Hairworks is no longer supported by the newer UE4 releases.

The HairWorks toolset consists of DCC tool integration and real-time rendering and simulation for hair. Some 5 years ago, NVIDIA had provided a hair solution called HairWorks. By rendering each individual hair, artists can massively improve the visual fidelity of real-time simulated hair. Using the new Hair Rendering and Simulation features in UE4.24, there is now the ability to render each individual strand of hair. In a card-based workflow, a small number of large flat sheets are used to give the approximate shape and motion of a much larger number of individual hairs. Traditionally hair in real-time has been created using card-based rendering or other approximations. While Charles de Rousiers has been quite modest about this leap in real-time performance, after examining the new system, we agree with Morand’s statement that what, “Charles and the team have implemented is pretty spectacular.” The Groom uses full geometry in the new system As an experienced artist, she has been impressed at how quickly the new system has been developed and how much this experimental early release can do. The main purpose behind Ornatrix is to make it as much fun for the user to explore the art of virtual hairdressing as possible.We sat down also with Gaelle Morand, who is a Senior Technical Artist at Epic Games and formerly a Grooming Supervisor doing Look Development & Lighting at Industrial Light & Magic for 5 years in San Francisco. So leave your skepticism and frustrations behind, put on your hairdresser hat (if you have one), and let your imagination and inner stylist roam free. The purpose of Ornatrix is to bring you (the user) as close to achieving perfect results as possible with putting the technical side of things inside. Since then many strives have been made in simulating realistic hair. Hair and fur has been one of the biggest problems in CG since the problem was first studied in 1980’s. This is a great introduction for any uninitiated Oxer! In this crash course video we explore the basics of Ornatrix and go through the steps of creating, editing, and finally rendering out hair on an object. Ornatrix 101: Creating, Styling & Rendering Hair

If you are new to Ornatrix for 3ds Max, this crash course takes you through the steps of creating, editing, and rendering hair on an object.

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