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Paint | Substance 3D Sampler

Paint

In: Wear and Finish

Description

The Paint filter lets you cover your material in a layer of paint of varying thickness.

A metal material with worn paint added on top of it.

Parameters

Basic parameters

  • Random Seed:
    The random seed determines the random values of other parameters that use randomness in this filter.
  • Color: color select
    Set the paint color.
  • Roughness: 0-1
    Set the roughness of areas that the paint covers.
  • Thickness: 0-1
    Adjust the viscosity and thickness of the paint. This impacts how much of the underlying height and normal information is visible through the paint.
  • Peel: 0-1
    Add patches where the paint has peeled away from the underlying material.
  • Grain: 0-1
    Change the grain of the surface of the paint.
  • Grain Size: 1-5
    Adjust the scale of the texture used to create the grains.

Mask

  • Cavity Mask: toggle
    Create a mask based on the cavities found in the height map. If enabled the following parameters appear:
    • Cavity Size: 0-1
      Adjust the height range used to create the cavity mask.
    • Cavity Intensity: 0-1
      Adjust the opacity of the mask based on cavity depth.
    • Cavity Invert Mask: toggle
      Invert the cavity mask to change whether it affects high or low points.
  • Use Custom Mask: toggle
    Enable or disable the use of a custom mask. If enabled the following parameters appear:
    • Mask: image/brush
      Select an image to use as a mask or use the brush to paint a custom mask directly in the 2D view.
    • Custom Mask - Blur: 0-1
      Blur the mask.
    • Custom Mask - Invert: toggle
      Invert the mask.

Advanced Parameters

  • Base Color: toggle
    Set whether the base color channel is affected by the filter.
  • Metallic: toggle
    Set whether the metallic channel is affected by the filter.
    • Metallic Value: 0-1
      Adjust metallic value of the painted areas.
  • Roughness: toggle
    Set whether the roughness channel is affected by the filter.
  • Normal: toggle
    Set whether the normal channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, an additional control appears:
    • Normal - Intensity: -1 to 1
      Adjust the intensity of the normals.
  • Height: toggle
    Set whether the height channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, an additional control appears:
    • Height - Intensity: 0-1
      Adjust the contrast of the height map.
  • Opacity: toggle
    Set whether the opacity channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, an additional control appears:
    • Opacity - Value: 0-1
      Change the opacity of the material.
  • Emissive: toggle
    Set whether the emissive channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, an additional control appears:
    • Emissive - Color: color select
      Set the color of the emissive channel.
  • Ambient Occlusion: toggle
    Set whether the ambient occlusion channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, the following additional controls appear:
    • Ambient Occlusion - Intensity: 0-1
      Adjust the strength of the generated AO.
    • Ambient Occlusion - Radius: 0-1
      Adjust the radius of the AO effect.

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