Substance in Film

Substance is made for you.

The Substance toolset is on its way to become an integral part of every film creation. From advertisement to feature film and TV shows, Substance tools and materials have already been used on two Academy Award winners for best special effects.

Whether you need previsualisation, look development or precise surfacing of hero assets, Substance is the reference toolset for 3D materials.

Substance materials are cross-platform by definition — your assets and materials will integrate seamlessly in every DCC and renderer out there, including Vray, Renderman and Arnold.

More Integrations

Take your films beyond realism.

Texture your models

Everything you need to texture your 3D assets in one application.

Unleash your creativity with powerful tools and a non-destructive workflow.

Substance Painter has smart materials, smart masks, integrated 8K bakers and a state-of-the-art PBR viewport.

Ready-to-use 3D material library

In Substance Source, browse and download high-end fully customizable materials, including collections from the best material artists in the industry.

Materials include presets for faster iteration and .sbs source files for maximum possible variations and easy learning.

Advanced material authoring & scan processing

Create any kind of material, from fully procedural to scan-based hybrids, complete with presets, using the industry-standard software for material authoring.

Produce tileable textures up to 8K and export to any 3D tool, game engine, or renderer.

They create with Substance

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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.
Gareth Jensen Texture Supervisor | ILM

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.
David Crabtree Build Lead | DNEG Vancouver

It’s important in advertising to work fast and to a very high standard, and Substance is the perfect helper here. It’s definitely a package that should be in any texture artist’s toolkit
Edward Shires VFX Supervisor | The Mill

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Substance definitely helped us to achieve such a high-quality look very quickly, as well as giving us the ability to adjust to a new art direction if necessary.
Jacob Norris Environment Artist | NVIDIA

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