Realistic Hair in Max, How?

LemmesMesh · Jun 2017

Hello everyone!

So I've been modeling in Max forever but I everywhere I look to study about how to create realistic hair, it's all Maya and XGen, what's there to do in Max or do I have to start using Maya for that? If so, I'll have to learn Maya as a beginner

Torch · Jun 2017

Haven't used Max in a while, but have you checked out Ornatrix?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5syaXesYCc

LemmesMesh · Jun 2017

Torch said:

Haven't used Max in a while, but have you checked out Ornatrix?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5syaXesYCc

No, I haven't, this looks cool, I wanted something like that to work inside Max and not go over to Maya.
Would you say it's equally as great as XGen?

thomasp · Jun 2017

there's also the built-in hair & fur modifier. combine with a good renderer and you should well be on your way. obviously this is for pre-rendered hair.

the plugin hairfarm is another popular solution.

unless - you are talking about polygonal hair for realtime use, that's a different story entirely (and i doubt xgen helps a lot with that either).

Mark Dygert · Jun 2017

Did max update it's hair and fur plug-in? Last time I checked it was an ancient version of shave and a haircut.

They put xgen in Maya and there there are some workflows for games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fs6rle_IbE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLCpswLL6D4

LemmesMesh · Jun 2017

Mark Dygert said:

Did max update it's hair and fur plug-in? Last time I checked it was an ancient version of shave and a haircut.

They put xgen in Maya and there there are some workflows for games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fs6rle_IbE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLCpswLL6D4

thomasp said:

there's also the built-in hair & fur modifier. combine with a good renderer and you should well be on your way. obviously this is for pre-rendered hair.

the plugin hairfarm is another popular solution.

unless - you are talking about polygonal hair for realtime use, that's a different story entirely (and i doubt xgen helps a lot with that either).

I don't think they updated it, man, XGen looks much better for all of this stuff otherwise I might have to give Ornatrix a try.

And yes, Thomas, I'm talking about Realtime use

Mark Dygert · Jun 2017

You might want to check out GMH2 also http://www.thundercloud-studio.com/shops/gmh2/

It has workflows for going from hair to cards and from geometry masses to hair, to cards.

musashidan · Jun 2017

Ornatrix costs 5 or 6 hundred. Hairfarm had its day and has been superseded by Ornatrix(and costs even more) if you're just using it for haircards then native Max hair is fine.

Realistic Hair in Max, How?

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