Render XGen hair workflow example

When you create a Description, Maya assigns a default XGen hair, such as the xgen_hair_physical shader. This workflow example shows common ways of customizing the shader proprieties to produce realistic rendered hair color.

This workflow illustrates how to do the following:

• Change the default XGen hair shader color.
• Add Custom Shading Parameters.
• Add a noise expression to vary root color.

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