Mari for Beginners - 05: Nodes and The Node Graph

Опубликовано: 03 Июнь 2026
на канале: Michael Wilde
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In this fifth part we go through Mari's Node Graph, a fundamental part of the software you need to know to be able to get texturing!
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In this video tutorial series I am going to teach anyone with no experience how to use the VFX industry standard texturing software: Mari.

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00:00 Intro & Preferences
01:39 Node Graph Basics
03:17 Navigation and Shortcuts
05:00 Creating Nodes
06:50 Merge Nodes
09:32 Masking
10:55 Paint Nodes
15:54 Tiled Node
17:09 Importing into Paint Nodes
18:29 Sharing Data in The Node Graph
20:35 Looking at a Finished Squirtle Node Graph
22:08 Housekeeping, Organizing Your Node Graph
24:20 Bake Points
26:12 Creating Channels and Shaders
27:23 Ambient Occlusion Node
28:59 Mari Materials Nodes

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