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Hair overview

Introducing Maya Hair

Creating hair

 

User Guide > Dynamics and Effects > Hair > Introducing Maya Hair > 

Basic workflow for Hair

This is the general workflow to create and animate hair:

• create hair on models
• style hair curves
• modify hair attributes
• set up hair shading/shadowing
• render the scene

An initial workflow could be:

1. Create a sphere.
2. Create hair. Hair sticks out normal to the surface.
3. Play the simulation. The hair falls due to built-in dynamic forces.
4. Once the hair is relaxed, select the hair curves and set the Start Position from the Current Position. ( Hair > Set Start Position > From Current)
5. Animate the sphere as required to see natural motion or move the sphere during interactive playback. ( Solvers > Interactive Playback)
6. Render the scene.