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Exporting and Importing Textures

Importing is how you can pick up an existing set of textures to work on. Similarly, exporting is how your work moves on into the next step in the pipeline:

• Importing loads images into the current channel or layer, or as new channels and layers on your model.

• Exporting saves out the paint on your model as a set of image files (one file per UV patch).

Exporting and importing can be done for both a single channel or layer, as well as multiple channels, layers, even objects in a project. In essence, you can:

• export or import the entire channel (including all layers),

• export or import selected layers, and

• export all channels or objects in a project, or all layers in a layer stack.

Mari supports standard image formats for export and import (such as .tif, .exr, .psd, .png, .jpg, .tga, and .dds). You can find a full list of supported file formats in the import and export dialogs.

Note:  When exporting .dds files, they should be encoded as 8.8.8.8 ARGB files to avoid any complications when bringing them into Mari.

When you create a set of new channels, either when creating your project or when using the Channel Presets button, you can import a set of existing textures. See Channels for more information.

Video:  To learn how to export textures out of Mari once you are done painting them, watch Exporting Textures.