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# 1 02-01-2003 , 05:00 PM

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rendering fur - daft question

hi all, first post.. newbie to maya but worked with 3ds max for the past 2 years.. i know i'm being daft about this but i can't get fur to render. i've got the check box flagged in the fur globals section... is there another option in the render globals i'm missing??

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# 2 02-01-2003 , 09:00 PM

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Do you have a light in your scene? Make sure you create a light in order to have fur show up.

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# 3 03-01-2003 , 01:55 AM

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got a light.. still no render... thx though user added image

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# 4 04-01-2003 , 02:11 AM

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hey, I was having a bit of a fiddle around with fur a few days ago to see if i could teach myself how to use it. I had a similar problem where the fur in the modelling window looked really nice, but when I rendered there were only about 10 awefull black strands on the object. I created a light which fixed the colour problem. I eventually worked out that you must set the density in the fur editor for 'FurDescription1' (this is the default name) of the fur. These changes do not show in the the modelling window. Editing the amount of fur in the 'FurFeedback1' window will change the fur density in the modelling window but not the actual render. This is where i had been going wrong!! user added image

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# 5 06-01-2003 , 02:27 PM

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ok.. maybe not a daft question user added image

but i'm still feeling kind of silly! I've got through the section in the help file on fur 3 times to no avail.. maybe i'll try reinstalling?

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# 6 07-01-2003 , 10:41 PM

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I am having exactly the same problem. I followed the example in the user manual - create light, sphere etc - but i`m getting just a nice sphere in my render view! What are we missing. I also have migrated from 3d max.

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# 7 09-01-2003 , 01:38 AM

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haha! my head is as bald as that sphere your rendering cuz i've pulled all my hair out!

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hang in there.. i'm still workin on it

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# 8 09-01-2003 , 02:48 PM

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I think there is an option when you render to turn fur on or off. render the scene then look at the menu in the render window. see if that helps.

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# 9 10-01-2003 , 01:13 AM

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here's a shot of the render dialog box after i thought i had fur set up... i don't see anything about fur in the dialog though.. thoughts?

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