Allegorithmic

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Allegorithmic
IndustrySoftware, 3D design
Founded2003
FounderSebastien Deguy
Parent Adobe., Inc.
Website allegorithmic.com

Allegorithmic is a French software company founded in 2003 by Sebastien Deguy. [1]

History

In January 2019, Adobe Inc. acquired the company to integrate its 3D and immersive design with Adobe's Creative Cloud tools as well as expand Allegorithmic's Substance 3D software. [2] [3] [4] [5] That same year, the Project Substance Alchemist open beta was launched, allowing users to edit existing Substance materials or create new ones using “a mixture of manual, parametric, and AI-driven workflows.” [6] [7]

Adobe Substance 3D tools was launched in 2021. [4] [5] Its tool suite includes: Substance 3D Stager, Substance 3D Painter, Substance 3D Sampler, Substance 3D Designer, and Substance 3D Asset Library. [5] [8] Allegorithmic software has been used in the following video games: Horizon Zero Dawn , Forza Horizon 3 , Paragon , Steep , Watch Dogs 2 , Rainbow 6 Siege , Halo Wars 2 , Dead Rising 4 , and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End . [9] [10] [11] [12]

Allegorithmic's Substance 3D Designer software won the Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2023. [13] [14] Its Substance Painter texturing tool was also used in the Oscar-winning short film Mr Hublot [15] and won an Emmy Award in 2024 in the Engineering, Science & Technology category. [16]

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  7. ↑ Jim Thacker (August 22, 2018). "Sneak peek: Allegorithmic's spellbinding Project Alchemist". CG Channel. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  8. ↑ Jim Thacker (June 22, 2017). "Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2017.1". CG Channel. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
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  10. ↑ "Texturing Rainbow Six Siege using Substance". Imamag. 22 January 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
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