benderonline 2 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woodenduck 52 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
