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Substance Designer is one of currently four tools developed by Allegorithmic and used to create textures and materials for 3D graphics with a non-destructive workflow. In a new video from the developer, you can see a comparison of the AO from the current 5.6 version with the previous version. Accordingly, the current variant enables significantly more detail and faster performance via the GPU.
What’s new in version 5.6
The last update to Substance Designer was released in December 2016. The features included in the new version relate primarily to ambient occlusion, blend nodes for material height, and normal maps. In the following video, you can see a brief introduction from the developer.
You can find an overview of all the new features as well as a download link here. You could read the update’s release notes here.
Getting started? Substance Designer in DP
We have already covered the tool in several issues. Accordingly, there is a free workshop in DP issue 03 : 16, which you can download here. For all firefighting fans, we also showed in DP issue 05 : 15 how you can decorate a fire hydrant with the tool. We also provided you with a collection of textures and materials to get started, which you can find here.
You can find more information about the software here on the official site.
