MARI is a creative texture-painting tool that can handle extreme projects. MARI was developed at Weta Digital to handle the massively complex, highly detailed look development work demanded of the texture department by projects such as District 9, The Lovely Bones, and Avatar. MARI has a creative toolset which puts many stand-alone 2D paint systems to shame, allowing artists to concentrate on painting. The user interface is responsive and fluid. You can paint directly on to models and view the results immediately. Save time and take texturing way beyond what was previously possible.

MARI's unrivalled ability to deal with colossal textures in vast numbers allows their development in intense detail

Speed

Save time and money by seeing the results of your work immediately. Cut down on revisions. Wave goodbye to the paint, render, review, rinse, repeat cycle of old. Load all the textures for a model into MARI simultaneously and remove the need to split up models.
Paint

A creative painting toolset second to none, focused on the artists' needs. With a paintbrush engine finessed under intense production pressure, MARI releases artists from arbitrary restraints and allows them to work naturally with the model.
Context

In VFX work, context is everything. What the model will look like in motion, from multiple angles and against the background plate, is critical. MARI lets the artists see the model in context and paint on it right there.
Animation

Textures channels need to change over time. Whether it is a blushing maiden or scratched and dented armour, animating textures are a crucial part of what makes a model appear real. MARI lets you animate and paint your texture channels frame by frame.
Workflow

Efficient Integration into a complex workflow turns a great product into a powerhouse. MARI has an open and extensible approach to UI, geometry, cameras and shading, and runs on Linux. It supports colour management, light and texture change, while import and export happen in the background.
User Interface

A clear and intuitive user interface allows artists to focus on what is important. User-configurable tool shelves allow them to organise their workspace efficiently, and a customisable real-time 3D shader lets them see what they're doing.
What does 'mari' mean?

MARI comes from the Swahili Maridadi meaning both 'beautiful' and also carrying connotations of 'usefulness'.

System requirements:
* Windows July 1964-bit, or a Linux 64-bit operating system (Fedora 12 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4)
* 250GB disk space available for caching and temporary files (or a minimum of 50GB if you're working on a small project)
* At least 4GB RAM
* Display with 1680 x 1050 pixel resolution
* An NVIDIA graphics card with at least 1GB of RAM and OpenGL 3.0 support (see Recommended Graphics Cards below).

Recommended Graphics Cards:
* NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
* NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
* NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
* NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
* NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
* NVIDIA Quadro (Fermi Series) 5000
* NVIDIA Quadro (Fermi Series) 6000

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