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Once you have completed photogrammetry, and have produced an Alembic, ST Map(s), and optional Mask Mesh, you can start run the PROCESS step to create PBR textures.
Select the row and click Queue to configure the PROCESS step.
This will launch a window form to fill with the required information.
Configure Processing
Click ‘Queue’ to add the selected job to the run queue.
The configure window will be launched, with the Process tab selected.
Select Presets
An exposure preset is required to process a job.
Click the exposure preset for your capture system, and click ‘Select’ to confirm.
If you have not yet created an Exposure preset, see:
https://m-xr.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD/pages/486539289/Setup#Exposure-Preset
The Light system has been pre-filled from when the job was created. It can be overwritten if the measurements were wrong, however if the new replaced with a different preset if necessary.
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If the selected light system has a different number of lights to the initial configuration, Marso may not work correctly. |
The Exposure Preset defines how your raw files should be processed. These can be created from a single Calibration Image captured with the same setup as you took the scan. See Calibration for more information.
Provide Geometry
Then UV Bleed can be turned on or off, we recommend leaving on by default. the path to an additional Mask Mesh file.
Select Shader Workflow
Next check all shader workflows you would like to use textures for.
BlenderCycles
RecommendedBlenderCycles
SpecularWorkflow
Experimental
Texture Export Options
Clicking Save to save changes
Save Configuration
READY, meaning it is able to be queued. There should also be no missing fields, coloured red, remaining.
Click Start to begin processing the asset.
This will return you to the main Marso window, where the selected job is now in the run queue. You should see the configuration you entered in the Details panel.
Run Process
As with the Develop step, clicking ‘Start’ will run all jobs in the queue.
Once Running you can see progress at the bottom of the window.
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Processing can take upwards of 6 8 hours, depending on the mesh size, source photography, export resolution, and the number of cameras and lights. See Processing Times. |
📦 Results
Upon processing completion, the Results button will be made available and clicking it will open the directory storing the material textures:
A directory named Textures, containing folders for each supported render engine (currently just BlenderCycles). PBR textures will be generated for the Diffuse, Roughness, Specular and Normals channels in EXR, PNG, and JPEG formats.
☠️ Interrupting a Job
A running job can be interrupted with either the Stop/Skip or Pause buttons. Both will keep any progress up to the current step. Pause will return it to the front of the queue, while Skip will remove it from the queue and start processing the next queued item.
Click ‘Results’ to open explorer in a folder containing textures for your subject
Go to Using Results for more on how to use your texture files.
Failed Jobs
If the processing fails, check the log file listed in the details panel.
If there is no obvious error, go to Help & Support
