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July 16, 2021
Question

Brush previews missing when painting hard surfaces

  • July 16, 2021
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When I try to brush hard surfaces the preview of the hard surface disappears once I remove the alpha channel of the brush. I have tried to toggle the cursor modes, but nothing changes. 

 

Preview with original alpha channel:

 

Once I remove the alpha channel:

 

I have tried toggling the cursor modes as well

 

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Windows 10

Substance Painter 7.2.0

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davescm
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davescmCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 17, 2021

It looks like a bug, or unexpected feature 🙂 , to me, however as a workaround I created a simple white square 128px x 128px in Photoshop and saved it as a png. Then I imported that into my Substance shelf as an alpha and dropped it into the Alpha slot. That delivered the same effect that I expected removing the alpha would have (albeit without the level control) and gave me back the preview (with full preview cursor)

 

Dave

    {KMS}
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    July 18, 2021

    Thanks for confirming the bug. I hope it gets fixed soon. I’m using a
    square shape in the alpha channel as well, but some hard surface shapes are
    still cutoff. --
    Kevin Snyder
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