Substance 3D Painter

Substance Painter 2026 Skew & OpenPBR betaNews

Cyril DellenbachCommunity Manager

A beta version of Substance 3D Painter 2026 is now available. This release features Skew Baking, Auto-Rebaking, OpenPBR compatibility, and introduces a new Hard-Surface mode for Auto Unwrap.New FeaturesSkew Baking: Paint skew correction maps in baking mode, using familiar tools as well as new helper functions like “Edge Protection”. Auto-Rebaking: toggle auto rebake for a baked map to instantly rebake that map as soon as any baking setting changes. Useful when painting skew maps. OpenPBR: support for the OpenPBR material standard. Includes new channels and shader. Hard-Surface Auto Unwrap: a new mode for auto-unwrap that works much better for non-organic, hard surface objects, with the additional bonus of calculating much faster than the default method.Why we made this betaWe’re releasing this beta to gather feedback on a first version of our new features. While all features are working, some may feel unfinished since it’s still early. By participating, you can help shape how these fea

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1 month ago

Smoky3dParticipant

Should i mark Sharp edges on my low poly(Shade auto-smooth) or shade smooth for high poly to low poly baking?

Should i mark Sharp edges on my low poly(Shade auto-smooth) or shade smooth for high poly to low poly baking?I did an experiment of baking into the low poly once with sharp edges and another without.1st image is with sharp edges marked.2nd image is without any sharp edges marked and shaded smooth.*No custom normals.**High poly(subd) ofc is fully shaded smooth.***Working in Blender.

30 minutes ago

graphic5FEEKnown Participant

High-quality output in Painter up to 32k resolutionUnder Review

Hello. Many professional users need to be able to have 32k resolution in Painter like Marie. At least to output textures higher than 8k in Painter and render in rendering engines like Arnold.. Are there any plans for Painter to have this big update in the future?

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7 hours ago

aoaleilinParticipant

Keep having no materials showed on Painter with Black Mask, even tried on other layers the problem remains.

Hi, I cannot really know why I do not have materials showed in the right side of the bar, I have tried multiple times for finding solutions but no much usable information found.

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16 hours ago

GothamBatParticipant

Why isn't SSS rendering properly for me?

Sub Surface Scattering isn’t rendering properly for me. I have tried almost everything from changing the shader to remaking the entire model Weirdly brightens up the model when I turn on SSSRenders fine without SSS. As you can see, it weirdly brightens up the model. It’s renders fine without SSS. I just can’t figure out how to render out the SSS. I have baked a thickness map and inverted that map for the SSS and it should render out without any problems. Any Help will Really be appreciated.

3 days ago

Stealth-unitParticipating Frequently

This Pen tool Height Bug still remains in 2026.... or Version 12.0

So i posted this a while back before but the Post has been removed for some reason…. i guess because being inactive on the post. but yeah this happens when using the Pen Tool more you use it. adds artifacts to your Height and the only fix for this was to Down Grade to 2025 11.0.3… Any Higher that that Version the Bug still remains there…… shocking its still there in 2026 Video example i made for the old post

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3 days ago

funny_power5995Participant

Substance 3D Painter 2025 stuck on splash screen, won’t launch (Steam version, Windows 11)

Hi everyone,I’m having trouble launching Substance 3D Painter 2025 (Steam version). When I try to start it, the splash screen shows up, but the main window never opens. It just stops there.Other Adobe products such as Substance 3D Designer 2025 work fine on the same machine.System info:OS: Windows 11 (22H2 / build 26100)GPU: NVIDIA RTX (Studio Driver, latest version)RAM: xx GBThings I have already tried:Reinstalled Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2022 Redistributable (latest version already present)Reinstalled DirectX runtimeUpdated NVIDIA GPU driver (latest Studio Driver)Deleted AppData cache (Local / Roaming)Verified game files in Steam (no issues found)Confirmed “OpenCL / OpenGL / Vulkan Compatibility Pack” is not installedNo logs are generated under Documents\Adobe\Adobe Substance 3D Painter\logsSymptom:Only Substance Painter 2025 is affected — Designer 2025 launches finePainter shows the splash screen but never proceeds, no error messagesHas anyone else run into this issue? Are there an

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Glen2594915806ecParticipant

Substance Painter v12.0.2 Unable to load - Windows 11

System Info:OS: Windows 11 25H2 (Build 26200.8246) GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER GPU Driver: Studio driver (clean install via DDU) CPU: Has integrated AMD Radeon graphics (disabled in BIOS) Norton Antivirus: Fully uninstalledError from Windows Event Viewer (consistent across every launch attempt):Faulting application: Adobe Substance 3D Painter.exe version 12.0.2.0 Faulting module: ucrtbase.dll version 10.0.26100.8246 Exception code: 0xc0000409 Fault offset: 0x00000000000a4aee No log file is generated in AppData — application crashes before any log is writtenEverything tried:Installed VC_redist.x64 and ran Repair Updated GPU drivers multiple times including December 2025 Studio driver Clean GPU driver install using DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) in normal mode Disabled integrated AMD GPU in BIOS, running on NVIDIA only Forced NVIDIA GPU for Substance Painter via Windows Graphics Settings Ran SFC /scannow — no issues found Ran DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth — no i

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Mathilde333Participant

Substance painter 2025 on steam does not launch

When I try to launch substance painter on steam it does not launch.I have the Substance 3D Painter 11.1.3 currently.I paid a lot for this application to never be able to use it, as you can see by my 45 minutes of usetime spent to try to open the application. When I press play, substance sends me to the lauchscreen, and then it collapses and I can press play again. I need this program right now, any help is welcome!I have tried:updating pc and graphic cards clean reinstall How can i even contact support? There is no where to contact anyone :(( So i am trying here… (and no, my program is too old for a refund, as that is 2 weeks, but I don’t have a functioning program so...) PC specs:Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with Radeon Graphics (3.30 GHz) Installed RAM: 32 GB Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU (8 GB) AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics (497 MB) System type:: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Lively_Twilight9227Participant

Steam Version of Substance Painter Won’t Launch

I’m having an issue where the Steam version of Substance Painter won’t launch. The splash screen appears for a moment and then disappears, and the application never starts.version 11.1.0 Here’s what I’ve tried so far:Updated Windows (upgraded from Windows 10 to 11)Clean GPU driver reinstall using DDUComplete reinstall of Visual C++ RedistributablesDeleted cache filesRan system file check and performed system restoreSince the program closes before it fully starts, no sp_log.txt is generated.I checked the crash dump with WinDbg, and it shows the following: (STACK_COMMAND: ~0s; .ecxr ; kb IP_IN_PAGED_CODE: ucrtbase!abort+4e 00007ffe38054ace cd29 int 29h SYMBOL_NAME: ucrtbase!abort+4e MODULE_NAME: ucrtbase IMAGE_NAME: ucrtbase.dll FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: FAIL_FAST_FATAL_APP_EXIT_c0000409_ucrtbase.dll!abort OS_VERSION: 10.0.26100.1 BUILDLAB_STR: ge_release OSPLATFORM_TYPE: x64 OSNAME: Windows 10 IMAGE_VERSION: 10.0.26100.7019 FAILURE_ID_HASH: {e31753ac-c98a-8055-3663-47e707543d20} Foll

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BuzzkirillParticipant

Have Drop shadow filter work on masked Fill layersOpen for Voting

Currently only regular layers support the very useful Drop shadow filter.I would like Drop shadow to work with Fill layers too because Fill layers are a much more flexible and non-destructive workflow

Yeon0122Participant

Failed to open projectsettings.ini error after crash - File Corrupted

Hi, Substance Painter crashed and now I cannot open my project file. It gives me the "Failed to open projectsettings.ini" error and exits. I spent too many hours on this mapping work and I cannot redo this from scratch. Could you please check and fix my corrupted .spp file? Thank you.*This post has been moved by a moderator.

bromampferParticipating Frequently

Baking - Edge Artificats

I read all threads and I’ve seen this an ongoing issue. Baking and artifacts on edges, where the Normals are bending over 90 degrees.Regardless, even when not using sharp edges, and having a clean seam underneath, the unwanted ‘warping’ effect around the edges is clearly visible, especially when using a pure high glossy metallic reflection material like pure chrome. I think I pulled very trick from the register, to avoid these lousy looking artifacts, but no success.I wonder, perhaps there is anything substantial I’ve been totally missing here?Thanks for any little help,appreciate it!

Substance 3D Painter Bridge in ZBrush now available!News

Paul GrestyCommunity Manager

Adobe and Maxon are rolling out a seamless “Send to” workflow in the new release of ZBrush allowing you to send your meshes from ZBrush over to Substance 3D Painter more smoothly than ever before. This partnership between two of the key industry-standard tools used across games, VFX, animation, manufacturing, and product design is all about reducing friction in your creative workflow, freeing you up to focus on the more creative elements of your project that really matter. Sculpt in ZBrush. Send your work directly to Substance 3D Painter in one click. And dive straight into texturing without breaking your flow. It’s really that simple. Try it out! You’ll need ZBrush 2026.2.0 (the Maxon One April 2026 update) and Substance 3D Painter 12.0.2. And for more info, Maxon have just posted a livestream demo of Master ZBrush Trainer Ian Robinson and all-around 3D Ninja Wes McDermott showing how the process works. You can watch that above, or click through to see it in YouTube right here.

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BuzzkirillParticipant

Ability to use Polygon fill to erase, and also affect other channels besides base colorOpen for Voting

Currently, the Polygon fill tool is very useful for editing base color and masks.I do not see an obvious technical reason why it can’t also affect Height, Roughness, Normal and other channels, as well as erase things.Please add this feature.

kirill_7256Known Participant

A simple scatter things brush pleaseOpen for Voting

Why we have to deal with Designer ,IDs and functions and solve non-stop puzzles .Why It couldn’t work just like Blender where you pick things manually, link to special group and paint . Or like in 3dcoat where you shift click several brush dabs at once and scatter them randomly with random offset , rotation scale and whatever. All this simple ways have a key feature . you pick exactly what you currently need. Instant and easy. Doesn’t have to deal with atlas ranges or solve puzzles why something suddenly doesn’t work. Simple , direct and exact choice. Doesn’t have to save gazillion brush presets . Painter way is so exhausting. Maybe an option to select several files with suffixes like _col, _norm, _spec(with packed metall, roughness, AO and height in rgba ) in win explorer or whatever file manager and drop them to special brush list input. Atlas is so inconvenient when you need only specific things and easy quick add /delete option. Make Painter to build its ow

andreas.rParticipant

Missing flags from help and documentation

Run painter in cli with --help, --enable-remote-scripting is missing.Run with --help-all does nothing like what it claims to be doing.Documentation https://helpx.adobe.com/substance-3d-painter-python/api.html does not contain any mention of remote scripting.It is only found on https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/substance-3d-painter/using/scripting-and-development/scripts-and-plugins/remote-control-with-scriptingAnother bug, but that is related to this site. Editing the “Describe your bug” essentially creates a new one so anything users have written about a bug is deleted.

andreas.rParticipant

Python scripting improvementsOpen for Voting

Many methods still need one to use javascript. Make js and Python 1:1 - so I don't have to write javascript, in python. See setProjectExportPreset/getProjectExportPreset In Python it seems impossible to set export preset settings without actually also exporting. Getting/Setting settings should be possible without side effects. Setting Output Template programattically, does not also update fileFormat field to match. ``` python import substance_painter.js as js js.evaluate(‘alg.mapexport.setProjectExportPreset(“MyPreset”)’) # MyPreset has fileFormat: tga js.evaluate(‘alg.mapexport.getProjectExportOptions()’) ``` Returns {'bitDepth': 8, 'dilation': 16, 'exportShaderParams': False, 'exportUSD': False, 'fileFormat': 'bmp', 'padding': 'Infinite'} If I do this through the UI, it will set the field to match the file format in the preset on the otherhand. No option to set File type to use same as template. “Based on output template” ```python >>> js.evaluate("alg.mapexport.getPr

barmodsParticipant

Substance painter closes (not crashes) after around 3 minutes of work.

When I open substance painter, it doesn’t matter what I do, after around 3 minutes, it will just close. It does not crash, as if I’m in a project, it will ask to save before closing. It was working perfectly fine a couple of hours ago. Please help me with this! I really doubt its GPU related as the program is not crashing, it literally just closes. I can just be on the home screen and it will still close.

yararstsParticipant

I’m creating a new post about this topic because everywhere I see theres no solution. I can open the file, and I can export texture, but I’m not allowed to modify it since if I do anything it starts to load and never finish, ending up to be closed by ctrl alt del. I’ve seen in way too many posts, for some years ans this bug is still nowadays all strong. Whats the problem with this software? its a industry standard going with the same bug FOR YEARS. This is just ridiculous

DevL32577846ofi8Participant

Frozen Loading Bar

(Sorry my bad English, still learning...)I'm having the problem that the loading bar is stuck at about 30-40% of the way when I try to open a project, I've left it open for about 2 plus hours and the loading bar dont move at allThings i tried: reinstalled Windows 10, cleaned my PC, updated all drivers...I really don't know what to do and I'm very frustrated because I can't work. PC:Ryzen 7 5800x3d32 GB RAMRTX 3080The program simply doesn't consume RAM, cpu or disk or other resources, it just makes my GPU go to 100% I have the most current drivers for my GPUMost current version of the programProject is less than 200MB in sizeAny tips or suggestions i could do?   

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Benc3dParticipant

Substance 2025 Perpetual License Download

I have a substance 2025 perpetual license but I can't find a download link to be able to install the software on a new PC? Is it possible to download previous version of the substance suite for older perpetual licences?

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6 days ago

Galder7Participant