Free: Substance Painter Live Link

Live link between Substance Painter and DCC tools: the free plug-in allows you to update your materials from Painter in Maya, Blender and Modo.

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The 3D PBR painting tool from Allegorithmic has now reached version 2017.3. Anyone who has not yet done anything with the tool can download a free workshop from us here. Hedgehog Labs now offers a plug-in on Gumroad that establishes a live link between DCC tools and Substance Painter.

Supported Tools

The Live Link plug-in currently supports, in combination with Substance Painter 2017+…

  • Maya (Arnold)
  • Blender (Principled Shader)
  • and Modo (Default PBR, UE4 materials, Unity materials)

Plans include UDIMS support, Linux compatibility, 3Ds Max/C4D/Houdini integration, as well as Octane and Renderman support. You can read more information and a roadmap here.

Plug-in Download

Go to the dowload here.