Those among you that are uber-observant may have noticed a blog post on our UK site entitled 23 MARI Tips In 23 Days on Twitter that was posted just yesterday.
On Monday, September 5, we started tweeting tips on how to best use MARI. For those of you that are familiar with MARI, you know it’s fairly new software that’s efficient and adaptable. Because this tool has all kinds of “hidden talents” we thought we’d give you some new insights into its inner workings so you can get maximum benefit out of the less obvious tools. Henry South, lead texture artist at Framestore, will lend us his expertise by sharing his top tips—23 to be exact.
Just so you know, Henry South has worked on titles such as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, XMen: First Class, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Chronicles of Narnia; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader… That’s a pretty impressive list and that’s exactly where he’s perfected his use of MARI.
So, may we suggest you check out the Escape Studios Twitter feed to get in the groove with these tips? Over the next 22 days (yesterday was a holiday here), you’ll find a plethora of information that will help you understand the best of the tools in MARI. By the end of September, you should have all kinds of new ways to use MARI. The world of MARI just might be your oyster…
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For those of you who missed the first tip, here it is.
#MARI.Tip01 Experiment using maps in different channels combining baking and reusing, may give the look you were missing
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