Project Substance Alchemist BETA 0.8 Quinoa

User test / Survey

Welcome to the Project Substance Alchemist beta tester community!

This test will take about 10 minutes of your time.

It may be the first time you try Project Substance Alchemist and participate to a test, but don’t panic: the questions are quite straightforward. Some will be more directed towards our experienced testers later in the test, you can skip these if you prefer.

Your experience gives us insights that allow us to develop a better product.

Thanks for your involvement in our project development!

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* 1. Which of the following best describes your experience working with 3D?

I am a 3D expert; other people ask me for advice

I can do most things I want to with 3D, but I get stuck sometimes

I’m comfortable doing basic things with 3D, but anything else requires a lot more learning

I started to learn 3D recently; I'm learning the basics

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What is your current job or occupation?

3D generalist

3D artist / surfacing / texture artist

Look dev artist

Technical artist

Technical director

Hobbyist

Student

Architecture visualization artist

Color material and finish designer

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* 3. What sector of industry does your company operate in?

Video games industry

Visual effects industry

Industrial design

Architecture Visualization

Other (please specify)

BEFORE WE BEGIN...

Here is a quick evaluation to know more about your personal experience with Project Substance Alchemist so far.

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* 4. Overall, how satisfactory do you find Substance Alchemist?

Very satisfactory

Satisfactory

Average

Unsatisfactory

Very unsatisfactory

Very satisfactory

Satisfactory

Average

Unsatisfactory

Very unsatisfactory

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* 5. Did you notice any bugs or any odd behaviour in this new version?

Yes (please specify the issue)

BEGINNER SCENARIO

This scenario is dedicated to new users, you can skip it if you feel you know the basics. This test will let you discover the essentials of the current abilities of Project Substance Alchemist.

1- Start the app

2- Select a material included and display it in the 3D view

3- Explore the settings of this material and tweak it

4- Find how to add new filters to your material

Once you feel you have experienced enough with the app, continue with the questions.

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* 6. How much of this test did you complete?

All of the steps

I stopped before the end (please specify when and why)

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* 7. Would you include this app in your workflow?

Yes

No (please specify why you wouldn’t use it)

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* 8. As of now, the application does not have guided steps to discover Project Substance Alchemist, how much does it affect your experience to not have these guiderails to understand the basics of the software?

I need introductory steps because I struggled to find most of what I needed

It was harder than I’d like to when I discover a new software

I was comfortable without introduction

I don’t think you need introduction, this application is easy to understand

I don’t have an opinion

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* 9. Can you think of a moment you disliked while you used the application?

COLLECTION AND RESOURCES

In this new version, Project Substance Alchemist supports more your input files through the resources panel.

Scenario

1- Add a local folder including many Substance files using the resources panel, preferably having multiple subfolders

2- Once the folder is visible in the resource panel, browse your content

3- Undock the resource panel and browse it in this context

4- Choose any file you'd like to work with in your layer stack

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* 10. How much of this test did you complete?

All of the steps

I stopped before the end (please specify when and why)

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* 11. How comfortable are you with the navigation system used to navigate folders?

Very comfortable

Comfortable

I don’t know

Not comfortable

Not comfortable at all

Very comfortable

Comfortable

I don’t know

Not comfortable

Not comfortable at all

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* 12. How valuable is it to manage your Substance files?

Very valuable

Valuable

I don’t know

Not valuable

Not valuable at all

Very valuable

Valuable

I don’t know

Not valuable

Not valuable at all

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* 13. Do you consider your Substances files to be already organized in a way that suits you outside of Project Substance Alchemist?

Yes

No (please specify what is your main issue with the current version)

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* 14. If you had a magic wand, how would you improve Substance files organization in Project Substance Alchemist?

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* 15. Which evolution(s) of Project Substance Alchemist would you choose to use it for organizing your Substance files as collection?

If a collection allows me more options to organize content in libraries (like a file browser)

If I can bridge collections to other Substance softwares and my favorite 3D softwares.

If I can share collections with my team

Other (please specify the evolution you’d prefer)

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* 16. We believe it is time to introduce a new file format for the "collections", which use case would be most beneficial to your workflow?

A format that embed a collection of substance materials into a single file to share or deliver

A container format keeping track the locations of my Substance material collections

Both are beneficial to my workflow.

None are beneficial to my workflow

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* 17. If you had a magic wand, which type of file format would you introduce to Project Substance Alchemist? How would it help you?

INSPIRE

From our past user research, we gathered that the "Inspire" lab is perceived as a lot less essential than Explore and Create. We would like to ask you a few questions regarding your current usage of this lab and how you would appreciate later development

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* 18. How valuable has been Inspire in your present and past experiences using project Substance Alchemist?

Very valuable

Valuable

I don’t know

Not valuable

Not valuable at all

Very valuable

Valuable

I don’t know

Not valuable

Not valuable at all

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* 19. Which claim approximate better how you interact with the "Inspire" lab?

I don't use "Inspire" feature

I tried to use it once but I did not find a useful case to include in my workflow

I use it often and its current state is fine

None of the above (please specify)

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* 20. Which claim approximates better what you think about the "Inspire" lab?

It is useless

I don't understand the value of it

I wish more effort was put to make it more valuable in my workflow

Inspire is a lab that will eventually offer you to include boards of inspiration pictures or mood boards in Project Substance Alchemist. It would allow you to extract colors, patterns and more from references pictures to help create inputs for your material authoring in "Create" lab.

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* 21. How would you value this service compared to your current experience of "Inspire" in Project Substance Alchemist?

A lot more valuable

More valuable

Equally valuable

Less valuable

A lot less valuable

A lot more valuable

More valuable

Equally valuable

Less valuable

A lot less valuable

MANAGE

We introduced in the last version the "Manage" lab to add informations to your Substance files.

In this new version, we added the possibility to display and edit your tags. Additionally you can rate your materials and embed these informations to your .sbsar files.

Scenario

1 - Select any Substance material

2 - Find where to define the information of your Substance material

3 - Read and complete if needed the current definition of the material

4 - Add tags to this material

5 - Rate how much you like this material

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* 22. How much of this test did you complete?

All of the steps

I stopped before the end (please specify when and why)

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* 23. How valuable is it for you to inform your materials with additional data?

Very valuable

Valuable

I don’t know

Not valuable

Not valuable at all

Very valuable

Valuable

I don’t know

Not valuable

Not valuable at all

In its current state, material information is gathered in a new lab; we want to add more features to help you manage and automate your content.

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* 24. Choose a statement that most represent your opinion. I think Manage as a lab should:

	Totally agree	Agree	I don’t know	Disagree	Totally disagree
… remain as a tab and add more features	… remain as a tab and add more features Totally agree	… remain as a tab and add more features Agree	… remain as a tab and add more features I don’t know	… remain as a tab and add more features Disagree	… remain as a tab and add more features Totally disagree
… be available as a floating panel and replace the “Manage” lab	… be available as a floating panel and replace the “Manage” lab Totally agree	… be available as a floating panel and replace the “Manage” lab Agree	… be available as a floating panel and replace the “Manage” lab I don’t know	… be available as a floating panel and replace the “Manage” lab Disagree	… be available as a floating panel and replace the “Manage” lab Totally disagree
… remain as a tab but not developed more than it is.	… remain as a tab but not developed more than it is. Totally agree	… remain as a tab but not developed more than it is. Agree	… remain as a tab but not developed more than it is. I don’t know	… remain as a tab but not developed more than it is. Disagree	… remain as a tab but not developed more than it is. Totally disagree
… be removed because I will not use it	… be removed because I will not use it Totally agree	… be removed because I will not use it Agree	… be removed because I will not use it I don’t know	… be removed because I will not use it Disagree	… be removed because I will not use it Totally disagree