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Blender Texturing Exercise

Last updated Oct 27, 2022 Edit Source

# What to Submit

  1. An OBS recording and voice over of what you’ve done
  2. A screenshot or render of the following
    1. The first object painted
    2. The second object painted
    3. The object in substance painted or materials set up

# Objectives

  1. Download the Blend file ->
  2. Watch the overview video ->
  3. Complete the exercises.
  4. Learn the basics of texture setups and texture painting in Blender and Substance Painter.

# Exercises

  1. Blender Texturing
    1. Set up a color texture and paint on it and save it
    2. Set up a mask texture and paint a mask with two shaders
    3. Set up a trim sheet
    4. Set up a UDIM texture and paint on it
    5. Prepare Model with vertex colors (ID Maps) for use in Substance Painter
  2. Substance Painter
    1. Import fbx model from Blender with UDIMs
    2. make sure all settings are correct for UDIMs
    3. Bake all maps
      1. make sure to bake ID maps as vertex colors!
    4. Set up Color Masks on folders
    5. Set up basic materials

# Extended Learning

# Blender

Texture Painting - Quick Start Guide - Blender - YouTube Texture Painting in Blender for Beginners (Tutorial) - YouTube 3 Different Quick Effective TEXTURING TECHNIQUES - Hunting Knife - Blender 2.8 - YouTube Learning The Basics of 3D Handpainted Textures - YouTube Arcane Tutorial Part 2 : Deep Dive Into the Arcane Look and Camera Projections (Blender 3.0 / EEVEE) - YouTube Texture Painting In Blender - YouTube Blender 2.8 Tutorial : Texture Painting with Stencil & Mask - YouTube Blender 2.8 Texture Painting Tutorial: Stencil and Alpha Mask - YouTube Blender 2.8 Texture extraction projection painting (part 1) - YouTube Better Edge Masks in Blender - Procedural Texturing - YouTube Texturing for Beginners: Top 14 Ways to Mix Textures and Shaders (in Blender) - YouTube Lighting and Baking Workflow: Blender Tutorial - YouTube

# Substance

Introduction to Substance Painter - Ultimate Beginners Guide - YouTube Substance Painter 2021 Getting Started - Part 01 - Materials & masking - YouTube What You Get Wrong About Smart Materials in Substance Painter - YouTube Texture Maps Explained - Essential for All Texture Artists - YouTube Your First Material in Substance Alchemist - YouTube Mastering Stylized PBR Texturing Using Substance Painter - YouTube The Ultimate Guide to Substance for Beginners - Painter/Designer/Alchemist EXPLAINED - YouTube Substance Painter for Beginners Tutorial - YouTube

# Shading

You’re Texturing Wrong. (Do THIS Instead!) - YouTube WTF are… NORMAL MAPS? - YouTube Shader Fundamentals - Normal Mapping - YouTube

# Other

All 54 Modifiers in Blender Explained in 10 Minutes - YouTube My 3D Workflow in 30 Minutes - Lighting and Rendering Tips (and More) - YouTube HDR Lighting in Blender: Look Development (5/7) - YouTube Distribution of Shapes Theory for Better Renders - YouTube 22 Tips for Blender You’ll Actually Try (#3) - YouTube