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Substance Alchemist Hands-On - xSicKxBot - 07-03-2020 Substance Alchemist Hands-On <div><p>Allegorithmic (<a href="https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/01/23/Adobe-Acquires-Allegorithmic.aspx">now Adobe</a>) are well known for their excellent Substance Designer and Painter texturing tools have recently released a major update for <a href="https://www.substance3d.com/products/substance-alchemist/">Alchemist</a>, their <a href="https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/02/27/Quixel-Mixer-2020-Released.aspx">Quixel Mixer</a> competitor.&nbsp; The biggest new feature to Alchemist is the AI driven Image to Material, an image importing option along side the existing B2M functionality.&nbsp; From the release notes, Image to Material is describe as:</p> <blockquote> <p>Bring the outside world into your creations. For the first time, tap into the power of AI to convert a simple photograph into a full material with incredible accuracy. No need for complex and expensive photogrammetry equipment; use pictures taken on a holiday or in your backyard, in any lighting condition.</p> <p>The Image to Material filter will generate a perfect albedo, as well as normal and displacement maps which closely match the original real-life surface.</p> </blockquote> <p>The release also adds new filters, texture importing and management tools and more.&nbsp; Substance Alchemist is available as part of a Substance Subscription, and there is a 30 day fully functional trial <a href="https://www.substance3d.com/download/">available here</a>.&nbsp; You can check out Substance Alchemist and the new features in the <a href="https://youtu.be/nLUZYvtP230">hands-on video</a> below.</p> <p align="center">[embedded content]</p> <p class="under"> <span class="categories"><a href="https://www.gamefromscratch.com/category/GameDev-News.aspx">GameDev News</a> <a href="https://www.gamefromscratch.com/category/Art.aspx">Art</a></span> <span class="tags"><a href="https://www.gamefromscratch.com/?tag=/Applications" rel="tag">Applications</a> <a href="https://www.gamefromscratch.com/?tag=/Review" rel="tag">Review</a></span> </p> <hr> <p> &lt;!–</p> <p>–&gt;</p> </div> https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/07/02/substance-alchemist-hands-on/