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Substance Designer 2.5

Substance Designer 2.5.1 release note

(Changelog 2.5.0 to 2.5.1)

All platforms

Enhancements

    Package explorer
    • New "Show in explorer/finder" option on linked resources
    • New "Relocate" option on linked resources
    Baking:
    • Optional normal map can now be loaded from a package
    • New "material id" colour mode to UV to Svg, the material id colours can be set in the scene objects tree
    2D view
    • New Colour Information toolbox
    • New a zoom widget
    • New lock option for image scale
    3D view
    • Longitude/latitude environment maps are now supported
    SVG
    • New options to copy/cut elements to New SVG
    • New "Paste in Place" option
    • New Polygon mode to the Extrude tool
    Bug Fixes
    • Comments position in function are not reset anymore
    • The 2D view position is now constant
    • Changing Input default value updates the graph again
    • Fixed crash when a mesh resource was missing
    • Closing the Save dialogue window now acts as Cancel

Substance Designer 2.5 release note

(Changelog 2.1.0 to 2.5.0)

All platforms

Enhancements

  • Link/Import mesh as a resource in sbs. These mesh can be displayed in the 3D view and used to extract information.
  • New mesh information extraction feature. These information can be exported into bitmaps or svg and used in substance graphs. The following maps can be extracted:
    • Ambient occlusion (depending on the GPU)
    • World space normal
    • Curvature
    • UV to Svg mask
  • Parametrization for FX-Maps is handled by the new substance engine *
  • Graph image inputs and outputs can now be re-ordered in the properties view
  • Graph Input, output and comments options are now merged in the same context menu as the atomic nodes
  • New information panel in the package explorer
  • Activation and Evaluation can now be done from another computer
  • 3D view control modes can now be toggled from a toolbar
  • Export outputs option on graphs explorer contextual menu
  • Double click on a shape opens the color window
  • 2D view content can now be copied to clipboard
  • Delete links between graph nodes using backspace key
*: Parametrization Feature is supported only by Substance Player, 3ds Max 2013 and Maya 2013

Bug Fixes

  • 2D view pan and zoom aren't reset anymore when we tweak a parameter in the graph
  • 2D view isn't reset anymore each time we display a new image in it
  • We can now display and manipulate svg with boolean shapes
  • Back shapes edited using merged modes don't come to front anymore in svg editor
  • Explorer Fix crash when multiple resources are dragged and dropped in the explorer
  • Add max width for tooltips to avoid endless tooltip display
  • 3D file importer now handle pivot offset properly
  • Invert zoom preference now affect 3D view
  • Publishing sbsar with big sbs files now works
  • Key modifiers and related actions are now reset when the focus is lost on the window
  • A bug about some SVG that couldn't be displayed in substance integrations has now been fixed