Substance Designer: Product Visualization

1h 14mIntermediate2018-07-03

Authors

Joel Bradley

3D Artist, Trainer on 3ds Max and Maya

Course details

Substance Designer is a great tool for creating interactive product visualizations. Using its real-time 3D View, you can change the look of a product on the fly, allowing clients to visualize different manufacturing options. This training course shows how to use Substance Designer to set up a flexible product with dynamic colors, textures, and logo placement. Instructor Joel Bradley shows how to create realistic materials, such as metal, plastic, and rubber, and bake out data maps to place the materials using the Blend Material node. He exposes the parameters for the materials, and shows how to adjust the camera, exposure, and viewport effects so that the product looks its best. Finally, learn how to create high-quality still images to display alongside the interactive 3D View, using the iRay render engine.

Learning objectives
Building the materials
Blending the materials
Adding interactivity
Adding logos, text, and surface choices
Setting up the environment
Rendering the visualization

Skills covered

Substance PainterSubstance DesignerPrevizAllegorithmic3D ModelingVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

Introduction

welcome
what you should know
exercise files

Building the Materials

setting up the package
creating the metal
building the plastic
adding the emissive
making the rubber
baking out data maps
blending the materials, part 1
blending the materials, part 2

Creating Product Interactivity

adding set colors
adding custom colors
allowing choice of surface types
adding product logos or text
exposing the parameters

Setting Up the Environment

adding a key light
creating a rim light
using fill light
adding camera effects

Rendering the Product

enabling the iray renderer
customizing the render enviroment
saving out the renders

Conclusion

next steps