Plant Press v1.3.3 | Substance Designer Utility Node

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The working Plant_Press.sbs file is included in the Professional / Studio licenses.

Plant Press is a Substance Designer utility node for Foliage Artists to create atlases for their assets, quick and painlessly. Simply plug in up to 4 different cards per node and let Plant Press take care of compositing your maps for you!

Total Bark Control

Input a bark material and let Plant Press handle the rest! Built-in tiling functionality and transformation tools offers you full control over the composition of your atlas.

All Channels, No Hassle

All transformations operate on every input texture channel simultaneously, removing the need to set up confusing blending networks and keeping the entire workflow hassle free.

Atlas In Seconds

Plant Press enables the artist to develop their foliage atlases in a matter of seconds, completely non-destructively and modularly. You can use the output of one Plant Press as the input of another for total atlas control.

Plant Node Ecosystem

Integrates seamlessly into networks using the other Plant nodes, for a quick and reliable foliage workflow.

Licenses

The Freelance License is strictly for individual users, NOT companies or organizations but allows for commercial use. If you wish to incorporate Plant Press into your studio's workflow consider the Professional or Studio licenses, dependent on your institution's annual revenue.

Version Updates

1.1 - September 12, 2022

• Changed blending mode to "Copy" for Leaf Mask network for more consistent experience
• Added ability to input Custom Colour & Custom Grayscale maps for user workflow flexibility
• Added ability to change background colour (no longer stuck with just black)
• Added ability to blur pixel padding across all padded channels

1.2 - November 23, 2023

• Added Metallic channel
• Cleaned up some internal node structure
• Fixed issue with Custom Grayscale Input 1 not being masked correctly
• Re-worked padding functionality to retain better detail at lower resolutions

1.3 - October 28, 2024

• Added Translucency texture channel
• Added Cavity texture channel
• Simplified and abstracted some internal functionality into separate graphs
• Renamed Roughness and Height Inputs/Outputs to include map name variations and usage flags
• 2D Alpha view is now solid cutouts, instead of the inflated padding falloff

1.3.1 - November 20, 2024

• Added Normal Map mode parameter, to properly rotate the normals for OpenGL maps

1.3.2 - November 28, 2024

• Padded pixels will no longer tile across the 0-1 texture space

1.3.3 - December 3, 2024

• Forced bit-depth output to 32F for higher fidelity textures
• Re-worked Bark material transformation to accommodate new system