ES-Drips

Procedural Drips Generator

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ES-Drips is a parametric PBR material generating drip-based designs for Substance 3D hosts, including Blender 3D with the Substance 3D add-on. With an extensive set of parameters and host support, ES-Drips enables to create simple as well as complex and custom designs.

Highly Configurable - Extensive drip configuration parameters such as: length, thickness, height, shape, position, distortion, in-between drip filler styles, layering, etc.
Decal-Ready - Decal-specific options to easily use the material as a decal such as Top Shaping with control points, sides control etc.
Layers - Layering effect to simulate thick layers distorting down to the drips.
Top Shaping - Use Control Points in the 2D view to shape the top of the drips design.
Host Support - Dedicated support for Substance 3D Painter, Designer, Sampler, Stager and Blender 3D (generic support for other Substance 3D hosts).
Tutorials - Video tutorials covering all features and dedicated hosts.

Highly Configurable

Whether you're after a simple of more advanced design, ES-Drips lets you configure various aspect of your design:

Drips - Drip parameters include: length, distribution, amount, variable length, various random factors, thickness shaping along their length, distortion etc.
Shaping - Drips may be shaped in three different ways: Automaic, Free Shaping (using Control Points) and External Curve.
Gap Fillers - Gaps in-between drips may be filled-in with various styles and design options.
Layers - Optional Layers may be used to simulate matter accumulation above the drips. They may be distorted towards the drips.
Edge Bulge - The edge of the design may optionally be bulgy to simulate matter accumulation, with a higher bulge level going downwards.
Tileable - The material is horizontally tile-able (unless Top Shaping is being used).
Top Shaping - Enables to shape the top of the design with control points, to create patches which may be used independently.
Surface Noise - Set up Surface Noise for various matter effects.
Secondary Drips - Secondary drips with specific attributes may be generated to supplement primary drips. Designs may also be combined to generate a new one.
Extended - An Extended version of ES-Drips is available for Substance 3D Designer users with even more diverse and finer controls (190+ parameters).

Top Shaping

Controls Points enable to shape the top of the design, using optional layered edges.

Gap Filler Styles

Various styles of Gap Fillers, and you may create your own.

Surface Noise

Configurable Surface Noise for various matter effects.

Multi-Host

ES-Drips works in any supporting Substance 3D host, however they often have specificities in their support of Substances. This is why ES-Drips comes with several variants and tutorials dedicated to specific hosts:

Substance 3D Painter - Support for Decals and Generators.
Substance 3D Sampler - Support for Top Shaping with Control Points in the 2D view.
Substance 3D Stager - Parameters adjusted for Stager.
Substance 3D Designer - Two variants: the regular ES-Drips and an Extended version with more fine-tuning parameters. Also comes with graph examples.
Blender 3D - Using the Substance 3D add-on, Blender is a perfect host for ES-Drips!
Other Hosts - A generic variant is provided for other Substance 3D hosts.