[WIP] Hair Material with anisotropic reflections for UE4
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Hi all!
I'm making an anisotropic reflections hair material since few days ago.
My actual roadmap:
Hair color
[X] Solid color
[X] Gradient color
[ ] Color by texture
Light
[X] Lit mode (actually unlit only for maximize light control)
[X] Light color affects material
[X] Light intensity affects material
Reflections control
[X] Different textures for anisotropic control (more real hair, anime style...)
Mask
[X] Anisotropic reflections masking for maximize control
[ ] Better alpha mask, using SSS for "smooth" cutout
Material instance
[X] Instancing the material
Blueprint for Light Source
[ ] Point light compatibility (actually sun light only)
[ ] Auto-select primary light source (intensity, distance...)
I would like to share my hair material with the community when I finished it.
I hope that this material will be useful for people's projects
If you like how my hair project is progressing, please tell me what do you think
Unreal Engine 4 forums thread
All 3D models by Mizuko
English isn't my first language, so please excuse any mistakes
I'm making an anisotropic reflections hair material since few days ago.
My actual roadmap:
Hair color
[X] Solid color
[X] Gradient color
[ ] Color by texture
Light
[X] Lit mode (actually unlit only for maximize light control)
[X] Light color affects material
[X] Light intensity affects material
Reflections control
[X] Different textures for anisotropic control (more real hair, anime style...)
Mask
[X] Anisotropic reflections masking for maximize control
[ ] Better alpha mask, using SSS for "smooth" cutout
Material instance
[X] Instancing the material
Blueprint for Light Source
[ ] Point light compatibility (actually sun light only)
[ ] Auto-select primary light source (intensity, distance...)
I would like to share my hair material with the community when I finished it.
I hope that this material will be useful for people's projects
If you like how my hair project is progressing, please tell me what do you think
Unreal Engine 4 forums thread
All 3D models by Mizuko
English isn't my first language, so please excuse any mistakes
Replies
i'm in love with the tracer preview, really a nice way of visualising stylised hair.
One important thing I would definitely add to your shader is a translucency effect.
Oh and one side question, how is the performance of this shader doing so far?
keep it up man.
I don't sure about performance, I think about 170-200 instructions inside the editor
https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?63555-FREE-Hair-Material