Substance 3D Designer

Check out the new features in the material authoring software, including updates to the Spline tools and node graph.

Wednesday, January 15th, 2025

Current beta build of the image-editing app lets users create and import custom image-stylization filters as Substance 3D .sbsar files.

Thursday, December 19th, 2024

Material authoring software gets new color-manipulation nodes for stylizing images and generating color palettes and ID maps.

Thursday, August 1st, 2024

Discover the key changes in the procedural 3D software: from the revolutionary Copernicus framework to rigging, animation and simulation.

Thursday, July 11th, 2024

New open shading model intended to supersede both Adobe and Autodesk's standard materials reaches its milestone 1.0 release.

Wednesday, June 5th, 2024

3D texture painting software gets streamlined new workflow for handling text, and support for Adobe Illustrator .ai files.

Friday, May 17th, 2024

Check out self-taught animator SouthernShotty's inspirational animation breakdown for his 13-minute, one-person Blender short.

Monday, April 22nd, 2024

Free update to the industry-standard set of add-on tools for Mari adds powerful new Node Editor and Ramp Editor.

Tuesday, April 16th, 2024

Open-source framework should help devs write plugins to send files between Substance 3D apps and tools like Blender and Maya.

Friday, April 5th, 2024

Discover how to create environment assets for VFX or games cinematics in The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

Saturday, March 2nd, 2024

Get the new version of the free Blender plugin for importing and editing Substance .sbsar materials, now available for Blender 4.0.

Thursday, February 29th, 2024

Promising new app combines 3D texture painting, node-based material authoring and AI features. Free if you earn under $100k/year.

Thursday, January 25th, 2024

Discover how to create custom SpeedTree trees and plants for games with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.

Wednesday, December 27th, 2023