Substance Alchemist 2020.3.2 for Mac

Mac Photo & Design

Updated Nov 4, 2026

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Substance Alchemist 2020.3.2 for Mac was Allegorithmic's material creation tool, built to turn photographs and scans into ready-to-use PBR materials. After Adobe acquired Allegorithmic, Alchemist was renamed and developed further as Substance 3D Sampler, which is the current product sold today. Version 2020.3.2 is a legacy Alchemist release from before that transition completed.

The workflow starts with a real-world photo: the app removes lighting and shadows, makes the image tile seamlessly, and generates the matching normal, roughness and height maps. Artists can also blend materials, apply filters and build an organised library for use in Painter, game engines and renderers. Alchemist itself is no longer sold separately; access now comes through Adobe's Substance 3D plans, which include a free trial.

Key Features

• Image-to-material conversion that removes shadows and builds PBR maps
• Automatic seamless tiling for photos that were never shot as textures
• Material blending and layering with filters and procedural adjustments
• Library management to organise, tag and reuse your material collection
• Exports that feed directly into Substance Painter, Unity and Unreal Engine

How to Download

1. Download from the official site
2. On Adobe's page, start the Substance 3D free trial or choose a plan — Sampler is Alchemist's successor, so that is the download you want today.
3. Install Sampler through the Creative Cloud desktop app and sign in with your Adobe ID to activate it.

Is Substance Alchemist still available?
Not under that name. Adobe retired the Alchemist branding and continued the product as Substance 3D Sampler, with the same photo-to-material purpose plus newer capture tools.

Is it free?
No, it is subscription software. Adobe offers a time-limited free trial of the Substance 3D plans, after which a paid plan is required to keep using Sampler.