DocumentationSubstance 3D Sampler

Version 0.7.0

Last update: April 7, 2026

Release date: 2019/06/13

Added:

  • [Filters] Access quickly to your filters by pressing the space bar
  • [Filters] New dedicated panel to manage, browse and import your filters
  • [Metadata] Right click on a material to see its metadata
  • [Metadata] Right click on a material to see its location on your disk
  • [Sliders] Animate sliders when you hover them by pressing Ctrl
  • [Sliders] Stop and restart your sliders animation by pressing P
  • [Export] SBSAR export follows Substance Source guidelines
  • [License] Activate Substance Alchemist using an environment variable
  • [UX] File dialog remembers the last file path selected
  • [UX] Folder dialog remembers the last folder path selected
  • [UI] Update Resources panel UI
  • [UI] Update Search bar UI
  • [UI] Create New material icon is updated
  • [Help] URLs are updated to substance3d.com domain
  • [Mesh] A Cloth mesh is now available
  • [Content] New Corrosion Filter
  • [Content] New Oxydation Filter
  • [Content] New Moss Filter
  • [Content] New Dust Filter
  • [Content] New Brickwall pattern Filter
  • [Content] New Stonewall pattern Filter
  • [Content] New Wood Finish Filter
  • [Content] New Metal Finish Filter
  • [Content] New Snow Filter
  • [Content] New Randomizer Filter
  • [Content] You can now import your textures directly in the Base Material filter

Fixed:

  • Fix a crash when saving the layer stack
  • Possible to add a value above 1 in the environment rotation slider
  • Do not lose blend parameters when a blend layer is transformed back and forth from blend layer to material layer
  • Fix duplicates when generating variations of the same layer stack multiple times
  • When re-opening a material, Alchemist remembers the modified ranges (min and max) of your sliders

Known Issues:

  • Use of multiple delighters in one material is not recommended
  • Delighter crashes with older NVIDIA drivers (Less than 400.x)
  • Fast visibility toggle of a Delighter stage is not recommended
  • Custom Environment Import can become black
  • Tif images are not showing in Properties panel in the Image import layer
  • Coma or point can be ignored when typing a specific value in a slider
  • Normal to height filter can crash on MacOS
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