Participant

Answered

Substance Painter student license to commercial work

Forum|Forum|1 day ago
March 7, 2026
2 replies
39 views

I’ve been learning and using substance painter for portfolio work for the last 3 years now. I’ve now gotten to the point where I can potentially sell my assets (mesh+textures) to clients. Currently I have a student license which does not allow me to sell my assets commercially. I must upgrade to a commercial license to do so. Now my question is - Will re-exporting my textures from my existing projects (that were made with a student license) in substance painter with my new commercial license allow me to sell those textures commercially or do I need to alter them to make them legal?

Correct answer Nancy OShea

You’ll need to purchase a regular license to sell your work commercially.

That said, the Student & Regular editions of the apps are identical in every way. Only the licenses are different.

You do NOT need to re-make assets in order to sell them unless you want to.

Hope that helps.

Community Expert

Correct answer

Community Expert

You’ll need to purchase a regular license to sell your work commercially.

That said, the Student & Regular editions of the apps are identical in every way. Only the licenses are different.

You do NOT need to re-make assets in order to sell them unless you want to.

Hope that helps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Community Expert

Community Expert

Ask in Substance 3D Painter | Community

BenjaminGodinAuthor

Participant

Will do. Thanks for the quick heads up.

Community Expert

Community Expert

you’ll need to change your title,at least, a little bit.