How to use Smart Masks in Substance Painter

Open your substance project 

 

 You can find the smart masks in the assets folder . It's a “rectangle with a hole” icon next to smart materials. 

 

 

 

 

 

 To show how to use the smart masks I will use this table as an example  

 

 This is how it looks before any smart mask applied 

 

 

 First select your smart mask drag and drop it in the layers tab 

 

 I choose moss for the table 

 

 

 

 The mask is already applied once dropped in the layers tab 

   

 

 If you click on "Mask Builder - Legacy" in the layers tab you can adjust the settings of the mask 

 

 

 

 

 

 For example , if you change level it would look like this 

 

                        Before                                                                           After 

 

 To add textures , click on the white ball next to mask. 

 

 

 

 Scroll down in the properties tab . Now you can add your textures in the material section . 

 Try not to choose materials that have spaces in between. 

 

  For example,  

 

 

 

 Choose the first one instead of the second one for better visuals 

 

 Or if you're going for metal rust . 

 

 

 

 Go for the first one for better visuals.  

 

 Now add your textures in the properties window. 

 

 

 

 After adding your textures, it should look like this .  

 

 

 

 The End.