This was a tough review, there is a lot of good info and i learned a lot. But man did i have to fight to do so. The videos resolution is so low, and the on screen text is so small and blury I had to constantly pause and strain my eyes to tell what he was doing. This compounded with the artist not narating every step compounded with substance designer having tool sliders that are not set to uniform controls make it extremely hard to follow. For a paid tutorial i expect a lot more. Also the tutorials contents were not planned out and he does a lot of gear switching. Which would normaly not be such a bad thing. But taking 10 minutes of pausing and slowly following him putting settings in nodes, just to have him go delete them for another spur of the momment idea is really frustrating.

The details of this *non-refundable* product say it's published at 720p. Well it certainly wasn't authored at that resolution, the text is damn near unreadable. See below for a sample. This is a screen capture from a 1080p monitor with the stream setting to 720p (not auto).

While the information in this video may be valuable, the stated resolution should be 480p.

https://image.ibb.co/f9pgNQ/480p.jpg

Dont buy it !! The video quality is absolutely HORRIBLE which makes all the text incredibly hard to read. It's at the point where its really unacceptable for a 15€ video series. I asked if we could get a less compressed version of the video uploaded, but so far the developer hasnt answered within a week. I really hope this gets fixed and that the developer uploads a new version where reading text doesnt hurt your eyes.

Update: I've contacted the developer via email and he told me that his source files for the video look just as awful as what is available on steam (i've showed him a screenshot). So theres really nothing that can be done about the video quality. I hope he gives a discount for his next video to all buyers of this tutorial as a reparation. He seems to be a nice guy overall and the actual content of the Tutorial Series is solid.

As a Substance Designer noob I spent a few days working through this great tutorial by Hugo Beyer. Hugo shows his dedication to detail when it comes to making materials with a "We can go deeper" vibe.

I learned methods from these videos that I haven't seen before and seeing Hugo's process for problem solving is inspiring. I learned that patience is important and that little details make all the difference.

I don't usually enjoy following tutorial videos but learning what Hugo has to offer is extremely rewarding. The resolution is at 720p and is a bit blurry at times but I was still able to follow along just fine.

Pro Tips:
The included files can be found in the "software" category in your steam library.
Pause and experiment to achieve your own solutions and look.
Check out Hugo's work on ArtStation.

edit: No clue why my Hours are not showing up here. I posted my material from this tutorial on the community hub so check it out.

I wish there was a "meh" button, but there isn't, so thumb down.

The problem with this video is Hugo. He knows a lot about Substance, there's a lot of very interesting tidbits in the video, but as often with artists he's not a teacher. This video is unscripted, and although he speaks English very well, it's not his first language. That's a bad combo to have in a tutorial video.

He's sort of hinting that this is beginner level, but he takes a lot of things for granted as he progresses though his workflow. Relatively often, he does things without explaining why and what effect he's looking for in doing this, and it's very frustrating because you're left with some missing links, wanting to emulate his result but not knowing how.

It's really a shame because he's such a kick-ass artist and he knows so much. I wish he would rework this a bit and release it again, I wouldn't mind paying more for a more polished result.

Extremely hard to follow as he starts to expand things. If it's tutorial then, where did those masks came from? No clear explanation of it. As a beginner, I had to make those look a like masks from what was already there. If I am paying there, then I need an explanation of everything other wise there are gazillion youtube videos which explains things same as you do. Tutorial basically means - You are teaching to those who are literally "New Born" to the software

Great tut!!! The quality of the video could be better (true), but part of that this is great tutorial from start to the end with explenation of each step. Moreover its coming with the ready sample project and more. I highly recommend and I love to see more tutorials from this author.

If you want to get into substance designer then this is a must have tutorial.
First do some basic tutorials and after a few hours follow this tutorial.
Spend the hours and it will save you from hours of frustration and you will have several moment of "ahhh!!!!"
After he video I felt quite familliar with substance designer and the handling of all the material nodes.

Anyway, there is one drawback: The video is only available in 720p resolution so that it's hard to read anything on the screen. But the audio comment is great and I never got lost. Plus: I had loads of fun tweaking arround the parameters.

This is definitly worth the money.
Thank you.

Best tutorial I've seen on this peace of software. I really love Hugo's calming voice and this is a big plus. i find many tutorials boring bcs its always targeted to a group of people like beginners however Hugo explains it in a way that even professional people could understand and take notes. his tutorial on FX maps was really helpful and made it simple for me to understand. I reccommend this to anyone who works with substance designer.

After purchasing the tutorial, I only have access to 1min 14 sec presentation of the tutorial.