What is a .SBS file?
SBS is the editable source of a Substance procedural material. Created and opened by Adobe Substance 3D Designer.
- Did you know
- Substance Designer evolved from MaPZone, a free node-based texturing tool by Allegorithmic, before version 1.0 of Designer shipped in 2010.
- An SBS is XML, holding the editable node graph, while the published SBSAR is a compiled, read-only archive you cannot turn back into an SBS.
- Substance Designer came from Allegorithmic, the French studio Adobe bought in 2019.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify design-app files: Figma (FIG), Sketch, Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher, Procreate, GIMP (XCF), Krita (KRA), Paint.NET, and Substance.
- Depth of analysis
- .SBS is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .SBS file
- Drag a .SBS file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.