Hair R11 Plug-in - MAXON Computer, Inc. (Hair R11 Plug-in)

Product Description

HAIR is a fully integrated CINEMA 4D module for the creation of hair, fur and feathers. Breathtakingly fast, this module offers minimal use of memory and an intuitive interface.

Beneath the easy to use interface lies a complete hair studio - one that would make any stylist green with envy. Hair can be grown using textures and can be styled freely using any of the numerous tools such as brush, comb, cut or curl.

Once the basic hairstyle has been created, the HAIR material can be used to fine-tune the hair. Options such as color, frizz, clump and specularity let you quickly create anything from a fashion model's hairstyle to a furry teddy bear. HAIR dynamics even lets you create an animation worthy of any shampoo commercial. Use the collision, tension or stiffness settings to add even more life to your animations, while always maintaining complete real-time control over the look and feel of your HAIR dynamics in the editor view.

But HAIR offers much more than just hair and fur! In the interest of equality for all species, our feathered friends could not be ignored. And thanks to HAIR's Feather Object, you can also easily create fluffy down feathers or mighty eagle feathers, or anything in between. All you have to do then is animate the bird's flight.

Add Hair: First, hair must be added - something many a balding man would gladly be able to do. Hair can be added to an entire object, a polygon selection or a texture. Many options are available for optimal distribution of hair on a given surface. Hair can be distributed automatically or manually.
Style Hair: Do you leave the house without combing or brushing your hair? Well, even a comb-over needs some attention before the day gets started. This is why HAIR offers you every tool you need to style your character's hair - brush, comb, curl, cut, stiffener, straightener, even hair extensions (you go, girl!) are included.
For even more control, the effects of tools and functions can be restricted to selected areas, e.g. specific hairs or only the hair tips. Numerous options and an intuitive interface with real time feedback lets you create just about any hairstyle, no matter if it's thick, curly hair or a mohawk. No chemical perms needed here! Check out the sample movies to see just some of what is possible.
HAIR Materials: Real fur and hair have their very own individual properties. Reason enough for HAIR to offer you its very own material. 18 material channels let you create exactly the look you want. Next to the numerous tools available for styling hair, the HAIR material is invaluable for giving your hair its individual look and feel.
This is where you decide if your hair should look freshly shampooed, greasy, red, blond, brown or black. Make your hair frizzy or straight, give it split ends, make it silky or turn it into clumpy fur. Many of these properties can also be adjusted using a texture. You can even create a multicolored tiger fur, for example. Some properties can also be adjusted even more precisely using function graphs. All HAIR settings work using the same principal, making HAIR easy to learn and use.
Hair Dynamics: "Noon, Milan, the wind is blowing..." what would a hairspray commercial be without a mild breeze caressing the hair of a beautiful model? The correct movement of hair is essential for the success of any animation involving hair. HAIR offers realistic dynamics effects that let you create your own broadcast-quality hairspray commercial.
The hair itself can be assigned properties such as stiffness, collisions or weight. Forces such as gravity, wind or turbulence can also be made to affect the hair and create impressive effects - all without even one word of grievance from your model!
Hair Rendering: Once all properties have been set and your hair has been styled, the hair can be rendered. This is where CINEMA 4D once again flexes its rendering muscle.
HAIR not only offers absolute realistic render quality, it does so while maintaining minimal memory usage. A computer with an average configuration can be used to render millions of hairs.
The ingenious cache system lets you calculate dynamic effects over a network, worry-free. Separate settings for edge smoothing and lighting of hair ensure optimal image quality and short render times. HAIR is ideal for a wide variety of applications.