Hi folks,
Anything Grows, while geared more towards fur and particle effects, can with a few simple shaders be used to do some basic styling in Carrara. We just posted a new tutorial using Anything Grows and TransPoser to build some basic hairstyles in Carrara. The tutorial's download includes all the shaders needed to do the tutorial and a few prefab Anything Grows hair styles for Poser 5's Don and Judy characters in Carrara 3 format. You can check out the tutorial at

http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/tutorials/agrostyling/

Also check out Sachiko's page at http://d-kaga.com/tips/carrara/14/indexe.html to see similar techniques applied to vertex object characters.

Regards,
Eric Winemiller
Digital Carvers Guild
3D plug-ins for Carrara
http://digitalcarversguild.com

Is it possible to put texture map on anything grows?

swweeeeeettttt this is just what I have been looking for :) (i think)

Waldo,

Yes you can. Grows supports two mapping modes. In the first it takes on the UV coordinates of where the strand starts on the base object. In the second, the UV coordinates go along and around the strand. Here's a test movie I did while working on the mapped strands.

http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/linked/fluffy.mov

It's relatively few flat strands with a transparency map, color map, and just a slight bit of glow. The strands momentum is simulated by animating the gravity settings.

Regards,
Eric Winemiller
Digital Carvers Guild
3D plug-ins for Carrara
http://digitalcarversguild.com

Brilliant Eric, many thanks. You are ever generous.