Substance 3D Sampler 2022 News

A new bugfix release is available for Substance 3D Sampler!

Added:

• [Export] Export dpi metadata in image files
  
• [Physical Size] Keep the ratio with non square textures when editing physical dimensions
  
• [Physical Size] Physical size metadata is applied immediatly when physical size changes
  
• [UI] Adjust Height scale max slider so it can influence any kind of material when Physical Size is enabled
  
• [UI] New tooltips on search filters in the Asset panel
  
• [UI] Use tooltips to explain when buttons are disabled in the Assets panel
  
• [Content] Brightness contrast filter update
  

Fixed:

• [2D View] 90 degrees rotation button in the Crop and Transform tools don’t work as expected
  
• [2D View] Crop widget sometimes goes missing
  
• [Application] Clearing an image parameter does not reconnect the underlying layer
  
• [Application] Crash at exit after saving a project
  
• [Application] Crash when drag and dropping the current material into a collection of the Assets Panel
  
• [Application] Drag and dropping an asset in the viewport may crash
  
• [Content] Normal blend has a random seed tweak
  
• [Content] Snow filter has incorrect normal output depending on fresh and melted snow parameter values
  
• [Content] Parquet filter: fixed unexpected seams
  
• [Content] Embroidery filter: remove thread in metallic map
  
• [Content] Floor tiles filter: fix x and y tiles count
  
• [Content] Brick wall filter: output normal and height to 16 bit
  
• [Export] Default file name in export popup is not the current material name
  
• [Export] Exporting with physical ratio with an export preset gives incorrect dimensions
  
• [Export] Metallic is missing in the CLO export preset
  
• [Export] When replacing an export custom preset, the display name is not updated
  
• [Layers] Custom channels of the first inserted layer are not discovered
  
• [Layers] Material is re-evaluated when changing tweaks of a hidden layer
  
• [Localization] Tooltips are not localized in Export panel
  
• [Physical Size] Disabling Physical Size of an asset does not remove the physical scale
  
• [Physical Size] Height Scale value can’t be set outside of slider bounds the first time
  
• [Physical Size] Importing an image with no physical size prevents opening the project
  
• [Physical Size] Physical Size is erroneously set to zero when missing
  
• [Physical Size] Physical Size physical scale check box status is not updated when first displayed
  
• [UI] Base Material & Normal to Height do not have a category
  
• [UI] Cursor is sometimes invisible when painting an image
  
• [UI] Disable “Copy All” and “Cut All” options in the edit menu of a text field if it is empty
  
• [UI] Filter names have incorrect characters
  
• [UI] Physical Size lock button does not have the correct style
  
• [UI] The close button in search bar in Asset Panel does not clear the search string
  

Known Issues:

• [Color Picker] Picking a color on a second monitor with a different resolution may not work
  

Substance 3D Sampler 3.2 is now available!

Among many fixes and improvements, the main new feature is the ability to set, visualize and preserve the real-world physical size of a material you imported or created.
That physical size is then written as part of your SBSAR material and can be used in other apps to set its tiling or scale automatically depending on the scale of the asset it's applied on.

The physical Size is already supported in Marvelous Designer, and both Painter and Stager will soon be able to leverage it along with other 3rd party 3D apps.

Another highlight is a new fabric weave generator, allowing you to create custom fabrics from scratch.

Get all the details in our release article.

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Added:

• [Physical Size] New Physical Size panel
  
• [Physical Size] Add Physical Size options to the Material Creation Template window
  
• [Physical Size] Add Physical Size measurement tool
  
• [Physical Size] Add Physical Size auto-measurement tool
  
• [Physical Size] Add Physical Size diagnostic tool
  
• [Physical Size] Allow setting the z value of the Physical Size
  
• [Physical Size] Dropdown widget to set the level of zoom in the 2D view
  
• [Physical Size] New "Display with physical ratio" option in the level of zoom dropdown
  
• [Physical Size] New "Fit to physical size" option in the level of zoom dropdown
  
• [Physical Size] Display the Physical Size in the 2D view
  
• [Physical Size] Display the Physical Size in the 3D viewport
  
• [Physical Size] In the image import dialog, show physical size depth if there is an imported height map
  
• [Physical Size] Show the Physical Size in the asset contextual menu
  
• [Physical Size] Set the length unit in the Preferences
  
• [Physical Size] Export textures respecting the physical ratio
  
• [Metadata] Ability to add custom metadata to a user-authored asset
  
• [Export] Export custom metadata to .sbs(ar) files
  
• [Export] Export description, category, author, and tags metadata to .sbs(ar) files
  
• [Export] Export the Physical Size to .sbs(ar) files
  
• [Export] Set .sbsar file compression setting
  
• [Export] Export the asset thumbnail to .sbs(ar) files
  
• [Export] Set the graph type when exporting a .sbs(ar) file
  
• [Application] Realtime Engine 2021 is no longer available
  
• [Application] Undo/Redo now supports Tiling (U,V) and height scale slider changes
  
• [Rendering] Generate disk cache when the authored asset is saved
  
• [Assets] Use Ctrl+click to enable multiple asset type filters in the Resources panel
  
• [UI] Ability to lock the Tiling (U,V) sliders
  
• [UI] Add a contextual menu with "Copy", "Cut", "Paste", "Copy all" and "Cut all" in text fields
  
• [UI] Length unit (meters, inches, parsecs, ...) support in labels and text fields
  
• [UI] The user can set the decimal precision used to display numbers
  
• [UI] Use units in measure popups everywhere it's relevant
  
• [Localization] Default new asset name is now localized
  
• [Content] New Cloth Weave generator
  
• [Content] New Channel Switch filter
  
• [Content] All relevant filters are now aware of the Physical Size
  
• [Content] New icons for Wood Finish
  
• [Content] All filters are now compatible with Adobe Standard Materials (ASM) channels
  
• [Content] Filters can now have an "environment" variation
  

Fixed:

• [2D View] Channel remains in the list when removed
  
• [Application] Cannot duplicate an asset loaded from the operating system file explorer
  
• [Application] Crash at exit
  
• [Application] Crash sometimes when clicking "Starter Assets" in the Assets panel
  
• [Application] Crash when deleting a material
  
• [Application] Environment variable "SUBSTANCE_DISABLE_SPECIFIC_FEATURES" is still active when set to "0" or "".
  
• [Application] Freeze while saving a project with multiple materials
  
• [Application] Importing an image can lead to a crash
  
• [Application] Missing some starter assets on first launch
  
• [Export] Exporting an asset sometimes leads to a crash
  
• [Layers] Cannot import images when the layer panel is closed or invisible
  
• [Layers] Changing the language causes the current asset to recompute
  
• [Layers] Changing the usage of an imported image does not upate which filter variation to use
  
• [Layers] Image to Material (AI) is sometimes not computed when tweaking layers below it
  
• [Layers] Image to Material (AI) sometimes recomputes when not needed
  
• [Layers] No update is suggested when a custom filter is updated on the disk
  
• [Layers] Normal channel sometimes has the wrong pixel format
  
• [Layers] Some layers are still computed even when not visible
  
• [Layers] The 2D view tools may be broken when toggling a layer visibility
  
• [Layers] The UI freezes when using Image to Material (AI)
  
• [Layers] Toggling the visibilty of the Transform filter layer breaks the 2D view tool and may lead to a crash
  
• [Layers] Too many recomputations when removing a layer from the layer stack
  
• [Layers] When a compound filter contains an unusual or custom input/output, Sampler doesn't compute it
  
• [Performance] Asset panel is slow to open
  
• [Performance] Avoid some unnecessary recomputations of the layer stack
  
• [Performance] Loading project assets takes too much time
  
• [Performance] Render cache on disk may not be used
  
• [Performance] Switching between layers is slow
  
• [Performance] Tweaking a material or a filter is slow
  
• [Project] Saving a project when exiting may lead to a crash
  
• [Rendering] Removing an image may remove all outputs
  
• [Rendering] The rendering time displayed in the viewport is wrong when tweaking
  
• [UI] Can't scroll vertically in the export popup when needed
  
• [UI] It is possible to open the export popup when there is nothing to export
  
• [UI] Some popups do not scroll if their content overflows
  
• [UI] Text fields are not selected when clicking on it or opening a menu
  
• [UI] The name of the blend mode in the properties panel is sometimes not correct
  
• [UI] The Save option in the File menu is sometimes grayed out
  
• [UI] The text field doesn't go away after renaming two materials
  
• [UI] Typo in the preference popup
  

We released a small hotfix update for Sampler.

Fixed:

• [Interoperability] Open .sbsar file with Substance 3D Sampler from Bridge can fail on Windows (Adobe version only)
  
• [Layers] Moving the only layer below itself will crash
  
• [UI] Channel settings button disappears when changing language
  
• [UI] The material name in Properties panel disappears after saving the project
  
• [Assets] Clicking on "All libraries" can lead to a crash
  

We listened and we heard you loud and clear! Substance 3D Sampler is now on Steam.

Sampler, formerly known as Alchemist, is an app dedicated to converting photographs into digital materials and assets in a few seconds and without any deep knowledge of material creation.

Take a photo of a wall, a ground or piece of fabric, drop it in Sampler and watch as the AI generates a full material for you with neutral lighting and accurate displacement (AI generation requires a NVidia GPU).

• Combine some of the many filters in the layer stack to make your material seamless or remove unwanted details.
  
• Mix multiple materials together to create complex surfaces.
  
• Scatter pebbles, twigs, flowers or leaves.
  
• Add procedural effects, like rust, dust, snow or water puddles.
  

Get more info about Sampler on our product page and get started with our tutorials.

This year, we're also bringing Stager to Steam, don't miss out during their introductory sale!

FInally, here is the changelog for the latest update:

Added

• [UI] New Random Seed widget
  
• [UI] Context menu update
  
• [Assets] Drag and drop images from the Assets panel to the Properties panel
  
• [Project] Asset names are sanitized to avoid some specific characters
  
• [Branding] Update file icon for SBSAR files
  
• [Engine] Update Substance Engine version 8.3.0
  

Fixed

• [Content] Crop - Preserve ratio when cropping non-square images
  
• [Content] Transform - Horizontal transformation is not inverted when using the widget
  
• [Content] Gravel - fix custom mask painting on all channels
  
• [Content] Floor tiles - fix issues with pattern tiling and repetition
  
• [Assets] Grey out Adobe Bridge option if not installed
  
• [Color Picker] Escape key closes the Color Picker
  
• [Rendering] Fix Scattering Distance Scale when using greyscale input
  
• [Share] Send to options are only available with Adobe licenses
  
• [Project] Fix a memory performance issue
  

Know Issues

• [Realtime Engine 2021] Heavy computation can crash the application
  
• [Realtime Engine 2021] Realtime Engine 2021 will crash on a Windows machine with both AMD CPU and Nvidia GPU installed
  
• [Color Picker] Picking a color on a second monitor with a different resolution may not work