4. Transparency Map

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Apply Transparency map here.
Turn on Thin Walled to avoid too much refraction.
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Invert a texture if needed.
5.

Select a hair piece and turn off Opaque otherwise, transparent doesn't work.
You have to do this for all hair pieces.
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You have to do this for all hair pieces.
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Rernder the image. Now transparent works.
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I don't like cast shadows on the hair so I am going to turn off the cast shadow option.
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Select a hair piece and turn off Cast Shadows.
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I will show you how to turn off all Cast Shadows at once.
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Select all hair pieces. Go to Attribute Spread Sheet.
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Find Cast Shadows menu. Select the first hair piece.
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Hold Shift Key and select the last hair piece.
Turn off the last piece. It will chane all of them.
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This is the rendered image.
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The forehead needs a cast shadow.
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Select the all front hair pieces and turned off the Cast Shadows.
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This is the rendered image. Compare to the image 15.
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For the final rendering, turn up the Sampling for the better quality.
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