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Substance Painter 2018 Summer Update!

The team has been hard at work for the past 4 months to deliver a Summer release jammed packed with new features and improvements. From hobbyists and indies to high end visual effects studios, there is something for everybody in Substance Painter 2018.2.

Added/Changed

  • [SSS][Viewport][Iray] Generic subsurface scattering
  • [SSS] Sync MDL and subsurface scattering parameters
  • [SSS] Added a new grayscale channel named "Scattering"
  • [SSS][Shader Settings] Scattering type parameter for subsurface scattering (skin or translucent)
  • [SSS][Shader Settings] Scattering scale parameter for subsurface scattering
  • [SSS][Shader Settings] Scattering color parameter for subsurface scattering
  • [SSS][Display Settings] Scattering Sample count for subsurface scattering
  • [Shader][Iray] Integrate subsurface scattering MDL for Iray
  • [Shader] Shader update via the resource updater
  • [Shader] Update change log API and documentation
  • [Tool Properties][Proj] New parameters for the triplanar projection
  • [Viewport][Proj] Control Fill Layer properties in 3D view directly with manipulators (triplanar projection)
  • [Shortcuts][Proj] New shortcuts Q, W, E, R, T for triplanar projection manipulators
  • [Viewport][Proj] Control Fill Layer properties in 2D view directly with manipulators (UV projection)
  • [Shortcuts][Proj] New shortcut Q for UV projection manipulators
  • [Contextual Toolbar][Proj] Control triplanar projection manipulators
  • [Contextual Toolbar][Proj] Control UV projection manipulators
  • [Tool Properties] Disable texture tiling with projection and Stencil tool
  • [Stencil] Use non-squared images with the projection tool/stencil
  • [Stencil] Allow control of tiling mode in Properties window
  • [Stencil] Zoom is not centered on a non-tiling stencil
  • [Cameras] Import cameras from Maya, Max, Blender, Modo, DAE
  • [Cameras][Viewport] Select and control imported cameras in viewport
  • [Cameras][Iray] Select and control imported cameras in Iray
  • [Cameras][UI][New project][Project configuration] "Import cameras" is checked by default
  • [Cameras][Shortcuts] Add shortcuts "<" and ">" to switch between cameras
  • [Cameras][Viewport] Add frame in viewport
  • [Cameras][Viewport Settings] Control of frame opacity
  • [Cameras][Camera Settings] Maximum focal length at 500mm
  • [Cameras][Camera Settings] Expose ratio
  • [Cameras][Camera Settings] Add a lock option
  • [Cameras][Camera Settings] Add a restore option
  • [Cameras][Camera Settings] Add focus distance attribute
  • [glTF] Import of a glTF file
  • [glTF] Import ambient occlusion map
  • [Alembic] Import Alembic 1 frame with static geometry
  • [Shelf] Drag and drop materials directly onto the mesh using ID maps with a modifier (CTRL/Command)
  • [Layer Stack] Automatic ID mask creation with drag and drop of materials on mesh with ID maps
  • [Layer Stack] Automatic scroll of layers with drag and drop across the layer stack
  • [UI][Tool Properties] Expose Substance's preset
  • [UI][Help menu] Improvement of the Help menu
  • [UI][New Project][Project Configuration] Reorganization of the window
  • [UI][New Project][Project Configuration] Replace "Mesh" term by "File"
  • [UI][Substance] Display Substance attributes in UI
  • [Shortcuts] "F4" switches between 2D and 3D view
  • [Shortcuts] New shortcuts for toggle stencil "N" and quick mask "U"
  • [Substance integration] Take into account 'visible if' statements in the Substance parameters
  • [Viewport] Shadows not forced to be computed after camera move
  • [Content] Update MeetMat with imported cameras
  • [Content] Add a sample with subsurface scattering enabled - JadeToad
  • [Content] Add a new PBR project template with subsurface scattering enabled
  • [Content] Updated export presets to add new Scattering channel
  • [Content][Shelf] Added subsurface scattering support for: pbr-metal-rough, pbr-metal-rough-alpha-test, pbr-coated, pbr-spec-gloss
  • [Content][Shelf] Added Scattering channel to 5 smart materials (marbles and skins)
  • [Content][Shelf] 1 new jade Material
  • [Content][Shelf] 1 new wax Material

Fixed

  • [CMD] Different results using same command line with different versions
  • [TDR] If TdrLevel is set up you don't have any errors in your log
  • [Baker] Ambient occlusion map is flipped
  • [ID Map] Crashing when picking outside of 0-1 range
  • [Iray] Crash when switching texture sets and going back to Paint mode
  • [Viewport] Sync drop areas between viewports for drag and drop
  • [Engine] Moire artifact when tiling fill layers or painting small brush
  • [License] License service bad software version check
  • [License] Rework the way we handle authentication
  • [API] Call the `onNewProjectCreated` scripting API event even when creating with a template
  • [Shader] Compiled shader is not loaded from cache when shader file doesn't compile
  • [Shelf] Exporting HDR file from the shelf will output a file with clamped values
  • [Export] EXR export clamps RGB color values between 0-1
  • [Content] Procedural noise "3D Perlin Noise Fractal" is pixelated

Known Issues

  • Computation freeze on AMD VEGA GPUs
  • Huion tablet issue with shortcuts on Windows OS