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>> Hey, guys.

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Henning and Morten from FlippedNormals here.

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In this very exciting video, we are going to
take you through everything you need to know

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in order to get started with Substance Painter.

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It's going to be maybe an hour or so.

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>> Something like that, yeah.

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>> And it's going to be -- it's going to
allow you to be a pure beginner to something

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where you actually know how to navigate the
software, what the general principles are.

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So, before we get too deep into this,
we just quickly want to talk to you

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about our full introduction
to Substance Painter Series.

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This video you're watching now is not
a free excerpt or anything on this.

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This is a whole standalone video.

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But if you're interested in learning more
about Painter, we have a full course which is

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over four hours long which covers
essentially everything you need to know,

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where we also go through a more
project-based approach where we do --

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we texture this fan here from scratch.

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>> Yeah. So, if you're interested in
something that's more project-based

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where you have a one-to-one
thing you can follow,

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that's going to be probably your
next step after watching this video.

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>> Exactly.

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So, before you also get started with anything
in Painter, follow the link in the description

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or Google Substance PBR Guide and read
these two volumes, Volume 1 and Volume 2.

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These are by far the best guides
ever written on understanding PBR.

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And if you don't know what we're talking about
in terms of PBR, you definitely have to read it.

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>> Yeah. It's essential for any sort
of modern-day texturing nowadays,

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especially when you're doing it in Painter.

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>> Yeah, it really is.

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So, let's open up Painter
and let's see what we have.

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This is what it looks like
whenever you first open up Painter.

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We're using 2018.3.3.

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And the thing in Painter is you
need something to work with.

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Like it's not like ZBrush and Maya
where you can start painting on nothing.

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>> No.

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>> We need assets and projects.

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So, what we're going to be doing is we're going
to go to File, Open Samples and we're going

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to go this little nice guy called Meet MAT.

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This is a really good project to
work with because it's quite simple

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but has everything you need in
order to get started with stuff.

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>> Yeah. The nice thing about this is
that all maps are there for you to use

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and like it's just easy to paint on because
it's got nice UVs and everything's laid out.

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>> So, we use this in a full series as well
just because it's an awesome way to get started.

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>> Yeah.

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>> So, you have all the tools
you need over here,

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such as the painting tools,
erasing tools and all that.

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We'll get to this a bit later on.

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Up here, we have the menu such as
saving, loading, quitting the software.

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>> Should you want to rage quit at some point.

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>> Should you want to do that.

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Navigation is Alt-left mouse button to rotate.

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To zoom, you hit Alt-right
mouse button and drag.

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And then to pan, hit Alt-middle mouse button.

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Now, you can pan around.

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You can also see we have a split viewport here
where you can see the UVs and the 3D model.

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I don't really like to work like this.

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I generally prefer to see the full 3D viewport.

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So, you can hit the F1 key to have the split
viewport which is what you're currently seeing,

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F2 for the full 3D view and F3 for
the 2D view or the UV view like this.

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>> Yeah. Most of the time, I mean,
seeing as it's a 3D painting software,

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you'll probably be using the 3D viewport.

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There are instances where the UV viewport is
useful, like stamping on logos or something

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when we want to be more precise
with lining stuff up.

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But most of the time, it's
going to be this viewport.

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>> Yeah. So, you can also drag stuff around.

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So, this is really cool and you are
definitely going to be doing this by accident.

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So, if you, you know, want
to customize your interface,

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you can do this to your heart's content.

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It's really cool stuff and you can
really make an interface which suits you.

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You know, everything is really modular here.

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The way you fix this though is now,
we have screwed this on the out

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and repair is we go to Window and we'd reset UI.

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Now, everything is back to where you went off.

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And it's important to say in the beginning

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because you will definitely
screw some of this up.

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>> Yeah. The nice thing about Painter here is
that the UI is relatively simple and the amount

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of UI options that you have are also
kind of limited but in a good way.

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So, after this introduction, you should have
a fairly good grasp on everything, actually.

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>> Yeah, exactly.

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Then we can also rotate the lighting around if
you hold down shift and then right mouse button.

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So, this is the only way to
actually change the lighting.

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You don't actually have 3D
lights and there is no way

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to lock this to a camera, at least not yet.

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So, if you're going behind here and
you're seeing that it's really dark,

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you need to hit Shift-right mouse
button and just rotate the lighting.

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This might seem a bit annoying in the beginning
but honestly, it just becomes second nature.

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>> Yeah.

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>> It's not going to be a problem at all.

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Then one thing you can see
though is we have this glare.

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And this is super cool but
it's absolutely useless to us.

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This might be cool if you're
presenting your model but for any kind

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of texture painting, this is beyond useless.

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>> Yeah. It actually just messes
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>> Exactly.

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So, the way we change this is we go
to our menus here up on the right

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and the top one is called Display Settings.

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We have a bunch of cool settings here, but the
one we want to disable for now is Post Effects.

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Disable this and we see that glare
and now there is no more glare.

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This is also where we can change the
focal length as well of our camera.

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Default 17 is fine for this
guy but if you have something

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like a human face, it's going
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>> Yeah. You probably want
something closer to 35, maybe.

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>> Yeah, exactly.

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We can also change the environment
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because everything here is lit with an HDRI.

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Like I said, we don't actually
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We only have HDRIs.

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So, the way we change our lighting is we
go in here and we change the lighting.

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You can see here that a lot of
the default HDRIs are quite bad

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because they contain so much color.

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Like now, there's a green tint to it.

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The other one has like a nice warm tint.

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You really want to be careful
with which HDRI you're using.

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I prefer one of these guys,
like Studio 2 is quite nice.

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It's quite neutral and it doesn't
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>> I mean, if you are interested,
FlippedNormals also has a studio pack

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that you can actually use for this.

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But I think the default that come
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>> Yeah, they're decent.

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>> Yeah.

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>> This is also where you can do the
rotation, but you don't want to do it here.

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This is purely the Alt -- oh,
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Also, keep in mind, when it comes to
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So, if you have an HDRI and
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or the top, that's just tough luck.

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>> Yeah.

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>> You can't really do anything about that.

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>> Change your HDRI.

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>> Yeah, exactly.

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>> That's about it.

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>> We can also change the exposure.

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And you never ever, ever want to do this
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if you make it too bright or too dark,

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you're going to over-light
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So, make sure this is set to zero.

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You can also enable the shadows
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because now you can see a more
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You can change the computation mode as
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>> Yeah. Because again, like when
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like we want our albedo to
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>> Yeah, exactly.

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>> And shadows can be good for previews, but
you might forget to turn it off at some point

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and then start to correct after the shadows.

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>> Yeah, exactly.

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Then after we've disabled old stuff here and
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to change lighting now, we are quickly
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Texture sets are essentially shaders.

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The way I like to think about this is

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that every single texture set here
has one shader assigned to it.

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So, whenever you're exporting
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the head texture set will be the head shader.

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It could also be not grouped based
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I would call like maybe brass and this would
be called skin and this would be called iron.

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That helps me a lot.

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>> Yeah. And that's really how you separate it.

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So, you would always prep it in
another 3D software beforehand.

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>> Yeah, exactly.

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>> Just simply, you know, select the object
or parts of the objects that you want

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in your texture set and apply
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So, you can see these also
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So, there is no overlap between them
because there's completely separate shaders.

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Whenever you're dealing with texture sets,
you kind of got to discard the mentality

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of like an outliner or hierarchy of your objects

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because the hierarchy is completely
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Hierarchy is used when you're
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But for this, these are pure shaders.

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Let's go back to F2.

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So, we can switch between the texture sets
by going up here and just clicking on them.

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Or we can do this by holding Ctrl Alt and
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This is the way you probably want to do it
because clicking up here is quite annoying.

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Let's say you're painting down here and
you want to switch it, quite annoying.

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So, Ctrl Alt-right mouse button.

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We can also solo it.

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So, let's say you only want to see the body.

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Now, you just hit the solo button.

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This is something I do all the time.

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>> Is there a way to set up
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It's Alt-Q which I believe
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Yeah. One thing that's also nice is the tool
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of the viewport whenever you're
selecting hotkeys that it sort

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of shows you what possible options there are.

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Like when you're rotating and
stuff, that can be quite handy.

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Especially in the beginning, the hotkeys

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and what they do can be a
little confusing sometimes.

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>> Yeah, exactly.

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You can also change the shader right here.

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This is something, we aren't covering
this in this series but if you want

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to have a different shader assigned to it.

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For instance, if you're dealing with
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Then we have the brush tool.

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By default, we have a regular layer
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The brush tool is one of these tools
you are going to be using quite a lot.

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So, the hotkey is 1 and you
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I prefer to use hotkeys as much as I can.

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And by default, you're just
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One thing I do very often whenever I'm painting
with this is that I disable pen pressure

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for either the opacity or the flow or the size.

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So, you can do that by going under right
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Because now, we have the
exact same pressure all over.

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And you can do the same with flow.

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So now, you can enable pen pressure and now
you have really a lot more control with it.

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>> Whatever the difference between the two are.

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>> Yeah, flow and opacity.

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You can resize the brush by holding Ctrl-right
mouse button and going left and right.

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You can change the hardness by holding
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You can change -- you can rotate it
which we can't really see here right now

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because there isn't anything assigned to it.

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But you can rotate it by holding
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>> So, this is just going to be a
little confusing in the beginning.

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It just takes some time getting used to.

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>> Exactly.

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You can just kind of see your
cursor is rotating around.

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And then opacity is Ctrl -- flow is
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You can also get straight lines by
holding the Shift key when you're painting

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and you can hit the D key to get lazy mouse.

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This is incredibly handy if you really
want, like, nice clean lines here.

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So, let's do some of this and you just
get nicer, cleaner lines this way.

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That's a D hotkey.

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Then we also have symmetry as well
which is relevant with brush tool.

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The hotkey there is L or you can
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This is really cool symmetry.

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It's not like Mario symmetry
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It's actual real symmetry.

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>> Yay!

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>> Yay! One thing to keep in mind as well
is that you can't paint across texture sets.

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So, if you want to paint to the
body now, you can't do that.

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You have to switch to the texture
set and then paint on that.

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That's why I recommend a hotkey
for doing that because otherwise,

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it's going to take too much time to go over.

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>> Yeah.

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>> We also have the color picker which is the
P key, which is honestly quite annoying for me

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because you have to move your hand a lot.

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But that's how you change the color picker.

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The color is back to --

237
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>> So, you click it or hold it down?

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>> You click it and then you click
where you want and then it switches.

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You can also right click to get up
brush settings such as size, flow,

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spacing, all these kind of things.

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And on the bottom, we also
have the color as well.

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So, you can change the color
to whatever you want to.

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Then we have layers.

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So, layers is really where
the fun begins in Painter.

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We have regular layers which is exactly this.

246
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Let's actually go to the head
and isolate this and delete this.

247
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So, you delete layers by hitting the trash can.

248
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And you have two different layers here.

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You have the fill layer, then you have the
regular layer which is just a paint layer.

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The paint layer is where you can paint on it.

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Nothing fancy about this.

252
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This is very straightforward.

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This is where we can also project stuff on top.

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And if you want to paint custom
masks or whatever you want

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to do, use a regular paint layer.

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We have blending modes to the right.

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And we can also change the
blending mode per channel.

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So, if we go down here, we
have different channels.

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We can paint, for instance, with height.

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So now, we're painting with height and
we're painting it with red at the same time.

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So now, we have some height
information in our brush.

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So, we can go down here and we
can change this now to height.

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And we can now change the opacity of this.

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So, this is the way you control
the different channels.

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So, if you have roughness, for
instance, you do the same thing.

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You can change the reference value
and you would choose roughness

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and you change the blending
mode or whatever it is.

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So, it's really cool that
you have such fine control

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over all the different channels right here.

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Where the magic happens though when it
comes to Painter isn't with paint layers.

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Like, it's called Painter but you really aren't
going to be doing too much hand painting.

272
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>> Should be called Substance Filler.

273
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>> Should be called Substance Filler because
we are going to be using the fill layer a lot.

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So, a fill layer is kind of like a material.

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I like to think about every fill
layer as a separate material

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because we have all the material
attributes we need.

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This is also where we see our properties.

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And this is where this becomes relevant.

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We can see down here, we have all
the properties for our fill layer

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or whatever it might be,
whatever tool it might be.

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So, we can change the color by
clicking to the gray part here,

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the gray part, and we can change the color.

283
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We can change the metallic.

284
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Is it metal?

285
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Is it not metal?

286
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So, we can make this metallic.

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We change the roughness to make it really shiny.

288
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And we can't really see the effects
of height or normal right now.

289
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So, this is what I mean with
it being a material.

290
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But now, we have essentially
created some kind of like,

291
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almost like a car paint shader
or some kind of red material.

292
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So, you can change this here.

293
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>> So, the interesting difference here
between paint layers and fill layers is

294
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that for the fill layers, instead of painting
it, you're sort of almost erasing it.

295
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>> Yeah, exactly.

296
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So, the way you would do this is if you
want, let's say you have a base here

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with a car paint shader and then you
want to have another layer on top,

298
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maybe you have some rust on top of it, you will
make a separate layer onto fill layer on top,

299
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make this rust and mask between them.

300
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We'll get to this in a little bit as well.

301
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So, let's delete these and let's
make a new fill layer as well.

302
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So now, we're going to talk
about one of my favorite features

303
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of Painter which is adding grunge maps.

304
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So before, we added the color
straight under here to it.

305
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But what we're going to be doing
now, instead of adding a color,

306
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we are going to be adding a map into this.

307
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So, if you click right above it where it
says base color, we can now hit type grunge.

308
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And now, this is going to be
flooded with awesome grunges.

309
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We have so many different maps.

310
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And honestly, I think this is one
of the biggest strengths of Painter

311
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because you can change the look
of your texture so quickly.

312
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And a grunge map can be used
for really anything.

313
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>> Yeah. There's a lot of good variety in
the maps included in Painter, actually.

314
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>> Yeah, there really is.

315
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So, one cool thing as well is that we
have access to tri-planar projections.

316
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So currently, this is using UV
mapping as the projection method.

317
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So now, you can see we get seams
where there are seams in the UV map.

318
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And that's unavoidable.

319
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That's --

320
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>> And that's what you would expect, you know.

321
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>> Yeah, exactly.

322
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It doesn't matter how good a UV map
is, you will have seams by definition.

323
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But if we change the projection
type to tri-planar, now suddenly,

324
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you are not going to have any seams
anymore, at least not where the UVs are.

325
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Because now, we have three planes
which are projected maybe from here,

326
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here and here, depending on your setup.

327
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And you get a nice blend between the planes.

328
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>> Yeah. So, where you would normally
have seams with tri-planar projection,

329
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it actually fades between the different maps.

330
00:17:22,296 --> 00:17:22,906
>> Yeah, exactly.

331
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So, we change the hardness to this and now you
can kind of see where the different planes are.

332
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So, you can definitely see a seam but because
we can change the hardness all the way down,

333
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you now just get this soft transition.

334
00:17:32,946 --> 00:17:33,013
>> Yeah.

335
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>> And this also means that,
we shouldn't really say this,

336
00:17:35,806 --> 00:17:39,486
but it means your UV map can be
a lot worse because now suddenly,

337
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stretching isn't that much of an issue.

338
00:17:41,516 --> 00:17:41,766
>> Yeah.

339
00:17:42,036 --> 00:17:44,786
>> You can also see here we have a little gizmo.

340
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This is something they recently
introduced in Painter.

341
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So before, you can only do it
with rotation scale in here.

342
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But now, you can actually move it around.

343
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You can use -- by default, it's
going to be set to just move.

344
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You can set it to rotate by hitting the E key.

345
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And you can set to scale by hitting the R key.

346
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And back to move with the W key.

347
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So, W, E and R.

348
00:18:08,956 --> 00:18:13,886
>> So, one thing we talked about, it's
probably a good idea to be consistent here

349
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with which method you use, so you don't start
mixing the normal scale rotation and hardness

350
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with maybe with the gizmo or something.

351
00:18:22,606 --> 00:18:23,006
>> Exactly.

352
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Because now, if you start to scale some stuff
here and then you scale some stuff here,

353
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it's really hard to know
what's actually happened to it.

354
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Like you can have a crazy high
value here, but you don't really --

355
00:18:34,386 --> 00:18:36,126
but maybe you can't see what's going on.

356
00:18:37,106 --> 00:18:39,926
So, I really recommend you stick
to either using the scaling here

357
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and rotation here or I prefer
to use just a gizmo.

358
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I think this is a really good addition to it.

359
00:18:46,186 --> 00:18:48,266
>> Yeah, yeah, it's very intuitive to use.

360
00:18:48,356 --> 00:18:49,276
>> Yeah, it really is.

361
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You can get some really good results with this.

362
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You can also duplicate the fill layers around
and then you can mask out different parts.

363
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For instance, if you see here, we have like a
pattern going across, you could duplicate it

364
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and then you can rotate it and now
you can mask out different parts.

365
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So, this is really one of
the strengths of Painter.

366
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So, let's add something into
the roughness slot as well.

367
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Now, you can see we have different slight
variation in the roughness to this.

368
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Now, this is where it becomes relevant
that we have different channels.

369
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By default, we're just seeing the material.

370
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So, this is with all the lighting
and everything into the model.

371
00:19:32,536 --> 00:19:34,866
>> Yeah. Everything's sort of like
stamped or like meshed together.

372
00:19:34,866 --> 00:19:35,596
>> Yeah, exactly.

373
00:19:36,186 --> 00:19:38,676
>> So, you know, if we were to
add another one into the height,

374
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we can see crazy stuff going on here now.

375
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And this is really nice that we can
see everything because this means

376
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that we get a pretty good approximation of
what the final one's going to look like.

377
00:19:47,926 --> 00:19:52,276
But it's not very good for actual
painting because when you're painting,

378
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you need to paint every single map.

379
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You need to control every single map you have.

380
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So, if we go up here to the top right,

381
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we can see that we have material
and then we have single channel.

382
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So, this is where you can
choose the different channels.

383
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We have like metallic, roughness,
height, normal.

384
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And then we also have below, we have mesh maps.

385
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These are maps which are being generated
by Painter itself when you bake stuff.

386
00:20:17,536 --> 00:20:20,276
We aren't covering too much
of this in this series

387
00:20:20,276 --> 00:20:21,976
because baking is a whole
separate chapter by itself.

388
00:20:22,786 --> 00:20:22,976
>> Yeah.

389
00:20:23,476 --> 00:20:26,936
>> But you can choose these
by simply clicking on them.

390
00:20:26,936 --> 00:20:28,826
And now, you can see the different channels.

391
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You can also use the hotkey which is C to
go between them and Shift C to go back.

392
00:20:36,726 --> 00:20:40,426
>> Yeah. And here, it becomes pretty apparent
when you switch between something like roughness

393
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and then your height, for example,
that you can see the different maps

394
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that we've inputted into those.

395
00:20:46,116 --> 00:20:46,776
>> Yeah, exactly.

396
00:20:46,856 --> 00:20:50,356
It becomes very important to be able
to see these individual channels

397
00:20:50,666 --> 00:20:55,256
because after you get a certain
level of complexity into your maps,

398
00:20:55,786 --> 00:20:59,146
you might just have -- there
is some reflection somewhere.

399
00:20:59,146 --> 00:20:59,476
>> Yeah.

400
00:20:59,706 --> 00:21:00,876
>> Where is that coming from?

401
00:21:00,876 --> 00:21:04,556
Is it coming from -- is it the height
map driving it or what's going on here?

402
00:21:05,986 --> 00:21:11,676
So, C to go between, Shift C to go back
and B to go between the baked maps.

403
00:21:12,596 --> 00:21:17,126
So here, you have ID, ambient occlusion,
curvature, position, thickness.

404
00:21:17,556 --> 00:21:20,376
We have a whole separate video
on this as well on YouTube

405
00:21:20,406 --> 00:21:22,916
where we cover what each texture map is doing.

406
00:21:22,916 --> 00:21:23,086
>> Yeah.

407
00:21:23,206 --> 00:21:25,246
>> So, we highly recommend that
you check that out as well.

408
00:21:25,426 --> 00:21:28,596
And to go back to material,
you simply hit the M key.

409
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M for material.

410
00:21:30,776 --> 00:21:34,316
This is something you're going to be doing
a lot, so really get used to these hotkeys.

411
00:21:34,316 --> 00:21:38,706
When I was learning Painter, I was sitting
down and straight up just hitting the M key,

412
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hitting the C key, Shift C, going between
them, B, Shift B. Really get used to these

413
00:21:44,826 --> 00:21:48,296
because these will be your
everyday painter life.

414
00:21:48,296 --> 00:21:49,856
>> Yeah. It's going to speed
up your painting a lot.

415
00:21:51,106 --> 00:21:57,106
>> So, now that we briefly talk about the
fill layer, we need to talk about masking

416
00:21:57,306 --> 00:21:59,876
because masking is also really
where the magic happens.

417
00:22:00,156 --> 00:22:02,406
>> Yeah. Especially when
you work with fill layers.

418
00:22:02,406 --> 00:22:03,006
>> Exactly.

419
00:22:03,006 --> 00:22:07,046
The magic happens in a few different places,
but particularly when it comes to masking.

420
00:22:07,246 --> 00:22:09,106
>> Magic just happens within Substance.

421
00:22:09,426 --> 00:22:09,896
>> Exactly.

422
00:22:10,536 --> 00:22:13,116
So, let's make two new fill layers.

423
00:22:13,206 --> 00:22:19,746
This one is going to be like,
maybe it's like a red paint layer.

424
00:22:20,146 --> 00:22:24,246
And on top, we're going to
have some kind of dirt.

425
00:22:24,246 --> 00:22:26,866
So, you can also rename by
double clicking on it.

426
00:22:26,866 --> 00:22:28,726
And we can call this red.

427
00:22:29,236 --> 00:22:35,526
>> That's why I really like the material analogy
with fill layers because you have the control

428
00:22:35,526 --> 00:22:40,386
of each individual channel and then you just
sort of add new materials or shaders on top.

429
00:22:40,556 --> 00:22:41,306
>> Exactly.

430
00:22:41,306 --> 00:22:44,676
Like, we covered this fairly in depth
in the full series where we're talking

431
00:22:44,676 --> 00:22:48,446
about if you want to replicate
rust, you need to build it

432
00:22:48,446 --> 00:22:50,686
up in a methodical way the same way it's done.

433
00:22:50,686 --> 00:22:50,856
>> Yeah.

434
00:22:51,276 --> 00:22:55,026
>> So now, we have like a nice
little paint material here.

435
00:22:55,026 --> 00:22:56,146
And now, we can add another one.

436
00:22:56,526 --> 00:22:58,926
And here, we can make this nice and grungy.

437
00:22:59,216 --> 00:23:00,816
>> Yeah. So, you really just have to think of it

438
00:23:00,816 --> 00:23:04,156
as like the original base of
this was painted with red.

439
00:23:04,266 --> 00:23:08,186
And then over some years, it got
rust on top or something like that.

440
00:23:08,276 --> 00:23:08,866
>> Yeah, exactly.

441
00:23:08,866 --> 00:23:10,416
We can set this again to tri-planar.

442
00:23:10,456 --> 00:23:12,596
And you're going to be doing this all the time.

443
00:23:13,046 --> 00:23:14,406
>> I almost wish it was default.

444
00:23:14,556 --> 00:23:15,196
>> Yeah, exactly.

445
00:23:15,346 --> 00:23:17,696
One thing as well to keep in mind,
when you work with fill layers,

446
00:23:17,696 --> 00:23:20,146
I tend to disable channels I don't need.

447
00:23:20,146 --> 00:23:25,876
For this one, I don't necessarily need metallic
and don't need normal so we can disable that.

448
00:23:25,876 --> 00:23:29,146
This just keeps it a lot cleaner because
then you have less parameters down here.

449
00:23:29,516 --> 00:23:33,366
So now, we have one layer on
top like this and we have --

450
00:23:33,816 --> 00:23:38,506
yeah, we have a red one and then
we have some kind of dirt layer.

451
00:23:39,666 --> 00:23:45,356
The way we mask between these now is we right
click and we hit add a white mask which is going

452
00:23:45,356 --> 00:23:50,296
to keep everything the way it is, or we add a
black mask which is going to erase everything.

453
00:23:51,236 --> 00:23:53,206
This is very similar to how
it's done in Photoshop.

454
00:23:53,206 --> 00:23:53,856
>> Yeah, yeah.

455
00:23:53,856 --> 00:23:57,296
So, if you ever used Photoshop and used
masking there, this should be familiar to you.

456
00:23:57,436 --> 00:23:57,906
>> Exactly.

457
00:23:57,906 --> 00:24:00,336
So now, we can see that everything disappeared.

458
00:24:00,656 --> 00:24:05,566
We can also disable the mask by holding
Shift key and clicking on the Mask.

459
00:24:05,876 --> 00:24:09,946
And we can look at the mask by holding
the Alt key and clicking on the Mask.

460
00:24:09,946 --> 00:24:11,646
>> Which I think is actually
how you do it in Photoshop.

461
00:24:11,646 --> 00:24:13,746
>> I think this is exactly
the same as Photoshop.

462
00:24:14,376 --> 00:24:16,926
This is where we have our effect stack as well.

463
00:24:17,316 --> 00:24:20,316
This is really handy because
here, we have generators.

464
00:24:20,456 --> 00:24:21,756
More on that in a bit.

465
00:24:21,886 --> 00:24:23,496
And here, we have paint layers.

466
00:24:23,496 --> 00:24:25,496
So now, let's add a quick paint layer to this.

467
00:24:25,936 --> 00:24:28,546
And now, we can start painting between these.

468
00:24:28,546 --> 00:24:30,146
>> Yeah, that's an important thing to note.

469
00:24:30,146 --> 00:24:34,246
You actually need a paint layer
underneath your mask in order to modify it.

470
00:24:34,396 --> 00:24:34,626
>> Yeah.

471
00:24:34,626 --> 00:24:37,296
>> Otherwise, it will be completely
white or completely black.

472
00:24:37,456 --> 00:24:38,526
>> Exactly.

473
00:24:38,696 --> 00:24:43,846
So now, we can see if you hold the Alt key
and click on the Mask, not on this part,

474
00:24:43,846 --> 00:24:46,166
on the layer, but on the Mask, now
we can see what we're painting.

475
00:24:46,166 --> 00:24:50,426
And this again becomes incredibly important
when you really want control over stuff.

476
00:24:51,026 --> 00:24:51,126
>> Yeah.

477
00:24:51,356 --> 00:24:52,576
>> So, hit the M key well.

478
00:24:52,576 --> 00:24:54,416
Again, go back to materials.

479
00:24:54,466 --> 00:24:56,416
And here, we can now see
exactly what's going on.

480
00:24:56,696 --> 00:25:02,076
Now, this is where we can add some
height information onto this fill layer.

481
00:25:03,136 --> 00:25:05,556
>> Yeah, that's the nice thing
about the fill layer compared

482
00:25:05,556 --> 00:25:08,506
to the paint layer is here,
you can just up the slider.

483
00:25:08,506 --> 00:25:08,806
>> Exactly.

484
00:25:08,866 --> 00:25:12,016
>> Whereas with the paint layer, you would
actually have to paint the height information.

485
00:25:12,176 --> 00:25:13,966
>> So now, we can kind of see what's going on.

486
00:25:13,966 --> 00:25:18,626
It's kind of like this is
carving into the painting.

487
00:25:19,316 --> 00:25:22,876
So, you can have a lot of control
with this if you go into one layer

488
00:25:22,936 --> 00:25:24,136
and just adjusting the height value.

489
00:25:24,426 --> 00:25:29,386
A quick tip as well is if you want fine
control here, you can hold on the Shift key.

490
00:25:29,466 --> 00:25:31,326
And now, you can see that
we're just getting like way --

491
00:25:31,326 --> 00:25:35,436
we have way more precision
over our values instead

492
00:25:35,436 --> 00:25:38,776
of just dragging and that becomes quite tedious.

493
00:25:39,416 --> 00:25:42,946
So, this is really one of the ways
you can be doing a lot of your work.

494
00:25:42,946 --> 00:25:45,206
You can be painting masks like this.

495
00:25:45,716 --> 00:25:48,756
So, it's a very quick and easy
setup when it comes to masking.

496
00:25:48,806 --> 00:25:51,776
If you want to remove this
or restart the masking,

497
00:25:51,776 --> 00:25:54,856
I just go add black mask again
and then it all disappears.

498
00:25:54,956 --> 00:25:59,546
You can also copy a mask and you
can also remove a mask altogether.

499
00:25:59,796 --> 00:26:04,826
So, let's next look at the shelf.

500
00:26:05,176 --> 00:26:08,226
The shelf is where a lot of
fun stuff happens in Painter.

501
00:26:08,576 --> 00:26:10,016
This is what we have on the bottom.

502
00:26:10,016 --> 00:26:12,686
And by default, it's going
to be set to materials.

503
00:26:12,746 --> 00:26:15,606
But this has way more stuff than just materials.

504
00:26:15,636 --> 00:26:21,266
The way we can access this is really
we can drag and drop our stuff onto it.

505
00:26:21,416 --> 00:26:22,646
And now, we have a material.

506
00:26:22,996 --> 00:26:24,726
This is one of the pre-made materials.

507
00:26:25,216 --> 00:26:28,266
And some of these are simply fill
layers which have been turned

508
00:26:28,266 --> 00:26:30,436
into smart materials by the
guys at Allegorithmic.

509
00:26:30,736 --> 00:26:34,966
And some of these are made in
Designer and are way more hardcore.

510
00:26:35,066 --> 00:26:36,676
>> And are really smart material.

511
00:26:36,676 --> 00:26:37,676
>> And really, really smart.

512
00:26:37,676 --> 00:26:41,426
So, you can just drag and drop them onto
it and you can just see what happens.

513
00:26:41,816 --> 00:26:45,996
The way I really learned how to make
materials in Painter was to drag and drop a lot

514
00:26:45,996 --> 00:26:48,736
of materials and try to reverse-engineer them.

515
00:26:49,076 --> 00:26:53,446
You know, go through this and see what color
they're using, what are they using for height,

516
00:26:53,446 --> 00:26:55,146
what kind of patterns are they using here.

517
00:26:55,446 --> 00:26:57,056
This kind of stuff is really handy.

518
00:27:01,526 --> 00:27:04,736
So here, we can see one which
this is made in Designer.

519
00:27:04,826 --> 00:27:07,006
So here, you don't have the
same attributes as before.

520
00:27:07,006 --> 00:27:10,316
So, if you're seeing this kind of stuff, that's
not because you don't know Painter well enough,

521
00:27:10,316 --> 00:27:12,976
that's just simply because
this is made in Designer

522
00:27:12,976 --> 00:27:17,536
and the author has made certain
attributes available.

523
00:27:17,616 --> 00:27:22,116
I find these to be quite annoying because I
can't really modify them from heart's content,

524
00:27:22,116 --> 00:27:24,326
but they're still really
good as a starting point.

525
00:27:24,536 --> 00:27:27,906
>> Yeah. I mean, as we all know, there
are some crazy designer materials

526
00:27:27,906 --> 00:27:30,596
out there that can do all kinds of things.

527
00:27:30,756 --> 00:27:31,946
So, they can be quite useful.

528
00:27:32,396 --> 00:27:32,896
>> Exactly.

529
00:27:33,206 --> 00:27:36,936
So here, we have -- these are more --
these are simpler, these materials.

530
00:27:36,936 --> 00:27:41,546
They're usually almost like one fill
layer, just modified a little bit.

531
00:27:41,546 --> 00:27:45,546
But under smart materials, this is
where stuff is going really crazy.

532
00:27:46,236 --> 00:27:48,206
We will cover this a little bit more later on.

533
00:27:48,516 --> 00:27:51,626
But essentially, you get really advanced effects

534
00:27:51,626 --> 00:27:53,726
by simply just dragging and
dropping these onto it.

535
00:27:54,426 --> 00:27:57,716
And this is also where people go a bit
crazy with them and they just start

536
00:27:57,716 --> 00:28:02,206
to abuse this system where, you know, they
just -- they don't learn how to texture,

537
00:28:02,306 --> 00:28:06,356
they just drag and drop smart materials and
they think they're not a great texture artist.

538
00:28:06,356 --> 00:28:07,486
We have a few rants on this.

539
00:28:07,716 --> 00:28:09,416
>> Yeah. There's also videos about it.

540
00:28:09,416 --> 00:28:10,676
And yeah, you should check that out.

541
00:28:10,676 --> 00:28:12,406
>> So, definitely check that.

542
00:28:12,606 --> 00:28:14,796
So, there are also more resources
under here as well.

543
00:28:14,796 --> 00:28:20,516
Like, this is where your environments
are and stuff like smart masks as well

544
00:28:20,786 --> 00:28:23,356
which are exactly the same as a
smart material, just with a mask.

545
00:28:24,056 --> 00:28:26,336
We also have like our project maps.

546
00:28:26,336 --> 00:28:29,986
You can see these were all the maps
which have been baked by the baker.

547
00:28:30,276 --> 00:28:32,826
We also have alphas.

548
00:28:33,046 --> 00:28:36,776
So, if you want like a cool alpha onto your
brush, this is where you would find that.

549
00:28:36,776 --> 00:28:39,106
Let's actually show that real quick.

550
00:28:40,416 --> 00:28:46,296
So, if you want this in a color, we
drag and drop this into the color.

551
00:28:46,966 --> 00:28:49,256
Now, we have a nice little map like this.

552
00:28:49,356 --> 00:28:52,446
So, you can do some pretty
crazy stuff with this.

553
00:28:52,646 --> 00:28:52,726
>> Yeah.

554
00:28:52,726 --> 00:28:54,576
>> You can get some very
cool effects right away.

555
00:28:54,686 --> 00:28:56,496
You can also use it for height.

556
00:28:59,736 --> 00:29:03,996
And ta-da, you know, we get some cool effects.

557
00:29:04,306 --> 00:29:06,776
We also have all the grunges
like I was talking about before

558
00:29:07,896 --> 00:29:09,506
where you -- this is where they all live.

559
00:29:09,506 --> 00:29:10,986
You can also just search for them.

560
00:29:10,986 --> 00:29:13,766
Like if you go in roughness, you
can just type search for grunge.

561
00:29:14,166 --> 00:29:15,916
But it's really handy to have them all here.

562
00:29:16,836 --> 00:29:20,106
So, in short, this is where
a bunch of stuff will live.

563
00:29:21,216 --> 00:29:25,206
So, definitely worth checking that
out, particularly the materials

564
00:29:25,206 --> 00:29:27,296
and smart materials and smart masking.

565
00:29:28,186 --> 00:29:32,546
Also, if you want to bring in your custom
resources, like let's say you have images

566
00:29:32,546 --> 00:29:35,616
from Photoshop or whatever it might
be, you already baked your maps,

567
00:29:35,716 --> 00:29:37,126
this is where you could bring them in.

568
00:29:37,916 --> 00:29:43,926
So, we have a little -- we have a
material or a map which has been pre-made.

569
00:29:44,576 --> 00:29:49,726
And the way we get this in is we
simply drag it in to our shelf.

570
00:29:49,826 --> 00:29:53,756
And now, we get this little dialog box up.

571
00:29:53,946 --> 00:29:57,416
This is going to tell you the name of it and
then it's going to tell you what this is.

572
00:29:57,416 --> 00:29:58,196
Is this an alpha?

573
00:29:58,196 --> 00:29:59,876
Is it color lock, environment?

574
00:29:59,876 --> 00:30:00,786
Or is it a texture?

575
00:30:00,956 --> 00:30:04,136
This is a texture and you've
got a definer as such.

576
00:30:04,136 --> 00:30:05,976
If you bring in HDRIs, you
set it to environment.

577
00:30:06,066 --> 00:30:09,106
>> One thing I'd like to point out
here, something that I didn't know

578
00:30:09,176 --> 00:30:10,686
which was really annoying in the beginning.

579
00:30:10,746 --> 00:30:16,866
You can select multiple, you know, imported
objects here and then just select all of them

580
00:30:16,866 --> 00:30:19,016
if they're all textures or all environments.

581
00:30:19,016 --> 00:30:19,476
>> Oh, that's true.

582
00:30:19,476 --> 00:30:19,636
Yes.

583
00:30:19,636 --> 00:30:20,936
>> Yeah, you don't have to do it one by one.

584
00:30:20,936 --> 00:30:22,086
>> You can just drag -- select them all.

585
00:30:22,146 --> 00:30:22,556
>> Exactly.

586
00:30:22,556 --> 00:30:23,356
>> That's quite handy.

587
00:30:23,616 --> 00:30:25,866
You can also change, you can add a prefix to it

588
00:30:26,116 --> 00:30:28,146
which I don't really find
that useful, but you could.

589
00:30:28,726 --> 00:30:33,206
And then, what you do is you import
this under the current session

590
00:30:33,696 --> 00:30:36,046
into the project or onto the shelf.

591
00:30:36,166 --> 00:30:37,726
So, we're just going to do current session

592
00:30:37,726 --> 00:30:40,706
which means whenever we restart
Painter, it's going to be reset.

593
00:30:40,976 --> 00:30:42,456
>> That just keeps it clean for us here.

594
00:30:42,576 --> 00:30:43,146
>> Exactly.

595
00:30:43,146 --> 00:30:46,656
So now, we have our resource right here.

596
00:30:48,296 --> 00:30:50,966
So now, if we have -- we make a fill layer.

597
00:30:51,476 --> 00:30:54,036
Now, we can drag and drop
this guy into the fill layer.

598
00:30:54,156 --> 00:30:57,626
And this is how you would tile a map across.

599
00:30:57,626 --> 00:31:01,836
This is something I was wondering, me coming
from Mari, I was wondering, is there like a fill

600
00:31:01,836 --> 00:31:03,976
or tile adjustment layer or something like that?

601
00:31:04,406 --> 00:31:08,116
But the way you would tile something across
is dragging and dropping into a channel

602
00:31:08,446 --> 00:31:10,306
and now you can, you know, scale it up.

603
00:31:10,536 --> 00:31:12,216
>> Yeah. And that only works with fill layers.

604
00:31:12,216 --> 00:31:13,106
>> Yeah, exactly.

605
00:31:13,366 --> 00:31:17,726
So, you could also set this to
tri-planar as well which is quite handy.

606
00:31:18,246 --> 00:31:20,936
So, you might use -- you're
probably going to use a combination

607
00:31:21,346 --> 00:31:23,676
of tri-planars and UV production.

608
00:31:23,826 --> 00:31:26,026
>> Yeah. You know, some materials
might be projections

609
00:31:26,026 --> 00:31:28,356
from the UVs and some might be tri-planar.

610
00:31:28,786 --> 00:31:29,316
>> Exactly.

611
00:31:29,716 --> 00:31:32,256
So next up, we are going to be
looking at the projection tool.

612
00:31:32,606 --> 00:31:35,806
Now that we have a resource, we can
actually use the projection tool.

613
00:31:35,976 --> 00:31:40,736
The projection tool is here.

614
00:31:40,936 --> 00:31:44,726
This is -- the hotkey is
3 for the projection tool.

615
00:31:45,216 --> 00:31:50,606
And the way we use this is
we go under our paint tool

616
00:31:50,686 --> 00:31:53,056
or under our properties here down to the bottom.

617
00:31:53,516 --> 00:31:56,906
And under base color, we
drag our resource in here.

618
00:31:57,116 --> 00:32:00,876
>> And that's with a regular layer and not
a -- regular paint layer, not a fill layer.

619
00:32:00,986 --> 00:32:01,576
>> Exactly.

620
00:32:01,576 --> 00:32:04,246
Because now, we're doing
bespoke painting onto this.

621
00:32:04,736 --> 00:32:09,026
The cool thing about using this tool is
that you can get very specific results,

622
00:32:09,026 --> 00:32:11,916
such as if you want to have a
logo in a very specific spot

623
00:32:12,236 --> 00:32:16,076
or you just really want this texture
to be in, you know, this exact spot.

624
00:32:16,526 --> 00:32:19,616
This is the way you traditionally
been painting something like Mari.

625
00:32:20,116 --> 00:32:23,816
But now with all the additions of all
these super cool features in Painter,

626
00:32:23,906 --> 00:32:25,176
you're doing less and less of this.

627
00:32:25,386 --> 00:32:26,966
But this is still a really useful tool.

628
00:32:27,796 --> 00:32:32,556
The navigation for this is the
same as regular 3D navigation,

629
00:32:32,556 --> 00:32:34,416
except that you're using the S key.

630
00:32:35,136 --> 00:32:38,586
So, if you want to rotate it,
it's S and left mouse button.

631
00:32:38,786 --> 00:32:41,086
You want to scale it down,
it's S and right mouse button.

632
00:32:41,086 --> 00:32:44,256
And you want to move it, it's
S and middle mouse button.

633
00:32:46,756 --> 00:32:52,346
And then you use your regular hotkeys
for resizing your brush and all that.

634
00:32:52,986 --> 00:32:55,876
So, it is an incredibly powerful
tool if you really want

635
00:32:55,876 --> 00:32:59,566
to get specific textures in specific spots.

636
00:32:59,566 --> 00:33:05,446
>> Yeah. And the nice thing about doing this
with projection is that if you have a layer,

637
00:33:05,446 --> 00:33:09,266
let's say that it's a fill layer that's
not using tri-planar for some reason

638
00:33:09,266 --> 00:33:13,546
but is using UV projection, then you can always
create a paint layer on top with projection

639
00:33:13,546 --> 00:33:15,286
to fill out, you know, those seams.

640
00:33:15,386 --> 00:33:15,966
>> Exactly.

641
00:33:16,276 --> 00:33:17,446
You can also set this to tiling.

642
00:33:17,536 --> 00:33:20,566
It's currently set to no tiling,
but we can set this to tile.

643
00:33:20,566 --> 00:33:22,456
And now, it's just going to keep on painting.

644
00:33:22,836 --> 00:33:26,886
As this is a tileable map, you know,
this here is just going to keep on going.

645
00:33:27,366 --> 00:33:30,696
So, the projection tool, very, very useful.

646
00:33:30,736 --> 00:33:34,066
Then we're going to be looking
at the polygon fill tool.

647
00:33:34,876 --> 00:33:39,296
Let's make a new regular layer and
let's look into the Polygon Fill tool.

648
00:33:39,386 --> 00:33:42,806
The Polygon Fill tool is incredibly
powerful because it allows you to fill

649
00:33:42,806 --> 00:33:45,426
in specific colors in specific areas.

650
00:33:45,426 --> 00:33:48,076
So, let's just try it by
default and see what happens.

651
00:33:48,566 --> 00:33:53,356
So now, it's set to polygons which
means that whatever polygon is selected,

652
00:33:53,606 --> 00:33:55,256
we are going to be filling this in.

653
00:33:55,866 --> 00:33:59,756
You can also set in triangles which
is also quite useful, I suppose.

654
00:34:00,006 --> 00:34:05,036
Where this becomes really useful is if
this is set to the mesh part like this,

655
00:34:05,496 --> 00:34:09,176
the mesh fill option, where now
you can just click on a portion

656
00:34:09,246 --> 00:34:13,146
and it will do all the connected
bits to this piece of geometry.

657
00:34:13,316 --> 00:34:16,626
>> This is really handy for something
like masking, when you want to mask

658
00:34:16,626 --> 00:34:20,206
out entire regions and not like
wanting to have to hand paint it.

659
00:34:20,326 --> 00:34:21,056
>> Exactly.

660
00:34:21,166 --> 00:34:23,326
And then we also have UV section as well.

661
00:34:23,326 --> 00:34:26,806
So now, we can mask out only
the UV part of this.

662
00:34:27,226 --> 00:34:30,726
This is entirely based on your UV map.

663
00:34:31,256 --> 00:34:33,546
>> So, like Morten said,
this becomes really handy

664
00:34:33,546 --> 00:34:35,996
if we have a new fill layer and this is red.

665
00:34:36,366 --> 00:34:40,936
And then we have another filler
and this is not red, it's blue.

666
00:34:41,636 --> 00:34:42,816
And now, we mask it out.

667
00:34:43,086 --> 00:34:48,436
Right mouse button, add a black mask
effect stack, add a paint layer.

668
00:34:48,486 --> 00:34:53,966
And now, we can use this
tool, the Polygon Fill tool.

669
00:34:55,076 --> 00:34:57,856
And simply just click where you want to be.

670
00:34:57,856 --> 00:35:02,846
So, for UVs, you simply click these
parts and now we mask between them.

671
00:35:03,046 --> 00:35:05,566
>> Yeah. So, you know, just
in case you didn't catch it,

672
00:35:05,566 --> 00:35:07,896
you're not actually selecting with blue here.

673
00:35:07,896 --> 00:35:11,146
You're just -- you're selecting
white for the mask and then

674
00:35:11,146 --> 00:35:13,966
that just shows the blue
that is on top of the red.

675
00:35:13,966 --> 00:35:14,486
>> Exactly.

676
00:35:14,866 --> 00:35:16,306
This is a really useful tool.

677
00:35:16,456 --> 00:35:19,096
Like Morten said, this is
mostly used for masking.

678
00:35:19,296 --> 00:35:21,176
I don't really use this for anything else.

679
00:35:21,916 --> 00:35:26,986
Sometimes maybe you want to select some
polygons here and there, but I've only used this

680
00:35:26,986 --> 00:35:29,656
for masking as far as I can remember.

681
00:35:29,886 --> 00:35:31,636
Hotkey here is again 4.

682
00:35:32,096 --> 00:35:34,166
So, it's 1, 2 and 3 and 4.

683
00:35:34,276 --> 00:35:34,886
>> Pretty intuitive.

684
00:35:34,936 --> 00:35:38,856
>> Pretty intuitive stuff.

685
00:35:38,856 --> 00:35:42,336
Then we have generators,
filters and mask editors.

686
00:35:43,836 --> 00:35:45,996
So, let's look at some of these.

687
00:35:46,776 --> 00:35:51,256
Let's start with another fill layer
and let's make this the same --

688
00:35:51,256 --> 00:35:52,596
kind of same as what we had before.

689
00:35:52,726 --> 00:35:53,816
>> Don't tell me it's a red paint.

690
00:35:53,956 --> 00:35:55,316
>> It's going to be a red paint.

691
00:35:55,806 --> 00:36:02,136
And on top of this, we can make another
layer which could be like a dirty one,

692
00:36:02,376 --> 00:36:05,126
something like this, and just
change the scale of this.

693
00:36:06,916 --> 00:36:09,716
Hold on the Shift key just
to have a bit more precision.

694
00:36:10,176 --> 00:36:12,856
And where generators become
useful is if you want to mask

695
00:36:12,996 --> 00:36:16,456
between these different materials now.

696
00:36:16,736 --> 00:36:18,726
Now, you saw before we were hand painting it.

697
00:36:19,056 --> 00:36:21,946
But honestly, hand painting,
that's for like if you're in 2001.

698
00:36:21,996 --> 00:36:22,366
>> Yeah.

699
00:36:22,366 --> 00:36:25,046
>> We are going to let the
computer do some of the work.

700
00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:29,146
>> And the generators, as far as I
know, they require the mesh maps, right?

701
00:36:29,146 --> 00:36:29,716
>> Yes, exactly.

702
00:36:30,056 --> 00:36:34,646
So, if we add a generator to this again
under the effect stack on the layer --

703
00:36:35,176 --> 00:36:37,166
oh, sorry, we have to make a black mask first.

704
00:36:37,576 --> 00:36:39,026
And now, we can add generator to this.

705
00:36:39,086 --> 00:36:42,406
Now, we have -- nothing has happened
now because there's nothing in it.

706
00:36:42,406 --> 00:36:46,476
But if we go under the generator
now, we have a few of them.

707
00:36:46,796 --> 00:36:49,246
One which is really cool is metal edges.

708
00:36:49,656 --> 00:36:53,116
And this just brings you like
really gnarly broken up edges.

709
00:36:53,506 --> 00:36:56,206
The way this works is exactly
what Morten was saying.

710
00:36:56,636 --> 00:36:59,746
If we go through our mesh maps in the B key,

711
00:36:59,746 --> 00:37:03,576
we can now see that we have
ambient occlusion and curvature.

712
00:37:04,286 --> 00:37:11,486
These generators rely heavily on
particularly curvature and ambient occlusion.

713
00:37:11,486 --> 00:37:11,706
>> Yeah.

714
00:37:11,866 --> 00:37:16,696
>> Because now, we have data on where are the
edges which is exactly what's happening here.

715
00:37:16,916 --> 00:37:20,746
>> Yeah. I mean, so you could use painter
with purely paint layers and fill layers

716
00:37:21,136 --> 00:37:25,626
if you want to, but you won't have
access to the actual power of Painter

717
00:37:25,626 --> 00:37:27,476
which is the generators, in my opinion.

718
00:37:28,326 --> 00:37:30,166
>> So, you can hit the Invert button.

719
00:37:30,166 --> 00:37:32,346
This is something you're
going to be doing quite a lot.

720
00:37:32,666 --> 00:37:35,276
You can also change the wear level for this.

721
00:37:35,376 --> 00:37:39,876
Now, keep in mind, this is a specific
generator called metal edge wear.

722
00:37:40,266 --> 00:37:44,846
This is not great for a lot of things, but it's
also really good to get a starting point for it.

723
00:37:45,056 --> 00:37:47,966
Like, you can see it's very
specific in what it's doing.

724
00:37:48,306 --> 00:37:52,206
>> Yeah, it's wearing metal on the edges.

725
00:37:52,386 --> 00:37:52,976
>> On the edges.

726
00:37:53,116 --> 00:37:55,866
Exactly what you would expect it to do.

727
00:37:55,866 --> 00:37:58,996
So now, we can delete this one
and we can get another one.

728
00:37:59,326 --> 00:38:01,726
Just hit the X key there.

729
00:38:01,866 --> 00:38:05,956
And now, we can get another
one which is the mask editor.

730
00:38:06,326 --> 00:38:12,706
The mask editor is a lot less sexy from the
get go, but this has a lot more power into it.

731
00:38:12,796 --> 00:38:16,626
This is also what I was saying
before that this is where you have

732
00:38:16,706 --> 00:38:18,936
to start looking at the specific mask.

733
00:38:19,336 --> 00:38:21,706
Hold down the Alt key and click on the Mask.

734
00:38:21,856 --> 00:38:23,176
And now, you can see what's going on.

735
00:38:23,236 --> 00:38:27,516
>> It's kind of like if you use
someone's predefined brush in Photoshop

736
00:38:27,696 --> 00:38:29,886
versus kind of making your own brush.

737
00:38:29,886 --> 00:38:30,316
>> Yeah, exactly.

738
00:38:30,896 --> 00:38:36,906
So, this allows you to do tons of
different things where you can amp up stuff

739
00:38:36,906 --> 00:38:39,596
like the ambient occlusion,
you can amp up the curvature

740
00:38:40,036 --> 00:38:42,796
and you can really get very
specific results with this.

741
00:38:43,566 --> 00:38:47,876
You can also under texture input, you
can add, you guessed it, a grunge.

742
00:38:48,136 --> 00:38:50,936
And you can get very cool results with this.

743
00:38:51,076 --> 00:38:54,566
If we can see where we can add this
and set the opacity now to higher.

744
00:38:55,066 --> 00:38:57,426
And that's a super funky texture.

745
00:38:59,476 --> 00:39:05,996
So now, this is where you can really
get some real power out of the masking.

746
00:39:06,386 --> 00:39:09,126
The mask generator is something you're just
going to have to play with because, honestly,

747
00:39:09,126 --> 00:39:11,606
there are way too many settings
to play around to show you here.

748
00:39:12,016 --> 00:39:12,726
But this is --

749
00:39:13,056 --> 00:39:17,976
>> But essentially, you could make the
metal edge wear from the mask editor.

750
00:39:17,976 --> 00:39:18,706
>> Yeah, pretty much.

751
00:39:18,706 --> 00:39:20,526
You can get some very interesting
results with this.

752
00:39:20,616 --> 00:39:24,076
And again, this is why we look into our --

753
00:39:24,076 --> 00:39:30,376
we watch our mask here instead of looking at
the material because it's just too hard to --

754
00:39:30,916 --> 00:39:33,306
like, you don't have enough
information, honestly.

755
00:39:33,306 --> 00:39:36,386
>> Yeah. And especially once you start stacking
stuff on top of each other, you have more

756
00:39:36,386 --> 00:39:38,696
and more materials, it can
be quite hard to figure

757
00:39:38,696 --> 00:39:42,236
out what material and which generator does what.

758
00:39:42,436 --> 00:39:43,026
>> Exactly.

759
00:39:43,516 --> 00:39:46,206
And this is again where we
can add like a height to it.

760
00:39:46,206 --> 00:39:49,076
And now, you can just see that.

761
00:39:49,076 --> 00:39:50,056
Oh, let's do another one.

762
00:39:50,266 --> 00:39:58,026
And now, we get this really nice result
where you get like real depth into it.

763
00:39:58,506 --> 00:40:02,156
So again, this is one of the
absolutely coolest things in Painter

764
00:40:02,156 --> 00:40:05,836
where you really have a lot of power in this.

765
00:40:06,026 --> 00:40:09,846
Another one which is quite handy
if you going to delete this is --

766
00:40:10,446 --> 00:40:12,356
oops, that was deleting the entire thing.

767
00:40:13,266 --> 00:40:14,196
>> Yeah, that's important.

768
00:40:14,196 --> 00:40:16,876
Like, you don't have to actually
delete the generator every time.

769
00:40:16,876 --> 00:40:22,146
You can just delete the generator
that's being used in the generator.

770
00:40:22,146 --> 00:40:22,686
>> Yeah, exactly.

771
00:40:23,276 --> 00:40:24,256
Yeah, the container for it.

772
00:40:24,256 --> 00:40:24,666
> Yeah, yeah.

773
00:40:24,666 --> 00:40:26,656
>> But there's a specific one you're using.

774
00:40:27,156 --> 00:40:28,436
Light is also quite handy.

775
00:40:28,836 --> 00:40:31,026
This is again, if we hold on the Alt key.

776
00:40:31,316 --> 00:40:34,626
Now, you can see exactly what's
going on here where this is --

777
00:40:34,886 --> 00:40:38,806
you can mask out stuff based on light direction.

778
00:40:39,136 --> 00:40:43,356
Now, keep in mind, this doesn't actually -- this
is not physically based or anything on this.

779
00:40:43,356 --> 00:40:48,816
This just looks at your position map
and your world normal map, I believe.

780
00:40:49,376 --> 00:40:51,996
So, this doesn't respect
shadows or anything like this.

781
00:40:52,126 --> 00:40:58,366
But this is incredibly handy if you
want to do something like a worn texture

782
00:40:58,366 --> 00:41:03,616
from the top where, you know, stuff is --
there's been a lot of stuff happening up here,

783
00:41:03,746 --> 00:41:05,406
but you don't want the bottom to be masked out.

784
00:41:05,806 --> 00:41:07,786
>> Or you could do like snow with it, you know.

785
00:41:07,786 --> 00:41:09,196
>> Yeah, exactly.

786
00:41:09,196 --> 00:41:15,666
>> So, don't think of it as maybe actual
light but more -- it's just a mask, basically.

787
00:41:16,056 --> 00:41:19,366
It could also be, you know, the
sun has destroyed it and stuff.

788
00:41:19,366 --> 00:41:19,826
>> Exactly.

789
00:41:19,826 --> 00:41:23,436
This is something you see a lot where there's
a lot of sun damage everywhere and stuff.

790
00:41:23,776 --> 00:41:26,126
So, the light one is really nice.

791
00:41:26,176 --> 00:41:28,106
And then you can also use a fill layer on top.

792
00:41:28,576 --> 00:41:31,356
And you could pipe in different
things like grunges

793
00:41:31,356 --> 00:41:34,496
and change the blending modes
here to something like multiply.

794
00:41:34,826 --> 00:41:37,616
And now, you can really break
up this material now.

795
00:41:37,616 --> 00:41:41,626
>> Yeah. So now, it kind of looks
like it's had a lot of heat from above

796
00:41:41,626 --> 00:41:44,456
and the paint has started to like
almost bubble up or something.

797
00:41:44,456 --> 00:41:45,046
>> Yeah, exactly.

798
00:41:45,426 --> 00:41:48,836
>> So, the power of generators
is crazy in Substance.

799
00:41:48,946 --> 00:41:53,506
>> Yeah. This deserves its own
video because there's way too much

800
00:41:53,506 --> 00:41:54,946
to cover when it comes to generators.

801
00:41:55,196 --> 00:42:00,016
Then we have smart materials.

802
00:42:00,156 --> 00:42:02,726
Smart materials are really, really cool.

803
00:42:03,076 --> 00:42:08,536
A smart material is just a saved material
where all the settings here are saved.

804
00:42:08,536 --> 00:42:12,116
So, we can make -- actually, let's
undo this and let's have this.

805
00:42:12,186 --> 00:42:13,776
So, we could save this as a material.

806
00:42:13,776 --> 00:42:17,706
Let's say we want to use this exact
material here for something else.

807
00:42:18,616 --> 00:42:20,286
Let's say you want to use this for the body.

808
00:42:20,736 --> 00:42:21,936
We can easily do that.

809
00:42:22,486 --> 00:42:25,246
We can group this and we can call this --

810
00:42:25,246 --> 00:42:26,786
>> So, how do you do that?

811
00:42:26,816 --> 00:42:30,156
>> You hit Ctrl G to group it
and then we can name it now.

812
00:42:30,236 --> 00:42:34,346
We can call it My Smart Material.

813
00:42:35,076 --> 00:42:40,356
So, what this means is it's going to use the
same curvature maps and everything is going

814
00:42:40,356 --> 00:42:43,436
to pipe into the same places,
just in a different place.

815
00:42:44,536 --> 00:42:47,426
So, you could simply copy
paste this onto a different one

816
00:42:47,706 --> 00:42:49,216
or we can make a smart material on it.

817
00:42:49,376 --> 00:42:54,666
And you do this by holding down the right mouse
button or clicking the right mouse button.

818
00:42:54,666 --> 00:42:56,466
And then we have Create Smart Material.

819
00:42:56,656 --> 00:43:00,036
And now, we can see that My
Smart Material has been created.

820
00:43:00,236 --> 00:43:05,736
Now, we can drag this onto
one of the other ones.

821
00:43:05,736 --> 00:43:09,356
So, this is incredibly powerful when
it comes to texturing because now,

822
00:43:09,356 --> 00:43:11,276
you don't have to texture
every single piece by hand.

823
00:43:11,626 --> 00:43:16,216
You can make one really kick-ass material
and you can drag these onto the other pieces,

824
00:43:16,576 --> 00:43:18,276
obviously do a better job than this.

825
00:43:19,136 --> 00:43:22,006
And you can use that as a base.

826
00:43:22,106 --> 00:43:26,006
So, for instance, if you have a project and
you got a texture like 200 pieces of wood,

827
00:43:26,446 --> 00:43:30,196
you wouldn't look for, like, these
specific references for each of them.

828
00:43:30,376 --> 00:43:34,176
You would just make a smart material for
wood and you would modify them based on that.

829
00:43:34,176 --> 00:43:37,906
>> And if you need something that's a
little more hero for one piece of wood,

830
00:43:37,906 --> 00:43:39,656
you could always drag on your smart material.

831
00:43:39,746 --> 00:43:43,086
And then on top of that, you know,
add more fill layers or paint layers.

832
00:43:43,086 --> 00:43:43,646
>> Yeah, exactly.

833
00:43:43,896 --> 00:43:49,226
Smart material should really be used as
a starting point and not the end result.

834
00:43:50,026 --> 00:43:53,276
So yeah, this is -- you have
all the predefines down here.

835
00:43:53,566 --> 00:43:55,836
And like I said, I really
recommend that you go through them

836
00:43:55,836 --> 00:43:59,136
and just reverse-engineer the life out of them.

837
00:43:59,136 --> 00:43:59,203
>> Yeah.

838
00:43:59,203 --> 00:44:00,886
>> That's going to be quite handy.

839
00:44:04,426 --> 00:44:08,226
And then the last thing we are
going to be looking at is Iray.

840
00:44:08,706 --> 00:44:12,166
Now, we have done some really
nice texturing on our model

841
00:44:12,346 --> 00:44:15,216
and everything is ready for presentation.

842
00:44:15,956 --> 00:44:20,496
The way we can present this is we can
use iRay which you find by clicking

843
00:44:20,496 --> 00:44:22,926
on this nice friendly camera icon up here.

844
00:44:23,516 --> 00:44:29,686
So, iRay is a really nice feature in Painter
as it's a proper ray-traced render engine

845
00:44:29,686 --> 00:44:33,216
and not like a real time preview like
you're seeing in the actual viewport.

846
00:44:33,806 --> 00:44:37,606
So here, we have the render
settings all the way on top here.

847
00:44:37,726 --> 00:44:40,816
We set this to one second
just to make recording easier.

848
00:44:40,816 --> 00:44:41,056
>> Yeah.

849
00:44:41,056 --> 00:44:44,946
>> But this is where you would set how
long the rendering time is going to be.

850
00:44:44,946 --> 00:44:49,386
So, if you want, like, a nice good render,
maybe set this to like 20 minutes or so.

851
00:44:49,486 --> 00:44:51,326
>> You can see we have some noise here,

852
00:44:51,436 --> 00:44:54,306
but you can get that away by
just increasing the max time.

853
00:44:54,466 --> 00:44:55,106
>> Yeah, exactly.

854
00:44:55,476 --> 00:45:01,416
So, that's one of my favorite features of
iRay because it's so easy to use in terms

855
00:45:01,416 --> 00:45:05,936
of render settings because you have,
like, one slider and that's time.

856
00:45:06,566 --> 00:45:08,626
There isn't any like threshold craziness.

857
00:45:09,996 --> 00:45:14,566
And then under here, under Display
Settings, it will inherit all the settings

858
00:45:14,846 --> 00:45:18,346
from the regular Painter mode
because it's still in Painter.

859
00:45:18,726 --> 00:45:25,566
So, whatever HDRI you have enabled, it's
going to set that up for you and it's going

860
00:45:25,566 --> 00:45:28,496
to light it properly here with
nice shadows and everything.

861
00:45:28,496 --> 00:45:32,276
There isn't like a setting for enable
shadows, it's just going to do that by itself.

862
00:45:32,936 --> 00:45:34,966
>> Because that comes built in with HDRIs.

863
00:45:34,966 --> 00:45:35,656
>> Yeah, exactly.

864
00:45:35,906 --> 00:45:38,636
>> So, this is where I want to
show the FlippedNormals' HDRIs

865
00:45:38,636 --> 00:45:41,956
because I think they're just nicer
than the regular studio HDRIs.

866
00:45:42,506 --> 00:45:43,656
But that's totally up to you.

867
00:45:44,186 --> 00:45:44,616
>> Exactly.

868
00:45:45,526 --> 00:45:49,826
So, one setting I always
change is the clear color.

869
00:45:49,946 --> 00:45:54,206
By default -- it seems like they're changing
setting now, so clear color section enabled.

870
00:45:54,666 --> 00:45:59,466
But if it's not in yours for some reason,
then I would highly recommend enabling it.

871
00:45:59,916 --> 00:46:04,146
It just means that there is one clean color
in the background because the HDRIs have

872
00:46:04,146 --> 00:46:08,356
so much stuff and when you're presenting your
work, you really don't want any nastiness.

873
00:46:08,356 --> 00:46:10,266
>> They don't really look
nice for backgrounds, I think.

874
00:46:10,386 --> 00:46:11,566
>> No, no they don't.

875
00:46:11,776 --> 00:46:14,256
You want like probably a
nice clean presentation here.

876
00:46:15,506 --> 00:46:17,656
You can also change the ground
plane where that is.

877
00:46:18,056 --> 00:46:21,816
This is by default set to pretty
good value, so this actually works.

878
00:46:21,816 --> 00:46:25,746
But you could also change
this to something else.

879
00:46:26,476 --> 00:46:27,846
You can do like this.

880
00:46:29,926 --> 00:46:33,816
>> Yeah. So, you know, if your model is
properly centered and placed on the ground

881
00:46:33,816 --> 00:46:35,176
where it should be, that shouldn't be an issue.

882
00:46:35,286 --> 00:46:35,836
>> Yeah, exactly.

883
00:46:36,746 --> 00:46:40,786
Then we also have, if you scroll down, we have
our camera settings or you can click on these.

884
00:46:40,836 --> 00:46:43,836
These aren't different -- they
aren't like different menus,

885
00:46:43,836 --> 00:46:45,876
they're just bookmarks to the same one.

886
00:46:46,456 --> 00:46:47,666
So, we have camera settings.

887
00:46:47,936 --> 00:46:50,776
You can change this to something like
35 millimeters if you want, like,

888
00:46:50,776 --> 00:46:53,926
a more -- less squished look for it.

889
00:46:54,206 --> 00:46:55,996
I prefer a more 35 look.

890
00:46:56,696 --> 00:47:01,686
And we can also change stuff like post-effects.

891
00:47:02,046 --> 00:47:07,816
If we enable post-effects, by default, glare
should be enabled which is quite crazy.

892
00:47:07,906 --> 00:47:12,966
I really just hate the glare feature because
it just makes my stuff look nasty, I think.

893
00:47:13,106 --> 00:47:17,226
But if you want glare, you can enable
that and have nice glare on your models.

894
00:47:17,356 --> 00:47:19,576
>> I mean, if you're going
for like a Mass Effect 3 look

895
00:47:19,616 --> 00:47:22,846
on your Painter stuff, then glare can be nice.

896
00:47:22,936 --> 00:47:23,496
>> Exactly.

897
00:47:23,576 --> 00:47:26,906
When it comes to post-effects, I just
prefer to do all of this in Photoshop

898
00:47:26,906 --> 00:47:29,176
as I have so much more control over it.

899
00:47:29,286 --> 00:47:31,086
And I think the tools there
are just a bit nicer.

900
00:47:31,686 --> 00:47:36,956
One thing though which is quite
cool is we can use depth of field.

901
00:47:37,576 --> 00:47:40,366
So, if you enable depth of field
and when it's changed aperture,

902
00:47:40,806 --> 00:47:44,746
now it's going to give you some
pretty damn good 2D depth of field.

903
00:47:44,746 --> 00:47:44,926
>> Yeah.

904
00:47:45,416 --> 00:47:48,076
>> You can also change your focus
distance to see where it's going to be now.

905
00:47:48,376 --> 00:47:49,556
And now, it's not rendering.

906
00:47:49,556 --> 00:47:50,926
This is purely a 2D effect.

907
00:47:51,666 --> 00:47:56,226
Or we can hit control middle
mouse button to set the focus.

908
00:47:56,226 --> 00:47:59,646
So, we can set this all the
way up so it blurs like crazy.

909
00:48:00,676 --> 00:48:03,016
Keep in mind, this here is only a 2D effect.

910
00:48:03,556 --> 00:48:08,096
If you want real depth of field, we
first set the aperture all the way

911
00:48:08,096 --> 00:48:09,206
down so it doesn't go crazy.

912
00:48:09,576 --> 00:48:12,926
We disable the 2D depth of
field, just disable post-effects.

913
00:48:13,786 --> 00:48:21,356
And now, if we increase the aperture, now
it's going to start blurring the render.

914
00:48:21,496 --> 00:48:21,996
>> Pretty crazy.

915
00:48:22,246 --> 00:48:24,466
So, this is actual 3D depth of field.

916
00:48:25,186 --> 00:48:26,326
>> Yeah, this is quite nice.

917
00:48:26,326 --> 00:48:31,756
This is quite noisy though, as you can see,
because we have set it to literally one second.

918
00:48:32,586 --> 00:48:36,816
But if you want this to look nice,
you got to increase this quite a lot.

919
00:48:36,816 --> 00:48:38,826
Depth of field takes a long time to resolve.

920
00:48:39,606 --> 00:48:43,916
And as with 2D depth of field, it's
the same hotkey for changing the focus.

921
00:48:44,526 --> 00:48:50,446
So, Ctrl-middle mouse button for that.

922
00:48:50,446 --> 00:48:55,236
>> Yeah. So, I think it's a really cool
feature of iRay actually to have that included

923
00:48:55,556 --> 00:48:59,776
because you can make some really nice,
very cinematic-looking renders with it.

924
00:48:59,776 --> 00:49:00,636
>> I really like iRay.

925
00:49:00,836 --> 00:49:02,436
It's a sort of really good engine.

926
00:49:02,436 --> 00:49:06,866
We use it for some of our FlippedNormals'
promo shots because it's here.

927
00:49:07,036 --> 00:49:07,316
>> Yeah.

928
00:49:07,516 --> 00:49:12,536
>> All the stuff rendered for the promo
shots for the fan tutorial is all iRay.

929
00:49:12,666 --> 00:49:14,976
There isn't any fancy stuff outside there.

930
00:49:15,886 --> 00:49:19,216
When you want to save your
render, once it's computed for more

931
00:49:19,316 --> 00:49:22,006
than one second, you hit Save Render.

932
00:49:22,476 --> 00:49:23,876
And that's going to save the render.

933
00:49:24,216 --> 00:49:27,946
I prefer to save it as an EXR file
as I just have more control that way.

934
00:49:28,316 --> 00:49:30,086
Bring it to Photoshop and keep editing it there.

935
00:49:30,496 --> 00:49:33,696
Or you can share it directly to
ArtStation if you are so inclined.

936
00:49:34,206 --> 00:49:38,336
You can also just see up here, it's done.

937
00:49:38,706 --> 00:49:41,066
If it's not done, it's going to say, "Not done."

938
00:49:41,176 --> 00:49:44,056
>> Yeah. And rendering time, one
second out of one second, so.

939
00:49:44,896 --> 00:49:45,366
>> So, pretty good.

940
00:49:45,686 --> 00:49:50,726
So again, the hotkey is F10 to go into iRay or
you can click this nice friendly button up here.

941
00:49:51,726 --> 00:49:57,376
And F9 or click it again to
get back into regular Painter.

942
00:49:57,906 --> 00:50:01,376
The cool thing about iRay is that
you can really preview your model.

943
00:50:01,726 --> 00:50:06,686
So, instead of exporting your maps out and,
you know, setting them all up in Arnold

944
00:50:06,686 --> 00:50:08,976
or whatever it is, you can just
get a nice render for it there.

945
00:50:09,246 --> 00:50:14,546
So, what I'm doing -- my workflow for this
is I paint in Painter and I go into iRay,

946
00:50:14,776 --> 00:50:17,466
see the result, go back into
Painter and keep painting here.

947
00:50:17,756 --> 00:50:19,486
So, it's a very iterative process.

948
00:50:20,786 --> 00:50:24,196
So, this really covers pretty
much everything you need to know

949
00:50:24,196 --> 00:50:25,636
in order to get started with Painter.

950
00:50:25,636 --> 00:50:30,816
There are some features we haven't covered which
deserve separate videos like exporting out maps

951
00:50:30,976 --> 00:50:37,246
and baking because they're just slightly
bigger topics and they can't fit in this.

952
00:50:37,656 --> 00:50:40,356
>> So, yeah, I think you should
be good to go from now on.

953
00:50:40,396 --> 00:50:44,446
If you want to see more specific topics
covered, like maybe want us to do a video

954
00:50:44,446 --> 00:50:47,956
on purely baking or one on
generators or something like that,

955
00:50:48,106 --> 00:50:50,676
make sure to leave that in
the comments down below.

956
00:50:50,806 --> 00:50:51,446
>> For sure.

957
00:50:51,556 --> 00:50:55,496
>> And if you do want a more in-depth
one that's more project-based,

958
00:50:55,496 --> 00:50:59,016
we have our sort of more comprehensive
introduction to Substance Painter

959
00:50:59,016 --> 00:51:01,256
that you can grab over on the
FlippedNormals Marketplace as well.

960
00:51:01,506 --> 00:51:02,846
>> Link to that in the description.

961
00:51:03,036 --> 00:51:06,516
And in the description as well,
you'd also have all the hotkeys used

962
00:51:06,516 --> 00:51:07,786
and timestamps for everything.

963
00:51:07,786 --> 00:51:11,566
So, if you want to revisit this video in
the future, it's going to be really easy.

964
00:51:11,736 --> 00:51:11,956
>> Yeah.

965
00:51:12,046 --> 00:51:14,866
>> And also, please share this with
friends and colleagues and everything.

966
00:51:14,936 --> 00:51:15,346
This is --

967
00:51:15,346 --> 00:51:18,926
>> Anyone who's wanting to
get into Painter, I guess.

968
00:51:18,996 --> 00:51:20,816
But yeah, thank you guys so much for watching.