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How I Fixed My Hair Renders in Unreal Engine: A Hair Cinematic Tool 2.0 Review

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 Hey everyone! Today I want to share a discovery that I'm sure will save a ton of time and nerves for many 3D artists working in Unreal Engine. Anyone who has tried to render hair in UE knows the pain: blurry details, strange shadows, and an endless, not-always-successful battle with console commands (CVars). I almost abandoned one of my own projects for this very reason until I stumbled upon the Hair Cinematic Tool 2.0 . To put it directly: this is the best and most intuitive tool for rendering hair in Unreal that I have ever used. It transforms the most complex settings into a user-friendly Blueprint with sliders and allows you to achieve stunning cinematic quality. To back this up, I recorded a detailed video where I clearly showed the entire process on my problematic project. In it, you'll see: The impressive "Before and After" difference. How simple adjustments to PPLL and Deep Shadow change everything. A quick performance test on an RTX 5090. How to use the pres...

ZBrush to Maya with Ornatrix | Ep. 1: Full Hair Export & Arnold Render

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  Hi everyone! In the first episode of my new series, we'll break down the complete pipeline for transferring a hairstyle from ZBrush to Maya using Ornatrix, and prepare it for rendering in Arnold. This tutorial covers the entire process from export to a final test render, so you can confidently transfer your most complex hairstyles. ___ Links: ➡️Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ephereinc/ ➡️Ask your question on Discord: https://discord.gg/5stUZtZyuM Join the series on our channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aiegC4xvSs&list=PLpRi3ovyFM-1-G5xjSHrENps61rsruCS6 ➡️Explore Ornatrix: https://ornatrix.com/ ___ Timestamps (Chapters): 00:00 - Intro: ZBrush to Maya with Ornatrix 00:31 - Exporting Curves from ZBrush (100% PreViz) 00:52 - Importing to Maya & Creating Ornatrix Guides 01:12 - Grounding Guides to the Scalp (Ground Strands) 01:28 - Optimizing the Scene (Collapse Stack) 01:35 - Creating Hair from Guides (HairFromGuides) 01:49 - How to Fi...

Mastering ZBrush Hair in 3ds Max with ORNATRIX. Ep 2

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  EXPORT ZBrush Hair to ORNATRIX 3ds Max. Episode 2: V-Ray Render & Real-Time Look Dev in Chaos Vantage In this second episode, we take the next crucial step with the hair we prepared in our first video. The focus here is not on creating a final, polished hairstyle, but on teaching the process of look development. Using the quick groom we created in ZBrush as our example, our team will demonstrate the complete workflow for setting up lighting, materials, and performing real-time look dev with the powerful combination of Ornatrix, V-Ray, and Chaos Vantage. This guide is designed to help your team master the techniques for iterating on any hairstyle, allowing you to efficiently explore and finalize its look. Useful Links: Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ephereinc/ Watch the full series: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t63AHEkMJKs&list=PLpRi3ovyFM-1-G5xjSHrENps61rsruCS6&index=1&t=1s] Learn more about Ornatrix: https://ornatrix.com/ Timestamps ...

Phoenix FD. Ocean simulation and TyFlow object interaction. Octane Render.

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In this video, I will show how to use the ocean simulation preset in PhoenixFD, activate interaction with the TyFlow object, and render it all in Octane Render. Part 5.

Phoenix FD. Simulation of water, milk, beer and coffee. Render on V-Ray.Cloud.

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Phoenix FD is a powerful tool for VFX simulations from the ChaosGroup. In this video we will talk about simulations - water, beer, milk and coffee, as well as a V-Ray.Cloud render and prices there.

PhoenixFD. Simulation of burning fuel. Explosion, dense smoke, dry ice and clouds in the box.

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In this video, we will talk about simulations of burning fuel, explosions, dense smoke and dry ice, the simulation of clouds and PDPlayer, as well as the creation of a preview for it. Video content: 00:00 - 00:18 - Intro 00:18 - 3:00 - Simulation of burning fuel. Create a preview for PDPlayer. 3:00 - 4:42 - Simulation of a conventional explosion and a gasoline explosion. Creating additional light sources during the simulation to obtain interesting effects. 4:42 - 7:47 - Simulation of dense smoke which enveloping the surface of cylinders. The effect of dry ice. 8:50 - 9:54 - Simulating clouds inside a Box Primitive 9:54 - 10:16 - The ending. Video preview of other lessons. A subscription button, as well as a button for support on Patreon. If you like this video: ► Click on the “Thumb up” ► Subscribe to the channel to avoid missing new releases ► Share with friends - do not be greedy =) After all, they also want to get this knowledge =) Enjoy watching! ...