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 masks for material blending
- Adjust projection modes for texture clarity
Level: Advanced
Skills you'll gain:
Substance Painter, Layer Masking, Material Creation, Texture Projection
Key Insights
- Use fill layers to create uniform color values.
- Adjust roughness for reflective metal materials.
- Understand layer stack processing from bottom up.
- Utilize view modes to select blending channels.
- Employ black masks for transparency in layers.
- Use paint effects to refine layer masks.
- Adjust brush properties for better masking control.
- Utilize geometry masks for precise selections.
- Experiment with different projection modes to reduce distortion.
- Create and manage color swatches for consistency.
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