I am trying to create the growth of cotton fibers to be integrated with live action footage…
The fibers will start from a very small piece of cotton and grow into various objects like chairs lights etc.
How would I go about achieving this effect?
I am a houdini maya and realflow user.
Any guidance is much appreciated.

oh also, i want to avoid using sprites.

Attached is a volume test, the shader should be adjustable
to look more like fibers.
For something more thread-like you could try building
paths from trailing particles and using them as guide fur…

wow !! cpb that file is awesome!!