It is now possible to bake AO for parts separately in Substance Painter

I know this course is a bit old but I did want to give a heads up to anyone still swinging by. I don't know when the feature was added but it's possible to bake AO for separate parts of a mesh right in SP. All you need to do is apply a different material for each mesh part you want separate, then when baking AO in Painter enable "Only Same Mesh Name" for the Self Occlusion setting.


  • Omar Domenech replied

    God bless updates and developers. Thanks for the heads up Brian.

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  • Jonathan Lampel replied

    Great! That makes things much easier.