Substance 3D Painter Keyboard Shortcuts

90 keyboard shortcuts to help you paint 3d assets faster in Substance 3D Painter

Built by Adobe, Substance 3D Painter provides a full-featured environment to paint 3d assets. It is a staple in the 3D, CAD & animation space.

Shortcut fluency in Substance 3D Painter separates casual users from power users. The more shortcuts you commit to muscle memory, the faster your work becomes.

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General 12 shortcuts

Hide UI

Tab Tab

Undo

Cmd +Z Ctrl +Z Ctrl +Z

Redo

Cmd +Y Ctrl +Y Ctrl +Y

Open project

Cmd +O Ctrl +O Ctrl +O

Close project

Cmd +W Ctrl +F4 Ctrl +F4

Save project

Cmd +S Ctrl +S Ctrl +S

New project

Cmd +N Ctrl +N Ctrl +N

Quit application

Cmd +Q Alt +F4 Alt +F4

Pause engine computation

Shift +Esc Shift +Esc Shift +Esc

Bake Mesh Maps

Shift +Cmd +B Ctrl +Shift +B Ctrl +Shift +B

Export textures

Shift +Cmd +E Ctrl +Shift +E Ctrl +Shift +E

Center the whole mesh

F F F

View 7 shortcuts

Camera Perspective

F5 F5 F5

Camera Orthographic

F6 F6 F6

Viewport layout 3D/2D

F1 F1 F1

Viewport layout 3D only

F2 F2 F2

Viewport layout 2D only

F3 F3 F3

Swap 2D / 3D view

F4 F4 F4

Texture Set isolate

Opt +Q Alt +Q Alt +Q

Painting Mode 24 shortcuts

Switch to Painting mode

F9 F9 F9

Select Paint tool

1 1 1

Select Paint tool + Particles

Cmd +1 Ctrl +1 Ctrl +1

Select Eraser tool

2 2 2

Select Eraser tool + Particles

Cmd +2 Ctrl +2 Ctrl +2

Select Projection tool

3 3 3

Select Projection tool + Particles

Cmd +3 Ctrl +3 Ctrl +3

Select Polygon Fill

4 4 4

Select Smudge tool

5 5 5

Select Clone tool (relative source)

6 6 6

Select Clone tool (absolute source)

Cmd +6 Ctrl +6 Ctrl +6

Increase tool size

] ] ]

Decrease tool size

[ [ [

Invert grayscale tool

X X X

Pick stroke material

P P P

Lazy Mouse

D D D

Invert quick mask

I I I

Hide/ignore excluded geometry

Opt +H Alt +H Alt +H

Change tool Size / Hardness

Cmd +Mouse right Ctrl +Mouse right Ctrl +Mouse right

Change tool Flow / Rotation

Cmd +Mouse left Ctrl +Mouse left Ctrl +Mouse left

Clear quick mask

Y Y Y

Toggle quick mask edition

U U U

Resume previous stroke

A A A

Ignore stencil mask

N N N

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Rendering Mode 6 shortcuts

Switch to Rendering mode

F10 F10 F10

Display next channel

C C C

Display previous channel

Shift +C Shift +C Shift +C

Display material

M M M

Display next mesh map

B B B

Display previous mesh map

Shift +B Shift +B Shift +B

Manipulators 10 shortcuts

Show/Hide manipulator

Q Q Q

Increase the manipulator size

+ + +

Decrease the manipulator size

- - -

Cycle through manipulation spaces

T T T

Translate tool

W W W

Rotate tool

E E E

Scale tool

R R R

Surface tool

Shift +W Shift +W Shift +W

Symmetry

L L L

Toggle warp edition mode

Shift +V Shift +V Shift +V

Mouse and Stencil 18 shortcuts

Use tool / paint

Mouse left Mouse left Mouse left

Draw straight lines

Shift +Mouse left Shift +Mouse left Shift +Mouse left

Draw straight lines with snapping

Shift +Cmd +Mouse left Ctrl +Shift +Mouse left Ctrl +Shift +Mouse left

Camera rotate

Opt +Mouse left Alt +Mouse left Alt +Mouse left

Camera snap rotate

Shift +Cmd +Mouse left Alt +Shift +Mouse left Alt +Shift +Mouse left

Toggle animation

Space Space Space

Camera translate

Opt +Cmd +Mouse left Alt +Middle mouse Alt +Middle mouse

Camera zoom

Mouse middle Alt +Mouse right Alt +Mouse right

Stencil rotate

S +Mouse left S +Mouse left S +Mouse left

Stencil snap rotate

Shift +S +Mouse left Shift +S +Mouse left Shift +S +Mouse left

Stencil translation

S +Middle mouse S +Middle mouse S +Middle mouse

Stencil zoom

S +Right mouse S +Right mouse S +Right mouse

Change tool Flow / Rotation

Cmd +Mouse left Ctrl +Mouse left Ctrl +Mouse left

Rotate environment

Shift +Mouse right Shift +Mouse right Shift +Mouse right

Texture set selection

Opt +Cmd +Mouse right Ctrl +Alt +Mouse Right Ctrl +Alt +Mouse Right

Context menu

Mouse right Mouse right Mouse right

Set Clone tool source location

V +Mouse left V +Mouse left V +Mouse left

Auto-Focus (Depth of Field)

N/A Ctrl +Middle mouse Ctrl +Middle mouse

Layers Stack 10 shortcuts

Copy layer

Cmd +C Ctrl +C Ctrl +C

Cut layer

Cmd +X Ctrl +X Ctrl +X

Paste layer

Cmd +V Ctrl +V Ctrl +V

Delete layer

Delete Delete Delete

Duplicate layer

Cmd +D Ctrl +D Ctrl +D

Group layer

Cmd +G Ctrl +G Ctrl +G

Copy layer content

Opt +Cmd +C Ctrl +Shift +C Ctrl +Shift +C

Paste layer content

Opt +Cmd +V Ctrl +Shift +V Ctrl +Shift +V

Display mask in viewport

Opt +Mouse left Alt +Mouse left Alt +Mouse left

Disable/Enable mask

Shift +Mouse left Shift +Mouse left Shift +Mouse left

Drag and Drop 1 shortcut

Drag & drop material

Cmd +Drag&Drop Ctrl +Drag&Drop Ctrl +Drag&Drop

Manipulator 2 shortcuts

Manipulator constraint/snapping

Shift Shift Shift

Manipulator mirror transformation

Cmd Ctrl Ctrl

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