Hi there, at my new job, they are using Arnold and I’m impressed with the Alsurface shader, I was able to play with it and it’s MUCH better then in Vray..sorry. Here are some doc about it : Loading... https://leegriggs.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/alsurface.pdf Can we get something VERY similar (…

Btw, here are some initial experiments with alHair… Best regards, Vlado [alHairAvray.jpg] [alHairAarnold.jpg] [alHairBvray.jpg] [alHairBarnold.jpg]

[image] Vray Material Editor: Can anyone explain how it is supposed to work? I basically mirrored the defaults of the Arnold shader. Would it make sense to have them different? Best regards, Vlado The settings I suggested are the defaults for the AlSurface in Arnold with Maya 2017. Maybe the…

[image] S85 Interior Btw, here are some initial experiments with alHair… Best regards, Vlado Ooooooh! Nice!

Vlado, what are the differences between AlHair and VrayHair? The hair in this paper look really smooth, can AlHair achieve a similar result? I’ve tried with VrayHair but not even close. I find it particularly hard to achieve a smooth, super white looking fur as in the examples from the paper. …

The hair in this paper look really smooth, can AlHair achieve a similar result?The alHair shader uses the dual scattering approximation mentioned in the paper as an older method that they compare against. There are examples of the dual scattering approximation there, so you can see what it looks li…

[image] dbox - jade signature Think VRayHair4 :slight_smile: Vlado Is this coming to 3.5, 3.6 or maybe Vray 4?? :slight_smile:

GGX is not the default in my version here; Beckmann is. Best regards, Vlado

[image] VrayInstancer over-logging GGX is not the default in my version here; Beckmann is. Best regards, Vlado True. I was referring to this from the AlSurface docs: “GGX matches better to empirical data, and will become the only distribution in a later version.” http://www.anderslanglands…

Vlado could you add a GTR tail slider to the AlSurface reflection1 & reflection2? I realize it is not part of the original AlSurface (mostly because it was hard to implement I think), but since you already have it implemented for the VrayMtl I imagine it would not be difficult to add, and it is quit…

[image] dbox - jade signature The alHair shader uses the dual scattering approximation mentioned in the paper as an older method that they compare against. There are examples of the dual scattering approximation there, so you can see what it looks like. The VRayHairMtl material implements actual…

skin shader a la Alsurface pleaseeee

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Is this coming to 3.5, 3.6 or maybe Vray 4??

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skin shader a la Alsurface pleaseeee

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