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    1. Home
          1. Unreal Engine 5 overview
            1. Unreal plugin 5.3.2
            2. Unreal plugin 5.0.3
            3. Unreal plugin 5.0.2
            4. Unreal plugin 5.0.1
          3. Plugin Overview - UE5
          4. Plugin Settings - UE5
          5. Substance Input Image - UE5
          6. Material Instance Definition - UE5
          7. Material Template Usage - UE5
          8. Out-of-the-Box Material Templates
          9. Tiling Substance - UE5
          10. Substance 3D Plugin Default Templates
          11. Substance 3D Assets Library Usage - UE5
            1. Blueprint(UE5): Substance material parameters
            2. Blueprint(UE5): Dynamic Material Instance Skip to end of metadata
            3. Blueprint(UE5): Aggregate Substance
            4. Blueprint(UE5): Node Reference
          13. Unreal Engine 5 Scripting
          14. Installing to Source Builds
          1. Unreal Engine 4 overview
            1. Unreal plugin 4.27.0.1
            2. Unreal plugin 4.26.0.21
            3. Unreal plugin 4.26.0.2
            4. Unreal plugin 4.26.0.1
            5. Unreal plugin 4.25.0.5
            6. Unreal plugin 4.25.0.4
            7. Unreal plugin 4.25.0.3
            8. Unreal plugin 4.24.0.3
            9. Unreal plugin 4.23.0.2
            10. Unreal plugin 4.23.0.1
            11. Unreal plugin 4.22.0.33
            12. Unreal plugin 4.22.0.32
            13. Unreal plugin 4.21.0.31
          3. Plugin Overview - UE4
          4. Plugin Settings - UE4
          5. Substance Input Image - UE4
          6. Material Instance Definition - UE4
          7. Tiling Substance - UE4
          8. Working with Bump Offset (Parallax) - UE4
          9. Working with Displacement - UE4
          10. Source in UE4
          11. Live Link in UE4
            1. Blueprint(UE4): Substance material parameters
            2. Blueprint(UE4): Dynamic Material Instance
            3. Blueprint(UE4): Aggregate Substance
            4. Blueprint(UE4): Node Reference
          13. Unreal Engine 4 Scripting
        1. Unity overview
          1. Unity 3.0.0+
          2. Unity 2.6.0
          3. Unity 2.5.4
          4. Unity 2.5.3
          5. Unity 2.5.2
          6. Unity 2.5.1
          7. Unity 2.4.5
          8. Unity 2.4.4
          9. Unity 2.4.3
          10. Unity 2.4.1
          11. Unity 2.4.0
          12. Unity 2.3.4
          13. Unity 2.3.2
          14. Unity 2.2.2
          15. Unity 2.2.0
        3. Downloading Substance 3D Plugin in Unity
        4. Unity Plugin Overview
        5. Unity Preferences
        6. Optimization Guidelines
        7. Upgrading Projects/Known Issues
        8. Managing Substance Graphs
        9. Changing parameters
        10. Generated Textures (Packing)
        11. Rendering Color Space
        12. Using Image Inputs
        13. Publishing for Mobile
          1. Unity Scripting overview
            1. SubstanceEditorTools
            2. SubstanceRuntime Class
              1. SubstanceRuntimeGraph Class overview
              2. Member Function Documentation
              3. Detailed Description
        15. Scripting in Unity (Deprecated)
        16. API Overview
        17. Scripting API
        18. C# Example Script
        19. Substance 3D Assets Library Usage
        20. Removing Substance Plugin
        21. Substance 3D in Unity Tutorials
        22. Physical Size in Unity
        23. Sharing sbsar Files Between Projects
        1. Lumberyard overview
        2. Importing a Substance
        3. Assigning a Substance
        4. Parameters and outputs
        5. Flow Graph API
      4. Roblox
    3. 3D Applications
          1. Maya 3.0.0+
          2. Maya 2.4.1
          3. Maya 2.4.0
          4. Maya 2.3
          5. Maya 2.2.3
          6. Maya 2.2.2
          7. Maya 2.2.1
          8. Maya 2.1.9
          9. Maya 2.1.8
          10. Maya 2.1.7
          11. Maya 2.1.6
          12. Maya 2.1.5
          13. Maya 2.1.4
          14. Maya 2.1.3
          15. Maya 2.1.2
          16. Maya 2.1.1
          17. Maya 2.1.0
          18. Maya 2.0.3
          19. Maya 0.9.11
        2. Substance in Maya Overview
        3. Installation
        4. Substance Output Node
        5. Using Workflows
        6. Working with Outputs
        7. Procedural Sampling
        8. Presets
        9. Settings
        10. Arnold Support
        11. Apply Workflow To Maps
        12. Maya Scripting
        13. Physical Size in Maya
      2. 3ds Max
          1. 3ds Max 3.0.0+
          2. 3ds Max 2.8.0
          3. 3ds Max 2.7.0
          4. 3ds Max 2.4.2
          5. 3ds Max 2.4.1
          6. 3ds Max 2.4.0
          7. 3ds Max 2.3.4
          8. 3ds Max 2.3.3
          9. 3ds Max 2.3.2
          10. 3ds Max 2.3.1
          11. 3ds Max 2.2.0
        2. Substance in 3ds Max Overview
        3. Substance Settings
        4. Using Presets
        5. Batch Import
        6. Using Workflows in 3ds Max
        7. Substance Source
        8. Animating a Substance material
        9. 3ds MAX Scripting API
        10. Troubleshooting
        1. MODO overview
          1. Modo 2.7.3
          2. Modo v. 2.7.5
          3. Modo v. 2.7.4
          4. Modo v. 2.7.3
          5. Modo v. 2.7.2
          6. Modo v. 2.7.1
          7. Modo v. 2.7.0
        3. Substance in MODO Overview
        4. Modo Installation
        5. Parameters
        6. Custom Materials
        7. Working with Normals
        8. Working with Emissive
        9. Bump and Displacement
        10. Working with References
        11. Animating Substances
        12. Copy/Duplicate Substance
        13. Environment and Rendering Setup
        14. Modo Switch Engine
        15. Tiling Modo textures
        1. Cinema 4D overview
        2. Set-Up
        3. Using the Substance Plugin
        4. Substance Asset Manager
        5. Substance Shader
        6. Attribute Manager
        7. Visual Feedback of Animated Substances
      5. Houdini
        1. Blender overview
          1. Add-on 2.0.0+
          2. Add-on 1.0.2
          3. Add-on 0.9.5
          4. Add-on 0.9.3
          5. Add-on 0.9.2
          6. Add-on 0.9.1
        3. Substance in Blender Overview
        4. Downloading and Installing the Plugin
        5. Preferences
        6. The Substance 3D Panel
        7. Shortcuts and Navigation
        8. Workflows
        9. Physical size in Blender
        10. Substance 3D Assets Library
        11. Troubleshooting
        12. Uninstalling the Add-on
        13. Substance 3D Add-on for Blender Tutorials
      1. Photoshop
      1. Converting Substance outputs
        1. Color Management overview
        2. Substance textures in Maya
        3. Substance textures in 3ds Max
        1. Arnold overview
        2. Arnold - Substance in 3ds Max
        3. Arnold - Substance in Maya
        4. Arnold - Substance Painter
        1. Vray overview
        2. Vray Next - Substance in Maya
        3. Vray Next - Substance in 3ds Max
        4. Vray Next - Substance Painter
        1. Renderman overview
        2. Renderman for Maya
        3. Renderman - Substance Painter
        1. Redshift overview
        2. Redshift for 3ds Max
        3. Redshift for Maya
        4. Redshift - Substance Painter
        1. Maxwell overview
        2. Maxwell - Substance in Maya
        3. Maxwell - Substance Painter
        1. Corona overview
        2. Corona for 3ds Max
        3. Corona - Substance Painter
        1. Octane overview
        2. Octane for 3ds Max
        3. Octane for MODO
      10. Keyshot
      11. Thea
        1. Maverick overview
        2. Substance Painter Integration
        3. Substance SBSAR Integration
      13. Toolbag
        1. Cycles and Eevee overview
        2. Cycles and Eevee - Substance 3D for Blender
        3. Cycles and Eevee - Susbtance Painter
      1. Substance 3D and Maxon One
      2. Substance 3D and Maxon One FAQ
    1. Substance 3D home
    2. Ecosystems and Plugins
      1. Home
            1. Unreal Engine 5 overview
              1. Unreal plugin 5.3.2
              2. Unreal plugin 5.0.3
              3. Unreal plugin 5.0.2
              4. Unreal plugin 5.0.1
            3. Plugin Overview - UE5
            4. Plugin Settings - UE5
            5. Substance Input Image - UE5
            6. Material Instance Definition - UE5
            7. Material Template Usage - UE5
            8. Out-of-the-Box Material Templates
            9. Tiling Substance - UE5
            10. Substance 3D Plugin Default Templates
            11. Substance 3D Assets Library Usage - UE5
              1. Blueprint(UE5): Substance material parameters
              2. Blueprint(UE5): Dynamic Material Instance Skip to end of metadata
              3. Blueprint(UE5): Aggregate Substance
              4. Blueprint(UE5): Node Reference
            13. Unreal Engine 5 Scripting
            14. Installing to Source Builds
            1. Unreal Engine 4 overview
              1. Unreal plugin 4.27.0.1
              2. Unreal plugin 4.26.0.21
              3. Unreal plugin 4.26.0.2
              4. Unreal plugin 4.26.0.1
              5. Unreal plugin 4.25.0.5
              6. Unreal plugin 4.25.0.4
              7. Unreal plugin 4.25.0.3
              8. Unreal plugin 4.24.0.3
              9. Unreal plugin 4.23.0.2
              10. Unreal plugin 4.23.0.1
              11. Unreal plugin 4.22.0.33
              12. Unreal plugin 4.22.0.32
              13. Unreal plugin 4.21.0.31
            3. Plugin Overview - UE4
            4. Plugin Settings - UE4
            5. Substance Input Image - UE4
            6. Material Instance Definition - UE4
            7. Tiling Substance - UE4
            8. Working with Bump Offset (Parallax) - UE4
            9. Working with Displacement - UE4
            10. Source in UE4
            11. Live Link in UE4
              1. Blueprint(UE4): Substance material parameters
              2. Blueprint(UE4): Dynamic Material Instance
              3. Blueprint(UE4): Aggregate Substance
              4. Blueprint(UE4): Node Reference
            13. Unreal Engine 4 Scripting
          1. Unity overview
            1. Unity 3.0.0+
            2. Unity 2.6.0
            3. Unity 2.5.4
            4. Unity 2.5.3
            5. Unity 2.5.2
            6. Unity 2.5.1
            7. Unity 2.4.5
            8. Unity 2.4.4
            9. Unity 2.4.3
            10. Unity 2.4.1
            11. Unity 2.4.0
            12. Unity 2.3.4
            13. Unity 2.3.2
            14. Unity 2.2.2
            15. Unity 2.2.0
          3. Downloading Substance 3D Plugin in Unity
          4. Unity Plugin Overview
          5. Unity Preferences
          6. Optimization Guidelines
          7. Upgrading Projects/Known Issues
          8. Managing Substance Graphs
          9. Changing parameters
          10. Generated Textures (Packing)
          11. Rendering Color Space
          12. Using Image Inputs
          13. Publishing for Mobile
            1. Unity Scripting overview
              1. SubstanceEditorTools
              2. SubstanceRuntime Class
                1. SubstanceRuntimeGraph Class overview
                2. Member Function Documentation
                3. Detailed Description
          15. Scripting in Unity (Deprecated)
          16. API Overview
          17. Scripting API
          18. C# Example Script
          19. Substance 3D Assets Library Usage
          20. Removing Substance Plugin
          21. Substance 3D in Unity Tutorials
          22. Physical Size in Unity
          23. Sharing sbsar Files Between Projects
          1. Lumberyard overview
          2. Importing a Substance
          3. Assigning a Substance
          4. Parameters and outputs
          5. Flow Graph API
        4. Roblox
      3. 3D Applications
            1. Maya 3.0.0+
            2. Maya 2.4.1
            3. Maya 2.4.0
            4. Maya 2.3
            5. Maya 2.2.3
            6. Maya 2.2.2
            7. Maya 2.2.1
            8. Maya 2.1.9
            9. Maya 2.1.8
            10. Maya 2.1.7
            11. Maya 2.1.6
            12. Maya 2.1.5
            13. Maya 2.1.4
            14. Maya 2.1.3
            15. Maya 2.1.2
            16. Maya 2.1.1
            17. Maya 2.1.0
            18. Maya 2.0.3
            19. Maya 0.9.11
          2. Substance in Maya Overview
          3. Installation
          4. Substance Output Node
          5. Using Workflows
          6. Working with Outputs
          7. Procedural Sampling
          8. Presets
          9. Settings
          10. Arnold Support
          11. Apply Workflow To Maps
          12. Maya Scripting
          13. Physical Size in Maya
        2. 3ds Max
            1. 3ds Max 3.0.0+
            2. 3ds Max 2.8.0
            3. 3ds Max 2.7.0
            4. 3ds Max 2.4.2
            5. 3ds Max 2.4.1
            6. 3ds Max 2.4.0
            7. 3ds Max 2.3.4
            8. 3ds Max 2.3.3
            9. 3ds Max 2.3.2
            10. 3ds Max 2.3.1
            11. 3ds Max 2.2.0
          2. Substance in 3ds Max Overview
          3. Substance Settings
          4. Using Presets
          5. Batch Import
          6. Using Workflows in 3ds Max
          7. Substance Source
          8. Animating a Substance material
          9. 3ds MAX Scripting API
          10. Troubleshooting
          1. MODO overview
            1. Modo 2.7.3
            2. Modo v. 2.7.5
            3. Modo v. 2.7.4
            4. Modo v. 2.7.3
            5. Modo v. 2.7.2
            6. Modo v. 2.7.1
            7. Modo v. 2.7.0
          3. Substance in MODO Overview
          4. Modo Installation
          5. Parameters
          6. Custom Materials
          7. Working with Normals
          8. Working with Emissive
          9. Bump and Displacement
          10. Working with References
          11. Animating Substances
          12. Copy/Duplicate Substance
          13. Environment and Rendering Setup
          14. Modo Switch Engine
          15. Tiling Modo textures
          1. Cinema 4D overview
          2. Set-Up
          3. Using the Substance Plugin
          4. Substance Asset Manager
          5. Substance Shader
          6. Attribute Manager
          7. Visual Feedback of Animated Substances
        5. Houdini
          1. Blender overview
            1. Add-on 2.0.0+
            2. Add-on 1.0.2
            3. Add-on 0.9.5
            4. Add-on 0.9.3
            5. Add-on 0.9.2
            6. Add-on 0.9.1
          3. Substance in Blender Overview
          4. Downloading and Installing the Plugin
          5. Preferences
          6. The Substance 3D Panel
          7. Shortcuts and Navigation
          8. Workflows
          9. Physical size in Blender
          10. Substance 3D Assets Library
          11. Troubleshooting
          12. Uninstalling the Add-on
          13. Substance 3D Add-on for Blender Tutorials
        1. Photoshop
        1. Converting Substance outputs
          1. Color Management overview
          2. Substance textures in Maya
          3. Substance textures in 3ds Max
          1. Arnold overview
          2. Arnold - Substance in 3ds Max
          3. Arnold - Substance in Maya
          4. Arnold - Substance Painter
          1. Vray overview
          2. Vray Next - Substance in Maya
          3. Vray Next - Substance in 3ds Max
          4. Vray Next - Substance Painter
          1. Renderman overview
          2. Renderman for Maya
          3. Renderman - Substance Painter
          1. Redshift overview
          2. Redshift for 3ds Max
          3. Redshift for Maya
          4. Redshift - Substance Painter
          1. Maxwell overview
          2. Maxwell - Substance in Maya
          3. Maxwell - Substance Painter
          1. Corona overview
          2. Corona for 3ds Max
          3. Corona - Substance Painter
          1. Octane overview
          2. Octane for 3ds Max
          3. Octane for MODO
        10. Keyshot
        11. Thea
          1. Maverick overview
          2. Substance Painter Integration
          3. Substance SBSAR Integration
        13. Toolbag
          1. Cycles and Eevee overview
          2. Cycles and Eevee - Substance 3D for Blender
          3. Cycles and Eevee - Susbtance Painter
        1. Substance 3D and Maxon One
        2. Substance 3D and Maxon One FAQ

    Using Workflows in 3ds Max

    The Substance in 3ds Max plugin contains workflows for automatically creating a shader network to support renderers. The render workflows can be found in the Substance menu.

    To use a workflow, select the Substance node in the material editor and then choose the workflow from the Substance menu.

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