I decided it was about time to introduce my latest plug-in project, still under development, which will allow Studio4 users to create, style and model hair and fur on each Poser/DAZ figure and object.

Please visit the blog: http://look-at-my-hair.blogspot.it/ and take your time to watch all the movies (especially this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=876SCeFleIQ) and images, and read the information available there.
I also made a FB Fan Page here: www.facebook.com/LookAtMyHair

I hope you will find it interesting.

Here attached a few renders done using LAMH, also available in the blog and FB Fan Page.

If you have questions or need further information, I'll be pleased to answer.

Very interesting !  

I am liking what I am seeing!!

ooo fantastic!!

can't wait, do you need a beta tester??

++waves hand in the air+++

Hi, there will be a public call for beta-testers on the blog, so be sure to subscribe to the feed!

Another very impressive plugin my friend.

Looks great!

Looks superb. A definite must have. Look forward to the production version.

Will this plug-in work in Carrara, or is this just for DAZ Studio?

DAZ Studio only.

Fascinating.  Can you allocate to specific locations such as, say, moustache or beard?

Hi, thanks! Yes you can grow hairs on every possible mesh follicle and there is also a tool to finely remove hair so that you can create smooth contours.

Hey, AM!

Been watching out for this ever since I saw your post here, and am REALLY ready for something like this, I gotta say I'm stunned with the technique shared here and am hoping the script will be ready soon.  Is there time frame when this will become available, and where would it be sold at?

...wolfie

Hi wolfie thanks, I think it should be out around June-July at the DAZ store.

Well I can already say you sold one here lol, that's for sure.  And thanks so much for this possibility and your answer!

I can bet that if you get with Martin (Opitex guy at Daz3D), you guys can pretty much create dynamic hair (via export from LAMH/import into his dynamic program), I'm excited with the prospect!

One more question, once you import into DS, will you have the ability to add fits (such as V4, S4, A4, etc...) to use on other V4 characters?

...wolfie

Ah.... that was an easy sale, good for me! LOL

I'll certainly be willing to develop a physics engine to apply to the hair, but not in the initial release.

About your question, well when you create a hair model say for V4, it will fit to all the figures of the same family, so M4 to make an example (and also S4 and A4, which I never used BTW). That way you won't have to start a model from scratch but just use the one already done.

Wonderful!  :)  I'm very happy to hear the fits won't be an issue (at least I'll be able to use the hair again anyways for the same family).

I did figure the dynamics part will take more time, mean while I'm anxious to grab the program as is now!

And now I sit and wait... lol  Thanks, friend!

...wolfie

Thanks to you and stay tuned!

I am also anxiously awaiting the release. I went to your web site but couldn't find it. Not that it matters, my primary desire is to get your hair plug-in.

Well I guess for the time being this is the place to post since the DAZ forums are not up and running fully as of yet.  Hope development is going well!  :biggrin:

All good, thanks Richard! I have some new and important "juice" to share as DAZ forums will be online again...

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Why wait?  There's no telling how long that's gonna take -- tell us here!  Pretty please?

I agree with Beth... let's have it kind sir.  Is that you in the avatar?? hubba hubba! 

AA so glad I found this thread .....was starting to suffer major withdrawals......ya know,shakeing hands repeatedly checking e-mail box,refreshing  .....wheeeooooo!!

Yes that's me :)

OK let's do like this: as I'm ready with the new "juice" (should take another day), if DAZ forums are not back online I'll post here.

Iwas watching this thread at DAZ, oustanding product! Lookng forward to more info also!

Ahhhhh, it's so nice to see a familiar thread.   I really wish I could experiment with it.

Oh BTW, will this play well with DS 4.5?

Thanks! 

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Thanks! 

Absolutely yes!

Okay now I will wait for the juice news !!

Bring on the juice!  :tongue1:

Actually I think it would only be fair posting updates here as well, I can't post in Daz at the time, but there are others as well that got banned from there (I can, and might, ask for my privilage back, but I don't want to deal with hard nosed unforgiving vendors there anymore).  I want so bad to join in the conversations there and there's hardly anything going on over on this side (Rendo thread).

So, yea, like Richard said, bring on the juice! :D lol

...wolfie

oh wow so glad to find this thread!!! I was going crazy without posting in the daz thread daily!!!  I can't wait to find out what's new!  I haven't seen any new facebook posts so I thought maybe you were waiting on the new forums with daz but NO idea when those are going to be live again!!

Miss ya Wolfie! 

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Hey, I miss ya too buddy, how ya been?? :)

Good.  Allergies are yukky but other than that good.  Hope life is treating you well. 

Life is treating me swell here, only complaint is that I still don't have a girlfriend lol. Got pretty smashed last night for my birthday hehe, luckily I didn't wake up with a hangover :D

Hey, got a new character goin' on, and am partnered with PDesign, am almost finished :)  Hmm, I should post her sneak peek here (in the commercial forum, don't think you're allowed to do promotions on a normal forum)

Well I'd sure love to see her.... Happy Belated Birthday to ya!  :biggrin:

hi all and happy birthday... :)

So so so so excited to see what AM is going to surprise us with!!!

Thanks, brother wolff :D  You'll see her soon!  And thanks, UserAlia (do I know you?)

AM, sorry to highjack your thread hehe, so will quit.  I as well am very exited to see what you're up to with the hair thing! :)

...wolfie

Astonishing surprises, believe me :woot: (blatantly pushing my product).

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AM, sorry to highjack your thread hehe, so will quit.  I as well am very exited to see what you're up to with the hair thing! :)

...wolfie

No problem wolfie. As a side note, if you like you can call me Alex, that's my real name.

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No problem wolfie. As a side note, if you like you can call me Alex, that's my real name.

Thanks a lot, Alex! :)

So shouldn't say Alessandro then??

Jamminwolf, i'm belovedalia from the daz forums.

I'm bustin with excitement over whatever the news is.. but its 4:30 am in my time zone and i can't stay awake any longer >_< zzzzz

but i guarantee that i'll check the thread again as soon as I wake up! :D 

FOR SURE!!!

I was seriously going crazy with no forum to watch the updates!

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Whatever you like is fine. I just wanted to say that since, for not italian folks it's difficult to type Alessandro, you can just use Ale, or Alex. No problem whatsoever

So AA will answer to anything you call him .......just don't call him late for dinner!!

Sorry couldn't help myself, heeeeheehehe

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Whatever you like is fine. I just wanted to say that since, for not italian folks it's difficult to type Alessandro, you can just use Ale, or Alex. No problem whatsoever

Alessandro is cool, so is Alexander..

I named my son a variant of that, but my husband and I had a veeeeeeeery hard time choosing.... we were stuck between Alastair and Alexander.... in the end we chose something different.  I love love those names tho!

I hope this hair is dynamic ??? (need to be very dynamic to defeat poser)

else i use fibermesh from zbrush what works fine for me.

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else i use fibermesh from zbrush what works fine for me.

Hi, no there is no dynamic or physics engine in the first release.

Quote - I hope this hair is dynamic ??? (need to be very dynamic to defeat poser)

else i use fibermesh from zbrush what works fine for me.

There are benefits of this new plugin besides just making hair.  it uses curves so it takes less computer resource, renders faster, and moves with the figure. 

Zbrush is exceedingly expensive and so LAMH plugin will be a far more affordable alternative.  Furthermore while I like zbrush fiber hair, it is a big resource hog and my computer cannot handle more than one simple instance of it... if I wanted to load zbrush fiber hair for an entire animal for example, it would be impossible for slower or older computers to handle it.  

LAMH first version will already have a lot of options and abilities....

A second version will have more options, likely will have physics--- something incredible as Daz Studio doesn't have a physics ability built in so AM will be making it! 

Personally I think LAMH is going to be making big waves in the Daz community!  Don't underestimate it... I think its potential is unlimited thanks to the hard work of Alessandro. Looking forward to the AMAZING renders people will end up making with it. :)

I will be waiting to buy this when it becomes available.

I have so many ideas that I want to try with this thing.  But please take your time to make it right Alex, whcih I know you will.  I will be waiting, my money too.

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I have so many ideas that I want to try with this thing.  But please take your time to make it right Alex, whcih I know you will.  I will be waiting, my money too.

Thanks mattymanx. I'm working on it every day since months now, and I'll certainly release it only when I'm confident it's working ok and testers will also give the green light.

Rushing things has never been in my "policies"

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I am VERY happy to read that. As a newbe I have enough problems with out trying to trouble shoot.