Autosnapshots

Mari lets you create incremental copies of your textures as you paint. These copies, or snapshots, save the current state of either a single channel, or all channels in a project. Snapshots are useful for:

• Keeping multiple versions of a texture while trying out new ideas.

• Maintaining a development history between sessions, and having the option to undo mistakes.

Once a snapshot is taken, it is added to the Snapshots palette where you can see a list of existing snapshots and options for managing them.

When saving a project, Mari automatically takes a snapshot of all available channels and adds it to the Snapshots palette. This feature is disabled by default but can be managed in the Mari Preferences dialog.

To manage autosnapshots:

1.

Click Edit > Preferences.

The Mari Preferences dialog displays.

2.

From the dropdown menu under Data > Channels > Autosnapshot select whether autosnapshots are:

• Disabled,

• Enabled with Limit, or

• Enabled - Unlimited.

3.

When Enabled with Limit is selected, Mari limits the number of autosnapshots that are stored in the Snapshots palette to the number specified by the Autosnapshot Limit. If the number of autosnapshots stored exceeds this limit, the oldest autosnapshot is removed from the palette.

Note:  The Autosnapshot Limit does not affect the number of regular channel snapshots that can be stored in the Snapshots palette.