Case Study: Digital Domain streamlines VFX texture painting with Foundry Mari

Digital Domain saves time painting heavy geometry with Foundry Mari

The customer, Digital Domain, an Academy Award-winning visual effects studio, faced the challenge of creating the intricate planet Jotunheim and its characters for the blockbuster film Thor. The complexity of the assets made traditional texturing methods time-consuming and prone to inconsistency. They turned to the vendor Foundry and used its product, Mari, as their texturing solution.

Foundry's Mari provided a solution by allowing artists to paint on highly complex geometry as a whole, eliminating the need to break models into smaller, problematic pieces. This resulted in significant time savings and a more consistent final look. Artists reported that Mari drastically reduced the amount of time spent fixing distorted UV layouts. The team concluded that Mari would solidify itself as the essential texture tool for serious facilities, with one artist noting that its features come from real industry experience.

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