The Foundry release new update of MARI. MARI is a production proven 3D digital paint tool, designed from the ground up to let you spend more time being creative and less time managing technical issues. Not only is MARI capable of handling super high-resolution textures and millions of polygons, it is open, scriptable and interacts well with other VFX tools and Photoshop, letting you work the way you want to. MARI 1.5 brings a host of feature additions and improvements all designed to take the pain out of the artistic process, letting you spend more time painting.

 

 

Key highlights of new version:

• Overlapping UVs- Improve workflow and save time
• Maya texture export- Handle textures in Maya with a single click
• Shadow support- Real-time shadows for maximum effect
• DDS Cubemap support- Work in context to ensure accurate results
• Mirroring in the paint buffer- Paint symmetrical objects with speed and control
• Normal mapping functionality- Paint normal maps on the fly, live from bump maps
• Photoshop ABR brush import- Import custom brushes from Photoshop

 

For more details visit: The Foundry

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