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Substance Designer 6.0 is now available!

15 Feb, 2017

Dear Substance users, we are excited to announce the release of Substance Designer 6, our new major milestone in the Designer saga :)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/449380
Substance Designer 6 comes with new exciting features such as a Curve node, a Text node and HDR color space, along with a suite of scan processing tools that makes photogrammetry workflows accessible to everyone.

This release is jam packed with tons of other improvements and fixes and you can find more informtation about what's new on our newSD 6 blogpost[www.allegorithmic.com].

For Substance Designer 5 users, there are 2 ways to upgrade:

Upgrade Coupon - you will find an upgrade coupon in your inventory that will cut the price of version 6 by 50%.
Substance Live - after linking your SD 5 Steam license to your Allegorithmic account, you can subscribe to Substance Live for only $9.90/month for the 6 first months and have access to all the latest Substance tools + access to Substance Source[source.allegorithmic.com].

If you bought Substance Designer 5 after December 15th 2016, you are elligible for a free upgrade: link your Steam account to your Allegorithmic account and contact us with your proof of purchase.

Substance Designer 5

Substance Designer 5.6.2

7 Feb, 2017

Changes:

[Graph] Add "Copy Node information to the clipboard" option on contextual menu
[Iray] Integrate IRay SDK 2016.2 for Pascal architecture Support
[3d View] Add a "reset camera position" option
[Preferences] [UI] Add an option in Preferences to disable the High-DPI detection
[Content] Added new "Histogram Scan (Non Uniform)" filter
[Content] Added new "Color Match" filter
[Content] Added new "Water Level" filter
[Content] Added new "Snow Cover" filter
[Content] Added new "Material Height Blend" filter
[Content] Added new "Height to Normal (world units)" filter
[Content] Added new "Height Blend" Filter
[Content] Added new "AO (Horizon Base Ambient Occlusion)" filter
[Bakers] "Curvature From Mesh" Added Console Warnings under Channel "Mesh Sanity Check"
[Content] Added "Image Input Filtering" to "Splatter Circular" and "Splatter"
[3D View] Set primitives size to 100cm

Fixed:

File open dialog does not display files with the "All format" filter
Closing the window doesn't kill SD process
[Explorer] Move 3D mesh from a folder to another corrupts this resource
[Parameters] Sliders have to much precision on Mac
[Preferences] if the default shader/tangent plugin/.. are not found use the ones defined in the default project
[Graph] Crash when moving the original package of a graph instance
[UI] Substance Designer UI Scaling Issue
[Export] File format is always reset to png
[Content] Various errors in "Functions.sbs"
[Bakers] Non existant cage resource prevents to bake
[Bakers] Progress Bar does come and go
[Library] Folders doesn't filters anymore library's content
[Library] Creating a new filter creates two base conditons
[MDL Graph] links for missing resource are not deleted in the MDL graph
[MDL] alg material root is not removed on exported preset
[Bakers] "Curvature From Mesh" crash with some ZBrush meshes
[3D View] ALT+R doesn't work after saving render
[Graph] Gradient Map "Noise" and "Precision" parameters don't work anymore
[3D View] Disappear when undocked
[Preferences] Default shader is not taken into account
[3D View] Crash if the default shader is changed at runtime
[Engine] get $size issue

Substance Designer 5

Substance Designer 5.5.3

28 Oct, 2016

Changes:

[MDL Graph] Propagate SBS Graph default values to SBS Graph Node instance in MDL Graph
[MDL] Support Drag&Drop of SBSAR graph
[IRay] upgrade to SDK 2016.1.6 (261500.16187)
[sbsrender] Optimise the memory management of sbsrender to match of Player performances
[3D View] Allow the widget size to be smaller than the top menu bar
[Console] Allow to copy some lines to the clipboard

Fixed:

[Shelf] Crash when creating folder
[Bakers] World_Space_Direction doesn't work anymore
[Player] Crash when playing a Package directly in Designer by the "play button"
[Startup] popup display missing nvcuvid.dll file
[Environment init] double clicking an .sbs file does not load it in SD
[Export] Export with dependencies crash
[MDL] Synchronization issue in between a Graph an its Instance
[MDL] sbsar instance nodes are outputing texture_return instead of values
[IRay 3D View] In Iray Renderer the "Height Channel" isn't updated properly when you change of height map
[IRay 3D View Undocked] "Camera>Save Render" Doesn't work after hiding app in the Windows's Taskbar
[Mac IRay] NVIDIA GPU no more detected by IRay
[Bakers] Transferred Texture from Mesh Crash when baking Non POT textures
[Crash] Crash when exporting a graph on Substance Share
[Graph] Crash when selecting a ghost instance
[3D View] Can't dolly (Zoom In or Zoom Out) the orthographic camera in Iray mode
[UI] Color Picker doesn't manage High DPI display
[Graph] (MacOS 10.11.06) Infinite computation with multi-material blend node
[Graph] Copy/Paste Graph's content ==> paste in the content and also a reference to that graph
[Graph] Several multi material blends in scene, it autoselect the wrong outputs
[Graph] Metal Edge Wear locks up PC
[Library] The "SBSAR" files displays "S" logo instead of thumbnails
[Library] Folder inside .sbsar are displayed in library

Substance Designer 5

Substance Designer 5.5.1

9 Sep, 2016

Changes:

[Iray] Add "IQ" mode for cloud rendering
[Iray] Update to Iray SDK 2016.1.5

Fixes:

[MDL] View in 3D View does not work properly the first time
[MDL] gradient_interpolation_linear is not exported with the full path
[MDL] newly created frame bottom right corner is exactly aligned with the related node
[MDL] Root material thumbnail does not update in some cases
[MDL] Crash when delete all nodes and redo
[MDL] Sluggish performances in the graph display compared to Substance Graph
[MDL] Can't export MDL module because of IOR parameter
[MDL] Displayed parameters don't correspond to the selected node
[3D View] MDL Material that comes from an MDL Graph is not reseted when root node is deleted.
[3D View] Default camera framing is lost after loading fbx's mesh
[3D View] Texture assignment is not kept when switching to Iray
[Iray] Warning message from IRay when moving camera
[Iray] Crash when switching to Iray
[Iray] VCA password is not saved
[Graph] Crash when deleting nodes
[Graph] Pressing CTRL to copy link doesn't work with Material mode
[Graph] Crash when deleting output node in an instance node material
[Bakers][3D View] Can't load high definition mesh
[Mac][3D View] Crash when trying to restore detached windows on secondary monitor
[Parameters] Cannot edit a value in a spinboxedit without removing the suffix
[UI] Use "Cancel" when closing SD should stop message box
Crash when opening two 3D Views
Crash in Alg::Scripting::Engine when using lots of VisibleIf condition
Files get deleted by autosave if a .algautosave file exists

Substance Designer 5

Substance Designer 5.5

25 Aug, 2016

Substance Designer 5.5 is now available and this is a pretty big update: Linux Support is here and a brand new MDL creation graph allows you to create complex materials and shaders for rendering in Iray or other MDL compatible renderers.

Changes:

New MDL (Material Definition Language) Editor
[Bakers] New Curvature from mesh baker
[Library] Use SVG icons instead of bitmap files
[Library] Add an option to filter the result for MDL, Compositing, Function and Fxmap
[Graph] Extend the "Display newly created node" to copy/pasted / duplicated nodes
[New Document] Create a Template selection widget when creating a new
MDL Graph
[3D View][Iray] Display Render Mode + VCA nodes next to iterations/time
[3D View] Improve "material" menu performances on opening
[3DView][Bakers] Update to FBX SDK 2017
[3D View] Add the ability to show/hide rendering information (resolution, iterations, etc.) in the display menu of 3D View
[Iray] Expose tesselation parameters back to scene edit
[Project] Add auto-generated alias for project file directory
Project] Specify the default environment texture in the project settings
[Content] Added new studio HDRi
[Content] Add non-square transform node to the library
Launch SD with a specific .sbscfg file

Fixes:

[Graph] Inputs does not automatically connect to outputs with same usage.
[Graph] Inserted node inputs are not plugged correctly
[Graph] Unselecting should also select a node under the mouse
[Graph] Node insert doesn't connect to all links
[Bakers] Incorrect diffusion in curvature baker
[Bakers] "Transferred texture from mesh" crashes if high def mesh has no UVs
[UI] Function Icon on parameters is not modified when a function is defined
[UI] Tooltips for parameters are cut
[3D View] more than 1000 lights are displayed in the scene
[3D View] GLSL Lambert shader don't manage srgb texture correctly
[3D View] Tiling parameters missing when connecting substances in Iray
[Iray] Preset export of mdl not working when spaces in name
[Iray] Subdvision parameters are not taken into account
[Parameters] Parameter identifier is no more displayed
[Parameters] Crash when changing resource url from the "From Resource..." action
[Parameters] Incorrect conversion of & character
[Explorer] double clicking on a 'big' graph often fail to open it in the graph view
Explorer] Embedded SVGs are shown as missing in the Explorer
[Explorer] Crash when renaming an item with the '&' character
[Content] Gradient 1 tiling is wrong when using 90/180° rotation
[Perforce] Integration does not seem to work if the workspace is located at the HDD root
[Data] UID generated for nodes are not unique
[Preferences] Adding an alias targeting HDD root messes up paths in sbsprj
[MEMORY LEAK] Some QDialogs are not destroyed when they are closed

Substance Designer 5

Substance Designer 5.4

4 May, 2016

Substance Designer 5.4 is now available, here is the changelog:

Added :

[UI] Support for High-DPI resolutions
[3D View] Allow to export render to ArtStation
[Bakers] New baker "Position from Mesh"
[Bakers] New "normal map" setting for Texture Transfert baker
[Bakers] New setting "Tangent" & "Binormal" for World Space Normal baker
[Scripting] Allow to execute scripts during Save, Export and Publish actions
[Dependencies] Add a Collapse/Expand option based on selection
Added a warning regarding shell extension conflicts
Add a link to Substance Store
[UI] Allow to reorder tabs
[3D View] Add the default shader in the shader list
[Graph] Display the resource name on top of bitmap node
[Graph] Improve the listing order of the space bar search menu

Fixed :

Crash on exit
Designer process can still be running after exit
[Iray] Outputs are not sent to mdl materials when switching renderer
[Content] Tile sampler: pattern rotation random should not rotate the shape

Substance Designer 5

Substance Designer 5.3.1

21 Oct, 2015

This new build brings the most bug fixes in a Substance Designer release ever!

Main Changes

[3D View] Display the mesh name in the scene/edit instead of "Entity"
[3D View] Reset to default color when a new 3D View is opened
[3D View] Focus camera when switching from scene to primitive
[3D View] Display the render viewport resolution when custom resolution is used
[Iray] Adjust Subdivision parameters presentation
[Iray] Output IRay log info to SD log
[Bakers] Read OBJ files properly to make matching by name compatible

Bug Fixes

[3D View] Incorrect display of meshes having a scale different than 1.0
[3D View] Automatic near clip plane computation doesn't work well for big objects
[3D View] Wireframe mode displays too thick wires
[3D View] Save render window does not show up if post effects are disabled
[3D View] Crash when switching geometry
[3D View] "QOpenGLWidget: Cannot make uninitialized widget current" message in log
[3D View] Lighting is not computed if the environment map is changed while Iray is running
[3D View] Crash when viewing 3d mesh
[3D View] Very bad OpenGL performances after having used Iray
[3D View] Clip planes not correctly computed
[3D View] Changing the environment map does not refresh the 3d View
[3D View] Textures are not updated on graph change
[3D View] GLSLFX hidden samplers are still displayed in the selection menu
[3D View] Material not restored properly when opening mesh resource
[3D View] RAM/VRAM Memory leak when opening various meshes and assigning multiple graphs on them
[3D View] Focus does not take focal length into account
[Iray] nvcuvid.dll is missing (uninstall previous version to get rid of the message)
[Iray] Preset Export dialog '...' button don't spawn the dialog window
[Iray] Refraction/Scattering does not work correctly in physically_diffuse_specular
[Iray] Default mdl can't be found (magenta color)
[Iray] Do not plug default textures to mdl material to enable value mode in edit material
[Iray] Descale is not triggered when a texture is updated
[Bakers] Worldspace normal baker renders a black image
[Bakers] Crash when baking normal map with undocked 3d view
[Bakers] Baking with "Embedded" method while an invalid path is set for "link" prevents saving the resource
[Bakers] Baking with "Embedded" method and changing the file format does not change the extension on disk
[Bakers] Random names for embedded ressources all have an XXX.. name
[Bakers] Multiple objects in .obj are not correctly imported
[Content] Material Blend: basecolor output is not hidden when channel is disabled
[Content] White_noise and derivated are not rendered correctly at 8k
[Graph] Sluggish performances in the graph
[Graph] Crash when drag&drop function item from Library to Function Graph
[Graph] "View outputs in 3d view" should only send the node's visible output in the 3d View
[Preferences] Default user_project has empty "Name Suffix" for match by name baker feature
[Engine] Color -> grayscale conversion produces precision lost
[Console] Console/Log is poluted by lots of messages
[Share] Crash when trying to share a package
[UI] Tooltip is stuck on top of Recent Files menu
Crash on exit

Substance Designer 5

Procedural Material Contest!

13 Oct, 2015

We are thrilled to launch the first Procedural Material Contest, sponsored by NVIDIA! Find out more about the theme, rules and (awesome) prizes on this page![www.allegorithmic.com]

Substance Designer 5

Substance Designer 5.3, now with IRay Renderer!

1 Oct, 2015

Substance Designer 5.3 is here, and with it, the integration of NVidia IRay for ultra realisitic preview and renders straight in the viewport!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLNd1PKCTe0

Main Changes

[3D View] Add Nvidia Iray renderer
[3D View] Rotate environment using CTRL+Shift+RMB
[3D View] Render the 3D viewport at a custom resolution (Ogl / Iray)
[3D View] Make the loading of the scene asynchronous
[3D View] Display the global scene in the scene Browser
[3D View] Disable the grid by default
[3D View] Add inverse squared distance attenuation for point lights
[3D View] Display color parameter in RGB instead of RGBA
[3D View] Separate Lights/Camera/Environment settings
[Share] Improvements for the Substance Share upload window

Bug Fixes

[3D View] Error in normalization of PBR shaders
[3D View] Crash when right-clicking on the root in the scene browser
[3D View] PBR shaders : diffuse vs spec energy conservation and pointlights
[3D View] Make "Material/Reset" also reset the channels to default color
[Bakers] Position with Bsphere normalization in not centered
[UI] Windows floating state not saved when closing the application
[Cooker] Can't publish when the sbs is located in a path containing special character
[Publishing] Pressing "enter" in the name field after publish will cancel the dialog
[Share] Export sbs does not keep the sbs:// alias

Substance Designer 5

Substance Designer 5.1 now available!

28 May, 2015

The latest update for Substance Designer is out! This release is focused on workflow improvements while working with graphs. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvExDzISYUc
New features:

[Graph] Search/Display content from the library through space bar menu
[Graph] Display/open newly created node
[Graph] link redirection (alt+shift)
[Graph] select node parents
[Graph] Swap 2 links (X)
[Graph] Insert node over a link using drag and drop
[Graph] Create graph from a node selection
[Graph] Delete link when using Alt + LMB on a node pin
[Graph] Don't connect new node to previous using Shift
[Graph] Add a toolbar for base filters
[Graph] Improve grid (snapping and resolution)
[Graph] Move the Comment/Frame/Pin to right click menu
[Graph] Create node over a selected link
[Graph] Add icons to function items
[Graph] Change pin colors in function graph
[Graph] Use shift to disable node auto connection
[Graph] Make the selected link drawn over the other links
[Graph] Add icons to Fxmap nodes
[Graph] Add a switch to draw curved or rectangular links
[Function] Make the different vector type more distinct in function graph (pin/link colors)
[Functions] add icons on nodes and display values for constant / set / get
[Functions] Add colors to node title
[Function] Improve performances for function evaluation (use SSE generated code)
[Function] Display warning if Set/Get node is empty
[Bakers][Graph] Dither bitmap when converting to 8bpc
[Bakers] Average vertex normals in OBJ file if the mesh doesn't contain any
[Bakers] Match by name: use suffix as separator
[Parameters] Add option to switch between RGB and HSV on color widget
[Parameters] Add eye dropper button in color widget
[Library] Add a category for base content (compositing nodes, fxmap, function..)
[2D View] Info: add display in [0, 1] range and HSV
[3D view] Add mipmap support for the environment
[Dependencies] Clean unused dependencies with updater
[Updater] Do not save packages automatically

Fixes:

[Crash] when closing package
[Crash] when opening the dependency manager on an unsaved package
[Crash] Sample Color bug
[Engine] FxMap Tiling region deadlock
[Engine] precision issue with SSE engine with blur and/or blend node
[Engine] Computation doesn't stop when divide by 0
[Explorer] crash when exporting package with dependency if containing dependency cycles
[Explorer] Drag and drop of resources often fails to operate
[Bakers] Baked normal is rendered black if it's higher than 256*256
[Bakers] Saving a package in the same location as the export path will break the path
[Bakers] Incorrect default target path when package has not been saved yet
[Engine] Bad pixelsize result when inherited from parent function
[Dependencies] Unused dependency is not removed
[Dependencies] crash when opening the dependencies window of package that contains package cycles
[Graph] marquee selection are rescaled in function of the zoom
[Graph] link don't "snap" to closest input/output
[Graph] Wrong undo stack (may generate crashes)
[Graph] Multiple connect with Ctrl does not work if pin is already plugged
[3D View] Grid color is affected by background color
[3D View][Graph] output node containing multiple usage is not sent correctly to the 3d view
[3D View] Tesselation shader : compilation bug on AMD GPUs
[2D View] Pin system problem
[Functions] Function compilation bug (if else)
[Preferences] low/high suffix not correctly read from sbsprj
[Library] Drag and dropping a folder over another removes it
[Windows] Multiple sessions of SD can be run
[License] Old license is not kept
[Content] Edge Detect filter problem

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