benderonline Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) Are there magic tricks I should be aware of? A checkbox to make hair renders quicker? Historically there've generally been tricks for rendering hair/fur quickly or more accurately (Renderman's Sigma hiding, MR's hair presets for example), and I was just wondering if there was anything I needed to know in Houdini beyond the usual Mantra tweaking to get good times on hair/fur? Edited June 29, 2015 by benderonline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenduck Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Check out this thread - http://forums.odforce.net/topic/11770-rendering-fur-with-gi/ There's some pretty handy optimisations covered in this video - https://cmivfx.com/store/578-houdini-fur-tools Both basically render the fur curves without shadows. Then convert the curves in to a volume and use this to cast shadows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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