T0541 - Digital Tutors - Maya - Maya Unlimited - Hair

Easily learn Maya Hair at your own pace with 2.5 hours of project-based training. Great for new and beginning users.Popular highlights include:

• Paint Hair Tool


• Modify Curve Tools


• Constraint Systems


• Collision Objects


• Converting Curves into Dynamic Curves


• Paint FX


• Scale Ramp Widgets


• Hair Turbulence


• MEL


• Braiding and Curly Hair


• mental ray


• Applying Hair to Polygon Surfaces

Lesson Outline:

1.	Overview of Create Hair options	9:44
2.	Using the power of artisan to create hair follicles on the surface via the paint tool	5:27
3.	Exploring the hair system components	4:47
4.	Viewing the different positions of the hair system	7:04
5.	Using the Modify Curve tools	4:56
6.	Using constraint systems to modify hair	11:00
7.	Using the collision objects to collide the hair system with other geometry	4:09
8.	Converting selections and applying Paint FX to hair	7:06
9.	Converting curves into dynamic curves	7:41
10.	Caching hair systems	4:40
11.	Exploring the hair system node	5:57
12.	Using the scale ramp widgets	5:19
13.	Exploring dynamic attributes like dampening and stiffness to achieve really incredible looks	10:48
14.	Collisions within the hair system	7:54
15.	Hair turbulence	2:32
16.	Exploring randomization tools to adjusting the look of hair	5:13
17.	Creating curly hair	2:49
18.	Braiding hair and adding a bow to the braid	5:27
19.	Adding a ribbon to the bow	9:26
20.	Using MEL to change hair attributes	6:38
21.	Using follicles as rivets	2:42
22.	Rendering hair in mental ray	2:24
23.	Adding hair to polygon surfaces	7:13
24.	Using constraints and new hair system nodes to style the hair	10:20
25.	Working with depth map shadows to render the hair system with self-shadowing to increase its realism	2:21
26.	Utilizing the Convert to Dynamic Curve option to drive the deformation of the Buddy character	12:34
	Total Run Time:	3:16:00