Substance Painter 2018 Essential Training

Course details

These days, nearly every industrial visualization and game studio uses Substance Painter, making it the industry standard for texture creation, especially for physically-based rendering (PBR). In this course, Wes McDermott takes a beginner's look at Substance Painter 2018, walking you through a basic project—texturing a simple game asset. He starts with the basics, showing you how to create a new project and import the model, as well as use the integrated baking system. Next, Wes shows how to work with materials and layers and provides a primer on the brush toolset and smart materials. After you finish tackling the fundamentals, Wes shows you how to fully texturize the asset, working step-by-step through the body, tires, and cabin of the example asset, a front-load tractor. He wraps up by showing you how to create portfolio renders using Iray, the integrated path-tracing renderer in Substance Painter.

Learning objectives
Creating a new project
Baking texture maps
Fixing overlapping UVs and AO
Creating a metal material
Texturing the body, tires, and cabin of the vehicle
Applying dirt and rust
Exporting textures
Rendering in Iray

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Learning Substance Painter
02 - What to know
03 - Exercise files

1. Creating a Project

04 - Creating a project and importing the mesh
05 - Navigating the views
06 - Understanding texture sets and settings
07 - Understanding display settings
08 - Setting up a shader
09 - Importing content

2. Baking Textures

10 - Baking the maps for the project
11 - Using Match By Mesh Name
12 - Fixing overlapping UVs
13 - Fixing ambient occlusion (AO) using Clone Brush

3. Creating a Metal Material

14 - Creating the base material
15 - Adding scratches to the roughness
16 - Creating edge wear
17 - Creating and applying a Smart Material

4. Texturing the Body

18 - Creating the base and rust material
19 - Masking the rust with effects and generators
20 - Instancing the material
21 - Refining the rust on the bucket
22 - Finishing the bucket
23 - Texturing the back
24 - Adding a second painted material
25 - Continuing to apply materials
26 - Mirroring details
27 - Painting bolts
28 - Improving the metal

5. Texturing the Tires and Cabin

29 - Creating the rubber
30 - Texturing the rims
31 - Texturing the cabin inside
32 - Texturing the windshield

6. Applying Decal Textures and Overall Dirt

33 - Texturing the lights
34 - Using the UV projection manipulator
35 - Creating the dirt material

7. Exporting and Using Textures

36 - Using export configurations
37 - Rendering in Iray

Conclusion

38 - Next steps