hairfx is an amazing, procedural hair and fur generation system for 3ds max, and has been designed with an artistÕs needs in mind. Cure your creaturesÕ and charactersÕ baldness quickly by applying the hairfx and furfx atmospherics to any 3D geometry in your scene, and within seconds, youÕve got a lush sprouting of everything from short stubble to long silky hair.

The product has evolved dramatically and now offers advanced tools including a new anti-aliasing engine to help produce smooth, beautifully rendered hair and fur, a new Cloth Mesh converter to support SimCloth3 and clothfx dynamics engines for hair motion, and much more. Since the system is designed as an atmospheric, no geometry needs to be rendered, which means that it will render faster than a geometry solution can provide.

Plus, as part of the Discreet Certified 3ds max Plug-in program, hairfx also now offers bucket-based rendering support for rendering technologies. This helps conserves memory for these powerful renderers and boosts overall performance. If you are in the market for the next big thing in virtual hair, you need to check out hairfx today

Just look at this list of features:

• Improved Surface Distribution dialogs allow new ways to derive parameters from the emitter surfaces
• Random Distribution curve controls allow the user to define the exact distribution of a parameter over its range
• Separate color randomization for hue, saturation and value
• Better and more flexible export of hair to external plug-in tools and MAXScript.
• Improved anti-aliasing through a new thick strand renderer
• Rendering in buckets of any size and order to lower memory usage and allow for better integration with raytracers like finalRender and VRay
• Expanded dynamics support through the hairfxView object to cloth simulation systems