The Foundry released a new version of their MARI 1.3v2 3D paint tools. The new version brings a lot of improvements and one of the most features is that it builds a bridge between NUKE and MARI. The bridge provides for digital artists 3D painting tools from MARI inside NUKE to increase the workflow and also to make the final image more believable. The new released bridge MARI <> NUKE comes with this feature and allows the user to:
• Manage reference photography and paint seamless 3D projections.
• Easily fix warping and stretching artefacts.
• In-paint holes and occluded areas often exposed from adjusted camera views.
• Remove unwanted markers and scene objects.
• Build invisible set-extensions.
Simple to setup, quick and easy to use – models, projections and images are sent from NUKE to MARI and back in a single step, or over a network when artists need to collaborate, share skills or save time.
A video bellow will show you a little bit the advantage of the bridge:
Frank Rueter's NukeMari Workflow Video from Hieronymus Foundry on Vimeo.
Source and full article: TheFoundry