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Substance Designer

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Verified User in Animation
UA
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"BEST TOOL FOR DESIGN PROCEDURAL MATERIAL"
What do you like best about Substance Designer?

Substance designer helps ne to create endless procedural materials and combinations for my 3D projects . This software made specifically for game artists. This software gives you the freedom to create your own unique materials for your needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Substance Designer?

For beginners I think it's difficult to understand the complexity of the nodes because this software based on node workflow . And sometime this software feels very laggy I think it's depends on system configuration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DK
3d game designer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best experience in creating texture assets for 3D"
What do you like best about Substance Designer?

What I admire most about Substance Designer is the ease with which you can create incredible textures with minor discomfort than other applications. The ability to get all the texture maps you need or the finished material for your substance painter at a glance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Substance Designer?

The only thing you might not like is the complexity of the nodes in the beginning, but after spending some time inside the app, I can say that this is not a severe disadvantage. The great possibilities of the app outweigh the disadvantages. After a few days of use, the app will blow your mind, and a smile will spread across your face as a result. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael M.
MM
3D Technical Artist
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The Houdini of Texture Creation."
What do you like best about Substance Designer?

It is incredible how you can build complex structures from simple forms and well-thought steps. The node system is superb. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Substance Designer?

The only thing I don´t like is when you want to review with iRay it goes full screen and loses the possibility to edit my nodes. I wish it would remain in the preview window as I want to continue to edit the node structure. I do believe the new version at the time of this review in 2021 is a little different. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ilya C.
IC
Curator of the course "Super Maya"
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"How to create something out of nothing?"
What do you like best about Substance Designer?

As an environment artist, it is essential to get suitable materials for myself, which are found everywhere in our world. But what if you are unable to reach them? Substance Designer will come to the rescue, which will allow you to create all sorts of materials through the node system and flexible settings. As an artist, I say yes to this program, and it occupies one of the places of honor in my collection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Substance Designer?

New and exciting nodes have not appeared in the program for a long time, it is also a pity that there are not enough lessons from the creators of the program themselves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sherif G.
SG
3D Visualizer and Animator
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Realistic Material for Archviz"
What do you like best about Substance Designer?

the ready alpha library helps a lot to start with a good base, the nodes are really dynamic and create a variety of material options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Substance Designer?

the unclear connection issue without a tip message, other than that it works perfectly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Animation
UA
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"easy to use"
What do you like best about Substance Designer?

easy to use and easy with wich you can create textures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Substance Designer?

I thing is complexity of the nodes in the beginning. I think you only need some times spent to use app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Louis-Philippe D.
LD
Technical Artist/ Level Artist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Substance designer is more accessible than ever"
What do you like best about Substance Designer?

I love that bridges can be done easily between multiple application for artist, game developers and such. Per example I created materials for unreal and could update easily the process without going back and forth by exporting/importing al the time. A great speed up. The fact that they give a free student License for those who are in need to learn or simply to keep an edge back at home is nice but they could be giving this opportunity for free like Unreal does. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Substance Designer?

the learning curve is intense. compared to substance painter designer is nodal based and, as easy it becomes after you tried this and that you still need to fail considerably a lot to do something significantly good. Although Substance designer is greatly appreciated it is still a niche programme which is reaching a a small amount of individuals in the development of video games. (mostly one responsible for an average 200 people team) this can be understandable because the package given for game developers is considerably expensive. Lastly tutorials community is small and is not teaching in general the how to but more the end results of many years of experience. It can be challenging for a new time beginner. Online classes are expensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Luke D.
LD
Freelancer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"I was offered a gift card for this review. This is, therefore, my review of said product."
What do you like best about Substance Designer?

Well, I've never used substance designer. The name and the logo look and sound nice, I guess? I've heard of the product prior to this and I've also heard that it's a decent software for creating materials that look nice. I've heard it works well with Unity, but, like all hearsay, I cannot confirm nor deny any of this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Substance Designer?

The logo does look like it'd blend into a load of other orange icons that other programs I own have, especially something like blender. I do question why the company behind it outsourced their review collection to what I assume is a third-party company, which then decided that I, a person who's never used the software in question, was a prime candidate for it.

But hey, they're offering me a gift card, so, I shall provide my unbiased review of this software I've not used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Steep learning curve, but so worth it"
What do you like best about Substance Designer?

I like the variety of ways you can achieve certain effects or results in Designer. When I create materials, I already have several ideas in my head about how to produce certain details, but then I look at other artists making similar materials on youtube, and their methods might be completely different, yet we can both achieve similar and high quality results. To me, this is amazing and allows for so much creatice thinking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Substance Designer?

I disliked the steep learning curve, as it took a long time to learn Designer well enough so that I don't have to follow tutorials to create materials anymore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Akshit G.
AG
Associate Motion Artist
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A great product for texturing and painting 3D models,"
What do you like best about Substance Designer?

it fits in multiple pipelines in in practice, its node based and learning curve was very easy from other software to jumping into it, it is cross platforms ready, once the assets library is designed the materials can be easily be used multiple times and in any platforms without any problems, the plugin saves a lot of time and the free library is very vast, helps a lot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Substance Designer?

for people learning it or for freshers it doesn't provide a free trial, a stripped down version will help a lot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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