Mari was developed by a
New Zealand company Weta Digital, which was used in such films as the
District 9, The Lovely Bones and Avatar. Mari is intended only for
texturing 3D-models. From analogues (Zbrush, Mudbox, Blender, 3d-coat)
is different for up to several thousands of large textures (32k to 32k
pixels) on the model, greater speed of working with large textures,
greater opportunities for visualization, flexible engine, brushes,
animation support, and the ability to create animated textures.
Painting
* Fully customisable
brush engine
* Paint through and clone
from between layers and textures (including clone from on-surface)
* Slurp brush for
smearing and dragging texture
* Paint canvas transform,
grid warp and free-form pin warp
* Blur and sharpen,
including on-surface, multiple UV patches simultaneously
* Advanced healing brush
for seam removal and duplication of texture detail
Environment
* Filters with real-time
preview
* Advanced channel
masking engine, including mask painting, surface falloff, masking one
channel to another, and by depth
* Supports customisable
real-time 3D shader preview (eg specular highlights, displacement
preview via bump mapping, ambient occlusion, layer blending modes,
colour correction and more
* Customisable tool
shelves for brushes, colours, reference images, sharable between artist
and projects
* Floating point, 16 bit
or 8 bit channels
* All painting and
shading tools are available in 3D projection paint mode and flat UV
paint mode
* Background plates for
reference
* Imports multiple camera
moves through which the model can be viewed
Models
* Obj model format
support
* Multiple objects,
versions (eg high res or in key character poses), instances, with or
without baked animation
* Interactively handles
very large 3D model data sets, scaling to over 1 million polygons for a
single topology or mesh
* Supports large textures
up to 32K x 32K pixels
* Handles thousands of
textures per model, over many channels
* Seamlessly supports
hundreds of UV texture patches
* Handles animated
geometry and animated textures
* Isolate, select, mask
and hide geometry per patch and face
* Customisable lighting
and rendering modes
* Massive geometry and
texture data sets not limited by the amount of RAM
Workflow
* Linux
* High quality turntable
rendering
* Flatten and round-trip
projected textures for modifying externally (for example in NUKE or
Adobe © Photoshop ©)
* Open and extensible
approach to UI, geometry, camera, shading, and supporting light and
texture exchange
* Import and export as
background tasks, allowing the artist to continue painting
* Embedded web browser
for quick access to community forum
* Fully featured and open
playtime colour management system
* Filters with real time
preview and fully featured colour correction
Mari
was developed by a New Zealand company Weta Digital, which was used in
such films as the District 9, The Lovely Bones and Avatar. Mari is
intended only for texturing 3D-models. From analogues (Zbrush, Mudbox,
Blender, 3d-coat) is different for up to several thousands of large
textures (32k to 32k pixels) on the model, greater speed of working with
large textures, greater opportunities for visualization, flexible
engine, brushes, animation support, and the ability to create animated
textures.
Painting
* Fully
customisable brush engine
* Paint
through and clone from between layers and textures (including clone
from on-surface)
* Slurp
brush for smearing and dragging texture
* Paint
canvas transform, grid warp and free-form pin warp
* Blur
and sharpen, including on-surface, multiple UV patches simultaneously
*
Advanced healing brush for seam removal and duplication of texture
detail
Environment
*
Filters with real-time preview
*
Advanced channel masking engine, including mask painting, surface
falloff, masking one channel to another, and by depth
*
Supports customisable real-time 3D shader preview (eg specular
highlights, displacement preview via bump mapping, ambient occlusion,
layer blending modes, colour correction and more
*
Customisable tool shelves for brushes, colours, reference images,
sharable between artist and projects
*
Floating point, 16 bit or 8 bit channels
* All
painting and shading tools are available in 3D projection paint mode and
flat UV paint mode
*
Background plates for reference
*
Imports multiple camera moves through which the model can be viewed
Models
* Obj
model format support
*
Multiple objects, versions (eg high res or in key character poses),
instances, with or without baked animation
*
Interactively handles very large 3D model data sets, scaling to over 1
million polygons for a single topology or mesh
*
Supports large textures up to 32K x 32K pixels
*
Handles thousands of textures per model, over many channels
*
Seamlessly supports hundreds of UV texture patches
*
Handles animated geometry and animated textures
*
Isolate, select, mask and hide geometry per patch and face
*
Customisable lighting and rendering modes
*
Massive geometry and texture data sets not limited by the amount of RAM
Workflow
* Linux
* High
quality turntable rendering
*
Flatten and round-trip projected textures for modifying externally (for
example in NUKE or Adobe © Photoshop ©)
* Open
and extensible approach to UI, geometry, camera, shading, and supporting
light and texture exchange
*
Import and export as background tasks, allowing the artist to continue
painting
*
Embedded web browser for quick access to community forum
* Fully
featured and open playtime colour management system
*
Filters with real time preview and fully featured colour correction
