Working with Custom Materials
Building and refining custom texture effects using masks, selections, and layer operations to get precise material placement on 3D models
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Learning Outcomes:
- Create a custom metal material from scratch
- Utilize layer masking techniques effectively
- Apply geometry masks for precise texturing
Level: Advanced
Skills you'll gain:
Substance Painter, Layer Masking, Texturing, Material Creation
Key Insights
- Use fill layers to create uniform color values.
- Adjust roughness for reflective metal materials.
- Understand layer stack processing from bottom to top.
- Select view modes to manage blending channels.
- Employ black masks for transparency in layers.
- Utilize paint effects for detailed masking.
- Control brush properties for better masking results.
- Use polygon fill tool for precise geometry masking.
- Adjust projection modes to reduce texture distortion.
- Create and save color swatches for easy access.
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