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Introduction to Substance Painter and Garment Texturing Online Short Course

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Learn how to use Substance Painter, an industry-standard software, part of the Adobe Substance 3D tool kit, for advanced texturing of garments and objects.
Next start months
October 2026
February 2027
Tutor(s)
Annika Andersson
Price
From £480.00

Course description

Course overview

Substance Painter is a 3D painting software, allowing creatives to paint directly onto a 3D model to build up 3D materials using filters, smart materials, brushes and generators. This short course will give you an insight into how you can use Substance Painter for texturing garments; with transferable skills you can apply to any objects.

Students will be shown how to prepare and export OBJ 3D files and UV maps from supporting software such as CLO3D and how to import these into Substance Painter.

We’ll look at the technique of texture ‘baking’ and explore the different texture maps that you can generate in Substance Painter, testing different creative tools you can use such as brushes, smart materials, filters, and generators to create your own materials.

You’ll be working on projects that include fabric washes, stitches and customised logo buttons, and progress to work with layers, masks and alpha channels to understand the power of using a non-destructive workflow.

By the end of the course, you’ll be shown how to render a garment inside Substance and how to export the material maps for use in other software.

Who this course is for

This is a beginner-friendly course, aimed at anyone interested in 3D texturing inside Substance Painter. Some experience using Adobe Creative Suite could be beneficial.

Key information

Topics covered

  • Preparing an OBJ and UV map ready for import in Substance Painter
  • Mesh import and baking, understanding of texture maps
  • How to use fill layers, masks and generators
  • How to use brushes and customised settings
  • Exporting a smart material
Learning outcomes

  • Learn how to prepare UV and OBJ maps in CLO3d (or your own choice of 3D software) for use in Substance Painter
  • Be familiar with how to navigate the interface of Substance Painter
  • Import mesh and bake mesh maps in Substance Painter
  • Have an understanding of the different maps used in Substance Painter
  • Be able to use layers, masks, fills and generators to create work in Substance Painter
  • Be able to use brush tools and custom settings
  • Be able to use the Asset library and export a smart material.
  • Render inside Substance
  • Receive a digital badge and certificate of attendance
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Tutor

Annika Andersson

Annika Andersson has decades of experience working as a fashion designer for multiple well known retailers, established brands and niche start ups. She has vast experience in the design process from concept to finished garments, real life experience and knowledge that she uses when teaching CLO3D and Substance Painter. Annika started to use CLO3d nine years ago, trained by the official CLO3d team in Munich.

Currently, Annika work on various freelance projects as well as an Associated Lecture on the BA fashion design courses at LCF, teaching CLO3d and the Adobe Suite. Annika has worked with creatives and factories around the world and understands the challenges in creativity vs commerciality and crafts vs technology. Annika is able to relate the use of CLO3d and Substance Painter in the commercial industry, sustainable benefits as well as virtual thought-provoking ideas.

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