The Foundry Mari 5.0 stands out as an infinite 3D painting software, blending robust capabilities with exceptional performance to unleash your creativity on the most complex assets. With its artist-friendly 3D painting tools, it redefines the standards for texture creation within the industry. The new material system allows for the rapid development of numerous assets, matching the complexity of hero assets. This software is the go-to choice for comprehensive painting packages, including heroes, backgrounds, and everything in between, offering a flexible and artist-friendly color management workflow.

Enjoy the benefits of color space attributes that can be applied to each channel of an image without the need for preprocessing or post-processing. The shaders are designed to emulate those used in industry-standard rendering and game engines such as Arnold, V-Ray, Unreal, and Redshift, enabling you to texture paint within the expected final environment.

Key features of The Foundry Mari 5.0 include:

• Unlimited 3D painting capabilities, breaking through resolution and complexity barriers.
• A comprehensive set of brushes, including repair and slurp brushes, and support for ABR Photoshop brushes.
• Non-destructive layering and node graph editing for a seamless painting experience.
• Programmatic adjustment layers and masks for real-time filtering and coloring.
• Support for multiple UV techniques, including standard UV and Doval UDIM UV layouts.
• PTEX and texture transfer for UV-less models, providing infinite detail adjustments.
• Handling complex geometries with over a million polygons without performance issues.
• Realistic interactive previews with support for shadows, HDR lighting, reflections, and BRDF shaders.
• Seamless data exchange with standard formats like FBX, OBJ, Alembic, and OpenEXR.
• OCIO color management for consistent color conversions and image displays across multiple applications.

Mari 5.0 offers a creative toolset that surpasses many 2D drawing systems, allowing artists to focus on their work with a fast and fluid user interface. It not only saves time but also brings texture painting to a new level of detail. The software is equipped with unparalleled large-scale texture handling capabilities, delivering extremely detailed texture effects. With Mari 5.0, artists can maximize their creativity using intuitive brush kits and projection painting, allowing them to forget about the technicalities and concentrate on their artistic vision.