Hair and Paint FX with Maya for Beginners
What you'll learn
- Quickly create nHair and Paint FX for their characters with little effort and Paint FX hair as well as have a comprehensive understanding of how the Paint FX brushes work in the Visor as well as create believable hair for their animated character models. Also, with the help of our upcoming bonus tutorials they will have extra knowledge of how to create and edit various trees, flowers & plants found in the Visor to create stunning forested landscapes with ease.
Requirements
- Computer - PC or Mac
- Basic knowledge with Autodesk Maya 2016 Copy of Maya 2016 student license: http://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/maya
- Copy of Mental ray for Maya 2016: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/downloads/caas/downloads/content/mental-ray-plugin-for-maya-2016.html
Description
Tired of using polygonal hair for your 3D characters? Then this course is for you! With Maya nHair and Paint FX Hair create believable, dynamic hair for your animated characters with ease as well as create an nCache and learning how to render Paint FX using Mental ray for Maya 2016.
Take the next step to making your animations look much more convincing with the use of animated nHair simulations. Learn how to quickly solve any technical issues you may encounter when creating your nHair or Paint FX.
Create eyelashes & eyebrows in minutes with Paint FX hair as well as receive monthly Bonus tutorials for new Hair styles and Paint FX techniques free.
Who this course is for:
- This tutorial is designed to help beginners & intermediate 3D Artists gain hands on training & experience with Maya nHair & Paint FX Hair to create dynamic and believable hair for their animated characters as well as learn how to trouble shoot any technical issues that may arise when doing so. Students will go through the process of creating nHair for the 3D animated character model, May which is made available in the file attachment in the introduction section in Volume 1. They will learn how to prepare the model for nHair creation, then onto creating nHair, then onto the creation of Paint FX Hair and how to render that hair in Maya with Mental ray.
Course content
- Preview00:51
- Preview05:53
- Preview11:23
- 08:40Creating nHair from Curves
- 12:48Applying nHair Attributes
- 09:04Solving technical issues with nHair
- 06:13Creating an nCache for nHair
- 11:25nHair Simulation Attributes
- 19:16Creating Eyelashes in Maya
- 16:39Creating Eyebrows in Maya
- 05:48Rendering Paint FX Hair in Mental ray
- 06:27Creating nHair for the Scalp in Maya
- 00:54Conclusion - Volume 1
Instructor
![Zero Limit Channel](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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Zero Limit Channel has over 10 years experience in the Entertainment Industry which spans over Games, Education, TV, Marketing & Animation in the Caribbean and North America.
We are also part of the Channel Frederator Network (Creators of hit shows such as Adventure Time, Fairly Odd Parents, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Fanboy and Chum Chum and many many more.) We provide educational videos to train various members of the network as well as producing various animations both 2D & 3D.
Our Company of CG Trainers and Industry Professionals are dedicated to ensuring that you gain the best and latest training in Animation & Special FX.