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Mari allows painting directly onto models and is intended to be superior to many 2D painting programs, while also saving time with better results. The time saving is intended to be achieved by eliminating rendering for previews, since, according to The Foundry, Mari works in real time and allows Meaningful assessments of the result.
Furthermore, the current version 1.1 is also compatible with Windows 64-bit; there is a new “Deferred Shading Mode”, which is intended to enable twentyfold acceleration in some situations, animated FBX camera import, perspectively Correct viewing angle, TGA support, Normal Shader and support for GeForce graphics cards.
