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XGen Alembic hair - is it possible to create more angular and styllized hair?

Hi everyone! At the studio i work at we are making a portfolio piece and i was given the task of creating Xgen alembic hair for this cowboy character. The hair is more angular and really stylized and…
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Lyuba

Using Yeti (Maya Plugin) for hair creation and render in Marmoset Toolbag?

I enjoy using Yeti over Xgen as a newbie in 3D grooming, but I don't know if hair created in Yeti can be imported into Marmoset like how Xgen hair can be converted to polygons. Or at the very least, …
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thomasp

XGen Density Mask Issues

Hi all!Trying to create a hairstyle in XGen and having an issue occur where it's not creating a ptex file when I try to make a density mask and is giving me the "failed to find" error. I've made sure…
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oglu

[WIP] Elf/Demon Character - Relearning Character Art (Critique Appreciated)

This is my first attempt at a character in almost 4 years and would really appreciate some feedback. I've spent about 2 months on this, the majority of which I spent relearning a lot of ZBrush and an…
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pxgeek

How to bake Xgen fur/hair details in Maya

[{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"Hello everybody. How can you bake the generated fur in Maya on an already existing normal map. "}]},{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"I have a map of normals obtained…
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DemigodOfShadows

Half of my xgen description desapred from the outliner. Is there a way to...

[{"insert":"After finnisher my hair card texture set, I saved my scene and then closed it. but when I re openned it, half of the description shad vanished.... I HATTTEEEE this software (I had to say …
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Stensword

Need help using the Simple_Hair_UV script for creating hair uvs

Im using the Simple_Hair_UV script found in the Xgen UE documentation however when i imported my IGS alembic file that i exported, it has 3 different description and multiple splinegrp .How do i add …
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mickeal_alex

In Maya, how can I make specific vertices, faces, or edges lock in place so they can't move?

[{"insert":"I have a furred tail GEO for a character, but when I manipulate the joints for animation, it moves the base away from the model. So ideally, I'd like to lock the perimeter of the base in …
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Lazarus102

Self Portrait

[{"insert":"I just wrapped up a project I have been working on for a few months. \nFull project can be found on my ArtStation: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/o2LG8w"…
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VictoriaR

Xgen density brush no worky.

[{"insert":"I'm able to get the cut and comb brushes \"working\"(bout as good as they ever will in in Maya: Xgen). But even if I max the size of the density brush, it doesn't register at all. \nI've …
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Lazarus102

[xgen] Can anyone tell me what's going wrong with this clump modifier?

[{"insert":"The hair primatives are all grouped at the guides at the temples and all spread out on other guides. Did I run the guide setup for the clumps wrong?\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data…
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nomzod

XGen Eyelashes/Eyebrows - Best Way to Convert to Hair Cards?

Hello,I'm trying to bake converted xGen Hair to Geometry Eyebrows/ Eyelashes, into a Normal Map and Alpha Mask on Marmoset Toolbag 4 for better hair accuracy.But the problem is that nothing gets bake…
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CheeseOnToast

XGen - Problem with saving Modifiers

[{"insert":"Hi\nDespite being on the XGen contents page and hitting New Topic, there doesn’t appear to be any category related to XGen. Might be good for someone to move this to an appropriate place.…
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DustyShinigami

XGen - Advice on changing direction of specific hairs

[{"insert":"Hi\nI'm currently having problems getting specific hairs to point in a particular direction. At the moment, these fly-away hairs are all facing to the left, but I want one to face to the …
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Neox

Hair Cards - Feedback

[{"insert":"I've just finished my second project attempting hair cards, it's something I'm wanting to try and improve on to be a better character artist. I would really appreciate feedback anyone has…
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Fabi_G

New to xGen, some hair longer than surrounding guides

[{"insert":"Hey, so I'm trying to learn xgen and it was going OK until I generated the hair and got a random patch of hair longer than the surrounding hair\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"u…
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oglu

How to populate dense extremely large field of grass??

[{"insert":"Hello, I am using Maya 2018 and Redshift to create a scene for work. I have seen both MASH and Xgen recommended for populating terrains with grass. I have tried mash, it really slowed dow…
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LaJolly

[FINISHED] "Undead Mage" - Full Body

Check the project here for more: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Aqm5aV
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Worldevour

Need help using the Simple_Hair_UV script for creating hair uvs

Im using the Simple_Hair_UV script found in the Xgen UE documentation however when i imported my IGS alembic file that i exported, it has 3 different description and multiple splinegrp .How do i add …
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mickeal_alex

Xgen to Unreal Alembic Hair Exporter Maya script

Hi guys, Just wanted to share this tool here for people who want an automated exporter from Xgen in Maya to the new Unreal Alembic Hair format without the hassle of having to prep the scene manually.…
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fbb

Master Roshi

Roshi XGEN hairThis is a personal project on a Realistic version of Master Roshi, Also a personal study on facial hair and XGEN hair process in Maya.I hope you like it. Next step is to fully realize …
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GaryTang

XGen Hair below Hat

As shown in the image, how would you prevent xgen from penetrating the hat?I tried it with the modifier "collision" + "hat.abc", but that didn't worked out as we can see.
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goekbenjamin

[XGen] please help

Hello people of polycount, forgive me if this is the wrong way to go about this this is my first time here and I'm finding the visuals today to be very overwhelming. I have a rather odd occurren…
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infinity774

After crash the xgen collection exists in outline but not in the "xgen tab"

What can I do, my previous save have the collection but I lose a lot of work..
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Worldevour

[xGen] Problem not enough hairs

Hello guys, how are you doing? I am trying to create hair using xGen, following along some tutorials, and I think I am doing something wrong but I can't tell what. The issue is that when I creat…
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Lucapleo

Blade - Mahershala Ali

The news of a Blade reboot was quite exciting, but I wasn't sure how well suited Mahershala Ali would be as Blade, given he's a bit slimmer. Here's my take on the character. I hope you like it. Full …
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halberd05

Need Help With Fur/Feather Sim for Realistic Duck Characters!

Hey all, new user here, I am working on a personal project in which I am attempting to recreate a Duck with her Ducklings as realistic as I can make them. I am using Xgen with Maya. I've managed to g…
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CaptainPixelBeard

[Xgen - maya] xgen doesn't load my descriptions

After reloading a scene or after some crash sometimes xgen does not load my descriptions.That can't be happening I need help. It happened to me 5 times the last month.Does anyone know what to do?
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Worldevour

Is there a way to change the color of specific guides in xgen?

For example changing the color of my selected guides? I know the way with painting a region map and then coloring the guides with that, but is there another way?Just curious it would help me slightly…
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Worldevour

Xgen "Save Textures" what does it do exactly?

I heard that i have to click this button when i'm done but i never had any problem when i don't.Do you what it is exactly and if I should always click it when i'm done painting? 
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Worldevour

Help transferring facial hair with facial blendshapes

I have a character which had xgen eyebrows and eyelashes. The mesh has about 250 blendshapes for facial animation. I wanted to transfer this to UE4 and I did that by transferring the mesh with blends…
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MostHostLA

Head test WIP

Greetings allI would like to ask you all opinion or feedbacks on this piece. This head is supposed to be part of my bigger personal project but I have decided to put some more time on the head model …
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constantinuslupus90

Safe Passage

Personal project Furthering practices with Xgen  C&C are welcomeModeled everything in ZbrushXgen Fur done in MayaTexture done in Substance Painter and MariVray-RenderComped in Nuke and …
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GaryTang

Import Xgen primitives

Hey everyone,wondering if anyone has tried importing xgen descriptions into Marmoset without converting to geometry. I tried alembic caches, but it doesn't seem to work. Just curious if anyone has ev…
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anton77

Bake XGen Fur into Normal Map?

Hello thereI'm trying to make a horse model for game engine use, and I really want there to be a texture of the body fur. Given how short and sleek horse coats are, my lecturer suggested using Xgen t…
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poopipe

Drunk Girl

First post on the forum. My latest 3D work "Drunk Girl" . Based on the concept of https://www.pinterest.com/pin/402298179212819732/. Any feedback is welcome! made in ZBrush , Maya, and Substance…
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Jiewu

(FINISHED) Sci-Fi Soldier + Lewis Gun

Hey guys!I don't post on polycount often, but I should!For the past few months I have been taking a course with CGMA called characters for Films and Cinematics with Pete Zoppi and I could not recomme…
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IvanChanCL

Coiffure, Maya plug-in for real-time hair

Hello Polycount,I'm Florian Croquet, some of view might have already seen my previous tool called "Couture"  than I released 2 years ago.I'm back today with a new tool called Coiffure and it's…
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Psichari3D

xgen displacemet

HelloI want to ask about something related to XGEN displacement with Arnold in Maya if you don’t mind.How to connect my grooms to the model displacement? Because when i start the render the hair disa…
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mohamedgaafer

Eren AOT FanArt

Eren fanart this my latest project i learned a lot from itskin displacement and skin color and the iris was sculpted and polypaint by hand in zbrushi’ll post more images from different posses soonhop…
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AliArto

Hálfdanr Lantern

A while ago I scribbled a small, amateur fantasy book and this is inspired by a character I wrote, a warrior black warg. The armor is mainly inspired by god of war and assassins creed with personal t…
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Paul_Bold

[Maya] Xgen not saving more than 3 descriptions

I'm having an issue where every time I create a 4th description the description is not saved when I exit Maya and reload it. I have created multiple files and restarted 3 times but the same issue kee…
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AmShaegar

MAYA XGen: Align scalp over new head mesh

I wonder if some great soul can help me. I have been struggling for two days and still couldn't find a solution on the Internet. I made a torso with separated scalp meshes where to create Xgen h…
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ARTEHAGA

XReal - XGen to Unreal

Hey there!I just wanted to let you know that I released a new "little" scriptwhich allows me to export XGen alembics from Maya to unreal in a fast way with a single click.(with the correct rotation)I…
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goekbenjamin

hair for games

so I have been making this piece for games and I want some feedback. Hair concist of 9600 polly and is referd to atomic blonde
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Sora123

[WIP] Pine Marten

Hi all, welcome to my making a realistic Pine Marten adventure. This is the first realistic animal that I'm trying to make, and I'll try to document as much as I can here. I did start this project la…
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MilkyKoe

Xgen No location found description error

I have been trying to use the preview on the guides I placed but it keeps giving me an error saying that there is no location found in the description. I'm new in xgen so I don't really know if I mis…
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oglu

Arnold hair renders grainy/pixelated

Hey guys, I just started trying to learn XGen and how to make real time hair for hair cards and am following Adam Skutts Hair tutorial.  I'm making grey hair for an old woman, but I'm getting th…
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ColeBot

Maya XGen Previewing Odd/Workflow Suggestions?

Long time no post! I haven't really..had the need to post in polycount's tech area for awhile as i've been doing well at problem solving on my own but...not THIS TIME >_< . So i've been going a…
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travisdreams

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