Hair Re-texuring?

Fauvist

How difficult is it to retexture hair?  Make new textures?  I have some old hair models that have relatively primative textures that look really fake.  Is there a tutorial or something anyone could recomend. 

Thanks!

nemesis10

You have are almost in the golden age of this sort of stuff... If you are using iRay, I would suggest UHT2 https://www.daz3d.com/uht2-ultimate-color, IDG Iray Hair Essentials Shaders https://www.daz3d.com/idg-iray-hair-essentials-shaders​, https://www.daz3d.com/hair-lustre-shaders-for-iray ;https://www.daz3d.com/hair-lustre-shaders-for-iray, and OOT's iRay product at Renderosity.   I have used them many a time to revive a Victoria or Michael 2 hairstyle.  Here is a genesis hair converted to iRay: https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#images/216436/.  For 3DL, iw ould start just by using new textures such as Texture Bank Vol 13 Hair and Jewels https://www.daz3d.com/texture-bank-vol-13-hair-and-jewels​ using the old textures as a template/ Photoshop mask.  If you want something a bit painterly, Mane Attraction https://www.daz3d.com/mane-attraction is nice.  You can combine several of them too such as using the textures from UHT2 but converting to 3dl.... There is a world of possibilties for you...

I would rank this on the moderately easy level.

Fauvist

nemesis10 said:

You have are almost in the golden age of this sort of stuff... If you are using iRay, I would suggest UHT2 https://www.daz3d.com/uht2-ultimate-color, IDG Iray Hair Essentials Shaders https://www.daz3d.com/idg-iray-hair-essentials-shaders​, https://www.daz3d.com/hair-lustre-shaders-for-iray ;https://www.daz3d.com/hair-lustre-shaders-for-iray, and OOT's iRay product at Renderosity.   I have used them many a time to revive a Victoria or Michael 2 hairstyle.  Here is a genesis hair converted to iRay: https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#images/216436/.  For 3DL, iw ould start just by using new textures such as Texture Bank Vol 13 Hair and Jewels https://www.daz3d.com/texture-bank-vol-13-hair-and-jewels​ using the old textures as a template/ Photoshop mask.  If you want something a bit painterly, Mane Attraction https://www.daz3d.com/mane-attraction is nice.  You can combine several of them too such as using the textures from UHT2 but converting to 3dl.... There is a world of possibilties for you...

I would rank this on the moderately easy level.

Thank you!  What a great answer.  I'm going to take a look at all the links you provided.