Beginning Pbr Texturing: Learn Physically Based Rendering with Allegorithmic's Substance Painter

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter Goal: This chapter introduces the reader to the layout of the book and how to best use the book in a practical way to develop their skills.

Sub-Topics

- What is our goal

- A career as game developer

- How to best use this book

Chapter 2: Graphics in the Game Industry

Chapter Goal: In this chapter, the readers will take a peek into the working of the video game industry. Also, software used in the Production pipeline are discussed.

Sub-Topics

- Concept of computer graphics

- Visualization basics

- What is PBR?

- Game render engines or game engines

Chapter 3: Workflow of Texturing

Chapter Goal: This chapter discusses the general workflows of preparing a model for texturing. The concept and importance of UV unwrapping are also considered as well as common problems that usually arise during work and how to handle them.

Sub-Topics

- Game texturing pipeline

- What is UV mapping?

- What are the different types of texture maps?

Chapter 4: Texturing Games vs Texturing Movies

Chapter Goal: Here the reader will learn more about the major differences as well as the similarities between texturing assets for movies and texturing assets for games.

Sub-Topics

- Texture map fundamental

- What are the major differences?

- Common pipelines and similarities

Chapter 5: PBR Texturing vs Traditional Texturing

Chapter Goal: In this chapter, we discuss the various traditional and modern texturing methods and their pros and cons. This will help readers decide which method is best suited for them.

Sub-Topics

- Texturing using 2D painting applications

- Texturing using 3D texture painting applications

- PBR texturing examples

- PBR vs traditional texturing

Chapter 6: Substance Suite

Chapter Goal: The readers are introduced to the four softwares that come with the Substance Suite and the different functions of each of them and where they are used in the industry.

Sub-Topics

- What is Substance Painter?

- Why should we use substances?

- Uses of other Substance Suite applications

Chapter 7: Hardware Specification

Chapter Goal: The recommended hardware configurations required to run Substance Painter properly are discussed.

Sub-Topics

- GPU vs CPU

- Recommended hardware

Chapter 8: Graphical User Interface

Chapter Goal: All the essential shortcuts and the GUI for Substance Painter are listed in this chapter.

Sub-Topics

- Main menu

- Sliders

- Toolbars

- Properties

- Texture Set

- Layer Stack

- History

- Shelf

- Display Settings

Chapter 9: Viewport Navigation

Chapter Goal: The readers are introduced to the Viewport and all the tools and shelves of Substance Painter.

Sub-Topics

- Common shortcuts

- A detailed guide to commonly used tools

Chapter 10: Project Setup

Chapter Goal: How to setup a project in Substance Painter and what are the correct settings for the same? We will discuss all that in this chapter.

Sub-Topics

- Choosing a substance workflow

- Import into Substance Painter

- Project configuration in detail

Chapter 11: Baking and Importance of Maps

Chapter Goal: In this chapter, the readers will learn about the importance of baking maps and their uses.

Sub-Topics

- Introduction to the Baker

- Baking parameters in Substance Painter

- Uses of different maps created by Bake