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Once you have completed photogrammetry, and have produced an Alembic, ST Map(s), and optional Mask Mesh, you can run the PROCESS step to create PBR textures.
Queue to configure how the PROCESS step will runConfigure Processing
Click ‘Queue’ to add the selected job to the run queue.
This will launch a window form to fill with the required information.
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 provide the paths to the Mesh File and ST Map produced by photogrammetry.
You can optionally provide a Mask Mesh if there is geometry in the scene that can occlude the subject from any camera angle.
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
The final settings are:
UV Bleed: we recommend leaving this on by default.
UV Resolution: Select the desired UV texture resolution.
If multiple are selected, the material will be processed at the highest resolution and smaller textures will be down-sampled from it.
Shaders: Select the desired texture workflow
Save to save changes
Save Configuration
Clicking Queue to add the job to the processing queue, or Cancel to discard changes.
The changes will then be visible in the “Details” Panel. Once a job has been configured, the status will become 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:
The results directory for each completed job will present the following contents:
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☠️ 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.
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When the processing has completed, the ‘Results’ button will become available.
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
