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Warp Roots in Ornatrix for Cinema 4D gives you much more precise control over hair distribution.

In this Reel, I show a quick workflow for adjusting hair, fur, and feather root placement with painted strand channels. This is especially useful for sparse fur, feather setups, and more art-directed grooming where default distribution is not enough.

Quick workflow:

- Add "Warp Roots" to the Ornatrix stack
- Make sure your base mesh has proper UVs
- Add "Edit Guides" before Warp Roots
- Create a Per-Strand channel named "warp"
- Enable "Display Strand Channel"
- Paint lighter values to bunch roots together
- Paint darker values to spread them apart
- Increase Strength and Resolution when needed

A simple but very practical Ornatrix C4D trick for cleaner grooming control.

Have you used Warp Roots in your workflow yet?

Introduction to Ornatrix 3ds Max - Episode 5.

In this episode, we focus on one of the most critical parts of hair grooming - creating a smooth transition from the parting to the bangs.

This is where hair often starts to look unnatural if the guide flow is not handled correctly.

Workflow breakdown:

Placing guides with the Plant Tool
Interpolating between guides for natural hair flow
Switching to Strand mode for root editing
Disabling Preserve Strand Length and Optimise Geometry
Matching the shape with 3dsk reference scans

If done right, the hair starts to feel organic instead of looking like rigid strands.

This step is essential for production-level grooming and close-up character work.

Watch previous episodes to keep the full workflow context - more advanced steps coming next.

How do you usually approach bangs - guide-first or refining later?