Adobe has announced an update to Project Alchemist, its tool for creating, managing, and processing materials using procedural, hand-made, capture-based, and AI-based workflows.
This release includes the addition of 12 new filters, including a tool for adding finishing touches to metals, a brick wall tool, a filter for importing legacy textures, a tool for creating variations from scanned textures, an equalizer for scans, a gravel generator, water and corrosion filters, and more. A new preview mode has also been added for cloth textures.
In addition to these new filters, bringing the total to 40, the user interface (UI) has been updated to make it easier to browse, manage, and import your own materials. You can also open a list of filters using the spacebar.
Sliders within Alchemist can now be animated, and you can view information about any material by right-clicking on it.
Finally, materials can now be exported to .sbsar format for use in Substance Painter or any application with a substance plugin, like 3DS Max, Unreal Engine 4 (UE4), Unity, and more.
Alchemist is currently in beta for users with an active subscription.
