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Substance 3D Sampler

Substance 3D Sampler

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  1. Substance 3D home
  2. Home
  3. Getting Started
    1. Getting Started overview
    2. Activation and licenses
    3. System requirements /content/help/en/substance-3d-sam
    4. Shortcuts
    5. Importing Resources
    6. Report a bug
    7. Project Management
    8. Export
      1. Export overview
      2. Export Window
      3. Default Presets
        1. Default Presets overview
        2. Arnold 5
        3. Blender Cycles/Eevee
        4. Corona Renderer
        5. Enscape - Revit
        6. Keyshot9+
        7. Lens Studio
        8. Spark AR Studio
        9. Unity HDRP Standard
        10. Unity HDRP Specular
        11. Unity Standard
        12. Unity Specular
        13. Unreal Engine 4
        14. Redshift
        15. V-Ray Next
      4. Managing custom presets
      5. Managing Presets
  4. Interface
    1. Interface overview
    2. The Home Screen
    3. 2D and 3D Viewport
    4. Sidebars
    5. Panels
      1. Panels overview
      2. Project panel
      3. Assets panel
      4. Layers panel
      5. Properties panel
      6. Quick Actions panel
      7. Shader Settings panel
      8. Channel Settings panel
      9. Metadata panel
      10. Export panel
      11. Physical Size Panel
      12. Exposed Parameters Panel
    6. Tools and Widgets
      1. Tools and Widgets overview
      2. Sliders
      3. Color Picker
    7. Preferences
      1. Preferences overview
      2. Normal Format
      3. Layer Resolution
  5. Filters
    1. Filters overview
    2. Custom Filters
    3. Compound Filters
    4. Generators
      1. Generators overview
      2. Atlas Scatter
      3. Brickwall
      4. Cloth Weave
      5. Decal
      6. Embossing
      7. Embroidery
      8. Floor Tiles
      9. Gravel
      10. Panel
      11. Parquet
      12. Pattern
      13. Pavement
      14. Perforate
      15. Quilt Stitch
      16. Splatter
      17. Stonewall
      18. Surface Relief
      19. Weave
    5. Adjustments
      1. Adjustments overview
      2. Blur
      3. Brightness/Contrast
      4. Colorize
      5. Color Replace
      6. Color Variation
      7. Equalize
      8. Fill
      9. Fold remover
      10. Hue/Saturation
      11. Invert
      12. Sharpen
      13. Vibrance
    6. Tools
      1. Tools overview
      2. Atlas Creator
      3. Atlas Splitter
      4. Auto Tiling
      5. Channels Generation
      6. Channel Switch
      7. Clone Stamp
      8. Crop tool
      9. Delight (AI Powered)
      10. Height to AO
      11. Height to Normal
      12. Image To Material
      13. Make it Tile
      14. Match
      15. Multiangle To Material
      16. Normal to Height
      17. Paint Wrap *missing*
      18. PBR Validate
      19. Perspective Correction
      20. Tiling
      21. Transform
      22. Warp
      23. Warp Transform
      24. Upscale
    7. HDRI Tools
      1. HDRI Tools overview
      2. Color Temperature Adjustment
      3. Exposure
      4. Exposure Preview
      5. HDR Merge
      6. Line Light
      7. Nadir Extract
      8. Nadir Patch
      9. Panorama Patch
      10. Plane Light
      11. Shape Light
      12. Sphere Light
      13. Straighten Horizon
    8. Wear and Finish
      1. Wear and Finish overview
      2. Corrode
      3. Cracks
      4. Dirt
      5. Discarded Gums
      6. Dust
      7. Erode
      8. Metal Finish
      9. Moss
      10. Oxidate
      11. Paint
      12. Rust
      13. Scratch
      14. Snow
      15. Stylization
      16. Water
      17. Varnish
  6. Technical Support
    1. Technical Support overview
    2. Exporting the log file
    3. Configuration
      1. Configuration overview
      2. Retrieving the installation path
      3. Update Checker
      4. NVIDIA Driver Settings
      5. 3D Capture set-up on Linux  
    4. Technical Issues
      1. Technical Issues overview
    5. Data or project issues
      1. Data or project issues overview
      2. Import Substance Alchemist projects in Substance 3D Sampler
    6. Filter issues
      1. Filter issues overview
      2. Image to Material and Delighter are missing
      3. Image to Material visual artefacts
    7. Interface issues
      1. Interface issues overview
      2. Fonts are not displayed correctly
      3. Main interface is transparent
    8. Performance issues
      1. Performance issues overview
      2. Color picker takes long time to open the first time
      3. Interface lags when interacting with the layer stack or other elements
    9. Stability issues
      1. Stability issues overview
      2. Crash when exporting a material
      3. Crash when using the Image to Material or Delighter
    10. Startup issues
      1. Startup issues overview
      2. Application doesn't start on Linux
      3. Crash at start up - Old OBS version
  7. Features and workflows
    1. Features and workflows overview
    2. Quick actions
    3. 3D Capture
    4. Export parametric assets
    5. End to end Physical Size Workflow
    6. Flatten layers
    7. Generative Workflow
    8. Texture Import
    9. Texture Generators
    10. Use As Bitmap
    11. Adobe Standard Material
  8. Pipeline and integrations
    1. Pipeline and integrations overview
    2. Environment variables
    3. Substance Send-to
    4. HP Z Captis support
      1. HP Z Captis support overview
      2. Your first capture, step by step
      3. System requirements to use the HP Z Captis device
      4. FAQ for HP Z support in Sampler
      5. Known issues and limitations
    5. Tajima Exporter plugin
  9. Scripting and Development
    1. Scripting and Development overview
    2. Manage installed plugins and scripts
    3. Create a Plugin with Python and QML
    4. Create a Script with Python
      1. Create a Script with Python overview
      2. Example Scripts
  10. 3D Capture
    1. 3D Capture equipment
    2. Camera settings - Exposure
    3. Camera settings - Focus
    4. 3D Capture lighting
    5. Cross-polarizing for 3D Capture
    6. Processing advanced 3D Captures
    7. Editing 3D Captured meshes
  11. Release Notes
    1. Release Notes overview
    2. All Changes
    3. Beta
    4. Version 5.1
    5. Version 5.0
    6. Version 4.5
    7. Version 4.4
    8. Version 4.3
    9. Version 4.2
    10. Version 4.1
    11. Version 4.0
    12. Old Versions
      1. Version 3.4
      2. Version 3.3
      3. Version 3.2
      4. Version 3.1
      5. Version 3.0
      6. Version 2020.3 (2.3)
      7. Version 2020.2 (2.2)
      8. Version 2020.1 (2.1)
      9. Version 2019.1
      10. Version 0.8.1
      11. Version 0.8.0
      12. Version 0.7.0
      13. Version 0.6.1
      14. 0.6.0
      15. 0.5.4
      16. 0.5.3
      17. 0.5.2
      18. 0.5.1
      19. 0.5.0
  12. FAQ
    1. FAQ  Overview

2D and 3D Viewport

The Viewport displays your current asset. At the top of the Viewport you can see the name of your asset and options to change the Viewport appearance. Use these options to:

  • Change width and height of your asset in pixels.
  • Display either 2D view, 3D view, or display both 2D and 3D views together.
  • Switch the split view to horizontal display.
  • Swap 3D and 2D views.
  • Toggle between the standard and full screen viewport.

3D View

The 3D Viewport has two toolbars that allow you to make changes how your asset appears in the Viewport. By default, these toolbars appear in the top right corner, and in the bottom center of the 3D Viewport. 

Note

The 3D Viewport toolbars can be repositioned:

  • You can move the toolbars by dragging the handle at the top or left side of the toolbar.
  • Double click the handle at the top or left side of the toolbar to switch between horizontal and vertical layouts.
  • Click the double chevrons on the bottom or right side of the toolbar to minimize the toolbar.
The toolbar at the top right of the 3D Viewport has controls focused on the appearance of the viewport:
  • View: Change camera settings like field of view or projection mode. Additionally, change the grid and background colors.
  • Mesh: Select a different mesh to show your material assets, or see nuances of Environment light assets.
  • Material: Change the position and tiling of the texture on your mesh.
  • Displacement: Adjust displacement quality and intensity.
  • Light: Select and adjust an environment light, including settings like turning on shadows and the ground plane. 
  • Toggle path tracing: Path tracing is a rendering technique that provides photorealistic results, improving the appearance of your assets. However, path tracing can be computationally expensive, here you can turn path tracing on or off depending on your needs.
Note

Turn shadows on to improve viewport visuals. Keep shadows off to improve Samplers performance.

The toolbar at the bottom center of the 3D Viewport has the following information and controls:
  • Frame time/FPS: These values show the performance of the material. 
  • Frame object: Center the camera on the mesh. 
  • Change up axis: Change which axis is considered up. This can help correct for issues with imported meshes.
  • Placement: Change how the mesh is positioned relative to the ground plane.
  • Copy snapshot: Quickly copy an image of the current 3D Viewport to the clipboard.
  •  Save snapshot: Save a snapshot of the 3D Viewport to an image file.
  • 3D View controls: View a quick reference for camera controls in the 3D Viewport.

Move the camera

The viewport uses a camera to render the 3D view. You can move the camera to change the your view and see your creations from different angles.

ShortcutMovementDescription
Click + dragOrbitRotate the camera. It is not possible to roll the camera.
Right click + dragDollyMove the camera forwards and backwards.
Middle click + dragPanMove the camera left, right, up, and down.

The 2D view is two dimensional, so there is no orbit option. Right click + Alt + drag will zoom in and out, while middle click + Alt + drag will pan.

In both the 3D view and the 2D view use F to focus on your asset. This is helpful if you lose sight of the 3D asset or the 2D space.

2D view

By default, only the 3D view is visible, however the 2D view can hold a lot of useful information and controls for some filters.

To open the 2D view use the View selection button at the upper right of the viewport. You can also use shortcut 2 to quickly switch to the 2D view.

With the 2D view open, some new options appear:

  • In the upper right corner of the 2D view, use the dropdown to change the source of channels available to view.

    • Layer Inputs show the channels being input to the selected layer
    • Layer Outputs show the channels being output by the selected layer
    • Material Outputs shows the channels being output by the top layer and is not affected by layer selection.

  • At the bottom of the 2D view, you can:

    • See the resolution of the selected channel.
    • Select a channel to view it in the 2D view.
    • See color channels and bit depth for the selected material channel.

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