Substance 3D Painter
Industry-standard 3D texturing tool for painting physically based (PBR) materials directly onto your meshes.
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Best for teams who want AAA-grade texturing with one-click export to any engine.
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Updated Sep 5, 2026Latest Substance 3D Painter updates
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- Sep 5, 2026NewsletterSep 5, 2026From the weekly newsletter
Unity 6.6 lands, ArmorPaint hits 1.0, Inworld's directable voices go live
Unity's last release before 6.7 LTS makes fast Play Mode the default, the open-source texture painter ArmorPaint reaches 1.0, Inworld's TTS-2 is generally available, and Sprite Fusion adds an AI pixel art generator.
Read the full newsletter - Jun 27, 2026NewsletterJun 27, 2026From the weekly newsletter
EA backs Godot, iClone goes free, and a busy DCC week
Four pipeline tools shipped real updates in four days, EA put money behind Godot, and Reallusion made a serious animation tool free.
Read the full newsletter - Jun 24, 2026ReleaseJun 24, 2026
Substance 3D Painter 12.1
Continuous rebaking, skew-correction painting, and OpenPBR by default.
Read full postTexturing - Apr 18, 2026NewsletterApr 18, 2026From the weekly newsletter
The sculpt-and-texture wave
A dense week for the people who make surfaces look good, as Maxon and Adobe both shipped and OpenPBR kept spreading.
Read the full newsletter - Apr 15, 2026AnnouncementApr 15, 2026
Substance 3D Painter 2026 (12.1) beta
Skew Baking, Auto-Rebaking, and OpenPBR compatibility.
Read full postTexturing - Mar 18, 2026NewsletterMar 18, 2026From the weekly newsletter
GDC 2026, Blender 5.1, and Unity 6.4
Two major engines shipped on the same day, and GDC 2026 put the fast-moving AI 3D pipeline on full display.
Read the full newsletter - Mar 9, 2026ReleaseMar 9, 2026
Substance 3D Painter 12.0
Warp to Geometry decals and a reworked post-processing suite.
Read full postTexturing - Nov 23, 2025NewsletterNov 23, 2025From the weekly newsletter
Blender 5.0 RC, Sam 3D, Houdini AI Assistant, and World Labs Continues to Impress
Build worlds faster with Meta's SAM 3D, Houdini's new AI assistant, World Labs' latest tools, and a few must-know Blender 5.0 upgrades for game artists.
Read the full newsletter - Nov 18, 2025ReleaseNov 18, 2025
Substance 3D Painter 11.1
The Ribbon Path tool and a new Vulkan viewport and baking backend.
Read full postTexturing - Nov 9, 2025NewsletterNov 9, 2025From the weekly newsletter
The Future of 3D-AI from an Adobe Technical Artist
Adobe Firefly, SwitchLight 3.0, Volinga's UE5 plugin, plus how Cino Lai built a full AI-3D pipeline in 6 days.
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