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
- Apply layer masks for detailed texturing
- Utilize geometry masks for efficient masking
Level: Advanced
Skills you'll gain:
Substance Painter, Layer Masking, Material Creation, Texturing
Key Insights
- Use fill layers to create uniform color values.
- Adjust roughness for reflective materials.
- Understand layer stack processing from bottom up.
- Utilize view modes to manage blending channels.
- Employ paint effects for precise masking.
- Leverage keyboard shortcuts for brush control.
- Experiment with projection modes to fix texture distortion.
- Duplicate layers to maintain consistency in materials.
- Create color swatches for easy access.
- Use geometry masks for efficient selection of mesh parts.
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