Mari 7 Update | Rocking new features!
Mari 7 just got its first patch release, and what usually is a bugfix, we got some nice improvements bundled in the form of a new limit for blurring textures and a...
Handle Mari Colorspace like a PRO | Mari Quick Take
In this Mari QuickTake tutorial, we look at how you can easily add colourspace to the names of your exported files. This can be an essential step in a color-managed pipeline, or...
Renderman Texture Manager Colorspace | Renderman Quicktake
Renderman texture manager colourspace confusion? You get textures from various sources when dealing with mixed colourspace and aces. In this Renderman Quick Take Tip video, we look at how to add colour...
Houdini Solaris UV view | The lack thereof
Houdini Solaris does not have a native view to inspect the UVs of the USD asset. At least not to my knowledge. Here is a quick tip how to use a sop...
The difference between 2d and 3d Materials | Mari tutorial
When using Mari, you must understand the difference between 2d and 3d material. In this Mari tutorial, we look at the difference as well as create a gizmo to help out creating...
Why your Mari Material might look like a dumpster on fire!
Mari Smart Materials need baked textures to function properly, In the Mari tutorial, we look at why a Smart material might not look as expected and how to fix any missing geo...
Create Mari Smart Material, like in substance, But smarter!
Innovative Materials in VFX and Texturing rely on having pre-baked texture passes to drive individual materials and apply various coatings in layers. This could be a metal material at the bottom with...
Become A Texture Artist | Rust Material Update
Become a texture artist course update Timelapse, using Mari to create a Rust material. The material will be available in the course material , We are also using Pixar Renderman for Solaris...
Renderman for Solaris Introduction
In this Renderman for Solaris tutorial, we look at the USD asset you can also download for free and set up a basic RenderMan pxrSurface shader. The project for this series builds...
Mari Material tutorial | Upgrade your stock materials
In this Mari tutorial, we continue from the previous episode by altering one of the stock materials shipped with Mari. We add controls to the Specular Roughness, bump, and expose the parameters...