Learn how Weta Digital created stunningly realistic feathers and hair in its short film "Meerkat."

We’ll cover:
The strandbased workflow for hair and fur
How Weta created the grooms for the meerkat and eagle in "Meerkat"
The process of exporting from DCC and setting up in Unreal Engine
Optimizations for using filmlevel grooms in real time

You can download the project files for the Meerkat demo: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketpl...
The free download includes rigged and animated versions of the two characters – a meerkat and an eagle – plus the original Maya files, textures and materials.