transferring hair between characters 2005-06-16 - By Oz Adi
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we just finished a project with two similar hairy characters.
they both has the same topology, with difference in proportions. (Father and
Son of the same species)
We finished the hair settings on one of them, duplicated the whole model, and
remodelled the copy
into the new proportions, with slightly hair changes..
you should know, that if you scale the model node, even though the hair guides
stay in proportion to the geometry,
it renders differently.. (we found out the hard way :) )
I think this way would be faster than starting to copy styles and apply shaders
all over again..
Oz.
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: Matt Morris
To: xsi@(protected)
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 11:27 AM
Subject: transferring hair between characters
Hi list,
I'm transferring some hair between two similar characters (same topology,
slightly different proportions) and am trying to save the hair out as a preset,
but it doesn't seem to save properly, and won't let me apply it to the new hair
.
Workflow so far is to copy clusters from one mesh to the next, use the
correct clusters to generate hair from selection, copy style, and drag and drop
materials from one to the other, only thing left is the hair settings, which I
can't get to work. Any ideas?
Also is there a simpler way to do this? Its a bit long-winded... Am I missing
something obvious?
Cheers chaps!
Matt
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>we just finished a project with two similar hairy
characters.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>they both has the same topology, with difference
in
proportions. (Father and Son of the same species)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We finished the hair settings on one of them,
duplicated the whole model, and remodelled the copy</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>into the new proportions, with slightly hair
changes..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>you should know, that if you scale the model node,
even though the hair guides stay in proportion to the geometry,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>it renders differently.. (we found out the hard
way
:) ) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think this way would be faster than starting to
copy styles and apply shaders all over again..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oz.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">-- -- Original Message -- -- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=matt@(protected)
href="mailto:matt@(protected)">Matt Morris</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=xsi@(protected)
href="mailto:xsi@(protected)">xsi@(protected)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 16, 2005 11:27
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> transferring hair between
characters</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=964082109-16062005>Hi
list,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=964082109-16062005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=964082109-16062005>I'm transferring
some hair between two similar characters (same topology, slightly different
proportions) and am trying to save the hair out as a preset, but it doesn't
seem to save properly, and won't let me apply it to the new
hair.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=964082109-16062005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=964082109-16062005>Workflow so far
is
to copy clusters from one mesh to the next, use the correct clusters to
generate hair from selection, copy style, and drag and drop materials from
one
to the other, only thing left is the hair settings, which I can't get to work
.
Any ideas?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=964082109-16062005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=964082109-16062005>Also is there a
simpler way to do this? Its a bit long-winded... Am I missing something
obvious?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=964082109-16062005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=964082109-16062005>Cheers
chaps!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=964082109-16062005>Matt</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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