Introduction to XGen - Quick Start Guide

In this FlippedNormals Quick Start to Xgen video, you'll get familiar with all the tools you need to know in order to get started with XGen for Maya.

Learn Maya with this 12 hour Introduction to Maya series!

We cover setting up collections, creating guides, sculpting guides, using modifiers, using XGen grooms in Arnold for Maya and how to assign shaders (aiStandardHair) to our groom in XGen.

Xgen Quirks - 01:00
Set Project - 02:34
Clean Model and Scene - 03:55
Setting up Descriptions - 04:41
Creating Guides - 06:43
Deletiong Guide - 08:22
Hide Show Groom - 09:22
Longer and shorter guides - 10:15
Sculpt Guides Tool - 11:16
Density - 13:07
Hair Width - 14:30
Tapering - 14:47
Curve Segments - 15:26
Density Mask - 17:14
Region/Parting Maps - 23:26
Modifiers - 25:59
Clumping Modifier - 26:05
Noise Modifier - 32:04
Connecting Arnold and Xgen - 34:45
Assigning shaders (aiStandardHair) - 36:23

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[vijaykohli]

Most helpful content found on youtube about xgen till now

[kozzArt]

All tutorials of this kind should start with a clear explanation of the scale of the scene we are working with.

[madstylesnz]

Great tut, just what I needed for a refresher on xgen without it being a 1000 hr long course.

[Danuliq]

Also, guys make sure you're not renaming your object the Xgen is applied to after you applied Xgen! Do it before applying and never ever rename it again. Otherwise, it will not render because it will lose the connection/path between the object and Xgen. Thanks for the tutorial!

[kickpunched]

The "export patches for batch render" tip was crazy helpful! Love this friggen channel!

[tjcousler]

Keep crushing it, guys! Your content has proplled my 3D art so much. Can't thank you enough 💯

[TophatwithTeeth]

Thank you for breaking this up into a cohesive tutorial. It's such a mess to get into xGen with all the different tools and techniques, I always find your videos super useful so keep the awesome work going <3

[jphdez]

OMG!! This video was sent by the gods!! From all YouTube I wouldn´t ask anyone else but you to see a tutorial of XGen (or anything 3D related honestly).
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!

[shao]

Thanks A lot man, this was very Helpful, your way of explaining things is awesome much apreciated

[slimmyblanco]

Yes! You answered my prayers. Thank you for the tutorial!

[mov]

thank you very much for creating great tutorials, you are awesome greetings from Armenia 🇦🇲

[dlangeberg]

Would love a video from you guys on taking something like this from xgen and making Hair cards out of it for games/realtime render

[YanyanLun]

this is so helpful cants believe im watching it two years after🤣

[advaithmahadev]

Gays your style of teaching is outstanding, please upload a video about render passes and compositing tips

[art_of_irinabennoit]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! Awesome like always! :)

[yq]

the most awesome tutorial I've seen in a while!! where'd the time go!!

[_himanshurai]

thank you so much mate you just save lot of my time in hair work in maya.

[michaelmorrow]

First i would like to say every tutorial i have watched of FlippedNormals is always very in depth. That out of the way, 5 seconds into this I had a headache, 1 minute into it a migrain. By 2 minutes i could see this tool would be more of a hassle to use then simply manually doing all the work by hand.

[syntheticworlds]

It's like you knew exactly what I needed! thanks again guys!!

[Podon]

...thank you...it is better than 1000tutorial... Thank you sir❤️❤️