Announcements

  We’re psyched to announce that we’ve just released the latest version of Substance 3D Painter. Updates and additions for this release are very much focused on improving workflow and performance. Namely:   A new Ribbon Tool allowing you to paint complex repeating details, like stitches or zippers – or even text. This is even possible along curved surfaces and intricate geometry; you can now paint with patches that remain visually consistent without any stretching artifacts, or need to place elements manually.   Improved Symmetry controls for fills and effects, allowing you to apply symmetry directly to fill layers and effects in the layer stack.   Real-world displacement for digital twins and product design – Painter now includes Physical Displacement, which is particularly useful in fields such as product visualization and digital twin creation, where scale accuracy is vital.   Vulkan support and Baker API updates, for both Windows and Linux, providing smoot

Thanks to your reports, we've established a conflict between Discord's Game Overlay and Substance applications.We're currently looking for solutions, but in the meantime, if you're facing functionality issues with Designer/Painter buttons, please disable Discord's Overlay.   After tests on our end and some of your reports, it seems that a Windows 11 Security update ((KB5068861) (26100.7171)) can affect the behavior of Substance Painter’s buttons. Some are even not working at all. We’re currently investigating, but in the meantime you can roll back windows 11 to its previous update. Windows updates > Update History > Uninstall updates   We’ll keep you informed of any changes.  

  At Motion Plus Design in Paris on Saturday 8 November Mehdi Hadi premiered his short film MEMORIES, created in partnership with Adobe Substance 3D and Maxon. For more information on MEMORIES, including a behind-the-scenes look at Mehdi's creative process, take a look at Mehdi's article about the making of the film.   

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