Substance Custom Filters

You can import filters made with Adobe Substance 3D Designer via the Import button in the Layer Stack actions.

Create a Substance Filter

Filters must be built in a specific way in Designer to work correctly once imported in Sampler.

The input and output nodes of the filter must have the identifier or usage defined.

Format

Export your filter as a Substance Archive file (.sbsar)

Create a filter to modify images

Create a filter to modify channels

Specific parameters

Specific parameters are globally managed by the application. It's a way to use global parameters of the application, the project, the layer stack in your custom filters.

Normal format

Control of the normal format over the application. Set to DirectX in Sampler 

parameter identifier: normalformat, normal_format, $normalformat, $normal_format 

Input Count

When you want to modify images (scan1 to scanX), you can use the number of images in the layer stack by using the Image Count parameter.

parameter identifier: input_count

parameter type: integer1

Material Input

If you want to display a material slot in the layer stack like the atlas scatter or the splatter:

• Add a new set of Input nodes (Base Color, Normal, ... )
• All Input nodes of the background (bottom material in the layer stack) should be in the Group Material1
• All Input nodes of the first material you want to add on top should be in the Group Material2 and etcetera if you want several material slots.
• Add a material input parameter:
  • parameter identifier: material_input
  • parameter type: integer1

Workflow Type

If you want to display/hide some parameters based on the workflow of your project (PBR Metalic/Roughness or PBR Specular/Glossiness), you can the Workflow Type parameter

parameter identifier: workflow_type

parameter_type: integer1, dropdown list

options:

• 0: PBR Metallic/Roughness
• 1: PBR Specular/Glossiness