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Vehicle Texturing in Substance Painter: From Clean to Mean

From The Gnomon Workshop · Added Oct 22, 2025

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Welcome to Vehicle Texturing in Substance Painter: From clean to mean. In this workshop, James Schauf walks you through two different projects, each telling their own story. The first is Night Fire; a clean hot rod with slight imperfections. In this project, James demonstrates the creation of key materials and shares his workflow for adding just enough detail to create realistic believability. Upon completing the work in substance painter, maps are exported for rendering in Keyshot. James discusses various tips and tricks for material modifications, camera set-up and using backplates, just to name a few. The second project is the Rusty Scorpion; a mean, mad max inspired, rusty and dusty rat rod. In this project, smart materials are explained in order to understand the importance of gradually building up detail. Once complete, the vehicle is rendered with Iray inside Substance Painter, while James shares his process for final renders. Overall topics and materials discussed include reference, UVs, Look Dev, Leather, Painted Metal, Chrome, Rust, Rubber, Texture Sets, Masking, Decals, HDRs and detailing. For artists that are looking to get a jump start on a new project, over 40 smart materials are shared from both projects, plus a few extras. You'll be able to see the build-up process and breakdown each smart material, then modify them and make them your own.

Duration: 9h 51m

Format: HD 1920x1080

Lessons

00. Preview

01. Inspiration and Preparation

02. UV's

03. Keyshot for LookDev Part 1

04. Keyshot for LookDev Part 2

05. Maya to Substance Painter

06. Car Body Base

07. Leather Top

08. Painted Metal and Chrome

09. Texture Sets Material IDs and Masking

10. Materials and Opacity

11. Tire

12. Detailing Chrome and Radiator

13. Detailing Pipes

14. Metallic Paint

15. Flames

16. Substance Painter to Keyshot

17. Keyshot Rendering tips Studio Lighting using HDRI Editor

18. Keyshot Rendering tips using Backplates

19. Keyshot Rendering tips with HDRs

20. Rusty Scorpion Overview

21. Rusty Scorpion Detailing Part 1

22. Rusty Scorpion Detailing Part 2

23. Rusty Scorpion Iray Rendering and Wrap Up

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