Substance 3D Designer

Hi All, I need to expand how I'm creating textures using substance designer, I'm currently using python and sbsrender across multiple threads locally which works fine. I'm moving to a model where I want to do that remotely, am I ok to just buy a bunch of substance subscriptions and run them on something like paper space and call python to run sbsrender or will I get pulled up for that ?  It needs to be a proper supported solution. It feels like something better suited to automation server but I don't know if that is still a thing, when I tried to get a licence a few years ago / spoke to sales team etc. I gave up couldn't even get through the door to have a sensible conversation about pricing without being an enterprise and I don't need all that overhead/governance at this point just a licence, not sure if anything has changed since then ? thanks! Mark   

Hi all,I'd like to know if it's possible to avoid to expose the "random seed" parameter when creating an sbsar file in Designer.I think back in the days it was possible to avoid to expose it by default..Thank youMax

How can I change the size of a pattern depending on the distance to the UV edge (like "Generator UV Border" does in Painter)?I want to create a pattern that fades to the edge of any surface/.

Hi all, I really need help in automating/ batch outputting the texture maps from a list of sbs or sbsar files. I can no longer donwload Automation Toolkit, so all the videos online are outdated. What is the process for Automating now? It is so poorly documented after they closed access in September 2022 and I am really lost. I am trying to something like below. I have no idea where the files the video mentions have gone or if they are even in the latest Substance installations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYgKVXKHImQ thank you! 

I am getting blue screen error in Substance painter program. I don't get blue screen error in benchmarks tests. I only encounter this problem when exporting. I am us,ng i7-13900h and 4070 rtx (Laptop ) graphics card. I'm getting a blue screen only with this program. Could you help?

Hello! noob here i dont know much.I moved all my Substance graphs from an unsafe package to my Substance_graph-Patterns save package.This is what i am getting  Reference resource not found :pkg///shapeReference resource not found :pkg///thresholdReference resource not found :pkg///clouds_1(2times). Is there a way to fix this without doing it all over again? Thank you. 

Hi guys, I got an RGB image which I want to convert to grayscale but maintaining exact grayscale values that were initially in Red channel, namely these 43, 33, 76 and 66. I tried using Grayscale Conversion node with Red channel weight set to 1 while having Green and Blue set to 0, but it still doesn't work and the resulting grayscale image has incorrect values:  Here's the source RGB image in case you want to give it a try yourself. I'm trying to convert it to a grayscale single channel image: Is there a way how to do it in SD? Thanks!

Hey Good people 😀 I made a filter to optimize my team's workflow. It's done but I'm left with a black thumbnail in painter library.I checked the internet and the only thing I found is the thumbnail guideline:https://substance3d.adobe.com/documentation/ctn/creating-thumbnails-205362332.html In this page, I couldn't find what to do in designer or painter to attach the thumbnail so I can distribute a decent official looking filter. Thank You 🙂

Hey guys, I got two height maps that are seamless in regards to each other but for some reason both maps have a thin (5-6 px wide) outline around the edges that creates ugly bump when used as a displacement map un UE5. Is there some magic node or a workflow you could suggest in Substance Designer that would average out pixels near the edges of both maps to eliminate this thin artefacty outline? Thanks in advance! 

Hi, I want to enquire if a mobile GPU with 8GB VRAM is good for 3D rendering and animation for a smooth workflow... Eyeing the 3070 ti with 8GB VRAM on i9 12th Generation. I am having trouble to understand what spec of graphic card should I look for my laptop for animation, 3D. I am learning both but I am aiming to do client work on it as well that helps me with faster TAT as it will be my main system. I don't and will not have a desktop until 3-4 years.. so to understand it in that terms will it suffice animation like this without crashing or slowing down? (OR ELSE I am going with i9 13th gen 4080 12gb VRAM costs more but definitely future proofed.) examples: [Links removed by moderator]

Hey guys, is it possible in Substance Designer to drag multiple links from one node into another at once? Thanks in advance! 

I'm not sure what parameters to chose for Normal Map for 3ds Max Arnold.DirectX or OpenGL?Alpha Channel Content - Fill Alpha with input or Force Alpha to 1? I'm using a standard surface in Arnold.

When I am opening a substance graphs that I have just worked on. A lot of the default build in node become ghost instance with error messages of "Reference resources not found". I have include images of the error messages. When I compare the broken nodes with the correct node. The Graph instance value both nodes are very similar but have slight numbering difference. For example, the working Tile Sampler node have "pkg:///tile_sampler?dependency=1474624371" but the "ghost instance" Tile Sampler have Graph instance link of "pkg:///tile_sampler?dependency=1474432934" On top of that, some working nodes have their input socket missing. which pretty much make the entire network unusable. Any help is appreciated! Thanks! 

Hello, Thanks in advance for any help on this matter.Currently I have a library of exported SD Matte Paint maps, and I want to use them to create an Arnold new AI Material Library directly not using the substance map 2.  Does anyone know the best settings using the above maps going into the Arnold Standard Surface in the new AI  Image maps with any connected Layer RGBA or Color Correction Maps.  The maps I have are from the metallic/rough workflow: Base, Height, Metallic, Normal, Roughness.   Please note that I did look at a Substance to Arnold Conversion and this is not helping much because there are different categories for inputs.  Please see attached Arnold AI Template that I am using. Please advise on best settings for the maps and the Arnold Standard Surface Material with new AI image maps. Thanks so much,Sandra

Hello, is there a way to fix arabic typing issue in substance designer? I know how to fix it in Photoshop but I can't find the same setting to apply in substance designer.  

Having a problem with the Blend node getting transparency even though Opacity is specified. Used Min (Darken).  

I made a material in Substance Designer, exposed some graph inputs that were important to me and saved as sbsar.When importing it in Marvelous Designer it shows the material as just plain white.Is there anything I could be forgetting?[Maybe important info:]- When I compare my material to other working materials in MD, the ones that work include Reflection Parameters (Reflection Intensity), Channels (Diffuse, Base Color, Normal, Specular, etc), Technical Paramenters (Luminosity, Contrast, Hue Shift etc), while mine doesn't. How can I save mine with these?

Hi! People,There's a boolean input node having indentifer name as "bevel_type"There's a second input value node. I want input value node to be visible when "bevel_type" is true.I'm finding such a simple stuff difficult.I used this as guide:Visible if: control visibility of inputs, outputs and parameters | Substance 3D Designer (adobe.com) The expression I entered in the "Visible If" of input value node is: input["bevel_type"] == Trueinput.bevel_type == True A) There's no way to add line_break/ENTER/Return in "Visible If" field as shown in the documentation link above.B) It's just giving me yellow exclamation.  

I've been trying to use Illustrator's new 3D tools to create more custom shape mock ups for a cosmetics brand, but am unable to use the library of materials on Adobe Stock to make them more realistic.Does anyone know if there is a plan to be able to download both versions? Or is there an easy way to convert without having to download additional software? It's frustrating to have a subscription to Stock but not be able to use the materials.

Hi, Yesterday, after a couple of years I tried to open Substance Player. Immediately after opening SP freezes and crashes. I’ve tried dozen of times, even updated my GPU drivers( studio driver)  but in vein. I also have latest SP installed. Windows 10. RTX 3070Any idea what could go wrong?I thought to mention I have other Adobe products on subscription basis.Anyways, hope fix is available  Tomas 

The node without this line feels that it appears with the change of the chamfer value. What should I do if I don’t want the line pointed by the arrow？ 

 Hi I'm trying to expose the value parameter (lightness) as a float1 from a color node that is represented as a float4. as you see, I attempted to break down the color node into vector float nodes , but it didn't work as I expected. Can you please help me with this issue?

Hi I have been attempting to make a part of my material transparent in Substance Designer by setting the alpha of the color node to 0. However, when I import the SBSAR file into Substance Painter, the part that was supposed to be transparent has color instead.I have done some research on this issue, but I have been unable to find a solution. Can anyone offer any advice or suggestions on how to fix this problem? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I wonder do we got anything new in this regrad?   Any improvement?   SD is most crazy  thing in this respect.  No other 3d or 2d soft ever  so cranky and weird with distributed resources .  Never had a single issue in 3d max for example or Blender.      You give a new root folder you think resources may be stored inside and they find evrything on their own automatically.     In SD  you always pray  it would be working.    Today  for example, it asked me for missing  sbs that clearly  in the  same folder .    If I need to send a sbs someone  it collects GBs in huge archives full of senseless junk.      Will it ever changes?     I tried alieses,  special hard drive dedicated to all SD related things   I wouldn't even dare to breath on.    Nevertheless in few months it all turn

Hi,I am trying to automate batch channel packing textures. Basically, I want to take a large batch of textures with various channel packing types such as [texturename]_BC, [texturename]_R, [texturename]_RMA, [texturename]_ARM, etc and re-pack the channels into [texturename]_BC_AO and  [texturename]_N_H_R based on the file name. The issue I'm having is the import and organization based on the file name. Is there a way I can use the Automation Toolkit inside Substance Designer to achieve this result? Thanks