Painting hair alpha/diffuse in mudbox?

ablaine

Once you have the hair planes laid out in max or Maya, bringing it into mudbox as one mesh and painting the hair in 3G seems like it might give good results. Would this be possible? And realistic?

cryrid

If they're planes, I think it would be easier to paint in 2d / photoshop. If they're wrapped around the head already, it might be harder to paint on the strands you want?

Mark Dygert

Naa... either create a few planes and arrange them as needed. OR, lay out the planes, use viewport canvas to lay down guides and base colors and refine with photoshop.

ablaine

Cheers - thanks for the replies.