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Importing Channels

To import into your current channel’s layer stack, do one of the following:

Select from the Channels menu	or right-click in Channels palette and select
Import > Import into Current Channel	Import > Import into Current Channel

The Import dialog box displays.

Note:  The Named files tab does not display if your model contains more than 20 patches.

1.

Enter the Path to the files to import, or use the browse panes (the two left-hand navigation panes) to browse to them.

2.

If you are looking for a specific folder or file, you can use the Filter field to specify a name or file format to search for.

3.

For the Template, either use the default filename template or edit it as required.

4.

Set the Colorspace in which you want to export the data. By default, Mari selects Automatic, which is determined by the file name, size, and type of data in the channel.

5.

Set how Mari handles patch/image size mismatches. You can select either to resize the Images to match the patches, or to resize the Patches to match the images.

6.

Choose to either Keep or Remove alpha channels when importing channels. This can help decrease the resulting file size when exporting.

7.

To import all patches from their matching files, click Import All Patches, or Import Selected Patches when at least one patch is selected.

Note:  The steps above assume you are importing a sequence of patches with the UDIM number (1001, 1002, etc.) in the file names. For more information on how UDIM numbers are allocated to patches, please see the section on Using UDIM Values.

Note:  If you'd rather assign individual files to each patch, you can do so on the Named Files tab of the Import Channel dialog. Click the buttons on the right to open a file browser and pick a file for each patch. Then, click Import All Patches to import the files. Note that by default the Named Files tab doesn't display if you have more than 20 patches in your object. To change this number, you can use the Patch Cutoff preference or set the MARI_NAMEDFILEIMPORT_SEQUENCELIMIT environment variable to a new value.

To import into a new channel, do one of the following:

Select from the Channels menu	or right-click in Channels palette and select
Import > Import into New Channel	Import > Import into New Channel

The Add Channel dialog box displays.

1.

Follow the instructions for setting up a new channel in Adding a Channel to a Project, and when you’ve finished, click Ok.

The Import dialog box displays.

2.

Enter the Path for the files to import, or use the browse panes (the two left-hand navigation panes) to browse to them.

Note:  The steps above assume you are importing a sequence of patches with the UDIM number (1001, 1002, etc.) in the file names. For more information on how UDIM numbers are allocated to patches, please see the section onUsing UDIM Values.

Note:  If you'd rather assign individual files to each patch, you can do so on the Named Files tab of the Import Channel dialog. Click the buttons on the right to open a file browser and pick a file for each patch. Then, click Import All Patches to import the files. Note that by default the Named Files tab doesn't display if you have more than 20 patches in your object. To change this number, you can use the Patch Cutoff preference or set the MARI_NAMEDFILEIMPORT_SEQUENCELIMIT environment variable to a new value.