Learn to use z-buffered kleig lights for your scenes and you can have softer hair and far less painful render times.

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I've been reading Jeremy Birn's lighting book and he cautions against using ray-traced lights for particle systems like hair because they are so slow. So I wasn't surprised by the time result, but I was surprised that the z-buffer version had nicer anti-aliasing too.

Robert

Can you upload your settings, hair also as I like the color as well.

Steve

just 1 ray?

yes, 1 ray.




Here's a PRJ

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Good illustration. It's good that Zbuffered is the default...

It would be cool to open a 'Digital Barber Shop' where you offer prestyled hairdo's on scalps like you have there.

When Stian did his photoreal hand running amuck I said 'where's the blood?" and I feel like that is needed here too... I was going to make a comment that referred to JFK... but I'll pass.