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Substance Painter

Model, texture and render realistic insects in ZBrush, Maya and Substance Painter with Eric Keller's detailed tutorial.

Sunday, December 3rd, 2017

Download Dan Rožański's handy free alpha masks for creating bolts, pipes, valves, vents and panelling.

Sunday, December 3rd, 2017

Updated with discounts valid until the New Year, including Affinity Photo and Marmoset Toolbag.

Thursday, November 23rd, 2017

Texture painting app gets support for layer instancing, live link to UE4 and 20 new procedural materials.

Thursday, November 23rd, 2017

Real-time animation tool gets particle add-on based on tech for Substance Painter particle brushes.

Thursday, November 2nd, 2017

Two detailed new video tutorials set out current environment design workflows for VFX and games.

Monday, October 30th, 2017

Texture-painting tool gets export to Adobe's Project Felix, glTF 2.0 support, new Auto-Backup plugin.

Friday, September 29th, 2017

Follow ILM artist Jesse Flores's eight-hour video tutorial in Maya, Mari, V-Ray and Substance Painter.

Tuesday, September 12th, 2017

3D texture painting app gets new Anchor Points system for creating smart multi-layer materials, free live linking plugin to Unity.

Sunday, July 30th, 2017

The Blur Studio artist discusses his award-winning short, The Legion, and new CG project The Vikings.

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

Learn from top Substance Painter and Designer artists at Gnomon's Hollywood campus from 27-29 July. Watch free online.

Sunday, July 16th, 2017

3D texture painting software gets support for HBAO, new live edge wear system, 230 new alphas.

Thursday, June 22nd, 2017

Big annual releases of Substance Designer and Painter replaced with continuous updates, but you can still own outright.

Monday, May 8th, 2017