Alternatives to Adobe Substance 3D Designer
Node-based tool for authoring procedural 3D materials, patterns, image filters and environment lights. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Adobe Substance 3D Designer
Node-based tool for authoring procedural 3D materials, patterns, image filters and environment lights.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Adobe Substance 3D Designer.
Material Maker
An open-source node-based tool for authoring procedural PBR materials and textures for game engines.
Material Maker is a free, open-source node-based tool for procedural PBR materials with over 200 nodes and exports for Godot, Unity and Unreal, and needs no Adobe subscription.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Adobe Substance 3D Painter
A commercial 3D painting application for applying textures, materials and masks to 3D models in real time.
ArmorPaint
A stand-alone application for physically based texture painting on 3D models, running on the GPU.
Marmoset Toolbag
All-in-one 3D application for texture baking, texturing, painting and real-time rendering.
3DCoat
A 3D application for voxel sculpting, retopology, UV mapping, PBR texture painting and rendering.
Blender
The free 3D creation suite: modelling, sculpting, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and video editing.
