dadela Livestream
Jul. 12 2019
Space station cargo rack with Javier Perez
Mar. 21 2019Stylized Character Art in Substance Painter
Carol Cornils is a freelance 3D Character Artist who has a great passion for animation. In collaboration with Jordi Lafebre, the Spanish author and illustrator of the comic book Malgré Tout, Carol created a 3D version of its character Ana. She will walk through her workflow in using Substance Painter to texture this character, including details such as physical features and clothing.
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We designed courses, from your very first steps to more advanced and industry-specific techniques, to help you broaden the scope of what you create.
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Courtesy of Industrial Light and Magic. © Marvel Studios. All rights reserved.
Early on I was really taken with the power and flexibility of Substance Designer and its ability to create endless iterations of surfaces with the same level of fidelity as scan data.
Texture Supervisor | ILM
Image courtesy of DNEG © 2019 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.
Substance improved our texturing workflow by allowing us to see a ‘closer to final’ result in the viewport and to help eliminate any values that were incorrect through a PBR workflow.
Build Lead | DNEG Vancouver
Image courtesy of Fisher Dai
Substance Source has freed my time. I can download rich resources directly from the ready-made material library and directly check the specific material’s look in Unreal Engine. Also, I can try different presets through the presets of the .sbsar file.
Automotive Visualizer
Art by Mike Voropaev
Substance Designer and Substance Painter are must-have tools in the game dev stack. But if you work as a product designer or 3D generalist, you can still benefit a lot from these tools, so I’d definitely recommend checking it out.
3D generalist