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#Hair/fur materials

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#106711From: John TissavaryJun 9, 1994 2:29 PM

Have you seen the JUJU SHAMPOO mock-commercial (by Mr Film, I think)? That is truly the greatest hair in any 3D animation, IMHO. Makes the Polar Bears look like caca. We're talking long, flowing, realistic… incredible!!! Looks like some sort of particle effect to me, but the result is immaculate. It was part of last year's Siggraph Electronic Theater. John Tissavary (LUNA cie)

#106750From: Yost GroupJun 9, 1994 6:19 PM

John, the JuJu piece was done by Metrolight. Definitely the best hair ever rendered. The face was one of the scariest rendered faces I've ever seen too. Nice decaying-flesh shader. – G

#106769From: M. G. BATCHELORJun 9, 1994 7:55 PM

Wasn't that hair a RMan shader ? BILL

#106821From: Yost GroupJun 10, 1994 12:44 AM

I don't know, but I know the TD who did the shot and will ask him the next time I see him. – G

#106838From: M. G. BATCHELORJun 10, 1994 2:38 AM

Thanks, just curious. BILL

#106927From: John TissavaryJun 10, 1994 12:13 PM

Ah, yes… Metrolight. I've got the video in front on me now… Yes, definitely a nice decaying flesh shader. John Tissavary (LUNA cie)

#106958From: S WhiteJun 10, 1994 2:42 PM

John…. Is that a demo video? How can I order one? Thanx…. SW…

#107151From: John TissavaryJun 11, 1994 3:18 PM

The video I've got is last year's Siggraph Electronic Theater video… I'm sure you can order it through Siggraph ACM.

#107999From: Fredrik L. NilssonJun 16, 1994 12:02 AM

Hi, John, My name is Fred Nilsson, I'm an animator at RGA-NY, I have used 3D studio in the past, in fact it's what I started on. So I visit this forum often to find out whats goin on. The programmers at RGA have and are still working on several hair projects. They look great. We have done insect fur. As well as swinging around hair , as in the JU JU commercial. Our way of doin it , involved a string of particles. It really works well, … Who knows maybey some guys will soon develop a simmilar technique for 3DS. Fred Nilsson

#108088From: Yost GroupJun 16, 1994 10:40 AM

Fredrik, did RGA do the Polar Bear commercials? – G

#108643From: Thomas O'DeaJun 20, 1994 7:30 AM

I think I saw something last night that said it was "Rhythm and Hues". Maybe that wasn't, but they -were- the ones that animated the talking cat in that -awful- movie "Hocus-Pocus"…. they did all that hair by digitized mapping… slick idea, if you've got the equipment.

#108774From: M. G. BATCHELORJun 20, 1994 8:07 PM

PMJI, but if you're talking about the bears, it was R&H. What was wrong with the movie Hocus Pocus ? <g> BILL

#109423From: Thomas O'DeaJun 24, 1994 7:31 AM

Nothing was wrong, the effects were quite interesting. It was just a pretty poor excuse for a movie… I mean, they could have put all that money into explosions and all sorts of violent stuff <G> & <s>

#109018From: Fredrik L. NilssonJun 21, 1994 10:19 PM

No, that was Rhythm and Hues. Their hair system is different than ours. We use a strand of particles, to do the hair, It really is cool. But unfortunately, their is no interface for it . It is all script based. We have our own renderer, and it was added to it a few months ago, during some prelimanary testing for a movie. We are figuring out ways to animate in Softimage, than export a mesh for every frame. Which doesnt seem to be the best way to do it , but for now it will have to do. I will do some simple tests with hair on a ball or some other object to show you guys. Fred Nilsson

#109083From: Yost GroupJun 22, 1994 9:51 AM

Ahh, the ole particle trick, eh? <g> Sounds pretty tricky. – G

#108416From: John TissavaryJun 18, 1994 5:33 AM

sounds interesting. I'd love to see the hair you guys are doing. John Tissavary (LUNA cie)

#109019From: Fredrik L. NilssonJun 21, 1994 10:20 PM

I will do some tests and upload a few images. Fred Nilsson

#109054From: John TissavaryJun 22, 1994 5:48 AM

Great! Looking forward to it. John Tissavary (LUNA cie)

#107328From: Scott KildallJun 12, 1994 11:40 PM

Thanks for the tip, John, I'll keep an eye out for it, but… JUJU SHAMPOO? Sounds pretty… well… *weird*, but on your recommendation, sounds like I've gotta go find me some of that weird shampoo, thanks…. <bg>