AkashCGI released a hair-creating tool for Maya. Check it out!
AkashCGI released a hair-creating tool for Maya.
Here are some features of the tool:
- fast to use and artist-friendly
- 100% procedural controls globally & locally creating & tweaking the polystrips
- Converts any set of Maya curves to procedural Poly HairStrip Cards instantly
- Automatically aligns/orients the HairStrip Cards based on the Scalp surface normals.
- Controls a variety of polystrip attributes globally or locally
- Controls include: Base,Tip Width, Length(along curve), XYsegments, bend, twist, orient offset, adaptive Width & adaptive XYsegments
- Adaptive Width-Ratio procedurally sets the width per strip based on relative strip-lengths, without the need to painting any weight maps
- Adaptive XYsegments procedurally reduces/optimizes polycount/segments per strip, based on relative strip-lengths&widths
Keep in mind that one licensed copy of the tool can be used only on one computer. So if you purchase it for a team or a studio, for example, you have to get a copy for each computer.
You can purchase the tool on Gumroad.