Substance Designer 2018 Essential Training

Introduction

• Substance Designer
• What you should know before watching this course

1. Substance Designer Setup

• The Welcome dialogue
• Preferences and important setup
• What is a substance package?
• What is a substance graph?
• Choosing the correct graph template
• Setting your graph properties
• Mesh setup prior to export
• Importing meshes and maps into Designer
• Baking out mesh-specific maps

2. UI and Tool Locations

• Adjust the UI layout
• Menu items and options
• The Explorer section
• What is the Library?
• The parameters section

3. Using the Graph View in Designer

• Navigating and using the Graph view
• Using the graph's quick access options
• Setting up the graph's information feedback
• Using the Graph view toolbars
• Utilizing the preview size

4. 3D and 2D Views

• Using the 3D view
• Scene and Materials menu
• Lights and camera controls
• Environment and scene settings
• Display and render options
• Navigating the 2D view
• 2D view essential controls

5. Using Atomic Nodes

• Adding bitmap nodes
• Discussing the power of the Blur node
• Using blend nodes
• Utilizing the Curve node
• Patterns with the Shape Mapper
• Adding detail with the Slope Blur node
• Using shape nodes
• Creating patterns with the Splatter node
• Creating normals
• Combining normals
• Creating height maps
• Creating color with the gradient nodes
• Adding procedural dirt
• Using the text tool
• Adding realism with the Water Level node
• Complex height maps with Shape Extrude

6. Creating Custom Environment Panoramas

• Adding the Panorama Shape node
• Blending shapes together

7. MDL Materials

• What is MDL?
• Creating the MDL graph
• The basics of an MDL shader
• Finalizing the Anisotropic BSDF

8. Functions and FX Maps

• What are functions?
• Adding the FX map
• Building an FX map, part 1
• Building an FX map, part 2
• Finalizing the functions

9. Exporting and Using a Substance Package

• Exposing substance parameters
• Exporting
• Publishing a substance
• Importing a substance into UE4
• Adding finishing touches

Conclusion

• What's next?