Substance 3D Painter

Can someone give me some tips and suggestions for creating these exhaust streaks? I’ve tried several different brushes, so far nothing I’ve tried looks decent.

This morning I got a notice that there was a new painter update so I downloaded and installed it. It told me on startup that I needed to update my video driver so I did that. Everything was working fine until a few minutes ago. Now, every time I try to bake mesh maps it locks up on me. Even with just a simple cube.Also, to the person who gave me a suggestion to try on making exhaust/oil streaks on a plane, thanks. I’ll give it a try.

Hi all,Background:I create aviation safety videos and typically purchase helicopter models from Turbosquid, then rework them, mainly redoing textures in Blender with decals. I am still fairly new to Substance Painter, so please bare with me for any stupid questions that might be resolved with common workflows.Goals:Produce highly detailed, accurate aircraft models.Use textures (rivets, panel lines, etc.) to replicate fine details while maintaining accurate placement based on the real aircraft.Begin marketing my models on Turbosquid as more accurate, professional-grade options.Current workflow and challenges:Texture size: I have been using 8K or 4K textures, which generally works well, but rivets lose sharpness in close-up shots.The model I purchase usually have one texture map for external surfaces.  However it starts to create issues when trying to focus on details like rivets and screws. To improve resolution, I have been splitting models into multiple UV maps (for example EXT_T

Hi everyone,I am unable to launch Adobe Substance 3D Painter 2025 installed via Steam on Windows 11.Every time I try to run the application, I get consecutive Bad Image error popups with Error status 0xc0e90002 referencing multiple Qt6 libraries, such as: ⁠Qt6QuickWidgets.dll⁠   ⁠Qt6QuickTemplates2.dll⁠   ⁠Qt6WebChannel.dll⁠  Troubleshooting steps already attempted:1. Verified integrity of application files via Steam multiple times.  2. Completely deleted all ⁠Qt6*.dll⁠ files and re-downloaded them via Steam.3. Clean reinstalled Visual C++ Redistributable Runtimes (All-in-One package).  4. Updated GPU drivers to the latest release (NVIDIA).  5. Ran ⁠sfc /scannow⁠ and ⁠DISM⁠ repairs for Windows system files.6. Added exclusion rules in Windows Defender for the entire Steam installation folder.  7. Disabled Real-time Protection and moved the installation drive.None of these solutions resolved the issue, and the ⁠0xc0e90002⁠ error persists for Qt6 components. Any guidance on how to fix thi

Hello to all,I have a problem exporting a texture from Substance 3D Painter into Unity URP.I have done all according to the explanations I have found.But from this in Substance 3D Painter:I get this in Unity:I have a few layers on top of each other:The settings I have used for export are like this:In Unity I have created a new material and applied the textures that where exported: Maybe anybody can help me?

I have a problem where I put my texture into roblox studio so it can add it into my mesh but for some reason it gives me errors. Does anyone know how to fix it? plz help

I want to export a base color with transparency.When I select RGB in the output template settings and drag and drop Opacity to export, I get an error.I would like to know how to export a texture with a transparent background.Thank you in advance. 

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. 

As I was working on my character model, the default material sphere disappeared when I creating a black mask. I used the “Smudge” tool a few layers back to smooth out the redness of the lips. However, once I got out of it, it caused the default material sphere to disappear whenever I create a new fill under a black mask. Because of this, if I use the “Dirt” brushes as an alpha, it would have a squared border. However, if I choose one of the “Dirt” brushes from my Asset Library, it would appear normally without the squared border. To get back to the “No Material” issue, even if I use the “Paint” tool as some suggested to fix the issue, it will still immediately disappear when I choose a different option. If I reopen Substance Painter, everything will appear normally until I click on a different tool, which causes the grey sphere to disappear. I received this red error message in my log stating the following: [GenericMaterial] Shader API has been updated. Textures may briefly flash white

Is there a way to prevent polyfill from filling random polygons on surfaces hidden from the camera by the surface I intend to paint on? If not, I'm afraid I won't be able to contain my increasingly violent intentions towards the Substance painter dev team. 

I want to set the Output Folder of File/Export Textures gui, via python API.Is there a way to do that, if yes how? Also the same question for Output templateIs there a way to set (select a template) it via python, if yes how? Also the same question for New Project/Project template.Is there a way to set (select a template) it via python, if yes how?   Thank You!

Hi,I’m getting strange black/white noise or dots in the Substance 3D Painter viewport, as shown in the screenshot. The same project looks normal on another computer.Could this be related to the GPU, driver, or viewport settings? What should I check or compare between the two computers?Painter version: Substance 3D Painter, version 12.1.3Build 5709GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XTOS: Windows 11 Version 25H2

Anyone know why this is happening, for some reason some uv island in a single mesh isnt getting mask when i try to mask the whole object but when i try masking comletely unrelated object that part is getting masked. i checked the uv, it isnt overlapping or anything and there is proper padding too. watch the video to clearly understand the issue 

I'm waiting to purchase the Substance Painter Steam version of 2025. It'll be the end of January and still nowhere to be found. I don't want to buy the 2024 version which will no longer be updated. Will there be any discount for the 2025 version if there will be only 11 months or less of support instead of a year or will the update period cover 12 months from the release date?

Hello,I purchased Substance 3D Painter 2026 on Steam on August 27, 2026, and I am using version 12.1.3 on Windows.During actual production work, I have experienced frequent random crashes, errors, and unstable behavior. I tried restarting the application, changing settings, and repeating work after crashes, but the instability has made it difficult to use reliably for professional production.I found Adobe’s official announcement published on August 28 regarding random crashes in Substance 3D Painter 12.1.3 on Windows:https://community.adobe.com/announcements-57/12-1-3-random-crashes-1639216Could you please confirm whether the random crashes I am experiencing may be related to this known issue in version 12.1.3?I purchased the software specifically for professional production work, but because of the frequent instability, I am currently unable to use it reliably.I submitted a refund request to Steam, but it was declined because my usage time exceeded the standard two-hour refund limit.

Hi, Is there a way to prevent a PassThrough filter/Layer above from reading through a specific folder?For example, a folder blend mode that would act as a boundary and prevent filters above it from detecting the layers insidethat folder?Is this possible in Substance 3D Painter?

Although I heard that ID map isn't strictly necessary, I still baked it with submesh as a color source. Also all meshes were knife cut and separated in blender either way. But when I click on for example an engine part, for some reason it also selects a part of the wing. In another example I click only on the right elevator and it selects almost the entire mesh. What am I doing wrong?  

Hi thereAs you can see in image below, my curvature mask is being display with horizontal and diagonal direction, why? I want to add a darker shapes only on areas where the normals are pointing down ( is a palm tree ) ( i am a noob just starting with Painter ) Help Thanks 

Hola. Intentaré ser breve :)Equipo con 32GB de RAM y NVIDIA RTX 4070 con 16GB.He modelado en 3D MAX 2026 exportado como FBX2020.He abierto el modelo en Blender para esculpir las texturas y exportado como FBX.He abierto el modelo en Substance 3D Painter para exportar los Heightmaps y aquí es donde tengo el problema, me pasa lo siguiente:Substance genera la carpeta temporal correcta pero en un momento dado la borra, incluso con el contenido que ya hubiera podido crear en ella y me devuelve este error:"[Library] Error al exportar el recurso 'height OgreTeeth': Error al guardar."Después de muchas pruebas usando tanto Exportar texturas como Exportar recurso y habiendo borrado los directorios de cache:C:\usuarios\MiUsuario\AppData\Local\Tmp y C:\Users\manel\AppData\Local\Adobe\CacheMe sigue dando los siguientes errores:can't be generated" para las 4 UDIMs (Height, Height_1, Height_2 y Height_3).El orneado lo hace bien, el problema está cuando hago el export de los Heightmaps¿Alguna sugerenci

I’m painting manually base colour and normal material for my model. After a while i turn the model to check the other side and I’m met with this huge black spot. I go through single channels, it is only shown in normal channel and normal+height+mesh channels. I tried to delete it by using eraser with normal material only turned on, nothing happend, it only deleted the actuall normal materials under it. I cant paint over it or do anything to it. One bad thing that I did is that I painted base colour and normals in one layer. So I can’t really delete just one layer that could have had the normals painter in it. 

Can a custom tool make an SP export without even launching it? So, it can behave like Houdini Engine or AS DCC, so you don't need to go back and forth. Export it from the plugin or the custom tool in the game engine or whatever engine, instead of having to run Substance Painter, right? I realized that there is “remote-control-with-scripting,” but I want to avoid launching Substance 

I'm trying to get my wings to mimic a bat wing, they have tons of SSS. I have SSS setup and it's working but it's very weak and need to be way stronger to be able to mimic the bat wing. How can I fix this?

Painter 12.1.1 adds a Hard surface option to the automatic unwrap settings. I'd like to use it when creating projects programmatically, but I can't find a way to reach it from the Python API (version 0.3.5).What I checked on a live 12.1.1 install:substance_painter.project.AutoUnwrapSettings still exposes the same 8 fields: recompute_seams, recompute_uv_islands, recompute_packing, margin_size, island_orientation, uv_tiles_settings, avoid_elongated_uv_islands, create_fewer_seams. AutoUnwrapUVIslandOrientation has exactly three members: RotateFreely, AlignWith3DMesh, KeepOriginal. The private _substance_painter.project.AutoUnwrapSettings has no extra field either, and _to_private_auto_unwarp_settings copies field by field, so nothing outside the public dataclass would reach project.create anyway. project_loading_options is empty, and the legacy alg.project JS API doesn't expose unwrap settings.Questions:Is the Hard surface mode reachable from a script in 12.1.1 by some route I've missed?

I have two issues with with my project, but I'm not sure if they're connected. When i import my model, I see an error in the log stating that part of the model has "faces in out of bounds UDIM indices [0, -1]". The part of the mesh with these problematic faces is named, but when I go back into Maya and check it, the faces on that mesh are not out of bounds at all. I'm trying to get ambient occulusion and curvature maps from substance painter to use in Mari, but when I do the bake with this same mesh, the result is completely messed up and I've never had this happen before, so I have no idea what's going on. Are the out-of-bounds faces causing this baking issue? Or is it something else? I've attached screenshots of the error message, the uv faces referenced, and the botched bake result: