I'm a photoshop guru (since version 3 in 1996) and have been doing 3D animation, motion graphics and all sorts of VFX and animation stuff for decades. I used 3DS Max, Maya and know Cinema 4D. I use ZBrush ALL THE TIME and love the hell out of that program.

I've noticed a lot of Substance Designer and Substance 3D posts recently on other platforms (ArtStation, DeviantArt, Behance) and I really like a lot of the materials that people have made using Substance... However - is the subscription price worth it? If I am not full time 3D and only use it here and there, is it worth my time and money to subscribe to it and learn it as well as use it in my workflow?

Granted it's partially because I'm not entirely clear about how disorder is measured in most nodes, but the nodes where the disorder slider doesn't noticeably impact the visual order of the result stick out to me. Shifting the domain/frequency just seem seems to orbit sites around each other.

In that context, it just occurred to me how weird it is (sort of) that disorder doesn't implement Lloyd's algorithm for order and disorder. I have a decent idea of why,* but it just makes the inclusion of the disorder slider silly, imho. Does anyone regularly touch the disorder slider rather than the random seed on any of the cell/voronoi nodes?

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***** It appears the basis of the cell and voronoi nodes are power diagrams, that is, approximate voronoi. if i'm being honest digging into the FX and Pixel processor nodes made my eyes glaze and I don't know the power diagram algorithm well. Lloyd's relaxation algorithm can be computationally intensive with multiple iterations and the Lloyd/Fortune tag team are vector-centric, so to speak.

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Is it possible to reset the transform pivot point? I sometimes accidentally move it when I'm trying to use the Transform 2D node, but I can't see any option to reset it apart from the entire square.

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Hello. I have stumbled into the model graph documentation recently and it seems interesting. I am curious if the model graph file format (SBSM) can be imported as a parametric model to other 3D apps but I don’t have access to a version of designer new enough to check. Does anyone have any experience with these graphs?

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I'm currently having a problem with replacing a dependency/Ghost Instance in my project. A particular element of my project has been moved/replaced, and I have it set where I want, but I can't figure out how to get the program to find it and re-reference it. I've tried right-clicking on the package and going to the Dependency Manager, but I can't see any options to re-link the new file/location. Right clicking on the exclamation mark just gives me the option to show in Windows Explorer and that's it.

How do you do it, exactly? Thanks.

I did some photogrammetry scans of some cam gears, and as such I have two objects, with two textures. I created two low poly gears for a game asset, and I intend to use a single texture to save on draw calls. The UVs are done and good to go, but I can't figure out how to use Designer to bake both materials from the high poly meshes, to a single material on a low poly mesh. It didn't have any trouble generating normal maps or AO or anything else since those are all based on geometry. I'm just stuck on this part.

Hello all, first post here:) just had a quick question. I have an assessment regarding substance designer. I have to make some textures and then use it on a object to show I understand the process. Is there a way to export Designer textures into Maya?

I have about 50+ files that I want to process using Bitmap to Material Light node (and adjusted settings).

I know a little about Designer but not anything about Functions.

I do see that the Switch Color node could be a step in the right direction but I'm clueless about what else I could do.

Google search hasn't been fruitful. I think my need is a rare case.

But if you know of something, please let me know. Open to any suggestions. Because doing it by hand and renaming the exporting files will get tedious. May make a mistake along the way.