• substance painter price: 129SGD
• substance painter update quite often and with new features. here is list of important updates
  • Substance Painter 2020.2 (2020.07)
    1. UDIM support
  • Substance Painter 2020.1 (2020.04)
    1. decal workflow
    2. python api (replacing its javascript api)

• substance shader »links» multi Texture Set (list of texture image files; or list of texture layers, each layer has sets of effects, its mask also has sets of effects) === multiple shaders »links» multiple geo

• 2018 tutorial: https://academy.substance3d.com/courses/getting-started-with-substance-painter-2018/
• 2019: Substance Painter for Beginners Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2MOx1Iteik

• ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ0YsuL5oAI
• steps:
  1. enable preference > addon > check node wrangler plugin
  2. import the model, go shading tab
     1. select the PBR node, and press ctrl+shift+T, it pop up browse for currect selected shader's Texture File List
     2. note: it may miss detect file name

Render Test

• create light dome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNsPVVwZaEM
  1. in shading tab, change shading level option: to world from object
  2. add menu > Texture > Environment Texture: open that hdr/exr sphere map
  3. link Environment Texture node : color to Background node