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Hair & Fur Presets
RenderMan now ships with useful Hair and Fur presets, check them out in the Preset Browser.
LamaHairChiang is a layer-able version of the Pixar Chiang hair shader used in production at Pixar.
It is based on the research at Disney Animation Studios and features several improvements over PxrMarschnerHair, including improved convergence, more realistic tube-like specular response, and remapped color that is more indicative of the color picked at varying roughness levels.
Tips and Tricks
To use it in conjunction with PxrHairColor, make sure to keep the R Specular Color attribute set to white, and simply drive the hair color via Color TT.
If using PxrHairColor, please disable Remap TT Color, as PxrHairColor already remaps the incoming color.
SPECULAR
R Specular Color
Specular color for R lobe. This represents the first bounce of a ray encountering a hair curve. This lobe
color should usually be WHITE, the response is consistent with dielectric materials of a surface shader.
In special cases, one might be art directed to tint this lobe - Do so with care.
TT Specular Color
Specular color for TT lobe. Main albedo of the full Chiang component.
The default at 0.4 corresponds loosely to middle grey, considering visibility and bounces in the hair volume.
Remap TT
Color Remap the transmitted color so the final fur color looks closer to the actual color.
Primary Roughness
Longitudinal Roughness for R in degrees
Transmit Roughness
Longitudinal Roughness for TT in degrees
Secondary Roughness
Longitudinal Roughness for TRT in degrees
Azimuthal Roughness
Azimuthal Roughness
Specular Offset
Cone offset in degrees.
Refractive Index
Index of refraction.
R Specular Gain
Gain for R lobe of hair specular. This is like a clearcoat where the specular
is fairly sharp and glossy and normally not colored.
TT Specular Gain
Gain for TT lobe of hair specular. This is a transmission-type (refraction)
specular with some volume attenuation.
TRT Specular Gain
Gain for TRT lobe of hair specular. This is a rougher and colored specular.
TRRT Specular Gain
Gain for residual energy, also a specular energy.
GLOBALS
Shadow Color
Shadow Color
ADVANCED
Specular Mollification
Improves convergence but may modify the fur's look.
R Specular Lobe Name
Defines the name that can be used in LPE AOVs for the specular R lobe.
TT Specular Lobe Name
Defines the name that can be used in LPE AOVs for the specular TT lobe.
TRT Specular Lobe Name
Defines the name that can be used in LPE AOVs for the specular TRT lobe.
Diffuse Lobe Name
Defines the name that can be used in LPE AOVs for the diffuse lobe.
Matte
Defines the name that can be used by the matte system, to output the weight of this lobe in the final material as an AOV.