We have free blender and mixer 😁 can't wait for the juicer.

Adobe - Best joy killer in the creative market.

I really hope Blender and Armorpaint can combine forces to bring a industry standard level to the open source field

Update from 2 years: Mixer has UDIM support. ( Knocks out the single UV map issue as well.) Have noticed more optimization for texturing. Able to view all image channels independently. Does bake as well.

Eventually though, Blender will add all the technological distinctiveness of these three programs to its own. Resistance is futile.

Wooow I didn’t even know those things existed!!! I’m gonna definitely try those ones out. Thank you so much for sharing so many good contents !

Absolutely love your break down. Solid video overall. Really dig CG Boost. I'm using the Steam version of SP that cost me $150. I finally splurged to get it, and I have to say from the start, it's well worth ever penny. I'm not rich, and I made up my mind to put extra aside and work harder for this software. I'm so glad I did. It's not only easy to do everything I need, it comes with a huge library of assets, brushes...you name it. And the baking is eazy breazy. Mind you $150 is only for a year--after that year you lose the ability to update and get new licensed resources. But what ever you got during that year, you keep forever, and can use forever. So, worth it again. I also just fell in love with Quixel Bridge. I tried Mixer for a minute to work on flat surfaces, and it's a beautiful tool to mix and layer grounds galore...but I didn't find the use of imported meshes as user friendly or nearly as slick as SP. But Bridge...oh baby...it's amazing. Hey by the way, this is a lot to read no? *clears thought* Also, Bridge and all it's assets are free for me...I assume it's because I have an Epic account (which I sign is as)? Every single asset in Bridge is free for me to use. I guess it's a licensing choice? Maybe I chose personal? I use it for art, not for games I'm selling, so...? I can't even tell you how amazing it is to have 50 different types of grass to import with ease...and all high quality with zero setup necessary. You just choose download (your K of choice), and then export...and if you have Blender open (and you've easily set it up in Blender prior), it pops the mesh into your scene...ready to use and already textured. Insane resource. Armor Paint is also a fantastic alternative. But I just have to say...once you go SP you can't go back. To me it's just that much more user-friendly and fun. Cheers to you and CGB! ...why did I write all that on a comment. Hmmm. :) Do I get KZfaq points or CG Class points for this?

Nice comparison! Please don't forget that ArmorPaint is currently still in Alpha, which puts crashes etc in perspective. Material libraries are planned for it as well, so stay tuned there for more!

huge thank you sir, that topic exactly what I need and was search yesterday and today I get the confirmation of all my conclusions from professional guy, cool!

Thank you so much! I have been wanting to try substance, and now I can do it for free.

This is the best 3D art channel ever. Thank you for this!!

Excellent video, loved the detailed comparison info!

I have just completed the Blender launchpad course and now i am looking forward toward his course

3d coat is really underrated. The best thing is that it can paint 4k maps without any lag in my intel hd Graphics 4000 which is pretty outdated.

Your tutorial videos are amazing. I decided to go back to creating soft after 16 years. soft soft is so easy to get into, but also offers

Thanks for the video, very informative. We are currently investigated Substance Painter to install at our college though often hit a bit of a road block through the subscription pricing. Though these free alternatives (I think Quixel is tipping it for me) are great and something I'll put forward.

This video is even more relevant in light of recent decisions by a certain software manufacturer regarding its most recent acquisitions.

Super solid video as always my man, thanks!

Mixer update" Finally got multiple texture sets and UDIMS

I'm really thankful for you guys doing this 👍

THX, buddy !! Exactly the discuss and vid' i was searching for !!!! ; )

Really useful thanks just starting out on texturing. Blender is pretty limited with it's texture paint tab I'd say but better than nothing. The node trees get pretty complicated too

Just bought soft soft! So excited to get started!!

you are a life savior ! Thank you for this tutorial !

Great video Martin, thank you!

Thank you very much. Appreciated comparison and loved your thoughts on the fear of painter and Adobe

4:15 Thanks so much dude! As a kid who can’t buy things like substance painter and more iv been looking for a free good texturing software for so long! And since i’m experienced in blender and it’s pretty much all i use this will be great!

Thanks for sharing your experiences sounds like helpful for CG guys

Even better, Quixel is complete free if you use Unreal Engine license. And how you said in the video, they fixed and added some futures listed by you on cons. Thanks for the video content was much more than helpful.

SP is available on steam for indie users. Quite cheap on sales - couple times on the year (spring, summer, autmn, winter). Alternatives are great, competition bettween companies will give us, more oportunities to choose the best option for us.

and Mixer already included multiple textures. As a new TexturerPerson in the field, my choice is Quixel and always have an eye on Amor Piant, because its open Source.

very helpful and fair comparison thanks for sharing!

really informative! thank you

Here before armour painter and mixer increases by a huge margin in the future

Mind blowing comparison done ever.✌👍

I just want to say what Quixel has achieved and provided to all creators is absolutely phenomenal.

High quality comparison! Help me a lot!

So on the same day you released this video, Armor Paint released an update. Might be worth checking.

thank you for this info. Really appreciate it

priceless video !!!

Awesomee review, thank you!!

Thank you very much for this video. Very helpful.

I would really love to see a follow up with the other paid options, as I don't mind paid options, as long as it's not a subscription model.

Thank you man for sharing this stuff

quixel and megascans was purchased by Unreal so yes as someone pointed out they are free if you have an account with Unreal Engine. Also bridge is part of them as well

Thanks for the comparisons. Just a heads-up...all the textures and smart materials that come with Mixer (there is quit a lot) are free to use for any project with no restrictions. With those free materials you can customise them to make unlimited variations and save your own Smart Materials to your own library.

Thanks for the interesting video! I think we can take advantage of two programs: Mixer for texturing, Armor for the rest. Or not?

Quixel Mixer Tutorial?? I would enjoy in!

I'm just needing this for making liveries

Thank you, Very helpful video. ❤

very useful, thank you. it will be most interesting to see an update, and ideally a comparison with 3DCoat and where Blender has got to on its own.

This helped a lot thank you

Great information. Thank you

You can paint normals inside of Mixer!! It’s down at the bottom of the painting settings. You paint “displacement” which will get cooked to the normal maps!

All three bag packs look really good...programs are just tools the artist is what matters..

A great comparision video, thx for this. IMHO Mixer will improve more and more and then will be a competitor to Substance - but not free anymore;-) I hope the underlying architecture of armorpaint is good enough to keep up with the other 2 solutions, but TBH, I dont think so.

I never heard of Allegro before Adobe bought them but then I grew up with Macromedia's Fireworks and only just now getting interested in the 3D field

Any suggestions about the workflow between them?Does it improve the procession?

yo bro, really thankya. Big respect

Even though Painter is becoming subscription only in some months, it's still possible to buy a perpetual licence. And the cost is super low for a permanent licence, 126,99 eur on steam. Years ago I bought it on a sale for 75 euros, definitely worth it.

Just a heads up Armor paint is kinda free but its not that simple You need to compile code yourself if you want it for free, what is pain in the ass if you have no idea how to code

Thanks for the comparison, as a beginner I've been thinking about this recently since I wanted to get the Substance course (which I'd only use the Trial versions). I know Mixer and despite it's current limitations it's pretty impressive how much you can achieve with it combined with "free" access to the Megascans library if you use/used Unreal. I've heard of Armor Paint but not to this extent, overall seems a pretty good idea to used them together, will definitely look more into it now and hopefully more updates come soon!

In future Armor Paint will be adding their own library of procedural materials, brushes, decals, particles and plugins, which is very exciting news for those who want free texturing software.

Been using mixer for a while, may give armor paint a try because I just cant afford a mega scan sub

I need to try Armor Paint

I've never heard of Armor Paint. I've been paying for Painter for 3 years. I'm going to try Armor Paint.

nice! Thank you!

very good video!

HI there, one quick question. How do you focus selection or area zoom in on ArmorPaint??

Awesome Review!!

Excellent video

Thanks, good video, interesting arguments

hey can you do a tutorial or a review on the layerpainter addon for blender?

thanks for your time.

I'm surprised 3C Coat didn't get a mention here. That has all but the particle brushes. You can do separate UVs, paint normals and a lot more.

on armor paint you can paint normal map and height map as single/separate layer. Just need to enable the material channel in the layer settings

"Let's hope Substance can be the bright exception here." 1.5 months later... "Hey! We're getting rid of standalone licenses completely! Subscribe after your maintenance ends or gtfo!" Adobe can suck a duck's tail feathers.

Thankyou so much. Muito obrigado!

I’d love an update on these softwares.

Hi thanks for the comparison, what do you think about blender add ons 'bpainter' or 'pbr painter', etc. compared to substance? Don't these add ons accomplish the same task as substance painter all while be inside Blender? I have no idea? Just wondering, thanks!

Oooh very cool!

All of these programs are good, and any view as about them is purely to ones personal taste and ability. For years people have said blender couldn't render as good as Arnold of octane, but it does. Just as good. So the same as these alternatives for substance. They work just fine and as good as the user.

I was a huge fan of Quixel Suite until development was discontinued. Learned Substance and then Mixer started adding 3d texturing functionality back in. Still needs lots of work but the massive surface library is a big draw.

Awesome. Nice review...

Mmm. Nice. I need a course on this software ))

I know this is quite late, but it would be nice to under the particle brushes in armorpaint, because I can't seem to find any tutorials on them like at all, something that explains how you got those water-like effects for example

To everyone saying armor paint isn’t free, it is free if you compile it yourself.

*Free Substance Painter Alternatives* : this is what I need

If you are not working, but learning, you can try using torrent version of Painter. You will get into the workflow while Mixer is improving, then jump to Mixer.

Man your jokes timing are the best :D

hi i saw you use armorpainting. I wanted to ask you a question ... I have a problem that when I extrapolate the textures and import them on the model in blender I lose all the details. Even putting the value of the normal to the maximum I lose all the importance.

Unexpectedly, two years have passed Mixer has been updated a lot Armor Paint seems to have just been updated yesterday

Photo-Textures & Projection in Substance Painter can u do this in the other programms because not really found an Answer to that ?

look at one of the latest vids of quixel they have shown how to do the normal and displacement maps

What about Keyshot? Could it be considered a competition of substance?

Great video! I wonder how the comparisons hold up today. Any updating needed?

Thank you Bro

can you share the specs of your pc , to feel mixer fast one must have a good graphic card is not it?

Thanks for this videos very usefull!!! ( That face thoo 😍😍🙈)

This video helps me in a different way you'd think. I currently use Mixer and have been experiencing a few issues here and there, but you either don't mention them or don't seem to be impacted by them - Making me think it's less a tool issue, and more how I'm using the tool and preparing my models. I think this gives me more confidence to keep using Mixer and get better at it, but moving to substance eventually would be a nice way to go.