Maya: nHair

Learn to create, style, animate, and render realistic hair with Maya nHair.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started with nHair

• Understanding Nucleus nHair
• Loading nHair examples
• Prepping a model for nHair
• Laying out UVs
• Adding nHair
• Choosing Create nHair options
• Analyzing the nHair node structure
• Displaying curves and converting selections
• Tuning the Nucleus solver

2. Defining hairSystem Attributes

• Setting display quality
• Choosing a simulation method
• Setting dynamic properties
• Controlling stiffness with Bend Resistance
• Controlling collisions
• Adjusting forces such as mass and drag
• Defining Clump and Hair Shape attributes
• Adjusting Clump Twist, Clump Flatness, and Clump Curl
• Changing hair shape with displacements
• Shading the hairSystem

3. Working with Follicles

• Creating follicles with the Paint Hair Follicles tool
• Selecting follicles in the viewport
• Moving follicles in UV space
• Trimming and extending follicles
• Painting follicle attributes
• Painting follicle color
• Setting individual follicle attributes
• Converting the follicle simulation method
• Linking objects to surfaces with follicles

4. Styling nHair

• Creating production-quality nHair
• Transforming curves
• Using Start Curve Attract
• Modifying curves
• Creating long hairstyles
• Locking curve length
• Editing curve CVs
• Applying nConstraints

5. Rendering nHair

• Creating an nCache
• Rendering in Maya software
• Rendering in mental ray
• Enabling Multi Streaks

Conclusion

• Goodbye