Easily learn Maya Hair at your own pace with 2.5 hours of project-based training. Great for new and beginning users.

Popular highlights include:

* Paint Hair Tool
* Modify Curve Tools
* Constraint Systems
* Collision Objects
* Converting Curves into Dynamic Curves
* Paint FX
* Scale Ramp Widgets
* Hair Turbulence
* MEL
* Braiding and Curly Hair
* mental ray
* Applying Hair to Polygon Surfaces

Lesson Outline:

1. Overview of Create Hair options 9:44
2. Using the power of artisan to create hair follicles on the surface via the paint tool 5:27
3. Exploring the hair system components 4:47
4. Viewing the different positions of the hair system 7:04
5. Using the Modify Curve tools 4:56
6. Using constraint systems to modify hair 11:00
7. Using the collision objects to collide the hair system with other geometry 4:09
8. Converting selections and applying Paint FX to hair 7:06
9. Converting curves into dynamic curves 7:41
10. Caching hair systems 4:40
11. Exploring the hair system node 5:57
12. Using the scale ramp widgets 5:19
13. Exploring dynamic attributes like dampening and stiffness to achieve really incredible looks 10:48
14. Collisions within the hair system 7:54
15. Hair turbulence 2:32
16. Exploring randomization tools to adjusting the look of hair 5:13
17. Creating curly hair 2:49
18. Braiding hair and adding a bow to the braid 5:27
19. Adding a ribbon to the bow 9:26
20. Using MEL to change hair attributes 6:38
21. Using follicles as rivets 2:42
22. Rendering hair in mental ray 2:24
23. Adding hair to polygon surfaces 7:13
24. Using constraints and new hair system nodes to style the hair 10:20
25. Working with depth map shadows to render the hair system with self-shadowing to increase its realism 2:21
26. Utilizing the Convert to Dynamic Curve option to drive the deformation of the Buddy character 12:34


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