Mari Nodegraph Pbr Texturing + Look Development

Learn how to texture and look dev assets using the Mari 4 Node Graph and Maya.

What you'll learn

You will learn how to prepare a model for texturing

You will learn fundamentals of texturing

You will learn how to use the Mari 4 node Graph

You will learn how to bake the neccessary maps for texturing

You will learn how to take your textures and set up a layered shader network in Maya using RGB masks to mix each material.

Requirements

Basic understanding of Mari 4 and Maya

Description

In this tutorial I will go over PBR texturing in Mari 4 using ONLY the nodegraph. Using the node graph opens up a huge amount of flexibility and allows you to work non destructively.The idea behind this workflow is to recreate the workflow of substance inside of Mari. I use the newest extension pack in this tutorial however if you do not have access to the extension pack you can still follow along just fine with the standard Mari nodes. (Note: Most VFX studios use the extension pack so I would highly reccomend using it while following along with this tutorial.)Once the texturing is complete we will take our textures into Maya and go over the look development process where we create a production ready master shader by using custom RGB masks to blend all our painted channels together. For this section we will be using Arnold 5 but any rendering engine that can blend materials will work just fine.RGB masks are a very important part of texturing as they allow you to refine and dial in your shaders within a game engine or rendering egine. Not only that but they are often used in during the compositing phase in VFX.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Mesh Preparation

Lecture 2 Mari Project

Lecture 3 MaterialMasks

Lecture 4 Baking Utility Maps

Lecture 5 Green Metal Base

Lecture 6 Black Metal Base

Lecture 7 Bolts Base

Lecture 8 Varnish Base

Lecture 9 Displacement

Lecture 10 Green Metal Scuffs

Lecture 11 Green Metal Edge Wear

Lecture 12 Black Metal Edge Wear

Lecture 13 Worn Wood

Lecture 14 Rust Mask

Lecture 15 Black Metal Noise

Lecture 16 Dirt Part 1

Lecture 17 Final Touches

Lecture 18 RGB Masks

Lecture 19 Optimisation

Lecture 20 Export Maps

Lecture 21 Look Development Scene

Lecture 22 Material Blocking

Lecture 23 Shader Mixing Part 1

Lecture 24 Shader Mixing Part 2

Lecture 25 Displacement Shading Part 1

Lecture 26 Displacement Shading Part 2

Lecture 27 Material Refinement

Lecture 28 Bump Refinement

Lecture 29 Painting Decals

This course is aimed at people who want to learn how texture in Mari 4 for games or VFX and set up a look development pipeline.