User guide

RELEASE NOTES FOR MARI 2.0v1
Mari 2.0v1
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The Foundry
New Features
specifically the sections on layer caching on page 231 and 240 of the Mari
User Guide .
Import and Export
• Importing and exporting channels has been updated. These options can
be found under the Channels menu or by right-clicking in the Channels
palette. Options for exporting channels include:
• Export Current Channel,
• Export All Channels,
• Export Everything,
• Export Current Channel Flattened,
• Export All Channels Flattened, and
• Export Everything Flattened.
Exporting flattened exports the textures in a flattened state but does
not affect the channels in the Channels palette.
Options for importing channels include:
• Import into Layer Stack, and
• Import into Channel.
• Importing and exporting layers has been updated. These options can be
found under the Layers menu or by right-clicking in the Layers palette.
Options for exporting layers include:
• Export Selected Layers,
• Export All Layers,
• Export Selected Layers Flattened, and
• Export All Layers Flattened.
Exporting flattened exports the textures in a flattened state but does
not affect the layers in the Layers palette.
Options for importing layers include:
• Import into Layer and
• Import into Layer Stack.
• The Import/Export Sequence dialog includes example templates.
• Mari’s import/export workflow has been improved, including:
• A new progress bar during exports, and
• the Mari Warnings dialog has been renamed Message Log.
•The Export dialog has a field to Use Template For, allowing you to use a
template for multiple files.
• When importing from .psd files, you can skip or update layers with names
that match the ones in the existing layer stack.