Substance 3D Painter

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.  

 [ResourceImage] Failed to load image content from file 'file:///C:/Users/Roma/Desktop/image_2025-03-24_13-22-17.png'[ResourceImage] Can't serialize empty surface[Project] Failed to save project to 'C:/Users/Roma/Desktop/Model/Painter/Model.spp'[Project management] Save failed - this is unusual, check previous messages for more information

Ive downloaded my substance painter from steam and it wont openwindows 11,rtx 4070,I9 12900kI only see this and then nothing it just quits from app 

Hello!I bought the Steam version of substance painter and wanted to ask if there is any possibility to revert to the OpenGL version?My RTX 5070 ti has noticable performance issues with the Vulkan version but runs well with the older OpenGL viewport.I know that because I previously worked with the regular subscription version, where reverting was possible and it fixed the issues.Best regards,Philipp

Environment:Substance 3D Painter 2026 (version 12.0.1 Build 5292 - 5c7d4ababad6d05862324959feb192c9a033dd44) -- native linux build, running with steam linux runtime disabled Arch Linux (Linux vargr 6.19.6-zen1-1-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:24:56 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux) AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (Zen 5, AVX-512), NVIDIA RTX 3080 (driver 590.48.01), 64 GB RAMReproduction:Open substance painter on linux via steam (launch steam using `steam -compat-force-slr off` if necessary to bypass broken steam runtime) Load up a model Apply material like “Fabric Tarpaulin” to model Watch material visually apply Program freezes and crashesDetails:From what I’ve been able to figure out, the faulting thread is a Substance blend worker:Thread 154 "SubstanceThread" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.[Switching to Thread 0x7f0946ffe6c0 (LWP 96974)]0x00007f2bf156dc10 in ?? () from ./libsubstance_sse2_blend.soI used GDB to grab the disassembly at the RIP at time of crash:=> 0x7f2b

It it possible to export textures with a transparent background instead of the default grey/white that’s always underneath? I feel like it should be. I want to use what I’ve painted as a decal of sorts to be overlayed atop pre-existing materials.   

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

Hello, I purchased Substance Painter 3D Steam Edition and installed it on Arch Linux (GNOME) and on the latest 64-bit version of Ubuntu LTS (GNOME). I am encountering an extremely annoying issue with the software’s color picker. The bug manifests differently depending on the distribution : For Arch Linux – GNOME  : When I click directly on the color, the widget does not appear at all—the click seems to do nothing. When I use the eyedropper tool, the screen turns black until I select a color (which ends up being black since the screen is black). After that, the screen returns to normal. This makes the software practically unusable. For Ubuntu LTS (latest 64-bit version) – GNOME : When I click directly on the color, the widget appears correctly and works as expected. However, when I use the eyedropper tool, the same bug as on Arch occurs. Note : When I refer to the color and the eyedropper, I mean the main color picker as well as all the settings used to modify a material (textures, etc.

高さマップを含めたレイヤーにマスクを追加し、そのマスクに対しブラシやパスで描画するとブラシのぼかしの部分にポリゴンの境目が目立って見えてしまいます。バグでしょうか？バグではないとしたら、対処法がありますでしょうか。 

Hello,Version: Substance 3D Painter 12.0Issue: When I modify an existing Color Selection mask on a folder (by adding or removing a picked color), the Base Color of the material inside that folder disappears. Other channels (Normal, Metallic, Roughness, etc.) remain unaffected.Steps to reproduce:Bake an ID map from vertex colors (e.g. red, green, blue areas). Create Folder A with a black mask + Color Selection picking red and green. Create Folder B with a black mask + Color Selection picking blue. Place fill layers with materials inside each folder. Base Color displays correctly at this point. Remove red from Folder A's Color Selection, then add red to Folder B's Color Selection. Result: The Base Color in Folder B no longer displays for the newly added red area. Normal, Metallic, and other channels display correctly.Workaround: Deleting the Color Selection alone does not fix it. Deleting the entire black mask and recreating it from scratch (black mask → Color Selection → pick colors) re

I have a project in Substance 3D painter and i would like to export it for 3D print on a Mimaki 3DUK-553. I know it will have to be run through a slicer before printing on the printer. My question is, what is the best way to export the textures and mesh or is there a template that is the best to use? Thanks for you help

Heyhey, guys! I am a bit frustrated right now because my Painter keeps crashing whenever I try to open a certain file. It's not just that file, though, but also all autosaves of it (going back about an hour before the last manual save). It opened just fine earlier today and I had no issues with it at all so far. An older version (basically without actual progress, though..) opens without issue as well. So far, I have restarted my PC, updated my graphics driver, made sure that Painter launches using my GPU, moved the file from my external hard drive to my local one and tried to run Painter and open the file without anything else running at the same time (to make sure all resources are reserved for Painter). Nothing has helped. It just crashes about a second or two after I try opening it. There was one instance where it took a few seconds and it looked like it might be loading the file, but it just crashed again after a few seconds. I didn't even do anything overly fancy.

Hello!After updating Substance 3D Painter to version 11.1, I encountered a problem: the baker stopped working.What happens:When I try to start baking, the program completely freezes and becomes unresponsive. I have to force-close it through the Task Manager. The issue occurs every time, even in a new project.My system:Windows 11GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1080 TiGPU drivers are updated to the latest versionWhat I have already tried:Restarting the software and the PCCreating a new projectUnfortunately, the problem persists.Could you please advise what I can do to restore the baker's functionality? Are there any known conflicts or recommended settings?Thank you!

Why does Painter insist on going back to base color from mask mode when I switch layers? Working in mask mode is often the quickest way to see which surfaces in a complex scene have which materials, but every time I switch layers it jumps back to base color. This is really disruptive to workflow. With a complex scene with many layers, keeping track of material assignment is already extremely difficult in Painter and it's important to try to avoid overlapping materials. So masking is very important. Working in mask mode to quickly check thru all layers in this way would really be the fastest method... except Painter jumps out of this mode with every layer change, and all the associated redraw time that this entails. Think I really might have to learn Mari.....

ive got this square around my alpha ive imported that is very easy to see when looking at the model does someone know how to remove this. 

 What does this setting actually change?I changed this setting to OpenGL as a test; imported an OpenGL normal map - and it looks wrong.the OpenGL normal map in question So if this setting doesn’t change how normal maps are displayed in the viewport, what does it do? 🤔 (Edit: I imported the DirectX version of the same normal map and voilà ; it looks correct - even though the project setting is set to OpenGL...mysterious)

  Like you can see here, I did paint only once on one UV-shell, and it painted another as well. Their UVs not touching each other. I can assume it happens becaurce they're one model. But I thought that's why we use UVs, to make one tecture file with different materials inside

 I'm getting bad bakes for the lock, latches, and side handles. (Wood pieces too, but I'm not super really concerned about it since they don't seem to show any visual artifacts) My UVs probably aren't the best, but as far as I can tell, nothing is overlapping or sitting out of place. I tried repositioning the lock physically and on the UV map, making sure nothing was intersecting with it, and still it came out the same way. I can't seem to find why my UVs are turning out like this. Maybe there's some general things I want to avoid when organizing things that I don't know of. Not super experienced in the field.Also, the mesh bakes the same way if the pieces are joined or separated. 

I can see there's options for HDR color spaces at verious display capabilities but substance itself doesn't seem to display in HDR? Am i doing something wrong? This is on Windows 11

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  

Currently am trying to download the Substance 3D painter but upon installing I noticed the waiting time is taking too long to do. I did try to install and wait around 2 days now with the screen still loading. Is there any way I can fix this? I dont think it’s due to wifi connection since installing other Adobe programs seems to work fine.

Hi! I have a problem.My Autosave plugin settings are not saved.I am trying to configure this plugin, but after I close Substance Painter and open it again, all the settings of the Autosave plugin are reset to the default ones.What could be the problem?Windows 11 operating System.