Can i make backups of my materials?

[mattias_1]

Is there a way to make backups of the materials I have made inside of painter? I can´t really find them anywhere outside of Painter? And I assume that the materials and stuff that I import doesn´t get deleted or anything if I update Painter?

[Froyok]

You can save your layers as Smart Materials if you want to use or save them outside of a project.
See :
- https://support.allegorithmic.com/documentation/display/SPDOC/Smart+Materials
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3oruU-cgUU

[mattias_1]

You can save your layers as Smart Materials if you want to use or save them outside of a project.
See :
- https://support.allegorithmic.com/documentation/display/SPDOC/Smart+Materials
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3oruU-cgUU

But they are not smart materials, just regular ones.

[Froyok]

If you imported them in the project rather than placing them into your shelf, then the only way to "get them back" is by creating a smart material. You can't extract a substance otherwise.

[mattias_1]

If you imported them in the project rather than placing them into your shelf, then the only way to "get them back" is by creating a smart material. You can't extract a substance otherwise.

I rightclicked and picked "Create material preset" which put it in the Material section. They are in the shelf even if I start a new project, but I was wondering if I could make backups of them if something went wrong.

[Jeremie Noguer]

The assets you saved in our shelf are located here: C:\Users\...\Documents\Substance Painter\shelf