Realtime Hair Tutorial

******IMPORTANT****** THIS TUTORIAL WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE FOR FREE ON YOUTUBE. YOU ARE PAYING FOR ALL THE WORKING FILES AND RESOURCES USED TO CREATE THIS HAIRSTYLE (MINUS GSCURVETOOLS) VIDEOS ARE STILL INCLUDED

This tutorial uses GS Curvetools which is highly recommended but is a paid Maya plug-in

GS Curvetools here:
https://www.artstation.com/a/13178925

This is a realtime hair tutorial covering the entire pipeline from start to finish. In it I cover texture creation, baking, card placement and optimisation.

It is comprised of 12 parts which include voiceover and explanation as well as sped up working footage- I intended to make sure that even if I don’t discuss something explicitly you won’t miss any part of what I’m doing. 

Included are the working files, textures and marmoset scene. (For educational use only)

This is a beginner friendly tutorial but will expect you to have a base understanding of Maya and the concept of haircards.

Part 1- Reference 00:00:47
Part 2- Generating textures 01:01:36
Part 3- Baking textures 00:19:53
Part 4- Placement- Base layer 00:20:20
Part 5- Placement- Volume 00:56:06
Part 6- Placement- Depth 01:07:47
Part 7-  Placement- Breakup 00:58:10
Part 8 pt1- Placement- Support  00:42:05
Part 8 pt2- Placement- Support 00:33:32
Part 8 pt3- Placement- Support 00:32:05
Part 9- Placement- Support/Flyaways 00:36:02
Part 10- Placement- Flyaways 00:15:21
Part 11- Optimisation 00:10:55
Part 12- Vertex colours 00:11:54

I hope you enjoy and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns!