Now we have an even bevel around the bricks and also a strong, consistent grout line.

To add a bevel or slope, we can blur the result and “multiply” the blurred brick with the original edge detect using a blend node. The Edge Detect will keep the width the same and also makes for easy exposing later on (we could also round the corners here if we wanted).

To create the grout lines, we can plug this into an “Edge Detect” node, which looks for changes in values and separates these by a sharp line, almost like creating little islands defined by the value of the input. The pattern itself is also to blame, most beginners will use the brick pattern but importantly the pattern specific which adds a nice bevel or slope to the bricks, which results in uneven “grout” lines and also uneven bevels on the sides compared to the top.Īn easy workaround is to change the pattern to a “square” instead, which turns the 2D view fully white, but if we also change the “Luminance Random” value up ,which will give each brick a different greyscale value, we should see our pattern again. Using a histogram scan makes the issue more visible. You can see the issue is the width between the bricks! When we change the “X-Amount” and “Y-Amount” to different values, in this case X = 3 and Y = 10, the tile generator is simply squashing and stretching our pattern to a grid which matches these values. One issue with these nodes occur when building a “non-square” pattern, for example a brick, which needs to be rectangular. These nodes are great for establishing a base pattern or repeating a design across your material while maintaining tiling. sbs (substance graph) files, you’re almost guaranteed to find a tile generator or tile sampler. This is intended for those who are just beginning to building their designer skill set. So this blog will simply go through a few of these tips which seemed the most helpful and may help others who are just starting out in Designer.ĭisclaimer:these techniques are not unique or new (im sure many artists use these in their set ups) and I’ve almost definitely picked these up from other artists or articles over the years. These set ups were added because I was spotting the same problems from student to student, and actually, I’ve seen these same problems on websites like Polycount or Artstation where artists are experimenting with the program for the first time. In the second year, I have the job of introducing the students to substance designer and during these classes I like to go through some easy node set ups to help avoid the standard beginner mistakes.

Substance designer to painter