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  • Page 1 REFERENCE GUIDE VERSION 2.0...
  • Page 2 Mari™ Reference Guide. Copyright © 2013 The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Use of this Reference Guide and the Mari software is subject to an End User License Agreement (the "EULA"), the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. This Reference Guide and the Mari software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the EULA.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents REFACE ................7 YPES OF ONTROLS .
  • Page 4 UNCTIONS ..............53 OOLBARS .
  • Page 5 OLORS ALETTE ..............156 ROPERTIES ALETTE .
  • Page 6 REATE HADER IALOG OX ............204 HANNEL LPHA IALOG...

  • Page 7: Preface

    REFACE Mari is a creative texture-painting tool that can handle extremely complex or texture heavy projects. It was developed at Weta Digital and has been used on films such as The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, District 9, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Lovely Bones and Avatar. The name Mari comes from the Swahili 'Maridadi', meaning 'beautiful' and carrying connotations of 'usefulness'.

  • Page 8: Types Of Controls

    YPES OF ONTROLS Control What it looks like What it does How to use it Notes Add attribute Lets you add an Click the icon, and fill For more information, see the attribute to a prop- in the Add User Extending Mari chapter in the erty.

  • Page 9: Type Of Control

    TYPES OF CONTROLS Control What it looks like What it does How to use it Notes List Lets you select from Click to select an a list of valid values. option. On/Off Indi- Shows whether an Look at it. Often combined with a switch. cator option is on or off Option ...
  • Page 10 TYPES OF CONTROLS Control What it looks like What it does How to use it Notes Tabs Displays several Click: groups of the same • a tab to view it kind of information, such as different • to view the categories of brush previous or next tab tips in the ...

  • Page 11: Project Functions

    ROJECT UNCTIONS Opens this dialog Function How to access it What it does Notes New project • Menubar | File > New Creates a new project. New Project Dialog Name the project, select options, and add geometry. • Keyboard | Ctrl+N Projects tab •...

  • Page 12: Preference Functions

    REFERENCE UNCTIONS Opens this dialog Function How to access it What it does Notes Set preferences Menubar | Edit > Preferences Lets you set general prefer- Mari Preferences ences for Mari — cache size, Dialog Box plug-ins, autosave fre- quency, and so on. Menubar Edit toolbars | Edit >...

  • Page 13: Selection Functions

    ELECTION UNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Object selection Sets Mari to select whole • Selection toolbar | mode objects. • Menubar | Selection > Object Mode • Right-click | canvas > Object Mode Patch selection Sets Mari to select patches...
  • Page 14 SELECTION FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Menubar Hide selected • | Selection > Hides the selected areas on For the mouse gesture: press and areas Hide Selected the canvas. hold \, click and drag in the direc- tion indicated.
  • Page 15 SELECTION FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Menubar Select all areas • | Selection > Selects all areas in the Select All model, depending on your current selection mode Right-click • | canvas > (objects, patches, or faces) Selection >...
  • Page 16 SELECTION FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Menubar Lock selected • | Selection > Locks selected areas, so areas Lock Selected they cannot be painted. Right-click • | canvas > Locking > Lock Selected Right-click •...
  • Page 17 SELECTION FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Right-click Create selection • | canvas > Creates a new selection You can create selection groups in group Create Selection Group group to save your selec- any selection mode (objects, tion modes.
  • Page 18 SELECTION FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Show the  Right-click • | selection Shows the contents of the selection group group in Selection selection group. Groups Palette > Show Selection Group Button •...

  • Page 19: Object Functions

    BJECT UNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Add object • Menubar | Objects > Add Adds a new object to the Add Objects Object project. Right-click • Objects Palette > Add Object Button •...

  • Page 20: Channel Functions

    HANNEL UNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Add channel • Menubar | Channels > Add Channel Adds a new channel to the Add Channel current project. Dialog Box • Right-click | in Channels Palette >...
  • Page 21 CHANNEL FUNCTIONS • Menubar Paste channel | Channels > Paste Pastes any cut or copied channel and associated layers • Right-click | in Channels Palette > from the clipboard to the Paste channels list. • Keyboard | Ctrl+V Menubar Export current •...
  • Page 22 CHANNEL FUNCTIONS Menubar Flatten and • | Channels > Export Flat- Flattens the channels for all Export Dialog export everything tened > Export Everything Flat- objects in your project and tened exports them to a series of files. Right-click • | canvas >...
  • Page 23 CHANNEL FUNCTIONS • Menubar Unlock channel | Channels > Unlock Chan- Unlocks the selected channel Lock icons in the Chan- so that the channel or the lay- nels Palette show the ers within the layer stack can current state of the •...
  • Page 24 CHANNEL FUNCTIONS Menubar Manage snap- • | Channels > Snapshots > Opens the Snapshots Palette. shots Manage Snapshots Right-click • | in Channels Palette > Snapshots > Manage Snapshots • Menubar Delete all snap- | Channels > Snapshots > Deletes all the snapshots shots Delete All Snapshots taken for the current project.

  • Page 25: Layer Functions

    AYER UNCTIONS Opens this dialog Function How to access it What it does Notes Add new layer • Menubar | Layers > Add New Adds a new layer to the Layer layers list. Right-click • | in Layers Palette > Add New Layer Button •...
  • Page 26 LAYER FUNCTIONS Opens this dialog Function How to access it What it does Notes • Menubar Paste layer or layer | Layers > Paste Pastes a cut or copied mask layer into the selected • Right-click | layer in Layers Pal- location in the project’s ette >...
  • Page 27 LAYER FUNCTIONS Opens this dialog Function How to access it What it does Notes • Menubar Add mask | Layers > Layer Mask Adds a layer mask to the > Add Mask selected layer. Choose to Reveal All, Hide All, or to •...
  • Page 28 LAYER FUNCTIONS Opens this dialog Function How to access it What it does Notes • menubar Remove secondary | Layers > Secondary Removes any secondary This only applies to adjustment Adjustment > Remove Second- adjustment that has been adjustment layers. ary Adjustment applied to the selected The option appears...
  • Page 29 LAYER FUNCTIONS Opens this dialog Function How to access it What it does Notes • Menubar Share As channel | Layers > Sharing > Copies the selected layer Share As Channel into the Channels Palette as a new Channel. Clicking •...
  • Page 30 LAYER FUNCTIONS Opens this dialog Function How to access it What it does Notes • Menubar Export all layers | Layers > Export > Exports all the layers in Export Dialog Export All Layers the layer stack to an external source. •...

  • Page 31: Ptex Functions

    UNCTIONS Function How to access it What it does Notes Menubar Double face resolu- • | Ptex > Double Face Resolution Double the selected face resolu- tion tion. • Button | Ptex Toolbar > Menubar Halve face resolution • | Ptex > Halve Face Resolution Halve the selected face resolu- tion.

  • Page 32: Patch Functions

    10 P ATCH UNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Extract patch • Menubar | Patches > Extract Extracts the selected You can only extract Selected patches as images, and dis- images up to 8K in res- plays them in the Image olution.
  • Page 33 PATCH FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Menubar Fill patches with • | Patches > Fill > Fore- Paints the selected patch(es) foreground color ground with the current foreground color. Right-click • | canvas >...
  • Page 34 PATCH FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Menubar Rotate patch 90 • | Patches > Transform > Rotates the paint on the degrees clockwise Rotate 90 CW selected patch(es) 90 degrees clockwise. Right-click •...
  • Page 35 PATCH FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Menubar Selects all • | Patches > Link > Select Selects all of the patches patches linked to Linked Patch Images that have been linked to the a specific patch specified patch selection, Right-click...

  • Page 36: Shading Functions

    11 S HADING UNCTIONS Opens this dialog Function How to access it What it does Notes | Shading >  Add new shader • Menubar Adds a new shader from Create Shader The Choose Diffuse and Add New Shader the choices: Dialog Box when Specular option allows...
  • Page 37 SHADING FUNCTIONS Opens this dialog Function How to access it What it does Notes Menubar Set lighting on • | Shading > Basic Applies a basic lighting main mesh to model. basic Toolbar • Menubar Set lighting on • | Shading > Full Applies a full, configu- From within the Lighting main mesh to full...

  • Page 38: Painting Functions

    12 P AINTING UNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Undo all unbaked • Menubar | Painting > Clear Undo all painting not yet For the mouse gesture: press and painting Painting baked into the model (still in hold \, click and drag in the direc- the paint buffer).
  • Page 39 PAINTING FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Menubar Save current • | Painting > Save Saves the current unbaked Save Window Saves the paint buffer as an .exr painting as a file Painting paint (the contents of the Painting...

  • Page 40: Filter Functions

    13 F ILTER UNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Apply Invert filter • Menubar | Filters > Inverts the colors in the Apply Invert Invert selection’s alpha channel. Replaces colors with their “opposite”...
  • Page 41 FILTER FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Apply Gamma  Menubar • | Filters > Changes the gamma levels in Apply Gamma Do Inverse reverses the gamma con- filter Gamma the selection. version.
  • Page 42 FILTER FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Menubar Apply Contrast • | Filters > Changes the contrast of the Apply Contrast You can select the amount of contrast filter Contrast paint. using the slider. Apply Clamp filter •...
  • Page 43 FILTER FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Menubar Apply Color • | Filters > Changes the color curve for Apply Color You can also edit each color curve, Curves filter Color Curves each color component (RGB) Curves controlling how each color component...
  • Page 44 FILTER FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Menubar Apply Premultiply • | Filters > Either pre- or post- multi- Apply Premul- If the Postmultiply box is checked, the Alpha filter Premultiply Alpha plies the alpha in the tiply Alpha pre-multiplied alpha is removed.
  • Page 45 FILTER FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Menubar Apply Color Cor- • | Filters > Applies a colorspace correc- Apply Color You have the option to use Mari’s rection filter Color Correction tion to the current channel Correction default Configuration File or a custom...

  • Page 46: Camera Functions

    14 C AMERA UNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes View all selected • Menubar | Camera > View All Fills the canvas with all For the mouse gesture: areas selected areas (or all objects press and hold \, click and •...
  • Page 47 CAMERA FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Menubar View top of model • | Camera > Camera Changes the view to show Model's “top” (may seem the “top” of the model. arbitrary, depending on the model).
  • Page 48 CAMERA FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes | Projector in  Right-click Load image data • Loads the data from the file Pick Path (if from the current Projectors Palette > Project specified for that projector, Input Path has projector...
  • Page 49 CAMERA FUNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes Keyboard Focus • Re-centers view on selected If no patches are selected, patch(es). focuses on the center of the model. Switch to Ortho • Keyboard | F10 Switches the canvas view to Camera...

  • Page 50: View Functions

    15 V UNCTIONS Opens this dialog Function How to access it What it does Notes Set the dis- • Right-click | main canvas Opens a dialog box allowing Display Properties play properties > Display Properties you to control how the main Dialog Box canvas displays.

  • Page 51: Tool Functions

    16 T UNCTIONS Opens this Function How to access it What it does dialog box Notes View installed • Menubar | Tools > Plug- Displays a list of installed Plug-ins Drag the edge of the dialog box, and plug-ins plug-ins. column headings within, to display full content.

  • Page 52: Ython Unctions

    17 P YTHON UNCTIONS Function How to access it What it does Notes Menubar Execute example scripts • | Python > Examples Executes example scripts and displays results in the output pane of the Python Console. View Python API docu- •...

  • Page 53: Help Functions

    18 H UNCTIONS Function How to access it What it does Notes Menubar View information about • | Help > About Displays the Mari info screen. About this release, Mari credits, and so on. View the Mari Getting • Menubar | Help >...

  • Page 54: Toolbars

    19 T OOLBARS Project Toolbar What it looks like What it does Lets you perform common project functions, such as creating, closing and saving proj- ects. Project Toolbar Controls Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes button Create a new project.
  • Page 55 TOOLBARS Lighting Toolbar Lighting Toolbar What it looks like What it does Lets you change the lighting on the object. You can choose from three lighting presets: flat, basic, or full, and toggle the use of shadows in the display. By default, lighting is relative to the scene, not the view.

  • Page 56: Tools Toolbar

    TOOLBARS Tools Toolbar Tools Toolbar What it looks like What it does Lets you select a tool for painting. Tools Toolbar Controls Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes button Activate the Select tool. This tool lets you select You can select whole objects, areas on the model(s) in your project.
  • Page 57 TOOLBARS Tools Toolbar Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes button Activate the Blur tool. This tool lets you blur paint If you want to blur large areas of the already baked on a model. surface, you may want to use the blur Filter Functions instead.
  • Page 58 TOOLBARS Selection Toolbar Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes button Activate the Towbrush tool. This tool lets you lets you select areas of paint and drag them around the surface of your model. As you tow the paint around, it blends the edges of your selection with the surrounding paint.
  • Page 59 TOOLBARS Selection Toolbar Selection Toolbar Controls Control Type What it does Notes button Set Mari to select whole objects. button Set Mari to select patches on objects. You can hold down Shift to add to the selection, Ctrl to remove from the selection, and Meta (Windows) to intersect the selec- tion.
  • Page 60 TOOLBARS Canvas Toolbar Canvas Toolbar What it looks like What it does Lets you set the view options for the UV and 3D views. Canvas Toolbar Controls Control Type What it does Notes button Toggle whether to show the wireframes on the model. You can also press Shift+W to do this.
  • Page 61 TOOLBARS Tool Properties Toolbar Tool Properties Toolbar What it looks like What it does Displays information about the selected tool. Tool Properties Toolbar Controls Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Facing dropdown Set whether the selection only applies to the Front of the model as you can see it, or if the selection goes Through the model and includes the other side.
  • Page 62 TOOLBARS Tool Properties Toolbar Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Smart Sel Angle entry box, Set the maximum angle for the smart selection. This control only slider works in Smart Selec- • For Edge Angles, this sets the maximum angle tion mode.
  • Page 63 TOOLBARS Tool Properties Toolbar Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Mode button How drawing a new selection affects the current In Replace mode (the marquee selection: default), you can: • Replace — the new selection replaces the •...
  • Page 64 TOOLBARS Tool Properties Toolbar Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Reset button Reset the settings of the vector inspector. Can also be done by using the ’ (apostro- phe) shortcut when the vector inspector is active. Enabled checkbox Enable (or disable) the visible directional markers...
  • Page 65 TOOLBARS Tool Properties Toolbar Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Mode dropdown Select how to use the Slerp tool: You can also: • Pull — pulls paint around. • press ’ (apostrophe) to undo all the dis- •...
  • Page 66 TOOLBARS Tool Properties Toolbar Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Painting Mode dropdown The blending mode used when the paint bakes down onto the channel surface. The default is Normal (paint in the buffer overwrites the sur- face), but Mari supports a number of other blending modes.
  • Page 67 TOOLBARS Tool Properties Toolbar Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Same as Paint, plus the following: Mode dropdown Select from two modes: The Image clone mode is like the normal • Paint through — you hover the image preview Clone Stamp tool, but over the model and stamp it down onto the you have more control...
  • Page 68 TOOLBARS Tool Properties Toolbar Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Tint button Tint combines the foreground color with the paint through texture. Stencil dropdown Stencil uses the Paint Through texture’s alpha By default the option channel as a mask and paints the foreground is set to No Stencil.
  • Page 69 TOOLBARS Tool Properties Toolbar Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Same as Paint, plus the following: Color swatch Select the start color for the gradient. Select Color Color swatch Select the end color for the gradient. Select Color In Point entry box...
  • Page 70 TOOLBARS Ptex Toolbar Ptex Toolbar What it looks like What it does Displays a number of options for manag- ing Ptex faces within your project. This toolbar is only available for Ptex channels. Ptex Toolbar Controls Control Type What it does Notes button Double the selected face resolution.
  • Page 71 TOOLBARS ColorSpace Toolbar ColorSpace Toolbar What it looks like What it does Displays a number of options for managing colorspaces in Mari. ColorSpace Controls Control Type What it does Notes button Enable color management. Click to toggle. button Select a custom colorspace configuration file. button Select a custom LUT to apply to the scene.
  • Page 72 TOOLBARS Navigation Toolbar Navigation Toolbar What it looks like What it does Displays a number of options for managing navigation in Mari. Navigation Toolbar Controls Control Type What it does Notes button Resets all the options in the Navigation toolbar to the default settings.
  • Page 73 TOOLBARS Paint Buffer Symmetry Toolbar Control Type What it does Notes button, Provides the following options for orbiting: The button changes to reflect the dropdown selected option. • Orbit All - allows orbiting around the model in any direc- tion. •...
  • Page 74 TOOLBARS Paint Buffer Symmetry Toolbar Paint Buffer Symmetry Toolbar Controls Control Type What it does Notes button This is the default setting. When mirroring is disabled, the paint buffer acts as normal and the paint strokes are not mirrored. button Mirroring left and right splits the paint buffer down the This applies to paint strokes only.
  • Page 75 TOOLBARS Vector Painting Toolbar Vector Painting Toolbar What it looks like What it does Displays the option to toggle the vector inspector on or off and to create default vector shaders. When the tool is active, the vector inspector markers are shown, regardless of whether you toggle the option on or off.
  • Page 76 TOOLBARS Default Shaders Toolbar Default Shaders Toolbar Controls Control Type What it does Notes button Selects the default Current Channel shader from the Shaders palette and displays only the paint in the current channel. button Selects the default Current Layer and Below shader from the Shaders palette and displays only the paint in the current layer stack.

  • Page 77: Status Bar

    20 S TATUS What it looks like What it does Displays status icons that indicate which features are active, whether an error has been encountered, and information about the current project. This includes progress bars on running processes. Status Bar Icons Icon What it does Notes...
  • Page 78 STATUS BAR Icon What it does Notes Notifies you that you currently have backface masking enabled. Clicking on this icon disables backface masking. Notifies you that you currently have fractal noise masking enabled. Clicking on this icon disables fractal noise masking. Notifies you that you currently have the global mask preview enabled.

  • Page 79: Channels Palette

    21 C HANNELS ALETTE What It Does The Channels palette displays: • a list of channels in the project, • buttons to add, duplicate, convert, or remove channels, • options for creating quick channels, and • channel attribute information. Channels provide a foundation that layers are built on. These channels can be diffuse, bump, or spec channels, to name only a few.
  • Page 80 CHANNELS PALETTE Channels Palette Fields Quick Channel swatch Creates a channel filled in white. The created channel is named Quick Channel. If there are multiple Quick Channels, then the name is followed with a number. Quick Channel swatch Creates a channel filled in mid-grey. The created channel is named Quick Channel.
  • Page 81 CHANNELS PALETTE Channels Palette Fields <channel name> > information Sets whether the channel is Color or Scalar. General | Color Space <channel name> > information Lists the size of the patches in the channel. General | Size <channel name> > information Lists the color depth of the channel.

  • Page 82: Layers Palette

    22 L AYERS ALETTE What It Does The Layers palette lets you view, create and alter layers. You can also add the following to individual layers, or layer groups: • masks • adjustments • procedurals Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes dropdown,...
  • Page 83 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes icon Denotes whether the layer is a paint layer and, when lit, whether it is selected as the current paint target. icon Denotes whether the layer is a mask layer and, You can Shift+click on the mask to when lit, whether the mask is selected as the cur- disable it, or right-click on the layer...
  • Page 84 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes button Adds a procedural layer to the layer stack. Choose procedurals from the drop- down menu when you click the icon. button Adds a parent layer for a group to the layer stack. Additional layers can be added after the parent layer is created.
  • Page 85 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes Highlights | Cyan/Red entry box, Adjusts the scale of the Red color component. slider Dragging the slider to the left pulls the scale towards cyan, whereas dragging the slider to the right pulls it towards red.
  • Page 86 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes Adjustment/Color Lookup curve editor Adjusts the value of the red channel for the overall layer stack, using the curve editor. Green curve editor Adjusts the value of the green channel for the overall layer stack, using the curve editor.
  • Page 87 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes Lift entry box, Lifts the blackpoint, while keeping the whitepoint slider the same. Gain entry box, Adjusts the whitepoint, while keeping the black- slider point the same Multiply entry box, Multiplies the value to lighten the texture while slider preserving the blackpoint.
  • Page 88 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes Green checkbox Inverts the contents of the green color component It is uncommon that only one compo- when checked. Uncheck the parameter to leave the nent would be selected, however if component unchanged.
  • Page 89 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes Adjustment/Premultiply Alpha Unpremultiply checkbox Either pre- or post-multiplies the alpha in the selected image. If you are painting using an image without pre-multiplied alpha onto one with it, use this filter to perform the pre-multiplication, so the images match and you avoid lines around the out- side of the patch.
  • Page 90 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes dropdown Select a color component from the options r, g, b, and a in the dropdown menu to replace the Green component with another color. Setting g in the dropdown menu keeps the green color in the Green component.
  • Page 91 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes entry box, Adjusts the values of the W axis, which correspond slider to the Alpha component, to modify the color- encoded vectors. Procedural/ Environment/Cubemap Cubic Image entry box, The environment image you want to be reflected. This procedural cannot be cached or file browser baked and is for display purposes...
  • Page 92 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes Distance Falloff | Start entry box Modifies the falloff start distance. From 0-100; 100 represents straight-on projection. Distance Falloff | End entry box Modifies the falloff end distance. From 0-100; 100 represents straight-on projection.
  • Page 93 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes Edge Falloff | Curve curve editor Modifies the otherwise linear shape of the edge falloff to your desired shape. Distance Falloff | Start entry box Modifies the falloff start distance. From 0-100; 100 represents straight-on projection.
  • Page 94 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes Front | Front U Offset entry box, Specifies how much the image on the front of your slider model is offset by on the U axis. Front | Front V Offset entry box, Specifies how much the image on the front of your slider...
  • Page 95 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes Procedural/Geometry/UDIM Mask UDIM entry box Enter the UDIM number of the UDIM you want to unmask. Procedural/Geometry/UV Procedural/Procedural/Fractal/ Cloud Size entry box, Adjusts the size of the cloud pattern. slider Roughness entry box,...
  • Page 96 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes Procedural/Procedural/Misc/Oil Size entry box, Adjusts the size of the oil pattern. slider Organicness entry box, Sets the overall organic quality of the oil pattern. slider Roughness entry box, Adjusts the roughness of the oil pattern. Dragging slider the slider to lower values smooths out the transi- tion from color A to color B.
  • Page 97 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes entry box, Sets the spacing between the cubes in the pattern. slider Fall Off entry box, Adjusts the falloff amount between the cubes. slider Roundness entry box, Adjusts how much the cubes are rounded off. slider Color | Color A...
  • Page 98 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes Rotation Angle entry box, Changes the angle of rotation for the tiled image. (Degrees) slider Offset | U Offset entry box, Specifies how much the image is offset by on the U slider axis.
  • Page 99 LAYERS PALETTE Layers Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes Bands entry box, Adjusts the size of the individual bands in the slider wood pattern. Noise | Size entry box, Adjusts the amount of the noise in the bands of slider the wood pattern.

  • Page 100: Patches Palette

    23 P ATCHES ALETTE What It Does The Patches palette displays a selectable list of patches in the project, with icons and buttons to toggle whether they are visible, or whether they are locked. You can group patches into sets. Patches palette fields Opens this...

  • Page 101: Objects Palette

    24 O BJECTS ALETTE What It Does The Objects palette displays the current objects in the project, and allows you to: • Show and hide the objects. • Add and remove objects from the project. • Lock and unlock the objects. •...
  • Page 102 OBJECTS PALETTE Objects palette fields Control Type What it does Notes <object name> > User Attributes | Cre- info The creation date of the model file. ated User Attributes <object name> > | Modi- info The last modification date of the model file. fied User Attributes <object name>...

  • Page 103: Shaders Palette

    25 S HADERS ALETTE What It Does The Shaders palette displays the lighting shaders and allows you to toggle between the shader setup for the current channel, layer stack, layer, and paint target, as well as custom-made shaders. Shaders Palette Fields Control Type...
  • Page 104 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes button Makes a copy of the selected shader. button Removes the shader from the shader list in Default shaders cannot be the palette. removed from the Shad- ers palette. button Selects the default Current Channel shader from the shader list and displays only the...
  • Page 105 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Ambient Occlusion dropdown The channel to use to calculate the ambient occlusion. In order for this to be calculated correctly, you need to run the ambient occlusion (Objects menu, select Ambient Occlusion) on each object in your project.
  • Page 106 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Displacement | Displace- entry box, How much displacement is applied to the From 0 to 1; defaults to ment Scale slider shaded surface. Lower values equal smaller 0.500. displacement;...
  • Page 107 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Displacement dropdown The channel containing the displacement This component is dis- map and dynamic tessellation to show a abled for Ptex channels. more advanced preview of displacement. button Adds a new channel for the shader compo- Add Channel nent.
  • Page 108 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Lambertian/Beckman Diffuse Color dropdown The channel containing the RGB diffuse color effect of the shaded surface. Specular Color dropdown The channel containing the RGB specular color effect of the shaded surface. Specular Roughness dropdown The channel containing the rough shaded...
  • Page 109 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Specular Roughness entry box, How “rough” the surface is by default. From 0 to 1; defaults to slider Rougher surfaces have the highlight spread 0.700. more across the surface. Lower values mean the surface is smoother (specular lights are more concentrated), higher values mean it is rougher (specular lights are spread out...
  • Page 110 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Normal dropdown The channel used for input as a representa- You must choose either a tion of the surface normals, added to the Bump or Normal shader shaded surface. component in the same shader.
  • Page 111 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Displacement | Displace- entry box, How much the white or black values are From 0 to 1; defaults to ment Bias slider pushed or pulled from the surface. 0.500.
  • Page 112 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Displacement dropdown The channel containing the displacement This component is dis- map and dynamic tessellation to show a abled for Ptex channels. more advanced preview of displacement. button Adds a new channel for the shader compo- Add Channel nent.
  • Page 113 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Normal dropdown The channel used for input as a representa- You must choose either a tion of the surface normals, added to the Bump or Normal shader shaded surface. component in the same shader.
  • Page 114 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Diffuse Falloff entry box, How much falloff is given to the diffuse From 0 to 5; defaults to 1. slider input. Displacement | Displace- entry box, How much the white or black values are From 0 to 1;...
  • Page 115 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Emissive Color dropdown The channel containing the RGB color of the emissive (glow) qualities on the shaded sur- face. Vector dropdown The channel containing the vector field and This data is used by the resulting vector data from paint on the vector inspector.
  • Page 116 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Displacement | Displace- entry box, What the range of displacement is. This set- ment Scale slider ting is multiplied by the Displacement Scale to give the displacement. Displacement | Displace- entry box, How much displacement is applied to the...
  • Page 117 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Displacement dropdown The channel containing the displacement This component is dis- map and dynamic tessellation to show a abled for Ptex channels. more advanced preview of displacement. button Adds a new channel for the shader compo- Add Channel nent.
  • Page 118 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Choose Diffuse/Specular | Minnaert/ Blinn Diffuse Color dropdown The channel containing the RGB diffuse color effect of the shaded surface. Specular Color dropdown The channel containing the RGB specular color effect of the shaded surface.
  • Page 119 SHADERS PALETTE Shaders Palette Fields Control Type What it does Dialog Notes Specular Shininess entry box, How much shininess the specularity appears From 0 to 100; defaults to slider to have on the shaded surface. Environment entry box, How much of the environment appears on From 0 to 2;...

  • Page 120: Lights Palette

    26 L IGHTS ALETTE What It Does The Lights palette displays the lights in your project, and allows you to: • Customize the lights. • Turn each light on or off. • Move the lights around. • Reposition a light to the current camera position. •...
  • Page 121 LIGHTS PALETTE Lights palette fields Control Type What it does Notes Light > Position | Position control Lets you move the light around your project. Click and drag to sphere move the light. Light Rendering > | Render checkbox Renders and displays the shadows cast on the model by the Shadows selected light in its current position.

  • Page 122: Projectors Palette

    27 P ROJECTORS ALETTE What It Does The Projectors palette displays the projectors in your project, and allows you to: • Create, load, save, and delete projectors. • Use a projector to take a snapshot of the current view. • Use a projector to project an edited snapshot back onto the model's surface. Projectors palette fields Opens this dialog...

  • Page 123: P Rojectors P Alette

    PROJECTORS PALETTE Projectors palette fields Opens this dialog Control Type What it does Notes Projector > Path | Input File Path entry box Enter the filename and path where the projector loads updated images from. Projector > Action button Click to save the current Pick Path (if Out- | Unproject view buffer out to the...
  • Page 124 PROJECTORS PALETTE Projectors palette fields Opens this dialog Control Type What it does Notes Projector > Projection | Projection dropdown Sets whether Mari projects only onto the Front of the model (as you're seeing it) or whether paint goes straight Through the model (appearing on the back as well as the front).
  • Page 125 PROJECTORS PALETTE Projectors palette fields Opens this dialog Control Type What it does Notes Projector > <projector name> > Perspec- entry box, Enter the value for the tive | FoV slider field of vision. This con- trols how much Mari distorts the view when applying perspective.
  • Page 126 PROJECTORS PALETTE Projectors palette fields Opens this dialog Control Type What it does Notes Edge Mask > General entry box, Controls where the edge You need to click | Falloff End slider mask ends on the model. either of the update The higher the value, the buttons under Update closer, more forward...
  • Page 127 PROJECTORS PALETTE Projectors palette fields Opens this dialog Control Type What it does Notes Channel Mask > General entry box, The contrast applied to You need to click | Mask Contrast slider the original channel to either of the update derive the mask.
  • Page 128 PROJECTORS PALETTE Projectors palette fields Opens this dialog Control Type What it does Notes Ambient Occlusion Mask > General curve editor Controls how the ambi- | Mask ent occlusion pixel val- Curve ues relate to the degree of masking. The hori- zontal axis is the dark- ness of the occluded pixels (black to the left,...
  • Page 129 PROJECTORS PALETTE Projectors palette fields Opens this dialog Control Type What it does Notes Depth Mask > General checkbox Whether the depth mask You need to click | Enabled is turned on or not. either of the update buttons under Update to see the effect of your changes in the canvas.
  • Page 130 PROJECTORS PALETTE Projectors palette fields Opens this dialog Control Type What it does Notes Backface Mask > General checkbox Whether the backface You need to click | Enabled mask is turned on or either of the update not. buttons under Update to see the effect of your changes in the canvas.
  • Page 131 PROJECTORS PALETTE Projectors palette fields Opens this dialog Control Type What it does Notes Fractal Noise Mask > General | Size entry box, Determines the size of You need to click slider the fractal noise fea- either of the update tures.

  • Page 132: Selection Groups Palette

    28 S ELECTION ROUPS ALETTE What It Does The Selection Groups palette lets you switch between saved selection groups. You can also create new selection groups, lock and unlock groups, and show or hide groups. Selection Groups palette fields Control Type What it does Opens this dialog box...

  • Page 133: Color Manager Palette

    29 C OLOR ANAGER ALETTE What It Does The Color Manager lets you manage how colors are displayed on your monitor. It includes many options for color correction, including a host of preset filters. Managing colors using the preset filters in this palette does not affect the paint on your model.
  • Page 134 COLOR MANAGER PALETTE Color Manager Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Current Color Profile button Prompts you to name a Edit | New new profile, select avail- able filters to include in a particular order, and save.
  • Page 135 COLOR MANAGER PALETTE Color Manager Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Current Color Profile > Levels >  entry box, Sets the middle point Input Levels | Midtone slider between white and black. Mari remaps the values so that this is the middle of the range between the white point...
  • Page 136 COLOR MANAGER PALETTE Color Manager Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Current Color Profile > Color Curves > curve editor Controls how the filter Channels | Blue translates current Blue values to new values. Current Color Profile | Color Switches switch, on/...
  • Page 137 COLOR MANAGER PALETTE Color Manager Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Current Color Profile > Blur > General entry box, Sets the blur radius — Range: 0 to 10 slider, reset the number of pixels Blur Radius Reset: 4 Mari uses when calcu-...
  • Page 138 COLOR MANAGER PALETTE Color Manager Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Current Color Profile > Hue > Hue entry box, Moves the colors around Range: 0.00 to 360.00 slider, reset the color wheel. The Rotate Reset: 0.00 rotation value is the...
  • Page 139 COLOR MANAGER PALETTE Color Manager Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Current Color Profile switch, on/ Either pre- or post-mul- Add User | Premultiply off indicator, tiplies the alpha in the Attribute Alpha add attribute selected image.
  • Page 140 COLOR MANAGER PALETTE Color Manager Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Current Color Profile > Clamp >  entry box, Set the lower value at General | Lower Value slider which color values are clamped.
  • Page 141 COLOR MANAGER PALETTE Color Manager Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Current Color Profile > Sharpen > General entry box, Sets the amount of Range: 0.00 to 1.00 | Amount slider, reset sharpening. Higher val- ues mean more sharpen- ing, while a value of 0.00 is the picture with-...
  • Page 142 COLOR MANAGER PALETTE Color Manager Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Current Color Profile > Color Correction >  dropdown The colorspace correc- User Attributes | Output ColorSpace tion to apply to the cur- rent painting.

  • Page 143: Image Managerp Alette

    30 I MAGE ANAGER ALETTE What It Does The Image Manager lets you store and work with images in your project, including using them for brushes and painting through them onto your model. Image Manager Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box...

  • Page 144: I Mage M Anager P Alette

    IMAGE MANAGER PALETTE Image Manager Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes button Removes the selected image from the Image Manager. button Opens the selected <image> image in another win- dow, where you can crop it. button Saves the selected Save an image...

  • Page 145: History View Palette

    31 H ISTORY ALETTE What It Does The History View palette displays a list of actions performed in the current session. Click an action to step back to that version of the project.

  • Page 146: Brush Editor Palette

    32 B RUSH DITOR ALETTE What It Does The Brush Editor palette shows the settings for the current brush tip. It includes the following tabs: • Properties — properties of the selected brush. • Shelves — customized shelves of brushes. •...
  • Page 147 BRUSH EDITOR PALETTE Brush Editor Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Properties > Paint | Opacity entry box, How dark a stroke can be Range: 0.01 to 1.00 slider, reset (maximum alpha). Reset: 1.00 Properties >...
  • Page 148 BRUSH EDITOR PALETTE Brush Editor Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Properties > Radius | Radius entry box, How many pixels at most Range: 1 to 1200 slider, reset the radius of splat can be Reset: 100 (if Jitter Radius and/or Radius Pressure are...
  • Page 149 BRUSH EDITOR PALETTE Brush Editor Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Properties > Bitmap | Path entry box, Type the path or click To use an image as the button brush tip, you need to set to select an existing Type to Bitmap.
  • Page 150 BRUSH EDITOR PALETTE Brush Editor Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Presets tabs Select shelves, click to dis- play more to the left or right. Scratch pad Provides a space to test the brush. The Foundry Mari 2.0v1...

  • Page 151: Play Controls Palette

    33 P ONTROLS ALETTE What It Does The Play Controls palette allows you to play animations. You can set keyframes, which allows you to paint different textures in different parts of the animation sequence. What It Looks Like Play Controls Palette Fields Opens this Control...
  • Page 152 PLAY CONTROLS PALETTE Play Controls Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does Notes dialog box entry box, Sets the start and end frames of the ani- dropdown mation to play. Use this if you want to play only a section of the animation. Select the play mode from the dropdown.

  • Page 153: Python Console Palette

    34 P YTHON ONSOLE ALETTE What It Does The Python Console palette is divided into three sections: • a Script Path entry box that loads Python scripts from a defined location • an input pane that is used to enter and execute Python statements in the lower half of the palette •...
  • Page 154 PYTHON CONSOLE PALETTE Python Console Palette Fields Python Console Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes Output Pane information Displays Python statements and their outputs. Input Pane entry box Click inside to enter Python statements. Script Path entry box Enter the filename and path where the console loads scripts from.

  • Page 155: Pixel Analyzer Palette

    35 P IXEL NALYZER ALETTE What It Does The Pixel Analyzer displays information about pixels selected with the Color Picker/Pixel Analyzer tool. Pixel Analyzer Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Colors | Current swatch Displays the color of the pixel selected with the Color Picker/Pixel Analyzer tool.

  • Page 156: Colors Palette

    36 C OLORS ALETTE What It Does The Colors palette lets you view and change colors. The controls on this palette all work together — as you change the color through one control, the other controls update to show your change. Colors Palette Fields Control...
  • Page 157 COLORS PALETTE Colors Palette Fields Control Type What it does Notes entry box, Specify Saturation values. Range: 0.000 to 1.000 slider entry box, Specify Value values. Range: 0.000 to 1.000 slider tab: field, Use this to pick colors from a Hue/Saturation/ To create custom color spec- sliders, Value field.

  • Page 158: Tool Propertiesp

    37 T ROPERTIES ALETTE What It Does The Tool Properties palette displays information about the selected tool. Tool Properties Palette Fields Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Select > MriSelect > General dropdown Sets whether the selection only Facing applies to the Front of the model as you can see it, or if the selection...
  • Page 159 TOOL PROPERTIES PALETTE Tool Properties Palette Fields Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Marquee Select Tool >  dropdown How drawing a new selection MriMarqueeSelectTool > General affects the current marquee selec- Mode tion: • Replace — the new selection replaces the existing selection.
  • Page 160 TOOL PROPERTIES PALETTE Tool Properties Palette Fields Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Marquee Select Tool >  entry box, Controls how sharp the edge of the MriMarqueeSelectTool > Selection counter selection area is. At 0, the selection Edge | Feathering has a completely sharp edge.
  • Page 161 TOOL PROPERTIES PALETTE Tool Properties Palette Fields Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Vector Inspector | MriVector add attri- Click to add attributes. Add User InspectorTool bute Attribute Vector Inspector MriVectorIn- > entry box, Adjusts the spacing between the Can also be done by spectorTool General...
  • Page 162 TOOL PROPERTIES PALETTE Tool Properties Palette Fields Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Paint | Paint add attri- Click to add attributes Add User bute Attribute Paint > Paint > General | informa- Description tion Paint >...
  • Page 163 TOOL PROPERTIES PALETTE Tool Properties Palette Fields Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Paint Through > Same as Paint except: • Texture does not include  Geometry. • And it includes the following: entry box, Texture >...
  • Page 164 TOOL PROPERTIES PALETTE Tool Properties Palette Fields Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Gradient > Same as Paint except: • Texture does not include  Geometry. • And it includes the following: Texture > Gradient > Gradient informa- Description tion...
  • Page 165 TOOL PROPERTIES PALETTE Tool Properties Palette Fields Opens this Tool Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Towbrush > MriTowbrush >  entry box, Sets how sharply the texture blends General | Falloff slider in from the edges of the selected patch.

  • Page 166: Painting Palette

    38 P AINTING ALETTE What It Does The Painting palette displays information and controls for managing painting features. Painting Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Painter Filtering > | Image dropdown The image filtering to use when copying textures using the clone tools (Clone Stamp and Paint Through).
  • Page 167 PAINTING PALETTE Painting Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Painter > Source Grade | Saturation entry box, Changes the color saturation of the slider source image. Used in addition to the RGB sliders. Painter Source Grade >...

  • Page 168: Projectionp

    39 P ROJECTION ALETTE What It Does The Projection palette holds controls for how Mari projects the paint onto the model. This includes details of the various masks available (edge mask, channel mask, depth mask, ambient occlusion mask, backface mask and fractal noise mask). Projection Palette Fields Opens this...

  • Page 169: P Rojection P Alette

    PROJECTION PALETTE Projection Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes |  Projection Settings > Projection dropdown The image filtering to use when cal- Projection Filter culating how to apply the paint buf- fer onto the surface. One of: •...
  • Page 170 PROJECTION PALETTE Projection Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes >  Projection Settings > Edge Mask entry box, Controls where the edge mask ends Range: 0.00 to 1.00 General | Falloff End slider, reset on the model.
  • Page 171 PROJECTION PALETTE Projection Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Projection Settings > Channel Mask > Gen- curve editor, Sets how the channel masking eral | Mask Curve reset works. The x axis is the color of the source pixel (black to the left, white to the right).
  • Page 172 PROJECTION PALETTE Projection Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes >  Projection Settings curve editor, Controls how the ambient occlusion |  Ambient Occlusion Mask General > reset pixel values relate to the degree of Mask Curve masking.
  • Page 173 PROJECTION PALETTE Projection Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Projection Settings > Fractal Noise Mask > entry box, The amount that the mask affects General | Mask Amount slider, reset the paint buffer. 1.0 means that the mask absolutely controls where you can paint;...

  • Page 174: Shelf Palette

    40 S HELF ALETTE What It Does The Shelf stores sets of brushes and colors. These include: • Menu shelf — the content of the F9 menu. • Personal shelf (with customized items) — selected items you use regularly. • Basic Brushes shelf — a set of predefined basic brushes. •...

  • Page 175: Hsv Palette

    41 HSV P ALETTE What It Does The HSV palette is a cut-down version of the Colors palette, only containing the HSV color picker control. HSV Palette Fields Control Type What it does field, sliders, option buttons Use this to pick colors from a Hue/Saturation/Value field.

  • Page 176: Alette

    42 S NAPSHOTS ALETTE What It Does The Snapshots palette displays: • a list of snapshots for the entire project or currently selected channel • buttons to take, revert, or delete channel snapshots • information about snapshots, such as name, when they were created and by what user. Snapshots Palette Fields Opens this...

  • Page 177: S Napshots P Alette

    SNAPSHOTS PALETTE Snapshots Palette Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes button Loads the selected snapshot. button Deletes the selected snap- Delete Snapshot shot. The Foundry Mari 2.0v1...

  • Page 178: New Project Dialog Box

    43 N ROJECT IALOG What It Does The New Project dialog box lets you select geometries and various options for a new Mari project. Use the Path control to select an .obj or .ptx file you want to use in the project. Resize the dialog box to display long filenames or select multiple files to display more than one geometry, if they are of the same file type.
  • Page 179 NEW PROJECT DIALOG BOX New Project Dialog Box Fields New Project Dialog Box Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Name entry box For you to identify it only (this is not a filename). Geometry | Path entry box, Opens .obj/.ptx files.
  • Page 180 NEW PROJECT DIALOG BOX New Project Dialog Box Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Ptex: Geometry Mesh dropdown For Ptex files, there are two The option to Separate Geometry In Options > Process each choices for the geometry mesh One Object is essentially the inverse geometry file as a options:...
  • Page 181 NEW PROJECT DIALOG BOX New Project Dialog Box Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Texture | Fill swatch Color to fill the new channel. Click the swatch to change the color. Mari sets a default value, but you can change this.

  • Page 182: Select Color Dialog Box

    44 S ELECT OLOR IALOG What It Does The Select Color dialog box lets you view and change colors. The controls on this palette all work together — as you change the color through one control, the other controls update to show your change. How to Access It Tools toolbar •...
  • Page 183 SELECT COLOR DIALOG BOX Select Color dialog box fields Control Type What it does Notes entry box, Specify Hue values. Range: 0.000 to 0.999 slider entry box, Specify Saturation values. Range: 0.000 to 1.000 slider entry box, Specify Value values. Range: 0.000 to 1.000 slider History Swatches...

  • Page 184: Dd Hannel Ialog Ox

    45 A HANNEL IALOG What It Does This allows you to add a single channel to your project. The dropdown at the top of the dialog box lets you select from recently created channels. If you select a channel from the dropdown, Mari updates the rest of the fields with the details you used last time.

  • Page 185: Add Channel Dialog Box

    ADD CHANNEL DIALOG BOX Add Channel Dialog Box Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes File Space dropdown The type of file space used for vector painting. Either Normal or Vector. Color swatch Color to fill the new channel. Click the swatch to change Select Color the color.

  • Page 186: Dialog Box

    46 A ULTIPLE HANNELS IALOG What It Does Adds multiple channels at once. Mari takes the channels available from predefined sets of standard channels for types of assets — for example, the channels required to paint a vehicle. You can select which channels from the set to create.

  • Page 187: Add Multiple Channel Dialog Box

    ADD MULTIPLE CHANNELS DIALOG BOX Add Multiple Channels Dialog Box Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Resize dropdown How Mari handles patch/image size mis- matches (for example, attempting to import a 1024x1024 image to a 2048x2048 patch). You can select either to resize the images to match the patches, or to resize the patches to match the images.

  • Page 188: Channel Presets Dialog

    47 C HANNEL RESETS IALOG What It Does Allows you to set up preferences for quickly creating channels through the Channels palette or menu. These presets include options such as the color depth size, patch size, file space, and color space. This gives you the opportunity to quickly set up a channel template for channel types you know are going to be created numerous times.

  • Page 189: Channel Preset Dialog Box

    CHANNEL PRESETS DIALOG BOX Channel Preset Dialog Box Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Name information Name of the channel type; for instance, color, displace- ment, or specular. Size dropdown Select a patch size for the channels from the options: Channels can be 256x256, 512x512, 1024x1024, 2048x2048, resized later from...

  • Page 190: Onvert Ype Ialog Ox

    48 C ONVERT IALOG What It Does Converts the color depth of the selected channel into a different bit depth. The color depth determines the number of pixels per RGB channel. Existing channels set to another color depth can be converted by simply selecting them and opening the Convert Type dialog box.

  • Page 191: Opy Ultiple Extures

    49 C ULTIPLE EXTURES IALOG What It Does Lets you copy the textures from one layer to another. If you have multiple objects in your project, you can copy the textures between objects. How to Access It Menubar | Patches > Copy Textures Copy Multiple Textures Dialog Box Fields...

  • Page 192: Export Dialog Box

    50 E XPORT IALOG What It Does Invoked by the export channel functions, export flattened channel functions, export layer functions, or export flattened layers functions, the Export dialog box lets you specify options for exporting channels or layers from the current Mari project, in either flattened or non-flattened states. If you export with Small Textures set to Enabled then any patches that are entirely filled with one color (such as gray, before anything else has been painted on the patch,) are exported as small 8x8 images to save space.
  • Page 193 EXPORT DIALOG BOX Export dialog box fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes UDIM information Lists the UDIM number for the patch. File entry box Specify the file location to export to. button Browse to the file location you want to export the texture to.
  • Page 194 EXPORT DIALOG BOX Export dialog box fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Filter entry box, Lets you filter the image sequences displayed in dropdown the dialog box. As you enter the filter text, Mari updates the display to only show the image sequences that match your text.
  • Page 195 EXPORT DIALOG BOX Export dialog box fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Small Textures dropdown With this option Enabled, Mari exports any patches Enabling Small Textures not yet painted on as 8x8 pixel textures (in the saves disk space if you're background color), no matter what resolution the exporting a channel that...

  • Page 196: Import Dialog Box

    51 I MPORT IALOG What It Does Invoked by the import channel functions and import layer functions, the Import dialog box lets you specify options for importing channels or layers. This can be done by importing textures into existing layer stacks, layers, or as new channels, however, importing textures as a new channel only opens the Import dialog box after first selecting options for the new channel from the Add Channel Dialog Box.
  • Page 197 IMPORT DIALOG BOX Import Channel Dialog Box Fields Opens this Control Type What it does Notes dialog box Sequence Channel/Layer information The name of the channel or layer that is being This name is only dis- imported. played if a name has been assigned to the selected layer.
  • Page 198 IMPORT DIALOG BOX Import Channel Dialog Box Fields Opens this Control Type What it does Notes dialog box Full Image Indicates whether the selected image sequence has a full set of images for the current model. That is, for each patch on the model, there is a corresponding image in the image sequence.
  • Page 199 IMPORT DIALOG BOX Import Channel Dialog Box Fields Opens this Control Type What it does Notes dialog box Import Selected button Appears instead of Import All Patches when at Patches least one patch is selected. Cancel button Closes the dialog box without importing. Mari 2.0v1 The Foundry...

  • Page 200: Ialog Box

    52 M ARI TO XPORT IALOG What It Does The Mari To Maya Export dialog box lets you specify the file type and destination for exporting a channel from the current Mari project to a Maya .ma file. Exported textures are saved to a user-selected directory and the created .ma file is set up to reference those texture files.

  • Page 201: Mari To Maya Export Dialog Box.

    MARI TO MAYA EXPORT DIALOG BOX Mari to Maya Export Dialog Box Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes 8-bit Files dropdown Selects the bit depth of the exported images. Available formats: bmp, jpg, jpeg, png, ppm, psd, tga, tif, tiff, xbm, and xpm.
  • Page 202 53 C REATE HADER IALOG What It Does Specify what lighting shader you want to set up for your project. This does not affect your Flat, Basic, or Full lighting options, but instead impacts how the texture on your model looks under the lighting and shader components you’ve chosen.
  • Page 203 CREATE SHADER DIALOG BOX New Shader Dialog Box Fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes Specular | Lighting/ dropdown Sets the Specular component of the shader to Cook By default, the Specular/Cook Tor- Torrance. Cook Torrance rance shader in the Add New Shader drop-...
  • Page 204 54 C REATE HADER IALOG What It Does The Create Shader dialog box allows you to create shaders that are not listed in the Shading menu or Shaders palette. These shaders are primarily those that do not use Lambertian diffuse shading. However, options for Lambertian diffuse shading are still included in the Create Shader dialog, so you can customize your shaders however you want.
  • Page 205 55 M HANNEL LPHA IALOG What It Does Creates a new channel based on the selected mask channel and source texture, with the alpha values on the new channel set by the original mask. How to Access It • | Channel > Mask to Alpha Menubar •...

  • Page 206: Ialog Box

    56 S ELECT ATCHES ANGE IALOG BOX What It Does Selects a range of patches according to their index or UDIM value number. Objects or scenes with many patches may benefit from being able to quickly select patches by their range value as opposed to selecting them manually from the Patches palette.

  • Page 207: Ialog Ox

    57 L AMERA IALOG What It Does The Load Camera dialog box comes up whenever you attempt to load or import a camera from outside the current Mari project. The camera file types are .fbx only. How to Access It Menubar •...

  • Page 208: Load Camera Dialog Box

    LOAD CAMERA DIALOG BOX Load Camera dialog box fields Opens this Control Type What it does dialog box Notes File Name entry box Displays the name of the selected file to be This field is automati- imported into the project. cally filled in when a file is selected from the above directory location.
  • Page 209 58 M ANAGE OOLBAR IALOG What It Does Lets you add, edit and remove toolbars for quick access to Mari functions. Click Add to add a new toolbar, Remove to remove the selected toolbar. Drag icons for actions listed to and from existing toolbars.

  • Page 210: Manage Toolbar Dialog Box

    MANAGE TOOLBAR DIALOG BOX Manage Toolbars Dialog Box Fields Opens this Control Type What it does Notes dialog box Lookup Shortcut entry box Enter the shortcut to look up what action the shortcut is set (actions) information The name of the action. | Name (actions) | Description information...
  • Page 211 59 M ANAGE EYBOARD HORTCUTS IALOG What It Does Lets you add, edit and remove keyboard shortcuts for quick access to Mari functions. Click in the Shortcut column and type the keyboard shortcut for a function. A 'collision' icon displays if that shortcut has already been assigned to another function.
  • Page 212 MANAGE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS DIALOG BOX Edit Shortcuts dialog box fields Column Type What it does Notes (actions) information A brief description of the action. | Description (actions) | Shortcut information Displays assigned keyboard shortcuts. Click and type over new shortcuts. Mari 2.0v1 The Foundry...
  • Page 213 60 HUD M ANAGER IALOG What It Does Lets you select what appears on the “Head Up Display” (HUD) that shows information about Mari and the current project in the top left-hand corner of the canvas. For each piece of information, the HUD Manager shows its: •...

  • Page 214: Hud Manager Dialog Box

    HUD MANAGER DIALOG BOX HUD Manager Dialog Box Fields Control Type What it does Notes Tool Manager > General QString Shows basic tool help for the current tool. | Tool Help Tool Manager > General | Current Tool QString Shows the name of the current tool. GPU 0 >...
  • Page 215 HUD MANAGER DIALOG BOX HUD Manager Dialog Box Fields Control Type What it does Notes Layers | Current Layer QString Shows the name of the current layer in the current channel and object. Shaders | Current Shader QString Shows the name of the shader currently selected. <Project>...
  • Page 216 61 M REFERENCES IALOG What It Does Lets you set preferences for how Mari works. How to Access It Menubar | Edit > Preferences Mari Preferences Dialog Box Fields Setting Type What it does Notes Color Color Management Defaults | Enabled checkbox Sets whether color management is enabled by default.

  • Page 217: Mari Preference Dialog Box

    MARI PREFERENCES DIALOG BOX Mari Preferences Dialog Box Fields Setting Type What it does Notes Display General dropdown Sets the size of the display LUT loaded by the col- You may sometimes | LUT Size orspace toolbar. notice artifacts on the canvas when your LUT size is too small.
  • Page 218 MARI PREFERENCES DIALOG BOX Mari Preferences Dialog Box Fields Setting Type What it does Notes Channel Cache | Default Type dropdown If the Resolution Mode is set to Fixed, Mari This can save time caches at the selected bit depth. when caching large patches if you don’t require the full reso-...
  • Page 219 MARI PREFERENCES DIALOG BOX Mari Preferences Dialog Box Fields Setting Type What it does Notes General dropdown Sets whether Mari should “fix” any UVs that sit | Fix Edge UVs on the edge of the patch. With this on, you can paint models that have UVs at the edge of the patch.
  • Page 220 MARI PREFERENCES DIALOG BOX Mari Preferences Dialog Box Fields Setting Type What it does Notes Depth Projection | Depth Projection dropdown Sets the texture resolution of each of the array of Resolution depth textures used for shadow rendering. The Depth Projection Texture Array Size is linked to this resolution and impacts other resolution sizes set in Mari.
  • Page 221 MARI PREFERENCES DIALOG BOX Mari Preferences Dialog Box Fields Setting Type What it does Notes Virtual Texture entry box, Sets the buffer size Mari uses when gathering | Gather Scale slider information on which image tiles are required for rendering a scene. The default value of 1.000 halves the canvas resolution and works well in most situations, saving processing time.
  • Page 222 MARI PREFERENCES DIALOG BOX Mari Preferences Dialog Box Fields Setting Type What it does Notes Named Files entry box, Sets the maximum number of patches objects are | Patch Cutoff slider allowed to have for the Named Files tab to appear on the Import and Export Channel dia- logs.
  • Page 223 MARI PREFERENCES DIALOG BOX Mari Preferences Dialog Box Fields Setting Type What it does Notes Navigation General | Momentum Enabled checkbox If this is enabled, the model has momentum, so when you let go of the mouse button, it slowly coasts to a stop.
  • Page 224 MARI PREFERENCES DIALOG BOX Mari Preferences Dialog Box Fields Setting Type What it does Notes Server | Nuke launch path entry box Allows you to browse and load a launch path for The path can be writ- accessing Nuke files. ten manually or inserted using the browse and load icon.
  • Page 225 62 D ISPLAY ROPERTIES IALOG What It Does Allows you to set how Mari displays the project — the background behind the model, the overlay used on locked patches, whether to show wireframes on the model, and so on. How to Access It Right-click | main canvas >...

  • Page 226: Box,

    DISPLAY PROPERTIES DIALOG BOX Display Properties Dialog Box Fields Control Type What it does Notes Canvas > Wireframe | Visible checkbox If this is selected, the model in the 3D views are displayed with the wireframe visible on top of the paint.
  • Page 227 DISPLAY PROPERTIES DIALOG BOX Display Properties Dialog Box Fields Control Type What it does Notes Canvas > Selection | Outline Render dropdown When to show the selection outline. This appears around the outside of selected areas. The options are the same as for Fill Render, above. Canvas >...
  • Page 228 63 S CREENSHOT ETTINGS IALOG What It Does Allows you to specify the settings for any screenshots that you take of the Mari canvas. If these settings have never been adjusted before, the dialog appears the first time you attempt to take a screenshot from the View menu.
  • Page 229 64 R ENDER URNTABLE IALOG What It Does Takes the scene as you can see it through the selected shader, and creates a series of images showing the model rotating through an axis. The axis of rotation is a vertical line through the current camera view, centered in the middle of the visible portion of the model.
  • Page 230 RENDER TURNTABLE DIALOG BOX Render Turntable Dialog Box Fields Control Type What it does Notes Settings entry box If you are combining multiple turntables, lets For example, with an offset of 0, the | Offset you chain together sequences by offsetting the first image is MariTurntable_1.jpg.
  • Page 231 65 D IAGNOSTICS URNTABLE IALOG What It Does Creates a series of images showing the scene rotating through an axis. The axis of rotation is a vertical line through the current camera view, centered in the middle of the visible portion of the scene. You can export multiple channels at once.

  • Page 232: Box,

    DIAGNOSTICS TURNTABLE DIALOG BOX Diagnostic Turntable Dialog Box Fields Control Type What it does Notes Settings dropdown If this is checked, the turntable images are | Filters produced with the LUT and any other appli- cable view filters applied. If this is not checked, no filters are applied to the images produced.

  • Page 233: Quick Projection Dialog Box

    66 Q UICK ROJECTION IALOG What It Does Sets the details that the quick projection tools use — the filename, file size, and lighting model for the quick project files. How to Access It Toolbars • | Quick Projection Menubar •...

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