How to make your own polished metal material | Substance Painter

In this tutorial I will show you how to make your own polished metal material in Substance Painter for your project.

Texture

I will add a fill layer and give it a light gray color [#D4D4D4]

I change the metallic to 1 and leave the roughness at 0.3

I add a second fill layer and rename it sharpen

I change the color to a slightly darker gray then the base [#C0C0C0]

I right-click and add a filter

For the filter, I will choose “sharpen”

I change the metallic to 1 and leave the roughness at 0.3

I make a new folder to contain my layers

I can now right-click on the folder and create a smart material