Changing Hair Density With Poser Software

Video Transcript

"JOHN CARSTARPHEN: Hi! This is John Carstarphen for Expert Village. The numbers of hairs are displayed next to the dials label. Increasing this number makes the hair fuller and more lush. The ability to control the total number of hairs is a really powerful feature since it allows you to create custom effects, but the total number of hairs can impact rendering and redraw times. So, experiment with this number to get optimum coverage without adding too many hairs. Generally speaking, a human head of hair in a 3D rendering--hair rendering program requires about 3000 to 5000 hairs to look realistic, and that's just a guideline. Any less than about 3000 and it's starting to look a little thin. So, of course, some hair depending on how thick you want it to look and how complex the style is can easily go up to 10,000 or 15,000 hairs."