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Quick Actions | Substance 3D Sampler

Quick actions

Quick actions is a system that allows you to create an asset or add many layers in the stack in few clicks. Use Quick actions to create an asset, create a project or to add the layers you need to your existing stack.

You can find Quick actions in several places in Sampler:

Quick Action Name

Description

Layers

Convert image to material

Create a material with all the necessary channels from a single image.

Input

Image to Material AI

Equalize

Convert multi-angle images to material

Create a material by merging photos of a surface taken from different light angles

input

Multiangle to material

Equalize

Import textures

Create a material from texture maps.

Input

Import image

Create an empty material and add a single image as a layer.

Input

Import environment

Create a light from an environment map or a picture.

Input

Exposure

Convert 360 panoramas to HDR

Create a High Dynamic Range (HDR) environment light by merging multiple 360-degree bracketed panoramic images. Learn more  

Input

HDR Merge

Straighten Horizon

Nadir Patch

Convert image to embroidery

Apply a procedural filter to make an image look like an embroidered patch.

Input

Embroidery

Create a fabric material

Create a fabric material with a procedural filter.

ClothWeave

Adjust image

Choose filters to fine-tune and prepare an image for use in a material.

Input

Crop

Tiling

Brightness/Constrast

Hue/Saturation

Color replace

Create 3D Object from Photos

Create a 3D model with photogrammetry, which stitches overlapping photos together.

None

Create empty material

Create a material with no channels.

None

Create empty light

Create an environment light with no channel.

None

How to use Quick action

From home screen

Click on a Quick action

or drag and drop an image on a quick action.

or drag and drop an image on a quick action.

From Create new

Choose any quick action or import files and see which quick actions you can use with your input

From Quick Action Panel

Click on a Quick action to add it to the stack or create a new asset depending on the Quick action type.

Options:

  • Apply : Applies the quick action on the active stack.
  • Setup : Opens the setup window to prearrange the Quick action before adding it to the stack.
  • Create new Asset : Create a new asset from the selected quick action.
  • Create new Project : Create a new project from the selected quick action.

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