Substance 3D Modeler

Substance 3D Modeler is a highly versatile 3D modeling tool from Adobe, creators of the popular multimedia editing suite Creative Cloud which includes famous products such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom, and many others. Windows only for now.

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With Substance 3D Modeler, anyone can step into the world of 3D sculpting and prepare projects of various sizes to be easily deployed not only in general 3D rendering environments but also in VR worlds.



The core feature of this app is its ability to capture and interpret spatial inputs that the user is performing in the physical world, which then informs the working of the powerful sculpting tools in this highly effective 3D workshop app. By leveraging natural and fluid gestures that all of us can easily perform while wielding a drawing pen or a VR hand controller, this app enables anyone to become a true 3D artist.

Crucially, Adobe Substance 3D Modeler does not force the user to stick to just one workshop dashboard. This fully AR and VR-powered app empowers users to seamlessly switch between desktop and VR environments, enhancing the workflow by always matching the preference of the user and his current modeling requirements. The app is well suited for projects of all sizes and types, from quick sketches and prototyping to the detailed modeling of a large school, freelance, or work projects that involve not only individual objects or props, but also entire scenes and virtual worlds.

The app is optimized for several types of content creation, with input algorithms supporting both free-flow organic sculpting and hard-surface object creation with built-in tools for creating, assembling, and carving primitive shapes into highly complex models.

As is expected from Adobe, the projects created in Substance 3D Modeler can effortlessly be moved with other apps created by this software giant. This includes creative apps such as Substance 3D Stager (for assembling and rendering complex 3D or VR scenes), Substance 3D Painter (for detailed texturing of 3D objects), Substance 3D Sampler (for creating new 3D materials from ordinary photos), and Substance 3D Designer (for automated creation of 3D visuals).

As of the time of this review, Substance 3D Modeler is only available as a Beta application that is available only to PC users running Windows 10 and Windows 11. The developers from Adobe are striving to release the full version of this highly versatile 3D modeling app as soon as possible.

Note: 7 days trial version.