by BlenderBrit·Rendering
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A Dev Fund contributor from BlenderBrit, this shader earns its place in the superhive library for narrowing an all-in-one Substance Painter import down to a single node group with documentation and a royalty-free license.
Sp2Blend: Substance Painter Shader is a Blender node group built as an all-in-one way to import textures from Substance Painter. It grew out of BlenderBrit's PBR Pack and keeps its focus on Substance Painter's metallic/roughness workflow, though it can also be used for any metallic/roughness setup.
Textures produced by Substance Painter's default metallic/roughness workflow can be used directly without alterations. Load the base color, metallic, roughness, MixedAO and normal_opengl maps, connect them to the shader, set everything except the base color to non-color data, then adjust with the available options. The node group also includes fresnel and rim lighting, based on work shared by cynicat pro.
It was built for Blender 2.7x using the Cycles render engine and carries a royalty-free license. Documentation is included, and a demo video is available.
Sp2Blend: Substance Painter Shader is best for blender artists bringing Substance Painter textures into Cycles through the metallic/roughness workflow.
Sp2Blend: Substance Painter Shader is completely free to download and use.
Sp2Blend: Substance Painter Shader was built for Blender 2.7x and uses the Cycles render engine, so those are the version and engine it was designed around. The node group carries a royalty-free license. If you're on a newer Blender release, it's worth confirming behaviour on the developer's page before relying on it in a project, since the listed target is the 2.7x series and Cycles.
Sp2Blend: Substance Painter Shader takes the maps from Substance Painter's default metallic/roughness workflow. Load the base color, metallic, roughness, MixedAO and normal_opengl maps, connect each to the shader, and set everything except the base color to non-color data. From there you tweak the various built-in options as needed. The textures Substance Painter generates can be used directly without any alterations, which keeps the setup straightforward.
Sp2Blend: Substance Painter Shader includes fresnel and rim lighting within the node group. The developer credits cynicat pro for the fresnel and rim lighting work and for sharing it with the community. These sit alongside the shader's other adjustable options, so you can control that part of the look without building the setup yourself. It's part of the all-in-one node group rather than a separate add-on.
Sp2Blend: Substance Painter Shader is listed as free in this catalog and carries a royalty-free license from BlenderBrit. Licensing terms can change over time, so for the current price and license details it's best to check the developer's page directly. The download there is where you'll find the most up-to-date information on how the shader can be used, and documentation is included with the product.
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