Substance 3D Designer 2026

Substance 3D Designer is the industry's reference 3D Material Creation app. More than 95% of AAA game projects currently in development use Substance 3D as well as the most prestigious visual effects and animation studios. You will get free updates on Steam up to March 2027. Create amazing looking materials with full control and an infinity of variations. Edit complete texture sets instantly with Substance 3D Designer's node-based workflow and produce procedural or scan-based materials that will be directly compatible with your renderer or game engine. Welcome to the community Substance 3D Designer is the tool on which the best texture artists in the industry rival themselves in a contest of ingenuity and skill, along with an ever-growing and friendly online community. Have a question or need some guidance? Join us on Discord or on our official forums, there is always someone ready to help. Want to learn from the best? Join the more than 100 000 users on the Substance 3D Community Assets platform (previously Substance Share) and download hundreds of free assets available to help you in your artistic journey. This license does not include access to the Adobe Substance 3D Assets platform (previously Substance Source). List of game engines and tools with direct Substance format support (Substance 3D Designer does not require a compatible renderer and can also export good old textures if needed): Unreal Engine 5 Unity Blender Amazon Lumberyard CryEngine Autodesk Maya Autodesk 3ds Max Cinema 4D Modo Houdini iClone and many more, find the full list on our website!