Substance Designer y los nodos más importantes: Introducción

How to create textures in Substance Designer?

Substance Designer is a powerful and widely used tool in the digital design industry for creating textures. Let's explore how you can use this program to create complex textures without the need for 3D models. Here we show you how you can take advantage of Substance Designer's capabilities to create stunning textures that you can use in your projects, such as for a castle with platforms and lava.

How to start a project in Substance Designer?

To get started in Substance Designer, let's create a new substance:

• Start a new graph and name it "test graph".
• Define the size as absolute; we will handle common dimensions like 48x24.
• You will use a 2D canvas, working directly with images, no 3D models for the moment.

How to explore basic nodes in Substance Designer?

Nodes are fundamental to manipulate and create textures in Substance Designer. We will start with the simplest ones:

• Shape Node: This node allows you to create primitive shapes that will serve as the basis of your textures.
  • You can experiment with different shapes such as parabolas and bells.
  • Adjustable parameters include scale, size and angle.

Shape Node Parameters:- Type of shape: parabola, bell, etc.- Scale- Size- Angle

• Transform 2D Node: Facilitates image transformation, allowing you to adjust manually from the canvas.
  • It allows you to manage the offset and the tiling mode to control the repetition of the image.

How to create complex image combinations?

To combine multiple image layers, we will use blend nodes:

• Blend Node: It manages to combine different images using masks to generate unique effects.
  • You can use various operations such as sus tract, screen, etc., to alter how the images are combined.

Blend Modes:- Copy- Subtract- Multiply

When blending images, consider the following steps:

1. Duplicate base nodes and adjust them with the transform node.
2. Introduce a new node of different shapes for variation.
3. Use the Blend node to create richer and more dynamic textures, experimenting with opacity and blend mode.

How to create repeating patterns with Tile Sampler nodes?

Using the Tile Sampler further extends the power of Substance Designer:

• Create repeating patterns efficiently, adjusting the counts on the X and Y axes to cover the necessary space.
• Apply random rotations and scales for more variability and naturalness in your textures.

Tile Sampler Parameters:- Count X and Y- Random Rotation- Random Scale

How to visualize 3D textures and adjust the final output?

Finally, visualize the textures in 3D space:

• Use the Normal Map node to simulate the 3D effect on your textures.
  • Adjust the intensity of the normal map to obtain the desired detail.
• Define additional properties such as uniform color and metallic features to complete the texture.

Remember that Substance Designer offers versatility and numerous tools to suit an artist's needs. There is no single "recipe," so it is vital to continually experiment and practice. Consider also exploring tutorials from expert artists to broaden your understanding of the program - keep practicing and referencing the real world to continue to improve your skills!