Course
Skills Expanded
Maya 6 Unlimited: Hair
Easily learn Maya Hair at your own pace with this project-based training. Software required: Maya 6 Unlimited or higher.
What you'll learn
Easily learn Maya Hair at your own pace with this 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, and applying hair to polygon surfaces. Software required: Maya 6 Unlimited or higher.
Table of contents
Introduction and Project Overview
1min
Maya 6 Unlimited: Hair
156mins
- Using Artisan to Create Hair Follicles on the Surface via the Paint Tool 5m
- Exploring the Hair System Components 5m
- Viewing the Different Positions of the Hair System 7m
- Using the Modify Curve Tools 5m
- Using Constraint Systems to Modify Hair 11m
- Using the Collision Objects to Collide the Hair System with Other Geometry 4m
- Converting Selections and Applying Paint FX to Hair 7m
- Converting Curves into Dynamic Curves 8m
- Caching Hair Systems 5m
- Exploring the Hair System Node 6m
- Using the Scale Ramp Widgets 5m
- Exploring Dynamic Attributes to Achieve Realistic Looks 11m
- Collisions Within the Hair System 8m
- Hair Turbulence 3m
- Exploring Randomization Tools to Adjust the Look of Hair 5m
- Creating Curly Hair 3m
- Braiding Hair and Adding a Bow to the Braid 5m
- Adding a Ribbon to the Bow 9m
- Using MEL to Change Hair Attributes 7m
- Using Follicles as Rivets 3m
- Rendering Hair in mental ray 2m
- Adding Hair to Polygon Surfaces 7m
- Using Constraints and New Hair System Nodes to Style the Hair 10m
- Working with Depth Map Shadows to Render the Hair System with Self-shadowing 2m
- Using the Convert to Dynamic Curve Option to Drive the Deformation of 'buddy' 13m
