We have a system based off melena that I have mentioned before, we modified it mainly because the dynamics side of melena did not really work for us, and we wanted to use the strnd dynamics setup as they work quite well - it did not stop there - our clever fur lead got hooked and eventually it turned into a feather system too!
The nodes we use are available as unsupported download - we can give pointers and help if asked, but anyone using them must realise we cannot develop anything based on what might be needed outside our scope. There was a posting about it a while ago - if you cannot find the thread let me know and I can email you the link to the zip file. Please note that the system does require melena being installed to work, as we use their hair to curves system. BTW out of interest someone mentioned softimage fur being buggy - we have not really found that here - but we are still on 2011.5 so I wonder if there are new issues to do with 2012 and 2013 fur/hair. Cheers Sandy _____________________________ Sandy Sutherland Technical Supervisor [email protected] _____________________________ ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Szabolcs Matefy [[email protected]] Sent: 19 September 2012 07:39 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: In house Softimage hair broken? Both Melena and Kristinka has its strength and weakness…I wish the mixture of both :) From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Sale Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: In house Softimage hair broken? I've been using Kristinka, but never tried Melena. I'll dig into it. Thanks for the heads up.. Adam On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Miquel Campos <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: For Melena better check in http://rray.de/xsi<http://rray.de/xsi/> ;) 2012/9/18 Gene Crucean <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Yeah definitely look into Melena and Kristinka http://www.matkovic.com/anto/kristinka-hair.html http://opensource.nestanimation.com/melena.html On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Ben Houston <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Melena, written by Helge and open sourced, is quite popular I understand. Haven't used it myself though. -ben On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Adam Sale <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Its been a while since I've tried the Softimage hair, but I find it so > ridiculously buggy, to be almost unusable in 2013. > My main issue is with the grooming. It seems like if I turn on render hairs > while styling the guides, after a few moves of tips, or whole strands, that > other sections of hair I've groome, suddenly pop into a different position, > or straighten... > > What the....? > > Is anyone else experiencing this, and if so I hope its on the radar to > fix... > > Granted, there are so many other hair solution out there today, but for > quick jobs like the one I needed today, I tried old school, and it bit me. > > Adam -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113<tel:613-762-4113> Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals. -- Gene Crucean - Emmy winning - Oscar nominated VFX Supervisor / iOS-OSX Developer / Filmmaker / Photographer ** Freelance for hire ** www.genecrucean.com<http://www.genecrucean.com> ~~ Please use my website's contact form on www.genecrucean.com<http://www.genecrucean.com/> for any personal emails. Thanks. I may not get them at this address. ~~
