Renderman - Substance Painter

Last update: May 1, 2026

Substance Painter 2020.1 (6.1.0) supports pxrSurface and pxrDisney Output Templates.

It is recommend to use pxrSurface for the Output.

Renderman Shader (Maya - RM 23.1)

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PxrSurface

DiffuseColor

Diffuse / Color

SpecularRoughness

Primary Specular / Roughness

SpecularFaceColor

Primary Specular / Face Color

Normal

Globals / Bump / PxrNormalMap → Orientation (Open GL)

Displacement

(red channel ) PxrDispTransform (Result F) → (disp scalar) PxrDisplace (Out Color) → (Displacement Shader) PxrSurfaceSG

GlowColor

Glow / Color (Gain = 1.0)

Presence

Globals / Presence

NOTE

Maps that represent data will need to be interpreted correctly. Please see the Color Managementpage for more information.

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