HAIR RIG – OVERVIEW

The Zoo Tools Hair Rig helps create polygon hair easily. Import the rig in our Maya’s Scenes tool and start creating!

THE PROBLEM

It’s difficult to create polygon hair quickly in Maya. Users need to go through a number of steps and it is difficult to the setups.

THE SOLUTION

Hair rig makes it fun to create polygon hair, import the rig from our Maya Scenes tool and start adjusting and populating your hair.

DOWNLOAD

Download the Zoo Tools Hair Rig on the Zoo 2 Installer Page , Hair Rig is included in the Maya Scenes pack, download it by clicking the third button (down) on the page.

Import the rig inside our Maya Scenes browser.

Use the Spline Rig tool to modify the rig, and right-click on the mesh or controls for the options.
 

TUTORIAL: SHADER ADJUSTMENTS – DIFFUSE

This video explains how to tweak the shader’s color. You can choose from a variety of our preset ramps, color correct, or edit the ramps to have complete control over the setup.

See the next section for how to tweak the other attributes.

TUTORIAL: SHADER – SPECULAR AND BUMP

This video explains how to tweak the other attributes such as specular and the normal/bump setups.