Introduction
Welcome
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Using the exercise files
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1. Initial Setup and Asset Review
Setting the cache and adjusting settings for best performance
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Reference overview
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Tumbling around the viewport
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Layers, channels, and shaders and how they affect the look
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Adjustment layers and procedural layers
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2. Brushes, Colors, Image Manager, and Projecting
Default brushes and Brush Editor
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Using the Paint Through tool and Eraser tool
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Transform, Slerp and Warp tools
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Clear Painting mode and gradients
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3. The Paint Buffer and Projection Settings
Auto bake and clear vs. manual bake and manual clear
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Using different projection modes
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Dynamic masking
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4. Techniques in Practice: Painting Wood Buckets
Making a tileable texture
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Using Selection tools to isolate and paint geometry
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Repurposing diffuse maps for detailed supporting maps
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Painting detailing with masking and layering
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Creating the effect of leaking with your supporting maps
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Quick copy and quick paste
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Setting up our first shader (layered shader + aiStandard)
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5. Techniques in Practice: Painting Stones
Painting a basic diffuse stone texture with UV tiliing
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Building supporting channels for our stone shader
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Using the Paint Through tool to add mossy details to the stone
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"Edging" the stones to create a feeling of scraped, scratched edges
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Fine-tuning the shader
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6. Techniques in Practice: Painting a Wood Structure
Layering paint on top of wood using filters and masks
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Using procedurals to create a rope diffuse map
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Creating the painted wood supporting maps
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Fine-tuning the shader of the wooden structure
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7. Techniques in Practice: Painting a Wood-Tiled Roof
Using UV tiling to propagate a diffuse wood texture
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Building supporting channels for our roof shader
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Generating ambient occlusion on a model to mask in grime
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Fine-tuning the roof shader
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8. Finalizing and Delivering a MARI Project
Using RGB mattes
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Exporting channels
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Saving out MARI archives
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Ex_Files_UaR_MARI_Ch1_3.zip
(1.8 GB)
Ex_Files_UaR_MARI_End.zip
(4.1 GB)
Ex_Files_UaR_MARI_Ch8.zip
(4.8 GB)
Ex_Files_UaR_MARI_Ch7.zip
(5.0 GB)
Ex_Files_UaR_MARI_Ch6.zip
(4.7 GB)
Ex_Files_UaR_MARI_Ch5.zip
(2.1 GB)
Ex_Files_UaR_MARI_Ch4.zip
(2.3 GB)