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== Hair Technique Links ==
 
== Hair Technique Links ==
  
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* [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76499 Best method to create lowpoly hairs?] Polycount forum thread
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* [http://www.showmethatagain.com/lms/mod/page/view.php?id=21 Low Poly Hair with Gimp and 3ds Max] ($) by [http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=18576 'ultramedia']
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* [http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/012/1/1/polygon_hair_tutorial___3dsmax_by_athey-d4m4pma.jpg Step-by-Step Example of Hair Creation Process in 3ds Max] by [http://athey.deviantart.com/#/d4m4pma Athey 'd4m4pma' Moravitz]
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* [http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/CreatingHairUsingAlpha.html Creating Hair Using Alpha (Gears of War 2)] by Kevin Lanning. [http://www.maxforums.org/threads/artiste_character_modeling_creating_hair_kevin_lanning/0001.aspx Explanation here].
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* [http://www.paultosca.com/varga_hair.html Varga Hair Tutorial] by [http://www.paultosca.com/ Paul Tosca]
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* Pandicarus from Dominance War III, fur technique explained by [http://www.squirrelyjones.com Mike 'Squirrely Jones' Voeller]: [[attachment:squirrelyjones_fur.pdf|tutorial PDF (2.6MB)]], [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=800117#post800117 Polycount forum thread]
 
* [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85471 Using Pre-Rendered Fur Tiles for Texturing, with Maya Fur & Photoshop] from the Polycount forum
 
* [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85471 Using Pre-Rendered Fur Tiles for Texturing, with Maya Fur & Photoshop] from the Polycount forum
 
* [http://gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14953 best videogame hair] thread from GameArtisans
 
* [http://gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14953 best videogame hair] thread from GameArtisans

Revision as of 14:32, 8 June 2012

Hair Technique

Hair for in-game rendering can be a tough beast to master. Alpha blending is usually required to get soft feathery edges, but can cause sorting problems. Lighting can also be difficult, so hair is usually rendered using an emissive shader (without any lighting at all). If the hair is being lit, sometimes bent vertex normals can help, or normal mapping.

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[[attachment:hair_udn-gow2-shaded.jpg|Media:HairTechnique/attachments/tmp.640.hair_udn-gow2-shaded.jpg width=320}} [[attachment:hair_udn-gow2-wire.jpg|[[Media:tmp.640.hair_udn-gow2-wire.jpg width=320]]]] [[attachment:hair_udn-gow2-ingame.jpg|{{attachment:tmp.640.hair_udn-gow2-ingame.jpg
[[attachment:hair_ffx-yuna-wires.jpg|Media:HairTechnique/attachments/tmp.640.hair_ffx-yuna-wires.jpg width=650}} [[attachment:hair_ffx-yuna-tex.jpg|{{attachment:tmp.640.hair_ffx-yuna-tex.jpg
[[attachment:hair_ff13-wires.png|Media:HairTechnique/attachments/tmp.640.hair_ff13-wires.jpg width=420}} [[attachment:hair_ff13-shaded.png|[[Media:tmp.640.hair_ff13-shaded.jpg width=350]]]] [[attachment:hair_ff13-ps3-720p.jpg|{{attachment:tmp.640.hair_ff13-ps3-720p.jpg
Hair from Final Fantasy 13, on PS3.<
>Images by Square Enix
[[attachment:hair_tekken6-alisa-ingame.jpg|Media:HairTechnique/attachments/tmp.640.hair_tekken6-alisa-ingame.jpg width=600}} [[attachment:hair_tekken6-alisa-wires.png|{{attachment:tmp.640.hair_tekken6-alisa-wires.jpg
[[attachment:hair_varga-long.jpg|Media:HairTechnique/attachments/tmp.640.hair_varga-long.jpg width=400}} [[attachment:hair_varga-afro.jpg|{{attachment:tmp.640.hair_varga-afro.jpg
[[attachment:hair_squirrely-jones-pandicarus-beauty.jpg|Media:HairTechnique/attachments/tmp.640.hair_squirrely-jones-pandicarus-beauty.jpg width=600}} [[attachment:hair_squirrely-jones-pandicarus-tex.jpg|{{attachment:tmp.640.hair_squirrely-jones-pandicarus-tex.jpg
[[attachment:hair_sotc-ingame.jpg|Media:HairTechnique/attachments/tmp.640.hair_sotc-ingame.jpg width=500}} [[attachment:hair_sotc-wires.jpg|{{attachment:tmp.640.hair_sotc-wires.jpg
[[attachment:jfalconer_furball2.jpg|Media:HairTechnique/attachments/tmp.640.jfalconer_furball2.jpg width=350}} [[attachment:jfalconer_fur_texture.gif|[[Media:jfalconer_fur_texture.gif width=350]]]] [[attachment:jfalconer_fur_examples.jpg|{{attachment:tmp.640.jfalconer_fur_examples.jpg
[[attachment:hair_uncharted2-drake-wires.jpg|Media:HairTechnique/attachments/tmp.640.hair_uncharted2-drake-wires.jpg
[[attachment:hair_uncharted2-drake.jpg|Media:HairTechnique/attachments/tmp.640.hair_uncharted2-drake.jpg
[[attachment:hair_uncharted2-chloe-wires.jpg|Media:HairTechnique/attachments/tmp.640.hair_uncharted2-chloe-wires.jpg
[[attachment:hair_uncharted2-chloe.jpg|Media:HairTechnique/attachments/tmp.640.hair_uncharted2-chloe.jpg

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