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# 1 07-03-2012 , 08:24 PM

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which system would be better for short hairs like eye brows etc. fur or the actual hair system?

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# 2 07-03-2012 , 09:34 PM

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Are you planning to animate?...............dave

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# 3 07-03-2012 , 09:34 PM

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yea its going to go on animated models

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# 4 08-03-2012 , 11:24 PM

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I would most likely use fur for this or image planes with transparancey............dave

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# 5 09-03-2012 , 01:51 AM

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I would use Shave and a Haircut. Great piece of software.

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# 6 09-03-2012 , 09:17 AM

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does anyone know any good tuts for these systems 'cause i've never use either of these systems before.

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# 7 10-03-2012 , 05:54 AM

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trying out shave is there any good tuts that you know of for the most recent version?

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# 8 10-03-2012 , 08:26 AM

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yepp, i saw s&h tutors. Unfortunately Sm does not ve shave tuts.
The best was from the other 2 letters site user added image

Try that one.

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# 9 10-03-2012 , 08:35 AM

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yea i'm downloading the stuff they have on their site now. hopefully they'll include some stuff on collisions and such with using the live hair feature.

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# 10 10-03-2012 , 11:27 AM

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i think the demo has a grid, watermark thing on the renders btw.

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# 11 10-03-2012 , 11:50 AM

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jeez...for short hairs, really? Maya fur couldnt be more simpler. Just use the help in Maya...

Shave is the best for setting up advanced hair styles generally.

Keep it simple...Ive never seen the point of jumping to another software type/plugin until you understand the basics, which essentially is what Maya fur is....very basic.

Here: https://www.getatutorial.com/tutorial...rial_1688.html

Also...you need good uvs to make it work and sit nicely

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# 12 10-03-2012 , 01:46 PM

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Unless you are planning to get in really tight and have independent lash motion a simply curled plane with transparency is about the easiest method.

Here is something I found a while back. It's old and if I were going the individual lash root I would follow Jay's advice and go with maya fur before investing in S&H.

https://books.google.com/books?id=fWE...0plane&f=false

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# 13 10-03-2012 , 07:16 PM

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Yea i'm still exploring things right now, ive yet to really do any kind of hair modeling etc. so this is really new territory for me. I myself am more of an animator than a modeler so for me this is almost like finding pandoras box...

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