TUTORIAL ARTICLE

Beginner

89 min

Getting Started with Substance 3D Painter (2021)

In this project based course, you learn to use Substance 3D Painter 2021. Together we will texture a robot asset from start to finish. The course is divided into 5 videos where each video builds upon the previous lesson. At the end of this course, you will have built a basic foundation for texturing in Substance Painter that you can further expand as you continue to learn and grow as a texture artist.

This course comes with all project files, as well as a full workbook, which details each step shown in the videos. Use the link below to download it.

1

Getting Started - Course introduction

This is a project based course where we will texture a robot asset from start to finish.

2

Getting Started - Part 01 - Materials & masking

In this video we take a look at creating the project, materials and masking in Substance Painter 2021.

3

Filters & generators

In this video we take a look at working with filters and generators in Substance Painter 2021.

4

Brushes & painting

In this video we take a look at brushes and painting in Substance Painter 2021.

5

Adding decals

In this video we take a look at adding decals using planar projection in Substance Painter 2021.

6

Exporting & rendering

In this video we take a look at exporting textures and rendering in Substance Painter using IRay.