Rendering the hair

When you modify hair attributes, many of these changes are not visible in the scene view and you must render the hair. In the next steps you use the mental ray for Maya renderer to render Marion’s hair as it is now. Rendering the hair allows you to see which aspects need work to make it look more realistic. Before rendering, be sure to set the appropriate Render Settings.

Using the mental ray for Maya renderer

In this tutorial, you will render using the mental ray for Maya renderer.

To turn on the mental ray for Maya renderer

In the main menu, select Window > Rendering Editors > Render Settings (or click the Render Settings icon in the Render View window).
In the Render Settings window, set Render Using setting to mental ray.

To render the hair using the mental ray for Maya renderer

Before rendering be sure to display the hair system’s Current Position (Hair > Display > Current Position).
Click the Render Current Frame button on the Status Line.
The hair model is rendered using the mental ray for Maya renderer. Your rendered hair model should look something like the image below.