Intro to Plugin Creation in Substance Designer

Dive deeper into the inner workings of Substance Designer with Ben Wilson’s tutorial about creating and understanding how to make powerful plugins. In this tutorial, you will get a full introduction into how to create a simple plugin, giving you a real-world example of using the API.

This tutorial is for any artist looking to broaden their technical knowledge of the software. Ben starts by providing an overview of Designer’s API, covering everything from it’s architecture, classes and functions, to common pitfalls.

Follow along as Ben develops a property cycler plugin from start to finish, a tool that enables you to speed up your workflow. His complete process is covered in this tutorial, beginning with planning the structure, to adding UI elements and custom hotkeys, and finally to packaging the plugin for distribution.

Whether you’re a aspiring tech artist, or just looking to learning how to create your own plugins, this tutorial equips you with the basic knowledge you need to start creating your own custom plugins.

Chapters

Getting Setup
API Structure
Working with Nodes
Intro to Plugin Creation
Plugin Structure
Registering Callbacks
Adding Toolbars
Adding Actions
Framework Setup
Looping Behavior
Output Format Property
Plugin Distribution
Software Used

– Substance Designer

– PY Charm

Level

Beginner to Intermediate

Prerequisite

General programming knowledge

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