Adobe Substance 3D Painter 12.1.1 is live

Substance 3D Painter 2026 · published

This is a minor bugfix release. Added:

  • [Skew Baking] Expose Skew Base Normal Mode: mesh or per-triangle

  • [Properties] Make uniform colors always reset to their channel's default value

  • [OpenPBR] Regroup channels by categories in Export Textures window for output templates creation

  • Update Substance engine to version 9.4.5

Fixed:

  • [Project] Opening and saving some projects can take longer than usual

  • [Crash] Reload several meshes can lead to a crash

  • [Crash] Deleting a channel while in mask view mode leads to a crash

  • [Crash] Some Substances can lead to a crash when rendered

  • [Paint Skew] Selected tool in paint skew stays selected after switching to Painting Mode

  • [Baking Common Settings] Cage Distance settings don't update cage wireframe and shader visualization

  • [Engine] UV padding "3D Space Neighbor" mode doesn't work well on thin triangles

  • [Engine] Anchor point result doesn't render between a mask and a color channel