Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Learn how Mari enables you to paint across multiple texture channels at once to streamline your texturing workflows. In this tutorial, 3D modeling and texturing artist Noura Ibrahim demonstrates how to configure and use the Multi-Channel Paint node.
She breaks down how to set up active streams, adjust shader models, and integrate Multi-Channel Merge nodes directly into your node graph. You'll discover how to edit channels independently, add new streams like metalness, apply blend modes, and manage texture packs with ease. We'll also cover saving custom presets, locking stream mappings, and modifying paint buffer streams using Warp and Slurp tools.
Complete with a full start-to-finish toad texturing timelapse, this guide gives you everything you need to make complex texturing faster and more efficient.
00:00 — Introducing multi-channel painting in Mari
00:53 — Creating and configuring a Multi-Channel Paint node
01:34 — Connecting Multi-Channel Merge nodes in the node graph
01:52 — Painting across multiple channels simultaneously
03:14 — Editing individual texture channels independently
04:06 — Adding custom channels to active streams
05:25 — Assigning texture packs and managing images
06:30 — Saving Multi-Paint presets and locking stream settings
07:20 — Texturing model details with the Paint Through tool
08:36 — Modifying buffer streams using Warp and Slurp tools
09:36 — Switching between multi-channel and single-channel paint nodes
12:01 — Demonstrating start-to-finish toad texturing timelapse
🔗 Useful links:
Explore the Mari Texture Library for free tools, textures, and materials to use in Mari: community.foundry.com/mari-texture-library
Learn more about Mari: foundry.com/products/mari
Download your Mari trial today: foundry.com/products/mari/try-mari
More Mari tutorials on Foundry Learn: learn.foundry.com/mari
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linkedin.com/company/foundryteam
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Learn how Mari enables you to paint across multiple texture channels at once to streamline your texturing workflows. In this tutorial, 3D modeling and texturing artist Noura Ibrahim demonstrates how to configure and use the Multi-Channel Paint node.
She breaks down how to set up active streams, adjust shader models, and integrate Multi-Channel Merge nodes directly into your node graph. You'll discover how to edit channels independently, add new streams like metalness, apply blend modes, and manage texture packs with ease. We'll also cover saving custom presets, locking stream mappings, and modifying paint buffer streams using Warp and Slurp tools.
Complete with a full start-to-finish toad texturing timelapse, this guide gives you everything you need to make complex texturing faster and more efficient.
00:00 — Introducing multi-channel painting in Mari
00:53 — Creating and configuring a Multi-Channel Paint node
01:34 — Connecting Multi-Channel Merge nodes in the node graph
01:52 — Painting across multiple channels simultaneously
03:14 — Editing individual texture channels independently
04:06 — Adding custom channels to active streams
05:25 — Assigning texture packs and managing images
06:30 — Saving Multi-Paint presets and locking stream settings
07:20 — Texturing model details with the Paint Through tool
08:36 — Modifying buffer streams using Warp and Slurp tools
09:36 — Switching between multi-channel and single-channel paint nodes
12:01 — Demonstrating start-to-finish toad texturing timelapse
🔗 Useful links:
Explore the Mari Texture Library for free tools, textures, and materials to use in Mari: community.foundry.com/mari-texture-library
Learn more about Mari: foundry.com/products/mari
Download your Mari trial today: foundry.com/products/mari/try-mari
More Mari tutorials on Foundry Learn: learn.foundry.com/mari
Follow Foundry:
instagram.com/foundryteam
linkedin.com/company/foundryteam
Go behind the scenes with the artists, studios, and tech shaping the future of VFX and animation: foundry.com/insights
About Us:
Foundry creates award-winning creative software so global studios can turn incredible ideas into reality.
Subscribe to our channel and get the latest news, tutorials, webinars and updates from the Foundry team.
