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Embossing | Substance 3D Sampler

Embossing

In: Generators

Description

Emboss text or patterns onto your materials.

Parameters

Basic Parameters

  • Emboss Size: 0-1
    Change the size of each instance
  • Emboss Distance: 0-1
    Change the thickness of embossed lines
  • Pattern Selection:
    Select which pattern to emboss. From here you can select to emboss text or a custom pattern.
  • Pattern Tile X: 1-64
    Change the number of instances on the X axis
  • Pattern Tile Y: 1-64
    Change the number of instances on the Y axis

Emboss

  • Use Border Emboss: toggle
    Toggle whether to emboss the border of the chosen pattern
  • Border Emboss Invert: toggle
    Invert the height of the border emboss
  • Border Emboss Intensity: 0-1
    Change the strength of the emboss effect
  • Use Fill Emboss: toggle
    Toggle whether to emboss the fill of the chosen pattern
  • Fill Emboss Invert: toggle
    Invert the height of the fill emboss effect
  • Fill Emboss Intensity: 0-1
    Change the strength of the emboss effect

Pattern

  • Use Color: toggle
    Toggle whether or not to add color to the embossed area
    When Use Color is toggled on, an additional Color parameter will appear to adjust the color.
  • Pattern Mask Distance: 0-1
    Change size of the mask used to apply color to the embossed area
  • Pattern Mask Contrast: 0-1
    Adjust the contrast of the mask. Decreasing the contrast makes the edges of the mask appear more blurred.
  • Use Pattern Tile: toggle
    Toggle on to tile the pattern, toggle off to have only a single instance. When the pattern isn't tiled, the Pattern Tile options will not appear under the Basic Parameters section.
  • Pattern Rotation: 0-1
    Rotate the pattern
  • Pattern Offset: 0-1
    Offset each row of the pattern from the previous row.
  • Use Pattern Roughness: toggle
    Enable this to override the underlying material roughness with a custom roughness value wherever the emboss effect appears.
    When enabled, a Pattern Roughness control will appear to set the roughness.
  • Use Pattern Metallic: toggle
    Enable this to override the underlying material metallic values with a custom metallic value wherever the emboss effect appears.
    When enabled, a Pattern Metallic control will appear to set the roughness.

Text - This section only appears if Pattern Selection under Basic parameters is set to Text

  • Font Selection:
    Select a typeface
  • Text: text field
    Type in the text to be embossed
  • Text Size: 0-1
    Adjust the font size

Eraser

  • Eraser Normal: 0-1
  • Eraser Ambient Occlusion: 0-1
  • Eraser Opacity: 0-1

Advanced parameters

These parameters allow you to adjust values for the entire material.

  • Luminosity: 0-1
  • Contrast: -1 to 1
  • Hue Shift; 0-1
  • Saturation: 0-1
  • Normal Intensity; 0-1

Usage Guide

Add the Embossing filter to the top of the layer stack, then start adjusting parameters.

The most important parameters are generally Basic Parameters > Pattern Selection to modify which pattern the filter will use and Pattern > Use Pattern Tile to toggle tiling on and off.

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