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I'm working on one just for you Wendy !!!
Woohoo! It's a wombat...
I'd like to second that. Great idea, 'cause correct me if I'm wrong, I think we still have to specify the count even when we apply one of the presets from Alessandro's site??
That's my bad: the first presets I made, I didn't, dumb me, save the hair count. In latest ones, such as the MS Lycana and Gorilla, I remembered.
A human head has an average of 120000 hair. For a critter fully covered with fur, I'd say you need to use 2 or 3 million curves (32bit systems might be in trouble with that amount of data).
I'm preparing a chart, which will be published on LAMH's blog (www.furrythings.com), with a list of hair parameters (count and widths) for most common models/species.
A quick, silly suggestion: try first your render without lighting, so that you can quickly see if the scene is setup as you want, and if hair look the way are supposed to. Then, when you are ready, add and setup the lights and run the final render.
Nice render Rareth.
what hair count setting are you exporting the preset with? humans average 120,000 hairs just for the head..
Ahh, Rareth - much better. This time I tried 120,000 and it's much better. I thought I should just leave the preset settings alone, but realize that I do need to change them. Just goes to prove that the earlier request for people to share their counts is a very appropriate one. Thank you for steering me in the right direction.
My bad: as I wrote somewhere else, the first presets I saved I forgot to enter the total hair count. I'll resave those presets again so that they will work out of the box.
Nice model Rareth: you might try (just a suggestion) to randomize roots and use density maps on the beard so that it looks more uneven :)
Oh wow what a great render, I have to thank you. Besides the cat fur, I love all the composition. Would you allow me to publish this render in LAMH galleries?
4 weeks sedor!
Jodel, sorry if the manual is not very clear on this. To apply a preset for the Millennium Cat, to make an example, you need to load it in Studio, start LAMH and load a preset designed for it. In a few seconds the furred Cat will appear in LAMH.
You can save the presets any folder you like. If you create some that you'd like to share with other users, you just need to zip the .lmh file and send it to me. I'll publish it and give you the right credints on LAMH presets page.
When handling a large amount of hair, I usually do a quick render without lighting in order to see if the camera and the whole scene is setup as I like. After that I add and setup the lights, and go for the render.
Besides having also a short fur preset for the Mil Cat and the Big Mil Cat, you can easily increase/decrease hair length using the length slider available in LAMH, and export the hair again. Tell me if it helps...
Merry Christmas to all!
I was wondering where I could find the grizzly bear cub model as it looks really cute in the rendered gallery…and maybe Alessandro would like to share the fur preset for it too.
Many thanks for the great product.
Yeah, Alessandro, you can use it in the LAMH gallery. Glad you like the render :)
Hi 3CPO, I "cheated" on the bear cub meaning that I took my Ursus Arctos, scaled it down, created some morphs in ZBrush and furred it.
This is to say that it's a model that is not available but I that I had many requests.
I'll see what I can do during these days, once the LAMH video tutorials are online...
Of course I'd like to share all the best renders you guys come up with, if I have the permission to do it.
So besides those already available here, if you have some please tell me and I'll add those with your credits to LAMH galleries :)
I couldn't stand it any longer and got LAMH :cheese:
Apologies if this question has been asked before :red: The human examples on LMAH site are the Genesis figures. Since I'm a Luddite and am using V4 & M4, do I have to use Genesis with the V4/M4 morphs? I had them loaded in Daz 4.0 and know that I have to reload them for 4.5. I also haven't quite figured how to transfer the V4/M4 morphs to Genesis although I did get the plug-ins for that very purpose :P
Hi, I confess my ignorance in this (because I never used much V4/M4) but I assume that their base mesh is different from Genesis, so I suppose the quickest way is to use V4/M4 morphs for Genesis.
I'll see, time allowing if I or some friends are able to produce some V4/M4 based presets.
Wow! Thank you so much for the quick response, Alessandro :cheese:
I was in no hurry to switch over to Genesis, but the loverable Llamas and YT5 (the first pro bundle I've ever gotten) convinced me to at least start using it :-)
Am in no hurry for the pre-sets; it's the Yule season and I live in a country where the Christmas season starts the day after All Souls and ends on 3 Kings :lol:
Oh my now you made me curious, what country is that? :)
The Philippines :-)
The unofficial Yule season starts with the "-ber" months but last year a friend told me she heard Christmas carols as early as August :lol:
I've never heard them earlier than September, personally :cheese:
Curious about the MS Lycan setup. Is that the original one that's sold at Content Paradise or is it the MS Genesis Lycan?
Good to know. Thanks so much for the fast response!
That's my bad: the first presets I made, I didn't, dumb me, save the hair count. In latest ones, such as the MS Lycana and Gorilla, I remembered.
A human head has an average of 120000 hair. For a critter fully covered with fur, I'd say you need to use 2 or 3 million curves (32bit systems might be in trouble with that amount of data).
I'm preparing a chart, which will be published on LAMH's blog (www.furrythings.com), with a list of hair parameters (count and widths) for most common models/species.
A quick, silly suggestion: try first your render without lighting, so that you can quickly see if the scene is setup as you want, and if hair look the way are supposed to. Then, when you are ready, add and setup the lights and run the final render.
That's quite OK, Alessandro. You're forgiven! You make up for it with your incredibly quick responses. I can't believe how fast you get back to us even though this must be a super busy time for you!!
Hi Richard, it's MS Genesis Lycan
That's my bad: the first presets I made, I didn't, dumb me, save the hair count. In latest ones, such as the MS Lycana and Gorilla, I remembered.
A human head has an average of 120000 hair. For a critter fully covered with fur, I'd say you need to use 2 or 3 million curves (32bit systems might be in trouble with that amount of data).
I'm preparing a chart, which will be published on LAMH's blog (www.furrythings.com), with a list of hair parameters (count and widths) for most common models/species.
A quick, silly suggestion: try first your render without lighting, so that you can quickly see if the scene is setup as you want, and if hair look the way are supposed to. Then, when you are ready, add and setup the lights and run the final render.
That's quite OK, Alessandro. You're forgiven! You make up for it with your incredibly quick responses. I can't believe how fast you get back to us even though this must be a super busy time for you!!
What do you think, I've years of experience in multi-tasking duties :)
Can any one help me? When I render the hair. (Save as renderman curves), the strands are thin and sparse. I am unable to achieve the results as in the demo pics. I am obviously doing something wrong. Any ideas?
Hi ParisGranville,
when you export the hair, try to set the hair count at 500000 or even more. That will produce a more dense fur cover.
Also, the longer fur preset for Lycan (available here: http://www.furrythings.com/presets_depot/MS-Lycan-longerFur.zip ) use thicker hair (you can change root/tip width in the material setup window, manual page 16.
EDIT: dumb me, you are not using the MS Lycan, ops.
Anyway, as I wrote above, open the material setup window, and try to set hair root width at 350, and tip width at 200 (see attached image). That will do...
Oh!! Oh!! I is sooooo happy !! Here's my first try with LAMH I am in love!! So AA are ya married? heeeeheeeh sorry couldn't help myself this is great!!
Like I say, I don't know whether I'll ever be able to render a scene with anything but the cat in it, but I can render a long-haired cat. It probably took something like 4-5 hours, but I went to bed after 3 and just left the computer chewing on it.
I exported it with 1,000,000 folicles, and could still see the model inside it. So I exported another with 500,000 and let the model wear them both. Then got a bright idea (which may not be bright at all, but seems to have worked) of selecting the original figure, going into the surfaces tab, selecting the "fur" matt zone, and changing the ambient color practically to white, and lowering the opacity to about 75%.
Question: why is there an inner ear zone for the hair? I turned it off on both exports, but is it a blend zone at just the edge and should be left on?
That looks wonderful JOdel .
I love your kitty too, JOdel - and I really appreciate you sharing your settings!