Substance | The leading software solution for 3D digital materials

Substance Suite

Inspiring content and intelligent tools to create and apply materials for 3D.

Paint in 3D in real time

Take your skill beyond the 2D canvas, and breathe life into your art. Use automatic UV unwrapping, a UDIM-based workflow, and smart masks and materials.

The material enthusiast’s toolbox

Scan the world and turn your pictures into materials for 3D. Mix and blend materials, add filters to quickly create exactly what you need.

Material creation with absolute control

Design your parametric material: for your pipeline and for your technical exploration. Substance Designer’s power will push your materials to the next level.

Your high-end material library

The widest collection of expert-made materials optimized for any workflow. Use the materials as-is in your art; or tailor it to suit your need.

Solutions tailored for your industry

Substance Source

High-end library of materials, decals, and atlases for 3D

Camo Collection

Discover how to disappear in the wilderness with this new collection of camouflage materials

Ripstop Fabric

Camo Net

Nylon Webbing

Cordura Fabric

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Packaging

A complete packaging visualization toolkit – rich ink prints, embossing and waffling effects, and much more.

Thick Paper Grain

Lined Paper

Handmade Rice Paper

Dot Grid Paper

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Signature Collections - Pierre Fleau

Pierre Fleau found inspiration in a railway museum for his 15 signature materials reminiscent of the Industrial Revolution.

Wagon Outer Wooden Side Wall

Locomotive Steam Engine Shield

Train Wood Dock

Train Wheel

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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.

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

MAR. 02 2021

Product Design Concept with Substance Painter

10:00 am - 11:30 am PST

Online

3D visual concept: The Obsidian Watch

Learning

115 courses designed by experts

Foundation

Getting Started With Substance Painter

Foundation

Substance in Unreal Engine 4

Advanced

Creating Old Wood Planks in Substance Designer

Advanced

Curve, Text, Panorama Shape nodes, HDR and Scan Processing Filters

Foundation

Substance Painter - Model preparation

Advanced

Desert Rocks making-of, by Jonathan Benainous

Advanced

Layer instancing for VFX scenes

Foundation

Understanding PBR Workflows

Foundation

The PBR Guide - Part 2

Advanced

Nikie Monteleone: the Ice Cream Truck!

Foundation

Understanding normal map tangents and shading

Expert

MDL Malachite Material Breakdown

How do I get started? 3D tools can sometimes feel difficult to approach.
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.