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Adobe Substance 3D Painter

Name: Adobe Substance 3D Painter
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Author: Adobe

The texturing application that paints materials directly onto a 3D model with real physical response, in its current release, with the full smart material and mask library and the bundled baker installed.

Version 12.1.0.552 2.68 GB Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) Updated 4 days ago

Overview

What this release is

Substance 3D Painter changed how texturing is done by letting an artist paint on the model itself rather than on a flattened map they have to imagine wrapping around it. Brush a scratch across a metal edge and it appears on the model in real time with correct roughness and reflection, because everything is painted as physically based material rather than flat colour.

The intelligence in the program is in its smart materials and masks. A smart material carries not just a look but the logic for where wear should fall, so applying an aged metal to a new object automatically weathers the edges and recesses the way real wear does. The mask generators read the mesh curvature, ambient occlusion, and thickness to place dirt and grime where they would actually collect.

Baking is built in, which is the step that makes all of the above work. The bundled baker computes the curvature, ambient occlusion, normal, and thickness maps from a high resolution version of the model, and those maps are what drive the smart masks. Everything needed to go from a raw mesh to a finished texture set lives in one application.

This build installs with the full smart material, brush, and mask library rather than leaving the content to download afterward. Export presets cover the major render engines and game engines, and the licensing step is applied before first launch so the program runs without a sign in.

Feature set

What you get

Paint on the model

Materials are painted directly onto the 3D surface with correct physical response shown in real time.

Smart materials

Materials that carry wear logic, so applying an aged look weathers edges and recesses automatically.

Smart masks

Generators that read curvature, occlusion, and thickness to place dirt and grime where it would truly collect.

Built-in baker

Computes the curvature, occlusion, normal, and thickness maps that drive the smart masks from a high resolution mesh.

Content library

The full smart material, brush, and mask set installs with the application rather than downloading later.

Export presets

Output presets for the major render engines and game engines built into the package.

Changes in this build

What changed

Expanded the bundled smart material and mask library
Faster baking on high polygon meshes with the GPU baker
Improved viewport response on models with many texture sets
Added export presets for current game engine material inputs
Fixed the mask generator artefacts on meshes with overlapping UV shells

Installation

How to install it

Disable real time protection before extracting the archive.
Extract to a short path and run the installer as administrator.
Choose the interface language on the first screen.
Apply the included licensing step before opening the program.
Start the program and confirm the shelf shows the full material library with no locked content.

Hardware

System requirements

Processor	Intel or AMD, 64-bit, 4 cores or more
Memory	16 GB minimum, 32 GB for 4K texture sets
Graphics	4 GB VRAM minimum, 8 GB for high resolution painting and baking
Storage	12 GB install plus space for the content library
Display	1920 x 1080
System	Windows 10 version 22H2 or Windows 11

Package

Release information

Title	Adobe Substance 3D Painter
Version	12.1.0.552
Developer	Adobe
Category	CAD & 3D
Platform	Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
Package size	2.68 GB
Interface languages	Multilingual (9 interface languages)
Release identifier	BS-12100552
Listed	1 year ago
Last rebuilt	4 days ago
Total downloads	358,538

Questions

Before you start

Is the content library included?

Yes. The smart materials, brushes, and masks install with the application rather than downloading afterward.

Does it bake its own maps?

Yes. The bundled baker computes the maps that drive the smart masks from a high resolution version of the model.

Which formats can it export to?

The major render and game engine presets are included, and custom output templates can be built for anything else.

Why do smart masks look wrong on my model?

The mesh maps were not baked or the UVs overlap. Bake the maps first and separate any overlapping UV shells.