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11. Mari 4 - Exporting Your Paint

Part of Mari 4 - Fundamentals and Best Practice.

Contents:

In the Video:

• The Export Manager and its components

• Naming conventions, color space, file formats and useful shortcuts

Test Your Knowledge

1.   How do we export our completed textures out of Mari?
ClosedReveal answer

Using the Export Manager.

2.   What are two ways you can open the Channel Export Manager?
ClosedReveal answer

• In the Channels palette, right-click and select Export Manager.

• From the top menu, select Channels > Export Manager.

3.   What is the purpose of the Channel Export Manager?
ClosedReveal answer

The Export Manager lets you set up batch exports all at once.

Exercise

1.   From the Channels palette, right-click and select Export Manager.
2.   Explore the options and change the default settings.
3.   Click Export Current to see where you files go and the types of files that are created, or you can Close the dialog.

Practice

Find another way to open the Export Manager that was not shown in the video. Once open, explore applying various overrides to different channels. Spend time to understand the naming conventions and read the different options shown in floating tooltip box, activated by hovering over the File Options section.