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BenjaminGodin
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Mar 7, 2026 5:20 PM UTC
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Substance Painter student license to commercial work

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?

Nancy OShea
Nancy OSheaCorrect answer
Community Expert
Mar 8, 2026 9:18 PM UTC

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

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Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
Mar 8, 2026 9:18 PM UTC

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.

 

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
John T Smith
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Mar 7, 2026 5:26 PM UTC
BenjaminGodin
Participant
Mar 7, 2026 5:30 PM UTC

Will do. Thanks for the quick heads up.

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kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
Mar 7, 2026 6:12 PM UTC

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

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