Jigsaw Puzzle Material

Motive by Steve Johnson

Motive by Steve Johnson

Motive by Steve Johnson

Motive by Steve Johnson

Animation Progress: 0.3, 0.75, 1.0
Motive by Ashok J Kshetri

Animation Progress: 0.3, 0.75, 1.0
Motive by Ashok J Kshetri

Get the main node graph from Artstation Marketplace or Gumroad. 
The rendering subgraphs are currently not included in the download files.

Get the main node graph from Artstation Marketplace or Gumroad.
The rendering subgraphs are currently not included in the download files.

Tonemap: When using the PBR Render node, I noticed that the best results can be achieved when setting the Tonemap to ACES for the rendering. The color output needs to be converted back to sRGB before outputting it.

Tonemap: When using the PBR Render node, I noticed that the best results can be achieved when setting the Tonemap to ACES for the rendering. The color output needs to be converted back to sRGB before outputting it.

Detail Shot: Motive by Dids

Detail Shot: Motive by Dids

Motive by Steve Johnson

Jigsaw Puzzle Material

This is a personal project.

The Jigsaw Puzzle is highly customizable material and can be animated. The material is done entirely in Substance 3D Designer, including the lighting and rendering.
I hope to illustrate how to create nice material renderings without the need of leaving the software. This is something I haven't seen shared before. The rendering is done entirely in Designer using the PBR Render node. The PBR Render node allows for custom HDRI Inputs and different nodes to manipulate the lighting. Switching the color mapping to ACES fully convinced me of the possibility to get portfolio renders from within Designer without switching to other software like Marmoset. The results felt much more energetic doing the renderings in ACES color space and converting them back to sRGB afterward. All results shown here are 1to1 taken from Designer without further postprocessing.

For my portfolio renders I used royalty-free photos as motives:
- Orange Red and Green Abstract Painting by Steve Johnson
- Clouds Covering a Mountain by Ashok J Kshetri
- Yellow Black and Purple Abstract Painting by Dids
- Abstract Painting by Steve Johnson

The node graph can be downloaded from Gumroad (not including the 3rd party motives):
https://weisl.gumroad.com/l/Puzzle_Substance3DDesigner