texturing hair

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# 1 05-07-2003 , 10:06 PM

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hi.. i'm new here and i've hit a roadblock with my character.... i want to texture some realistic hair for her without using paint FX... can you guys please help me out.... my email is the_core33@hotmail.com... if you are experienced at modelling and texturing hair then can you please add me to your msn and help me out... or just post a detailed tut for me if that's possible... thanks user added image

just in case you were curious... i tried to use strips and it didn't come out right....i unwrapped a strand and took it into photoshop, took the map back into maya and it always turned out to be too thin when when i applied it even though the entire unwrapped strand had hair on it.... if you guys can help me, i'd really appreciate it.. peace

ps: can one of u lend me a good hair texture too user added image

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# 2 10-07-2003 , 09:36 PM

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I beleive there is a good way on caligraphics.de under head modeling.

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# 3 10-07-2003 , 11:13 PM

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What version of Maya do you have? do you have the fur plugin?

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# 4 10-07-2003 , 11:35 PM

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i have maya 4.0... and i don't think i have the fur plug in.

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# 5 10-07-2003 , 11:45 PM

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Unlimited Or complete

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# 6 10-07-2003 , 11:52 PM

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unlimited :bgreen:

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# 7 11-07-2003 , 02:52 AM

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Then you have the fur plugin,, go to| Windows>settings/Prefrences>Plugin Manager,,look for FUR,mill and click load then it will be in your rendering mode. user added image

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# 8 11-07-2003 , 04:04 AM

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umm i'm not sure how to use fur user added image

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# 9 11-07-2003 , 04:48 AM

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This is a link to get you started, A lot of the Attributes can be found by hiting the F1 key when Maya is Loded up and Keep working with it untill you get it right user added image