Physics Scatter: Substance Meets Gravity
Physics Scatter drops OBJ/FBX meshes into a real rigid-body pile, then bakes seamless material maps up to 8K inside Substance Designer.
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Painter 12.2: Paint the Cage, Fill the Loop
Painter 12.2 adds local cage painting, quad-loop fills and controllable transparency sorting, with important limits for baking and selection.
ColorEdge Softens the Edges in 3ds Max
ITOOSOFT’s free ColorEdge map blends roads and terrain in 3ds Max, with adjustable ramps, procedural noise and renderer caveats worth checking.
Mixos paints PBR in the browser
Browser-based PBR painter Mixos supports mesh imports, layer masking, 4K paid exports and a 2,669-material CC0 library.
Material Maker 1.7 improves graph workflow
Material Maker 1.7 improves graph editing, adds a Dynamic Sky material, updates nodes and brings the open-source tool to Steam.
Adobe Sampler 6.0 Adds OpenPBR
Substance 3D Sampler 6.0 adds OpenPBR defaults, preset material templates, USD material export and updated HP Z Captis capture tools.
Abstract ships InstaMAT 2026 Curves Brushes
InstaMAT 2026 adds editable curve painting, smarter symmetry, and fresh mesh masking, plus pricing tweaks that matter for teams and freelancers.
Material Maker 1.5 adds DDS, FBX, CLI, 10 new nodes
Material Maker 1.5 adds common game formats, command-line export, workflow upgrades, and more nodes in this free procedural texturing tool.
InstaMAT Gets Smarter: September 2025 Update Sharpens Shading, Painting, and Performance
New shading, erosion, and painting tools: InstaMAT’s September 2025 update is less marketing, more material.