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title: "Feathers"
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description: "This page covers the Feather object in Cinema 4D, a specialized Hair object. It builds bird feathers along guide splines with barb-specific controls — …"
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# Feathers

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page covers the **Feather object** in **Cinema 4D**, a specialized Hair object. It builds bird feathers along guide splines with barb-specific controls — convertible to a regular Hair object at any time for further grooming.

The Feather object is a special Hair object that is specially designed for creating bird feathers. Follow these steps to create your own bird feathers:

1. Create one or more splines that will define the rachis.

2. Select the Feather object and make a spline a child of the Feather object.

3. The width and shape of the feather is adjusted using **Barb Length** in the **Spacing** drop-down menu.

4. You will see a special projection type, specifically for Feather objects, in the **Hair Material Tag's** **Hair UVs** menu. With this projection type you can apply a texture (the first **Texture** field in the material's **Color** channel) across the entire surface of a feather.

5. If you now copy this spline and create the rachis using a Sweep object, the result will be similar to the one below:

   ![Image: 005270.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/005270.jpg)\
   Gaps were added intermittently.

Internally, the Feather object is also merely a special Hair object that can be influenced by feather-specific settings. You can convert a Feather object to a normal Hair object at any time (**Make Object Editable** or press the **c**-key). This will, though, convert each hair to a guide.

A tip if you want to experiment with the Feather object: The Hair material's numerous channels can also be used influence the hair of the feather(s).