layer transfer from one substance painter file to another one

[Draconus0]

I have two substance painter files and I want to move the layers (or if needed the whole texture set) from one of the files to another one. Having two instances open and drag&drop does not work for me, neither by normal startup nor with admin rights in both instances. Substance painter version is up to date, 9.1.1.

The file where I have the layers I want is an older version of the same item. The file with the new version has a new mesh part (that has a new material/texture set) added. I want to move the layers for the old mesh part, so I can have everything in the new project and see how it looks with the new mesh part and how I have to paint that one to look the way I want.

Is there some way to achieve all layers transferred without having to redo everything?

If the drag&drop should work please tell me. And add any hints about what you expect could cause issues if you've got the time to tell me.

[Cyril Dellenbach]

Hi @Draconus0,

Thanks for the question.

Unfortunately, you can't currently copy & paste layers between projects. This would indeed be a nice feature, but this isn't easy to implement, and not the current focus.

Therefore, I advise you to export bitmaps (Base, Color, Roughness, etc,) from your project 01 and import those into your new project 02. You can now drag & drop them in a Fill Layer.

Alternatively and depending on your layers, you can put the entire Layer Stack of project 01 into a group, RMB > Create Smart Material and use this newly created Smart Material in your project 02.

Let me know if this helps.

[Franz32170600an2z]

Hallo das ist schade, würde gerne die Pfade (Seams) aus einem File in ein anderes File kopieren was einfacher und besser ist als das File Neu zumachen 

[Cyril Dellenbach]

Alternatively, you can create a smart material from the entire Layer Stack (RMB on a group > Create Smart Material), which will be saved in your library.

Regards,