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Maya Dynamics: nHair, Xgen, and Interactive Grooming

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Course Features

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Duration

318 minutes

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

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Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Beginner

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

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Video Content

318 minutes

Course Description

With every Maya release, creating hair in CGI is much easier and less time-consuming. Maya Dynamics: nHair and Xgen and Interactive Grooming will teach you the fundamental functions and workflows of Maya 2017. You will first learn about the nHair toolkit. You will learn about several hair-creation methods and how to set up hair dynamics. You will then be taught how to create hair in Xgen. This will cover both groomable splines and hair splines, for both short and long hair. The interactive grooming feature, which is certain to be the future of Maya hair creation, will be presented to you. This course will teach you how to create hair in Maya 2017 using multiple methods. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2017.

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Hands-On Training,Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Learning about the nHair toolset

This will include several methods of hair creation as well as setting up dynamics for hair

Following this, you will be given a crash course in creating hair in Xgen

This will include working with groomable splines for short hair, as well as hair splines for longer hair

Finally, you will be introduced to the amazing new interactive grooming feature in Maya 2017, a feature that is sure to become the future of hair creation in Maya

By the end of this course, you'll know multiple methods, as well as the pros and cons of each of these methods, to create hair inside of Maya 2017

Software required Autodesk Maya 2017

Course Instructors

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Peter Gend

Instructor

Peter is a CGI artist with many years of experience in the Film, Animation, and Video Game Industries. Some highlights include Fox's The Simpsons, The Fantastic Four, Discovery Channel's Shark Week, ...
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