Introduction to XSI Hair
Pluralsight
Course Summary
Learn to create, style, texture, render, and dynamically drive hair using XSI Hair. Software required: XSI 6.5 and up.
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Course Description
Learn to create, style, texture, render, and dynamically drive hair using XSI Hair. Contains over 3 hours of project-based training and a multitude of practical scenarios for learning XSI Hair. Perfect for artists learning XSI. Popular highlights include: Hair Overview; Hair Styling; Hair Based on Curves; Growing and Scalping Techniques; Brush and Cut Tools; Scale, Puff and Stand Tools; Popping Hairs and Attenuation; Connect Maps; Dynamic Setups; Displacement Effects; Simulating Hair Curves with Cloth; Hair and Forces; Alternative uses with Hair Instancing; Transfer Hair. Software required: XSI 6.5 and up.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction and Project Overview- 0m 52s
—Introduction and Project Overview 0m 52sIntroduction to XSI Hair- 3h 19m
—First Look at Softimage Hair 6m 4s
—Guide Selection and Manipulation 6m 59s
—Styling Tools - Scale Rotate Brush 9m 18s
—Styling Tools - Puff and Clump 6m 0s
—Styling Tools - Cut, Pop, and Attenuate 9m 4s
—Styling Tools - Recomb and Attenuate 10m 55s
—Growth Techniques - Scalp Building 6m 27s
—Growth Techniques - Deeper Partitions 5m 35s
—Styling Tips - Using Clusters 6m 10s
—Styling the 'bob' Haircut - Back 9m 47s
—Styling the 'bob' Haircut - Front 5m 40s
—Hair Renderer - Normals 6m 21s
—Hair Renderer - Illumination Colors 9m 15s
—Hair Renderer - Specular 3m 3s
—Hair Renderer - Transparency 3m 4s
—Hair Geometry Shader 5m 56s
—Hair Shadows via Occlusion 2m 53s
—Casting Hair Shadows 4m 10s
—Driving Colors with Texture Maps 3m 37s
—Hair Multiplicity 4m 40s
—Hair Effects - Frizz 4m 1s
—Hair Effects - Kink 5m 7s
—Hair Effects - Thickness 3m 25s
—Hair Effects - Random Scale 2m 15s
—Hair Effects - Cut Maps 7m 0s
—Hair Effects - Density Maps 3m 58s
—Hair Instancing 7m 15s
—Getting Started with Hair Dynamics 6m 40s
—Hair Collision Type 4m 19s
—Applying Forces to Hair 3m 40s
—Caching the Hair Dynamics 4m 55s
—Wiggle Dynamics 3m 17s
—Frizz Animation 3m 10s
—Hair from Curves 5m 28s
—Hair Spline Collision 6m 42s
—Copy Style 2m 3s
—Conclusion 1m 5s
