Adobe Substance 3d Painter 8.3.0 [RECOMMENDED]

: Added menus to select or create shader instances and tools to quickly change UV tile resolutions.

: The traditional baking window was replaced with a dedicated Baking Mode that allows you to bake textures directly from the viewport. Adobe Substance 3D Painter 8.3.0

: This version added native support for Universal Scene Definition (USD) files. You can now import USD files with dedicated variant selectors and export textures as USD layers, streamlining integration with modern production pipelines. : Added menus to select or create shader

: You can draw and adjust a cage that reacts to the Max Frontal Distance setting in real-time. You can now import USD files with dedicated

: The new mode includes detailed baking logs at the bottom of the menu, displaying high-poly parameters and name-matching statuses.

Adobe Substance 3D Painter 8.3.0, released in January 2023, introduced a significant overhaul to the core texturing workflow, primarily focusing on a new real-time baking experience and expanded file format support. Key Feature Updates

: You can now see both the high-poly and cage meshes in the viewport during setup. Any areas of the source mesh falling outside the cage are highlighted in red , providing immediate visual feedback to resolve errors before starting the bake.