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Sohail Z.

Graphic Designer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/25/2022

"Put realistic textures and materials for wonderful 3d modelling and animation"

5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

As I have been using Adobe Creative Suite for the past 3–4 years, I recently started learning 3D modeling, and then I got to know about Substance 3D Painter, which is an industry-based texturing and materialising software. I love using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

It doesn't allow moving texture directly to our preferred modelling software like 3ds Max, Autodesk Maya, Blender. Also, expecting UVW Unwrap accessibilities tool in the future update. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Substance 3D Painter solving and how is that benefiting you?

I sucked at texturing in 3D modelling softwares like 3ds Max and have been using the Adobe Creative Suite for the past 3-4 years; Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro. And when I got to know about Adobe Substance 3D Painter, which is used like "Photoshop for 3D Texturing," I strongly preferred that Adobe Creative Suite users use this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kamal K.

Lead Game Developer and Photogrammetry Artist

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/31/2023

"My goto software for texturing."

5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

Since I work in 3D industry, I find it veryhandy while painting in 3D. The best thing I like is I can change the lighting while texturing to see how light effects the materials Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

I dont quite understand the different UV projections that are available in texturing. Some of them are too confusing to visualize mentally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Animation

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/18/2023

"Best software for Creating and texturing 3d Models"

5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

Any texture we want to create in 3D models ,this adobe painter helps to create that model so realistic Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

For using this software high configuration system is required Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gourav J.

Student

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/11/2023

"Best 3d Texturing Software"

4/5

What do you like best about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

The Interface is very nice & user-friendly. It is very easy to use & easy to learn. There are enough tutorials to learn Substance from their official website. The Workflow is too nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

I can't say I don't like anything. I like everything about substance. Everything is so nice; I like it very much & easy to use. If you want to try please download & install trial version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matt A.

Owner/Game Designer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/1/2022

"Substance 3D Painter, A Powerful 3D Painting Tool"

5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

I have been using Substance Painter for several years now from before Adobe's acquisition of Allegorithmic, since I've delved into this piece of software I can say it makes quickly creating your base textures a breeze as well as allowing you to finely detail each aspect of your texture with layer and layer blending you'd find in Image Editing software like Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, and GIMP. This ability to take my expertise in Raster image editing software and applying to in 3D rather the just editing flat 2D texture maps allows for placing detail the way you want it to look directly on your 3D model and with its sister program Substance Designer you can author PBR files and use them directly between each program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

I dislike that Adobe has turned it into another Software as a Service element creative professionals need to shell out money each month for continued use. I was fortunate enough to have bought a perpetual license from Allegorithmic before Adobe's acquisition so I'm not paywalled out of just using the software. I also found some aspects like opacity mapping and some blending options to not work how they should and it sometimes made making transparent or semi-transparent elements to be more difficult to create. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Adobe Substance 3D Painter:

If you want a powerful tool for quickly designing your textures or to update or improve on existing textures in your 3D workflow I'd recommend this and Substance Designer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Substance 3D Painter solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allows me to more quickly create my textures and to directly paint them onto my 3D meshes compared to the old way of exporting UV Maps into Photoshop and designing them somewhat blindly there and updating my models to tweak them. The connectivity with Substance Designer also allows for material authoring and using those created PBR's directly in Painter. This greatly boosts my texture workflow in my opinion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/28/2022

"It has simply revolutionised my workflow for painting models!"

5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

It speeds up the asset preparation workflow, and makes it so easy to paint realistic custom graphics on a model. The export process has been refined to help export the correct maps for the correct modelling software/render plugin. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

Sometimes if you have a directional pattern, it can be tricky to paint to the model, but this can help if you set up your UVs as best as possible to account for this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Adobe Substance 3D Painter:

If you struggle making professional/realistic looking textures for 3d models, this is definitely a huge help in doing this...and in a super fast way. Make sure that your UVs are good (Painter can do them, but they're not always as useful as laying them out yourself), and you will be able to get stuck right in with the painting and using the huge numbers of textures available.

This is pricey overall, but definitely worth the investment if you have a lot of models to produce, short time frames and it is your business to make high quality assets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Substance 3D Painter solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solves painstakingly creating lots of hand made (photoshop) maps, by automating the export process and making the painting part simple. If you understand Photoshop layers, you're half of the way to finding your way around the UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jignesh M.

UI/UX designer

Design

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/6/2023

"Great to use is for my UI/UX work use offend."

5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

Like the simple user face and so many things to do with a single tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

It takes too much to render the final result, which is so hectic and time taking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zikar P.

Designer Head

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/18/2023

"Very useful software for designer"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

Very perfect, easy to use, next generation works, current trends Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

But slow, still in beta version request you to rollout asap Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Biplob C.

Marketing Coordinator

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/22/2022

"Very necessary and useful tool"

5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

I use the Adobe Substance 3D Painter painting tool for a long time and it is my favorite tool. I am very happy using the tool and give them 5 out of 5. Hope they update their tool more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

It seems to me that the price is too high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bruno V.

3d Artist

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/8/2022

"Stunning details that take materials to the next level"

5/5

What do you like best about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

In a few seconds I can transform a generic material into something unique. The details Substance Painter can add are impressive, especially using Smart Materials. Corrosion, dust and imperfections are examples of details that are easily added to your model using this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Substance 3D Painter?

Integration with the main 3D software on the market can be improved. Beginners will have trouble exporting work done within Substance Painter to their 3d software. Export Presets require some manual care to have the desired effect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Adobe Substance 3D Painter:

If you want to make your materials look realistic, you definitely need Substance Painter. Give it a try and you will quickly realize that it is essential to take your projects to the next level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Substance 3D Painter solving and how is that benefiting you?

I work with mechanical parts in general, and details like corrosion and imperfections take the model to another level. With Substance Painter it is possible to create a new material that can be used in many projects easily. With a bit of experience my workflow has improved significantly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.