Nikie Monteleone

Pushed AE and 3D to the limits on this one. Comp/animation/layout all in After Effects! Really looking forward to exploring more now that we have 3D prims and Substance material support 😍 #aftereffects #adobe

Messing with Arnold's new aiLine node with the toon shader in Maya, definitely going to dig more into this! One driven by AO, the other by light. @LeeGriggs for the quick and easy tutorials on this 🙌

And here I've been just throwing in random numbers hoping my videos look OK on Instagram.

@136S3D PHEW fantastic news 😅

@iLoveTexture WE ARE EXPORTING!! WOOO!!! Thank you for your help!!!

@Ezboy_animation Well thats cool 😍😍

I found a way to animate folding clothes in After Effects #aftereffects

In this tutorial I’m sharing 10 hidden AE updates that many users completely miss, even though they can seriously improve your workflow. Some are tiny.
Some are surprisingly powerful.
All of them are worth knowing. youtu.be/llkecb09dZ4

Learned about this community at GDC last week, looks like a great space for game creatives to build their portfolios by getting paired with a team to build a scene. Collaboration and networking are so important!! beyondextent.com/challenges

@DukeGunston @GioNakpil Nooo! Always love chatting Ryan please interupt next time 😅

@iLoveTexture I was going to stop by and say hi, but you and @GioNakpil looked pretty busy 🙂

GDC was a blast! Back home, still recovering. Most of my time was spent with Portfolio reviews, one of my favorite things to do at GDC 🫶 Game Creatives! Biggest topic, are we still expecting reels? I only saw maybe one or two. Are stills really enough for non-animator gigs??

Games are getting so clever these days, keep it coming!! What a neat idea

@hiboutoko @136S3D Bummer, must be something new in the exported Smart Mat that older Painter versions can't read. Wish I could help but you might need to wait for the fix.

@iLoveTexture @136S3D yeah everything is unchecked when i search. i also exported the smart material file itself so i can drag and drop but it has an error when imported to an older ver. i guess it cant go back versions ?

Updated substance painter and now the textures for the new avi simply will not export

@hiboutoko @136S3D Just heard from the team, fix is planned for mid-week🎉 Sorry this is causing you extra work! Are all filters unclicked so you see smart materials? By default, with a fresh install, I believe Materials is selected.

@iLoveTexture @136S3D sorry im still fairly new to painter, but ive tried creating a smart material, saw it was in my library, then i went back a version to see that its not in the library anymore. is there a crucial step im missing?

“Tonight we are celebrating people, not AI. Animation is more than a prompt, it’s an art form that needs to be protected.” — Will Arnett presenting the awards for Animation at the #Oscars

@Iulian_997 @theCGchannel It looks like the version of Painter that’s being used for the tutorial is a bit older. Those icons have been updated. Highly recommend checking out @The3DNinja fast track with Painter here, it’s a good one! youtu.be/2rdUQd5nqRg?si…

@theCGchannel Learning Substance Painter and trying to understand mask workflow. In my layer the mask shows a dot icon, while in tutorials it's fully black. I probably missed something simple. Does anyone know what causes this?#SubstancePainter #Substance3D #3DArtist #GameArt #CharacterArt

#Substance3DPainter 12.0 is out New features in the latest major version of Adobe's 3D texture painting software include this Warp to Geometry option to improve decal projection, and more viewport post effects cgchannel.com/2026/03/substa… #texturing #gamedev #VFX

@136S3D I’ll try to find out but in the meantime, I can suggest making a smart material from your layer stack and reapply that in a new scene with your asset in Painter 11. Hope that helps

@iLoveTexture Is there a specific thing that causes the gum up? Because its not blocking entire projects for me just certain material sets. Is there something i can avoid using?

bernie :>

UV unwrapping for game meshes. Breakdown in the thread:

"Blending 2D hand-drawn madness with 3D real-time rendering like it's nothing Spider-Verse motion smears meet LoL cinematic polish in this Unreal Engine 5 masterpiece by Redhill Games & @peteborks. Mind = blown. #Stylized #UnrealEngine5

@Aoleihal @eyedesyn Couldn’t agree more, some very solid updates!

@eyedesyn @iLoveTexture This is the kind of content that pushes the whole field forward. Thanks for sharing.

Substance Painter 12 is LIVE and available to download now! 😍😍 Merge layers (it may not be sexy but you know you’re excited😏) Warp updates that wrap around your asset New & improved post effects And a public beta announcement with new baking improvements and OpenPBR!

@Sauti__ Keep going! Maybe you need to add more of a story to stay excited to finish? What's the inspiration for the diorama? Is there a character or perhaps the foliage are the characters 👀

I'm very tempted to start making a small diorama with foliage, but I still have a wip handpainted prop (it's cool but I got bored) and a wip Blender + Substance Painter + Unreal Engine plugins project (solved the problems I wanted to solve and then got bored lol) What do I do 😂