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 detailing
Level: Advanced
Skills you'll gain:
Substance Painter, Layer Masking, Material Creation, Texturing
Key Insights
- Use fill layers to define material properties.
- Adjust roughness for reflective surfaces.
- Understand layer stack processing order.
- Utilize view modes to manage blending channels.
- Employ paint effects for layer masking.
- Control brush properties for precise painting.
- Use polygon fill tool for accurate masking.
- Switch between black and white masks easily.
- Apply triplanar projection to reduce texture distortion.
- Create and manage color swatches for consistency.
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