The launch of the Collection completes the integration of the Substance tools into Adobe’s product line-up.Īlthough the firm originally acquired the software, along with Allegorithmic, its original developer, in 2019, it retained its old branding and sales website. New Adobe branding and licensing for the Substance tools The firm says that it has seen a 40% increase in the number of projects involving 3D posted on Behance, its online portfolio service, during the past year.Īdobe aims to attract these newer users – many of them graphic designers and 2D artists with little previous experience of 3D – to the Collection through a combination of new, more-beginner-friendly applications, tighter integration with existing Adobe tools, and a wider range of readymade 3D assets.

Adobe has launched the Substance 3D Collection, a major overhaul of its old Substance Suite that expands the product line from specialist material-authoring tools to a set of more general 3D applications.Īs well as Substance Designer, Substance Painter and Substance Alchemist – now renamed Substance 3D Sampler – the Collection features Substance 3D Stager, a new scene layout and rendering tool.Ī fifth tool, VR sculpting app Substance Modeler, is currently in private beta.įor individual artists, pricing for the original applications remains unchanged, but Adobe has introduced a separate $49.99/month subscription plan providing access to the new products.Īimed at a wider range of users than the old Substance SuiteĪs well as artists working in game development, visual effects and motion graphics, Adobe hopes that the Substance 3D Collection will “inspire a brand new generation of designers”.

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