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Realistic Asset Creation with Adobe Substance 3D

By : Zeeshan Jawed Shah
Book Image

Realistic Asset Creation with Adobe Substance 3D

By: Zeeshan Jawed Shah

Overview of this book

Adobe Substance 3D is a comprehensive suite complete with everything an artist needs to create stunning 3D digital materials. Getting a grip on the ecosystem of apps can be challenging for beginners, which is where Realistic Asset Creation with Adobe Substance 3D comes in! This practical guide doesn't bombard you with reams of textual information. Instead, you get an interactive, project-based book that’ll help you gain sound knowledge of Adobe Substance 3D and set you on the right path toward a career in 3D design. You’ll start off with the rudiments of Adobe Substance 3D Painter, which will enable you to acquire the skills needed to work with layers, masks, shelves, textures, and more. Next, you’ll move on to Adobe Substance 3D Designer and become well-acquainted with this node-based design tool as you progress through the chapters. The final section is devoted to Adobe Substance 3D Stager, which teaches you to build complex 3D scenes and visualize your edits in real time. By the end of this Adobe book, you’ll have gained a solid understanding of Adobe Substance 3D and developed the skills to build a comprehensive portfolio of work, setting you up for a lucrative career in 3D design.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Technical requirements

The files used in this book can be downloaded from this link: www.xcxvx.xcxvx.com

The following are the three main actions we’ll be performing frequently when navigating inside Adobe Substance 3D Painter:

  • Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) + the left mouse button to orbit around a scene.
  • Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) + the right mouse button to zoom in and zoom out; you can also use the mouse scroll wheel for this purpose.
  • Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) + the middle mouse button to pan across the viewport.

The following screenshot shows us the main user interface of Adobe Substance 3D Painter:

Figure 1.1 – Adobe Substance 3D Painter user interface

Letter labels have been used to highlight the main parts of the interface:

  • A: Tools and plugins toolbars
  • B: Assets panel
  • C: Main menu and contextual toolbar
  • D: Application menu bar
  • E: Viewport 3D/2D
  • F: Property panels...