Dragontales opened this issue on Mar 23, 2001 ยท 13 posts
Dragontales posted Fri, 23 March 2001 at 1:20 PM
I've been browsing some galleries of other artists, and I can't help but notice the hair on some of the figures. It's very hi res, and there are individual strands. What I can't figure out, is how it is done. I prefer to use the conforming hair poser comes with (long and posable) yet when rendered, it still looks like a solid object, no matter what texture I apply to it. I have seen something referred to called Smart Hair...is this the answer? Any help here would be greatly appreciated. Please help bring my characters to life. Dragontales
CharlieBrown posted Fri, 23 March 2001 at 1:24 PM
Some use the "superior" maps and models Kozaburro (of the Digital Babes and Poser Factory websites) has made available, some model their own, others "paint" the hair on in post render, and others either composite photographs or use the "Magic Box" technique to map photographic hair onto a square prop. There are a lot of tips and options available - I'd suggest searching the Forum Archives here for "Hair" to start. You can also hunt down some of the improved hair textures online, and, if using Poser 4, tweak the transparency and Bump settings to get better results as well.
CharlieBrown posted Fri, 23 March 2001 at 1:25 PM
And, of course, another thing to do would be to e-mail or Private Message the artists of the works you admire and ask them directly for pointers - MOST of the people here are more than happy to answer questions and provide assistance!
Dragontales posted Fri, 23 March 2001 at 2:27 PM
I'm interested in these "superior" maps. I assumed you meant digitalbabes.com and PoserFactory.com, but couldn't find them on their. Are these the correct site addresses? As for the Forum, there didn't seem to be much on it.
CharlieBrown posted Fri, 23 March 2001 at 2:35 PM
The Forum? No, I mean use the Search and Archive commands here. Click on "Archive" and then "Search" for "Hair" I'm not sure of the addresses of the Digital Babes and Poser Factory sites; I think they're on the webring or you can search the recent archives for the Alice Hair postings - the first two included links to these sites.
Dragontales posted Fri, 23 March 2001 at 2:53 PM
Ok, I found digital babes. Downloaded some stuff too, and it looks very promising. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Dragontales
Helen posted Fri, 23 March 2001 at 3:37 PM
I thnk Alla has some good hair in the free stuff... A sweep and bob style if I remember correctly..
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bloodsong posted Fri, 23 March 2001 at 5:51 PM
heyas; once upon a time, allereirauh took those conforming curls, remapped them, and made a transmap for them that made them look like real strands. this was sorta the dawn of the transmapped hair age. i've heard that the transcurls are still available somewhere, but i don't have the url. :/
Dragontales posted Sat, 24 March 2001 at 4:09 PM
Cool, I'd be really interested in that transmap.
bloodsong posted Sat, 24 March 2001 at 6:36 PM
anybody...?
wyrwulf posted Sat, 24 March 2001 at 7:47 PM
Attached Link: http://home.wnm.net/~bgriff/allie/
Allie's hair is at: http://home.wnm.net/~bgriff/allie/
bloodsong posted Sun, 25 March 2001 at 9:32 AM
thanks wyrwulf! see, i knew somebody knew where it was. :)
Dragontales posted Sun, 25 March 2001 at 3:55 PM
Thanks...I'll check it out... BTW...I love this Forum.. Dragontales