7a. Mari 4 - Painting on the Canvas
Part of Mari 4 - Fundamentals and Best Practice.
In the Video:
• Brush editing and stenciling.
Test Your Knowledge
| 1. | What do the three bake behavior settings do? |
Reveal answer
Auto bake and clear: Mari will automatically bake what is in the buffer to the current channel and clear the buffer as soon as the camera moves.
Clear only: Mari will not bake automatically it will only clear.
Manual: Mari will neither bake or clear automatically.
| 2. | How do you remove baked-down paint from a layer? |
Reveal answer
With the desired layer selected, select the paint tool by pressing P, then from the top toolbar, select Mode > Clear. Begin painting the areas to be removed.
Exercise
In the Painting palette, Projection Settings panel, under the Projection tab, set the Bake Behavior to AutoBakeAndClear.
Make some paint strokes on the paint buffer and then rotate the model in the viewer to observe the bake behavior.
Change the Bake Behavior to ClearOnly. Make some paint strokes on the paint buffer and then rotate the model in the viewer to observe the bake behavior.
Press B to bake down your current strokes and then rotate your model again to see the paint applied to the model.
Finally, change the Bake Behavior to Manual. Make some paint strokes on the paint buffer and then rotate the model to observe the bake behavior. Press B to bake down your current strokes and then rotate your model to see the paint applied to the model.
Rotate your model again and observe how the paint stays on the paint buffer to be used elsewhere like a stamp. Press B to bake down the paint and rotate the model again.
Practice
Using the Camera asset, explore the various brushes that Mari has built in.
Use the brush properties to change the look of the brush.
Save that brush into a custom palette.