This update adds Generative Background, powered by Adobe Firefly, to quickly create virtual photography backdrops.  Also included is an interactive denoiser, a new select tool option, and dozens of new materials included in the starter assets.

Generative backgrounds

Rapidly create unique background images with Generative Background, powered by Adobe Firefly.  Generative Background uses Match Image technology to align the camera perspective and lighting, making it effortless to show your designs in context and save time sharing concepts.

Updated Select tool

Quickly perform the most frequent move, rotate, and scale actions with the updated Select tool.  Designed to work in 3D space while staying oriented to your screen, the new interface makes it easy to use at any camera angle.  Toggle quickly to the standard Select tool to access the full transform functions.

Interactive denoiser

See higher quality results fast in design mode.  This new render setting runs a high speed denoiser after every interaction, so you get clear previews fast, helping you make design decisions more efficiently.

Improved realtime translucency

Glass, plastics, and liquids now have refraction in the real time view, giving you a better estimate of how light will bend when passing through these objects.

Expanded starter material library

Enjoy over dozens of new starter materials.  Get professional results in seconds using the default presets or customize dozens of parameters to fine tune the exact look and feel for your project.

Release notes

This update adds Generative Background, powered by Adobe Firefly, to quickly create virtual photography backdrops.  Also included is an interactive denoiser, a new select tool option, and dozens of new materials included in the starter assets.

3.0.2

(Released May 23, 2024)
Summary : This release brings Generative Background and other updates from the Beta application to the main application, along with additional fixes and enhancements.

Changes:

• All previous changes from 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 available in the Substance 3D Stager (Beta) application are now available in the Substance 3D Stager application.
• Added error dialogues for Generative Background (Beta) when using disallowed terms that violate the user agreement.
• Mac OS minimum has been increased to Mac OS 12 Monterey
• Publish to web will be removed in a future update.  A notification has been added in-app.
• Updated CAD file format imports via Hoops Exchange for the latest support and fixes.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where recent files thumbnails on the home screen were gray if raytracing was enabled while saving the document
• Fixed a security vulnerability in GLB import
• Fixed a security vulnerability in
• Fixed a missing tooltip for the Generative Background (Beta) panel
• Fixed an issue where clear history was enabled even if no history was present
• Fixed an issue where grouped tools were missing the UI indicator to expand the group.
• Fixed an issue where text alignment dropdown was not displaying correctly
• Fixed an issue with USD export where transform rotation order was not encoded correctly

3.0.1

(Released Apr 9, 2024)
Summary : Bug fix release.
Fixed:

• [Files] Fixed an issue where the thumbnail on recent files was grey if raytracing was turned on during save
• [Links] Fixed an issue where a link was incorrectly directing to a 404 page.
• [Icons] Fixed an issue with the application icon being the incorrect size

3.0.0

Changes

• Added the Generative Background panel to create virtual photography backgrounds.
• Updated Match Image for improved perspective confidence.  Match Image will now successfully match perspective more often.
• Added Content Credentials integration.  Content created using Generative Background will have content credentials applied.
• Added new Select Tool with screen-oriented bounding box design for easier compositing at lower angles.  Use V to alternate between the traditional and new Select Tools.
• Added denoiser to the render settings in design mode.  The denoiser will run after each edit once the target samples have been reached.
• Updated translucency effects for the real-time rendering engine.  This will affect all alpha, opacity, transparency, translucency, and subsurface objects.
• Expanded the collection of materials available in the starter assets.
• Added the ability to save custom scenes as templates.  Templates can be saved in the file menu and re-accessed from Home.
• Added the ability for cameras to be grouped and have parent-children relationships with other objects.
• Added an action to replace an object with a different loaded obejct.
• Added new tools for physical light and 3D text creation.
• Added a management panel for viewport extras including grid, gizmos, widgets, labels, and outlines.
• Improved GPU detection for enabling GPU rendering.
• Added a preference for controlling UI font size.
• Added a preference for auto-deleting unused materials from the material panel when a file is closed.
• Added a preference for drag-n-drop model import to ignore cursor placement.
• Added a tooltip with environment light full name on hover.
• Added default environment light to the starter assets.
• Objects will import to the scene origin when enabled.
• Removed environment stages from the starter assets.
• Removed support for Substance models (SBSM format).
• Updated several UI colors for improved contrast.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue with USD export having incorrect normals and shading.
• Fixed an issue with USD export not normalizing light scale.
• Fixed an issue with USD export where spotlights were being converted to sphere lights.
• Fixed an issue with USD export losing color information for lights.
• Fixed an issue with USD export not using camera names correctly.
• Fixed an issue with USD import occasionally having incorrect names on some materials.
• Fixed an issue with GLB files importing at incorrect scale.
• Fixed an issue with GLTF files importing lights as cameras.
• Fixed an issue with Publish to Web not showing opacity correctly.
• Fixed an issue where background images showed at incorrect gamma and color.
• Resolved a crash when selecting animated objects.