Substance 3D Painter Quick Start Guide - All You Need To Know To Get Texturing

This video goes over what, in my opinion, are the core fundamental skills and techniques to start effectively texturing in Adobe Substance 3D Painter 2022.

To find extra Materials check out the following links:

Download my example texture file here:

00:00 Intro
00:00 Create New Project & Import 3D Model
00:30 Change Viewport From 2D/3D To 3D Only
00:50 Understanding The UI
01:45 Camera Controls
02:08 Baking Mesh Maps
02:43 Creating And Understanding Fill Layers
03:50 Stacking Fill Layers
04:08 Geometry Masks
05:07 Creating Black Masks
05:28 Paint Tool on Black Masks
05:40 Polygon Fill Tool
07:05 Black Mask Layers
07:55 Using The Brush Tool
09:03 Smart Masks
10:02 Alphas
10:46 Materials & Smart Materials
11:30 Where To Find Extra Materials & Assets
11:58 Exploring Smart Materials
13:21 Customizing Smart Materials
14:23 Stacking Smart Materials
15:05 Painting Height
16:57 Importing Custom Alphas
18:07 Importing And Applying Custom Images & Textures
19:16 Adding & Painting Emission
19:58 Adding & Painting Opacity (Glass)
20:51 Review & Where To Continue Your Learning
21:28 Upscaling Textures & Exporting Texture Maps
22:41 Breaking Down Example Finished Texture

[Leevy]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! QUick and easy. I learnt a lot

[naps]

You sir are an absolute legend! I've been lost in substance painter i'm fairly new to it and you've explained basically everything I needed. So thank you very much for this.

I had a question for you as well, when I am in substance painter and working on my texturing some of the parts of my mesh will just be way darker than the others without even doing anything to them but baking, I thought it was maybe ambient occlusion or something but I dont know for sure I was wondering if you had any suggestions to make all the parts just one brightness?

Thank you again for this fantastic video and I hope your channel gets the exposure it truly deserves man. If you keep pumping out substance painter videos i'll watch every one haha i'm mainly doing blender to substance painter and hopefully once I have enough assets made I can start doing things in unreal engine so I got a lot of learning to do and your teaching style is fantastic for these things so please keep it up!

[tuongnguyenan]

this is really helpful, keep up the good work my man

[Therealblacktux]

thank you james, the tutorial was brilliant and super informative!

[Gfors]

Is substance painter good for making hardsurfaces that is brand new? all I can see are cheap ways to add scratches, wear and tear and such. but how do you make something brand new without making it look plastic or fake?

[graytho]

absolutely incredible guide, substance painter always seemed so daunting but this one video summarizes everything in one extremely good video. thanks man

[ipi]

really useful and straight to the point! keep on the good job!

[petertremblay]

Since i bought 3d coat this software is now collecting dust on my hardrive!

[thomasliu]

I know the basics, but everything from importing alphas to the end of this video was brand new to me, it’s enlightening.

[wathah]

Isn't there enough free 3d programs out there?

[mranstey]

A very helpful and well presented video - thank you kind sir!