Hair in v13 under 2006 CD

[loserem]

Hi everyone,

 

I'm trying to learn how to use hair in v13 under the 2006 CD by following the Wookie's tut in 'the art of animation master'

I've been very surprised on discovering how easy to use it is but I've found a little problem.

I've been trying to vary the thickness of the hair in order to make its diameter to increase along the hair but I haven't been able to do it. I follow the steps of the book and I show the timeline in order to see the channels' timeline. Then, I'm supposed to see a 0-100% timeline but I only can see the typical 00:00:00 timeline with minutes:seconds:frames and not a % timeline.

 

Why does it happen? What am I doing wrong? Maybe am I not selecting anything?

 

And please, allow me to ask a second question... If I wanted to simulate grass with this hair plugin? How could I flatten those hairs in order not to appear cylindrical buf more flattened (like grass)?

 

Thanks for your support

[John Bigboote]

Hmmm. sounds like you are doing it right...what version of 13???

[zandoriastudios]

Click on the "Thickness" property of the hair emitter (in the material) in the Project Work Space. When highlighted the timeline channel will show %

[Caroline]

How could I flatten those hairs in order not to appear cylindrical buf more flattened

The Bow property handles that.

 

You can see all these properties in action at:

 

http://www.hash.com/Technical_Reference/v110/Hair.htm

[thetanman]

In order to make the hairs look flat like grass, set the bow and the face camera properties really low.

[loserem]

Thanks to everyone,

 

I wasn't changing the thickness in the emitter and that was my problem. Thanks a lot for the link too. It explains very well many other doubts I could have experienced.