In nuce: Adobe has released version 3.4 of its Substance 3D Sampler – the software that allows 2D images to be transferred into a 3D environment. According to the manufacturer, the main improvements include improved materials and more efficient & simpler work.
New functions: Perhaps the most interesting new feature is the SBSAR files of materials – which are compared to a container containing all the information about a material’s appearance (including metadata and physical properties).
- Exporting parametric assets: to popular DCC tools such as Substance 3D Painter, Blender, Unreal Engine or Photoshop (prerequisite: support for SBSAR)
- Editing parametric materials: the user decides within which software. This should eliminate tedious back and forth between Sampler and other DCC tools
- Metadata: Users can now add materials – and also: enter the physical properties of a material
- New Python API: this allows users to create their own plugins and scripts
Click further: all further information on substance3d.adobe.com. The following video guides users through the new functions of Adobe’s Substance 3D Sampler 3. Digital Production reported on the release of the previous version, Substance 3D Sampler 3.3, on 30 May 2022 .
Exposing Parameters in Substance 3D Sampler
