Blender 3.3 New Hair system: Full Hairstyle Guide

[@grandmasteryoda3187]

when i try to append the hair into a new file by bringing in the object the hair is attached to only the object loads without the curves, and if i append the specific cuves that the object appears in new file with a totaly different position and orientation, any tips how to fix this or any tips how to convert all the curves into a single object? when i try to use the join option it says no mesh data even though the geometry node is set to turn the curve into a mesh

[@Noggi_3D]

The curves become geometry once you apply the GeoNodes Modifier. But that doesn't work outright. Here's how you need to do it: 1. Add a new cube object to the scene. 2. Create a new Geometry Nodes Setup on that cube. 3. In the GeoNode Editor 4. Disconnect the "Group Input" and "Group Output" node 5. Add the "Object Info" node 6. In the Object Selection Box of the "Object Info" node, select the hair curves object 7. Connect the green output of the "Object Info" Node to the Group Output Node. 8. Now You can apply the GeoNode Modifier of the Cube and the hair curves turn into geometry. (9). If you use multiple hair curves objects, you can combine multiple "Object Info" nodes with a "Join Geometry" Node. I usually append the surface + hair curves objects into my new file and I never had any problems with that. Hope this helps. :)

[@grandmasteryoda3187]

@@Noggi_3D thank you very much for the reply that helped immensely

[@bigboiboigboy2713]

Finally !! All the other tutorials were either too unclear or outdated and used harder techniques. Works pretty well on 4.1

[@Beveyboygames]

does it still work now?

[@ionflux_]

Hands down, one of the clearest and most comprehensive tutorials on the topic I have seen, great work!

[@Noggi_3D]

Thank you. :)

[@thejackal5099]

How did he add a profile to the hair strands?

[@zadarbuthelezi7159]

I like this new hair system, especially now that you don't have to use weight painting for the hairline

[@Noggi_3D]

I didn't mind it, but this is definitely better. :)

[@baldpolnareff7224]

Awesome! I'd love to see more in depth geonodes for hair or sculpting in general

[@jelenamarinkovic4765]

This is my go to hair tutorial, I've been coming back to it constantly. Great node explanation.

[@summerissoon1504]

I was going to procrastinate today and don't do anything in blender, but now I just got to try this)

[@Noggi_3D]

Do it! it's fun. :)

[@moumz997]

dude where have you been all this time, i've been searching for a video like this in a long time, i hope you make new videos about hair and everything, just everything lol, amazing work man !

[@Caffeen]

Awesome! Could you do a full video on the hair card workflow? That would be super useful.

[@KobanWanko]

Seriously. I would love to use this new system to generate hair cards dynamically, but the way he explained how to do it seems like you have significantly less control on the size of the hair cards than just making them using the more common methods. Hoping to be proven wrong.

[@MrDrimakus]

Agreed!!!

[@Noggi_3D]

The length of the card is determined by the curve length and the width is determined by the value node at the bottom left. What else would you like to control? :)

[@KobanWanko]

@@Noggi_3D How about hair card generation? Unless this method is just flying over my head, it seems like your demonstration used a pre-made hair card for every curve. I was hoping that at least the hair cards could be generated by using clusters of the new hair curves to create unique hair cards dynamically rather than drawing them by hand, then placed on the mesh using the new curve tools. A method to convert the realistic hair layers you sculpted onto the characters into game ready hair cards would have been ideal, but that may be asking too much of this system.

[@chioyiti]

@@KobanWanko yes, this is what I am also looking for!

[@Oblivion4eg]

When you said Full Hairstyle Guide I thought it was just quick overview of the tool. Wtf, this is like a complete course. Thank you

[@Noggi_3D]

It's a full hairstyle guide. ;D

[@hupchik]

best curve-hair tutorial so far for sure!!! one of the rare occasions when 27min of tutorial went like a couple of minutes, that's mean outstanding and interesting presentation manner

[@Noggi_3D]

Thank you. :)

[@funnycrappycomics2314]

Hey dude nice videos as usual, i have some questions, when i try to apply hair curves to a model, it shows me a message saying " MISSING UV MAP FOR ATTACHING CURVES ON ORIGINAL SURFACE", DO I have to make a uv map before using this option ?

[@Qwert_Zuiop]

Wow, I love the idea with the gradient + object for the hair-coloring, really great tutorial! Thanks

[@scatterbrainart]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. This is so much better than the old particle system method; the technology behind this is insane! I still can't believe this is a free program.

[@Noggi_3D]

Blender 3.5 will make it even better! :D

[@BranSculpts]

Oh man thanks for all this info! I'm excited to give this a try!

[@Noggi_3D]

It's really fun to use. Have fun. :)

[@NoTeamNoWin]

This video is crazy... I don't know how many times i need to see it to understand everything but i already learned so much at first view. Thank you !

[@JesseCotto]

Now I know so much about hair. I am wearing a cape backwards and sweeping the floor. Thanks Noggi!

[@Noggi_3D]

Haha, my pleasure. :D

[@DoctorMadness]

love you bro, consistently high quality reviews explained beautifully

[@CAESAR7670]

Thanks for the tutorial, it's much faster than any other method I came across.

[@anactualalpaca7016]

kinda blown away by how simple and straightforward this was, it was definitely encouraging. Thanks man

[@junofall]

My model looks fairly decent and don't want it ruined by terrible hair, adding layer by layer makes so much sense but never occurred to me - I tried doing it as top / back / sides but it's still so unmanageable so thank you for showing your workflow :)

[@Noggi_3D]

Awesome to know. My pleasure. :)

[@3dmutiny]

As someone who has been in AAA for many years making game hair. This is so much better than Maya XD I wonder how good the map rendering is. Any suggestions?

[@ARTemiUSMilitarist]

Thank you so much for such detailed video with pipeline!

[@BlackMixture]

Legit inspired by this! Who else excited about hopping into Blender 3.3?!

[@Noggi_3D]

I was waiting for it to finally release so I don't have to hop between 3.2 and 3.3. :D

[@chidozietochukwu3072]

Awesome 🔥 very well explained. quick question; while combing the hair it keeps going down and entering inside the head mesh, how can I stop that please

[@Noggi_3D]

There is not clip protection" yet but you can create something like that with a GeoNode system: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooa2k32Jm6yifLc

[@danialsoozani]

duuudeee it was amazing!!! thanks for sharing all the good stuff. I jut started learning geometry nodes two days ago and when i saw how effective it is in hair system i'm just blown away! the future of all these 3d stuff we did all these year will be parametric and saves tons of space on files and more adjustable! thanks again for the great videos and looking forward to watching your next one.

[@Noggi_3D]

Thank you. I'm glad you like it. :)

[@havocthehobbit]

great vid , learnt way more then just the blender's new hair tools , learnt some base hair styling skills that could transfer to other programs and artistic mediums

[@unknownaimbot1530]

I love everything about this. Great tutorial, easy to follow. Many options explained and demonstrated well. Thank you for uploading this!

[@Noggi_3D]

Thank you. My pleasure. :)

[@j.jj.j4283]

A tuto for more complex geonode would be awesome! thanks for the video

[@akwright]

Thanks so much for this tutorial! I haven't experimented with it much, but for a way to decrease the rendering time for stills, couldn't you render out different hair curves as View Layers, then render out the character, and finally composite them together? Someone with more experience could probably help me out here, but I would think that could be a viable option without having to lose the detail and density of your hair styling.

[@Noggi_3D]

Yeah, that would be another good option. :)

[@Perfixel]

You gained a new subscriber, I rarely subscribe to anything but you're just awesome

[@Noggi_3D]

Thank you. :)

[@binyaminbass]

Thank you! I would like to see more node setups with explanations about what they are doing. I wouldn't mind the hair card deep dive too.

[@СмартБой]

Дякую за свіже і цікаве відео, мої найкращі побажання автору цього каналу він майстер своєї справи!

[@Noggi_3D]

Thank you, I appreciate it. :)

[@toojube]

Not easy, but you make it sound like it! Very good flow in your video.

[@Cineinsaner]

dude i just found recent your channle.. i love your tutorial. but i am just bigginer stage now.. but i will learn much from you. .thank you.. love from india

[@Noggi_3D]

That's awesome to know. Love back from germany. :)

[@flying_redkite]

Amazin video !! Thanks! That's a good overview of what we can do ^^

[@GeorgiaMT98]

I find it one of the best blender tutorials! Thanks a lot!

[@LiminalLo-fi]

the first video game me anxiety headaches this video fixed all of that!

[@LoveableLina]

YAY I have been waiting so long for this!

[@DreamBubbleXD]

Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial, I needed it, you explain so calmly and clearly, you are a good teacher, and it is very important for me to find a professional teacher, thank you for making such a contribution to the benefit of a society dedicated to 3D, I am glad!

[@Noggi_3D]

Thank you! My pleasure. :)

[@Fureccha]

I downloaded blender 3.0 last year on my usb and have not updated it, thanks for reminding me man.

[@MatiasPiens]

Best hair Tutorial on Blender !

[@klever-kenneth]

Excellent video as always. Johnny Matthews has a very good series on using geometry nodes to create braids, curls, etc. Perhaps you can build on the concepts shown there and illustrate making braided pony tails ?

[@Noggi_3D]

Thank you. Yeah that's definitely something I want to do in the future. Thanks for the tip. :)

[@TheXxStexX]

You're one of the best channel regarding blender use! Performance wise, this method would be already useful for creating hairs for videogame characters? or in your opinion is still better to use "older" techniques like with curves? I just fear that for creating complex hairstyle this would probably kill the performance in-game.

[@Noggi_3D]

Thank you. You can create a hairstyle with hair cards with this system. That should be a good choice for game hair. :)

[@橋橋-t4t]

Very clear about hair , thanks alot!

[@Xeranxies]

This is the exact type of video I've been looking for, thank you ✌😁

[@SusanArango]

Excellant tutorial, you covered alot! In future perhaps more in depth on styalized hair concepts please. Also how to do braids and curls. Looking forward to your next tutorial!

[@Noggi_3D]

Thanks! Something I definitely want to cover in the future. :)

[@souvikkarmakar4059]

This was awesome tutorial man! Keep up the good work.

[@Noggi_3D]

Thanks! I appreciate it. :)

[@turkelton4413]

Thank you for showing the new haire system ! It will definitely help me in my future porjects ! :D

[@Noggi_3D]

Awesome! Have fun with it. :)

[@mdnghtppl0000]

This video is incredibly clear and enjoyable ty!

[@squidgemcnut]

Thank you for doing such a comprehensive vid on this 😻

[@Noggi_3D]

My pleasure. :)

[@erichbauer3991]

Great video, so much information covered in a pretty understandable way.

[@Noggi_3D]

Thank you. :)

[@CuzEillyCan_Art]

Hi there! Thank you so much for the great tutorial. Is there a way to make curly or wavy hair?

[@JuanFernandez-ti5bv]

Thank you, very helpful for a beginner in blender

[@DouArts]

Great work g. Hope surface collisions will be added soon to this new feature so that hair won't clip through the mesh. But we'll see where this new feature goes, huge improvement in workflow already tho

[@ervinclarkrendon612]

Woah, great video mate!

[@sonickles_]

Thank you for this! i was having alot of trouble figuring this out on my own, if you are going to make more tutorials i would love to see an example of fur on animals, sometimes it feels like the new hair system isnt worth it for that since its so hard to comb it without it going inside the mesh. thank you again!

[@Noggi_3D]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep it in mind. :)

[@chlbrn]

I just thought new hair tools would be fully functional in 3.5 or even 3.6 now it is in 3.3 which really surprises me a lot

[@Noggi_3D]

Yeah, the development seemed pretty quick. :)

[@hop_hey_a_is_a]

Just amazing! Thank you so much! Super useful

[@jaymes93]

Oh jeeez I love your videos... This is nice please could you do a more detail video. This is epic

[@veggiet2009]

WoW! This system looks amazing!

[@Noggi_3D]

It is! :D

[@veggiet2009]

I just gave the default cube a hair do, lol

[@edgarduque5684]

I tried following along with your tutorial but for some reason when i add the interpolate curves node blender becomes essentially unusable. I keep reading that geonodes are supposed to be less performance intensive. Im working on a character with barely 50k faces. What am I doing wrong?

[@fluidfox1436]

Lots of really good tips here.

[@pluto814]

This was really clean tutorial and I refer it to all my hairdo exercises, Thankyou!! at 25:10 I really want to animate the hair curves, do you think you can make a separate video on that little section of possible animation? I tried copying the nodes exactly but didnt work for me. I dont need to simulate just want slight animation. tHANKYOUU

[@3D-Amir]

Great tutorial. The new hair is finally really good explained. Thanx a lot

[@Noggi_3D]

Thanks. I'm glad you like it. :)

[@Neiljinn]

Amazing video. So many useful tips!

[@albiceleste101]

I'm glad the devs added this, it's huge

[@gustavorodrigues3496]

Hi! Awesome tutotial, thanks to you for this! I have just one question, please: there is some way to not get the hair inside the mesh when you're using the comb?

[@Noggi_3D]

Johnny Matthews made a video about that. Maybe Blender 3.5 added a setting for that as well. :)

[@goldkat94]

Do the hair work well with physics or would it be a ton of work to animate it, when the character is moving in different moves?

[@Noggi_3D]

I believe you can animate the hair with bones, but I haven't tried that yet. :)

[@CherylynnLima]

how do you export this hair to be used elsewhere?

[@Noggi_3D]

Check out my answer to the pinned comment. :)

[@picciafoobar]

Excellent tutorial, thanks!

[@chrisrakkestad]

Fantastic tutorial! I've been watching a lot of these, and showing your workflow for actually grooming with it was a big bonus. One quesiton though, the Reverse Curve Node seems to break the Slide tool for me, as it seems to target the start, which is now the end. Is this working as intended?

[@Noggi_3D]

Thanks! I encountered that problem recently aswell. Seems like a bug.

[@deleondln7]

Thank you for this amazing lesson!

[@DerperDaDerpa]

Wowowow next level brother thanks so much!!!!

[@Noggi_3D]

My pleasure. :)

[@LastNight0]

this is wonderful thank you, i wish i understood geometry node magic but for now ill borrow

[@Noggi_3D]

They broke my mind at the beginning, but I'm kind of getting a handle on it slowly but surely. :D

[@talithanabila9015]

Thank you for the awesome tutorial!! I have a question, how do you separate the hair into section/objects like you said at 15:22 ?

[@Snowfly1]

You exit the sculpt mode, select your mesh again and create new empty hair object.

[@mortenw2105]

Thank you very much for this tutorial, i would love to see you do tutorials on braids / curls and so on :)

[@Noggi_3D]

I'm in the process of figuring those out. :D

[@knighth1868]

Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial，here a questions,why the hair don't follow the bone?

[@Gorongirl]

Is there an option to Fill, or propagate hair all cross a mesh evenly, without having to paint the hair follicles in manually at first? Thanks for the tutorial.

[@HEYPictures-legacy]

Doing verry well so far. Great Video!

[@Noggi_3D]

Thanks. :D

[@evaisotalo3386]

Great tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

[@ewasp8846]

Hi, thank you for the video it is the best I saw so far : D I have a question though, Is it possible to prevent hair from going inside of the head? honestly I see no much difference between sphere or projected mode

[@Noggi_3D]

Johnny Matthews made a video about that, which you can check out. :)

[@Metroidf4n]

Would this system be suitable for 3D printing? Or just stick to the old method with thicker strands/sculpting?

[@NRWork]

Hi noggi, just stumbled on this great video! I was looking to transform the hair curves to hair cards but seem to be lost on how the nodes work with each other. Did you make a more in depth tutorial for that? I would love to somewhat implement that in my workflow for hair

[@Noggi_3D]

I made a new video covering the new hair modifier recently in which I also show an updated hair card workflow That should answer most of your questions. :)

[@zhang9508]

thank you ,very helpful

[@hironshy5337]

holy moly this is an amazing way to make hair :O

[@RiscoDavinciResolve]

Thank you! That was a great tutorial!

[@lukasvideosify1596]

Blender never seazes to amaze me...

[@Max_dL]

Awesome Tutorial, i learn a lot from your channel 💎 Is there a way to export the hair system sculpting as geometry obj ? Thanks

[@IamSH1VA]

Great tutorial 👍 very helpful tips..makes grooms really realistic Thanks 🙏

[@yousifali9858]

Hey! Thanks so much for this video!

[@Noggi_3D]

My pleasure. :)

[@Nightfall2077]

Super helpful vid! Quick question, when you create a new hair curves are you using the same surface deform modifier for all of them? When I create new curves on the same object they all stay the same colour even when the viewport shading is set to random. Not sure how to get it working properly

[@Noggi_3D]

I think the random color takes the name of the object into account. And because the duplicated object has almost the same name, the random color is also very similar. :)

[@EL_N0IR_2201]

5:21 this is what i was looking for as most of my models will be animated and need realistic hair system, my question is if you could please help me out id appreciate it, but how do you separate every batch of hair group just like what you mention in the video? I'm new too blender and I've been trying too but i cant figure it out, can you break it down step by step if you can please. Also my hair won’t comb at the roots it works fine in other projects but not in this one project, do you maybe know what I might be doing wrong?

[@Noggi_3D]

I separate my hair by duplicating the existing system and removing the duplicated strands in this new hair object. This way the modifiers are immediately copied and I can continue adding new hair in this new object. :)

[@Hotberginaa]

how to animate please ?

[@ArtByBrado]

Hi Noggi! I would love to see a how to video on constrained hairstyles like Ponytails. Thank you for your videos!

[@QuantayPeoples]

Can you please put the geometry node setup for dread locks on the blender market?

[@waitatlobby]

I have a question. Would this method be optimal to use in games or would it take too much resources?

[@Noggi_3D]

I think most games still use hair cards, which you can create with this system, but you won't have as much control over them as you would, if you created them manually with curves. :)

[@BraineZVisuals]

Great tutorial! Very informative :P

[@qadirqureshi7805]

its difficult to understand how to convert hairs with hair cards please can you explain it in next video if possible.thanks for this video its outstanding..

[@Tenchinu]

Thank u very much!! This was such a good and deep explanation. Had to go through it a couple of times to actually get it... but im getting there :) One question tho... how do you apply materials made in Substance to color these new curves hair? In the old particle system, you could import a texture map and it would copy to the particle system, cause it was based on the UV coordinates of the base mesh... but in here my material just turns pink, cause it looses all UVs :( any suggestions on how could I do that?

[@Amelia_PC]

Great tutorial! Just have one question about mesh cards. To export multiple mesh strands, do I need to export them group by group as Object info? (for multiple meshes from multiple curve groups, for complex hair) EDITED: Found an easier method on jsynk channel. She converted each group to mesh, then to curves. It's enough to create strand cards without spaghetti nodes.