Selecting and Applying Your Filter

Start Mari and open your project.

For best results from the filter preview, set the lighting to flat, so the effects from the filter aren't lost in the effects of the lighting.

If you plan to apply a filter to the contents of a specific channel, make sure it is selected in the Channels palette, and that you select the Current Paint Target option.

If you plan to apply a filter to an image, open it from the Image Manager by double-clicking on the image before selecting the filter from the Filters menu.

Note: A preview window for the image opens when you double-click it in the Image Manager.

If you plan to mask an area of the Current Paint Target using the Marquee Select tool, draw the area you want to mask.

Note: Using a Marquee Selection as a mask is only possible when applying a filter to the Current Paint Target.

Select the filter you want from the Filters menu (see the table of Available Filters).

The dialog box for your selected filter displays.

Each filter has a different dialog box, with applicable Options.

Select Options for the filter.

If you’ve already created a preset, select it from the dropdown menu to load it. If you want to save your current options as a preset, click to enter a preset name. You can always delete this by selecting .

Select whether the filter should be applied to:

• everything on the Current Paint Target (not including any unbaked paint in the buffer),

• only the Current Painting (that is, the unbaked paint in the buffer), or

• the Selected Images (in the Image Manager).

Select whether to use a Mask:

• If you’re applying the filter to the Current Paint Target, you can use the any channel in the project as a mask.

• If you’re applying the filter to the Current Painting, you can use the Marquee Selection tool to draw an area that you want to mask. This area should be drawn before selecting the filter.

Alternatively, you can use an image from the Image Manager.

• If you’re applying the filter to Selected Images, you can use any image in the Image Manager as a mask.

Note: If you choose to use a channel or an image from the Image Manager as a mask, an Invert checkbox and a Mask Curve editor displays. For more information on using these, see the next section on
Available Filters.

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Toggle the Preview switch to see the filter's effects before applying them.

Tip: Click on the control to toggle the filter on/off while you watch the effects. The preview always displays on the whole model - even if you have the filter set to apply to the Current Painting or Selected Images.

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Click Apply.

Note: If you want a filter to apply only to a specific layer or layers of a channel, consider using the adjustment filters in the Layers palette. For more information on adjustment filters and how these work on individual layers, see Layer Types and Examples.

Experiment: The best way to get a feel for what the individual filters do is to play around with the options with the filter preview on. Take a few minutes to review details of the various Available Filters. Try applying some of them to a channel. You don't actually have to save the filtered effect - turn the Preview option on, see how it looks, and then Cancel to reject the changes.

Selecting and Applying Object-based Filters

Start Mari and open your project.

Select the filter you want from the Objects > Generate menu (see the table of Available Filters).

The dialog box displays for your selected filter.

Each filter has a different dialog box, with applicable options.

Once you're happy with the filter settings, click Ok.

The filter is applied to the entire object, not just specific patches.

Tip: For more information about the individual filter settings, seeReference Guide