POV Person - Hair Samples

Persistence of Vision is a FREE Ray Tracing Software, available for download from http://www.povray.org/
The POV-Person project is aimed at providing free scene files and include files that can be used with POV-Ray to render the image of a person. Distribution is intended to be along similar lines to POVRay to support the evolution of free software.
The following images all use the hairstyle.inc file (included with the POV-Person library) with the parameters shown.

Golden hair <1,0.9,0.6>
hairStyle=1;
hairLength=1;
hairFringeLength=1;
hairNumber=6000;
hairLineVisible;

Render Time 21 Mins

Brunette hair <0.55,0.45,0.3>
hairStyle=2;
hairThickness=0.008;
hairNumber=12000;

Render time 1 Hour 30 Mins

Yellow hair <1,0.95,0.2>
hairStyle=3;
hairFringeLength=1;
hairNumber=10000;
hairLineVisible = 1;

Render time 3 Mins

Yellow hair <1,0.95,0.2>
hairStyle=4;

Render time 44 Secs

Brunette hair <0.55,0.45,0.3>
hairStyle=5;
hairThickness=0.008;
hairNumber=12000;

Render time 1 Hour 30 Mins

Blonde hair <0.9,0.85,0.65>
hairStyle=0;
hairNumber=6000;
hairLength=0.5;
hairFringeLength=1.4;

Render time 22 Mins

Blonde hair <0.9,0.85,0.65>
hairStyle=0;
hairLength=0.5;
hairFringeLength=1;
hairNumber=4000;

Render time 10 Mins

Black hair <0.02,0.02,0.02>
hairStyle=0;
hairLength=0.001;
hairFringeLength=1;
hairNumber=12000;
hairFringeDef = <7,-100,200>;
hairFringeSplay = 50;

Render time 1 Hour 20 Mins

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The hairstyles shown above are all defined using hairstyle.inc which uses parameters you have set in your scene file, sets parameters if a hairstyle is specified then uses a hair generator include file to generate the specified hair object. Currently the only generator file available is the 'shorthair.inc' file, which enables only a restricted range of styles to be generated. It is intended that other generators will be added to extend the number of styles available.

The shorthair.inc file is a short include file, is easy to understand and can be modified to increase the number of options available. If you would like to work on this or other hair generator include files, why not contribute your work to this project and let others benefit from your efforts.

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Author: Chris Bartlett
E-Mail:
mailto:c_bartlett@btconnect.com
Last revised: 14 Aug 2004 (CB)
© Copyright: POV-Person Team 2004.