How to Turn Blender into Substance Painter (with Free Download)

Edwin Spiegel explores how he can emulate some of Painter’s capabilities using Blender’s shader nodes.

In this high-speed video, he shows how he set up the following masks:

• AO mask – for adding dirt and creases.
• Edge mask – creating work out edges.
• Top/bottom mask – adding dust ect.
• Height mask – constraining a texture based on the height on the model.

Of course Substance Painter can do much more and with greater ease, but it’s nice to see that with a little elbow grease and perseverance you can achieve similar results in Blender.

You can download the node group here.