Blender NEEDS to add this smooth geometry node!

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Have you seen the liquid chrome design trend? With geometry nodes we can smooth any curve until it looks like liquid, making it super easy to make any word look awesome just by writing it. It works just like the smooth modifier except you can use it within geometry nodes.
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[@JoeyCarlino]

⚠ There is an easier way to do this with the blur attribute node! Watch this to learn more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gV6vY5h_fdpqn8U Or Plug a position node into a blur attribute node, and plug that into the position slot of a set position node. That's it! It's much faster than the method in this video. Or you can just use a smooth modifier.

[@jonahoskow7476]

Can it work to smooth a flip fluid surface mesh?

[@JoeyCarlino]

Yeah, but you could just use a smooth modifier for that

[@jonahoskow7476]

@@JoeyCarlino true!

[@pandabro4235]

anytime i've got an idea that I don't know how to execute Joey always seems to upload right when I need it

[@Neffysux]

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for, thank you!!

[@kashOptix]

I greatly appreciate you & your knowledge! Thanks for helping us wrap our heads around GeoNodes!

[@Schmidtcreations]

OMG this is soo good! never thought you could use it like that!!

[@Clydacious]

This is amazing, Joey! This seems to retain the ability to be modified/mirrored allowing for some interesting geometry I really value your tutorials! Keep making great videos!

[@gordonbrinkmann]

Since you already recommended enabling the Node Wrangler addon, the easiest way to add the environment texture in the world shader is to select the background node and press Ctrl+T, this will add Environment Texture, Mapping and Texture Coordinate nodes automatically already connected.

[@systematicpsychologic7321]

Some expert tutorials as always. Thanks much, I've learned a lot by watching you. Great communication style for geometry nodes in particular.

[@omaracosta1805]

This is gold Joey! Thank you!

[@boyhenryisa2452]

Amazing tutorial. So many interesting stuffs can be created using this method and I really appreciate your share!! Thanks!

[@theCreativeAddict3d]

Amazing Tutorial Mate!! Mind Blowing... Fantastic Explaination! Thank you SO MUCH!!

[@a64719]

this tutorial is so nice and easy to follow and the result is fantastic!!! thank you so much for sharing this with us :D

[@_blender_man_]

Like the way you do! Great idea you have implemented in BLnDR!

[@akwright]

"Yer a wizard, Joey" Always appreciate the depth of knowledge you bring to your tutorials. Thanks for sharing!

[@parhamAzad253]

You always explain it the best Thank you

[@mhmdkaram]

It really worked for me after I look and try some tutorials, yours is the one that worked. Owe you a lot.

[@user-ti2fe2sv7c]

This is amazing, super tutorial, thank you!!!

[@AllyG1967]

fascinating to watch - thank you

[@hugo-livet]

You are such a good teacher !

[@mickyr171]

You can also add a smooth modifier after the geonodes modifier and that smooths everything out

[@JoeyCarlino]

True, that's what I said in the description and also in my cheese video

[@mickyr171]

@@JoeyCarlino awesome then, ive only seen a few of your vids mate, i know the technique in this vid and used it for a while until i discovered the smooth mod

[@rhoharane]

It's too bad a lot of the simple modifiers like bevel and smooth don't have node versions yet. They're kinda useful for stuff like this.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

I think there is already a recognition that all the modifiers need to become part of Geometry Nodes at some point.

[@martinium1]

Yeah, he basically recreated smooth modifier manually, which is doing the edge average, but within a polygon and did the iterations manually haha. Much faster to do with smooth mod

[@nicos3426]

this tutorial is so fire, made my day my week and probably my month! Simple and elegant, 10000%%%% fire!! Blender needs to add this for sure!

[@JoeyCarlino]

Check out the new blur attribute node, it makes smoothing a lot easier

[@jussifn2060]

works, chock-full thanks!

[@BlenderBob]

Interesting! Thanks

[@jeffg4686]

Great share. I really like the setup of drawing a curve and transforming that. I think one thing that would be cool is add-ons that make use of GeoNodes behind the scenes, but add in some menu tools that work in conjunction with that geonode setup. So, like a "cloud brush" where you can paint clouds in 3d space with the brush, but can always change the geonode setup too if want different properties of the shape, but could also have "tool properties" that are essentially input parameters to the geonodes setup, but the user won't have to open geonodes, just use the tool options. I think we'll start seeing a lot of add-ons like that soon.

[@JoeyCarlino]

I'm already in the process of making the tools you mentioned

[@jeffg4686]

@@JoeyCarlino - That's cool. Seems like there's a good opportunity for tools based on geonodes.

[@ryoyotsu3820]

was trying something like this but failed miserably, thank you for this!

[@peiyihou8609]

great trick

[@sebbosebbo9794]

wow. hola s...GN and your workflow ideas ,.. so cool.. more remesh option( smoothing) in the r. node would be so cool..thx sharing

[@rtdietrich]

Top 100 Blender Videos! Nice!

[@theCreativeAddict3d]

This tutorial is SO dense with knowledge, I am at 13:08 but 5 hrs into Blender.... Mind blowing Tutorial.

[@VehementisEaVeritas]

I've seen a similar method using edge vertices some time ago, but it's too convoluted with all the Set Position nodes. You can just interpolate the Position Input to Edge using Interpolate Domain or Capture Attribute, and mix that with Position Input using a "MixVector" node group. That way you can use the mix factor as a Smooth factor. MixVector works similar to MixRGB, but I encourage to create them yourself since MixRGB usually have their factor clamped. I also hoped they would convert more modifiers into nodes. Only mimmicked some so far myself, including Cast, Displace, Smooth and Vertex Weight Proximity. Edit: Forgot to mention, interpolating to Edge would make it act more like the Smooth modifier. You can also interpolate to Face, which smoothes even more, and would need less iterations. Just interpolate between Face and Point as much as you want before setting the position.

[@szymonczajka3868]

This is outstanding. Thank you so much. Is it possible to set up something similar for a collection of meshes?

[@TiagoTiagoT]

I'm not sure if it's the same type of smoothing, but another way of smoothing would be to apply two Dual Mesh nodes in sequence (need to be in pairs to keep the topology unchanged)

[@dreamsprayanimation]

You basically made curve driven metaballs. Amazing stuff.

[@superochoo]

hi, any chance to do "paneling" with this approach, or other approaches that you teach? I need to draw panels by hand and have them be non-destructive (adjustable in depth, thickness, etc)

[@yeniboyut]

you are awesome

[@kasali2739]

Are there some nodes, where you can code in? Would be great to have "for loops" for repeating actions.

[@germuu]

The smooth modifier does the same thing, the repeat times with factor value

[@tiagogiraovideos]

Super. It's hard for me to understand the average position of the points (as vector). Have to try it out. Many thanks for sharing

[@HEYPictures-legacy]

Nice! Blender 3.4 has a mix node by now. So you don't have to use mix rgb. It works both though

[@JoeyCarlino]

Oh cool, I have to check that out. I'm so used to using mixRGB because that's the only way I knew that would work for so long

[@dimasputra]

Hello im curious about the difference between them

[@JoeyCarlino]

I haven't tested it yet, but I assume it works the same but has different labels, similar to the "combine xyz" and "combine RGB"

[@CPTKNG]

That is a kind of Laplasian Smoothing. It works better if you subtract the position, instead of dividing by 2.

[@JoeyCarlino]

I'll try that out

[@superochoo]

This is super cool! is there a file with this technique that we can access/buy without having to re-create the setup?

[@kleioscope]

man ! as usual this is insanely awesome! But am not sure i have the machine for a 100 tap filter in nodes XD Thanks !!!!

[@JoeyCarlino]

Its pretty quick for me, but you'll have to try to find out. I don't know how it performs compared to the smooth modifier

[@Eddestark]

Nice video as always! What's the addon to search the math operations (like searching for multiply or modulo) in the node editor? I'm pretty sure you mentioned in another video but i can't find it.

[@JoeyCarlino]

I'm not using an addon. You can search for operators by dragging from a socket and letting go. It will give you all of the options that work for that specific socket.

[@Eddestark]

@@JoeyCarlino Thanks! I thought it worked like that on the search menu with an addon. It would be useful.

[@JoeyCarlino]

You're probably right that there is an addon for the search menu, but idk what it is

[@astroboi8526]

yo I just found a channel i like im the new subscriber btw

[@abdullahimuhammed6550]

Please help!!. Anytime I plug in the vector divide node to the position node, the mesh disapears

[@matildarobertson6881]

This is great! Just wondering, I have watched the 'Text Reference' bit 100 times and I just cannot figure out how you manage that! Are you importing? How did it just automatically convert? I have tried dragging and dropping, importing a reference and nothing is working! Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)

[@JoeyCarlino]

I just dragged a picture into blender

[@PixelPusherGames]

This is wonderful😂🎉 but most people won’t have the patience lol tis a virtue 😅

[@towfiqanwarakib2001]

can we use a repeat zone to do the same duplication in 4:28 easily?

[@JoeyCarlino]

Yes, but instead of using this method, use a position node plugged into a blur attribute, plugged into the position of a set position node

[@deaf1030]

very very good!btw how to set this on 7:20 pretty flat?please help!=)

[@JoeyCarlino]

If you turn the voxel size up (lower resolution), it will flatten more

[@deaf1030]

@@JoeyCarlino thanks! tricky!

[@TOAKSuriFox]

Is there a way to get the Metaballs to stick or form around a specific shape, for instance a humanoid? I'm trying to get the Metaballs to stick to a humanoid so he can transform into a mosnter.

[@JoeyCarlino]

Distribute points on surface node. I have a few videos similar to this, like the fuzzy fish one and another about moving points. Both are in the geo nodes playlist

[@TOAKSuriFox]

@@JoeyCarlino Okay Thanks

[@waltage]

how to make this into rolled water over object?

[@Jon-lk9ws]

How do i get the curves to sit on the surface of something? I switched the draw mode to surface and it seems to just sink into the model as opposed to sitting on top of it.

[@JoeyCarlino]

It will look like it's sinking in instead of on top because of the thickness that is added, the actual curve IS on the surface. To get the effect you're talking about, you can find the normal of the face it's sitting on and displace it by the radius of the curve. It's not very easy to explain through text like this

[@Jon-lk9ws]

@@JoeyCarlino so, pull in object to nodes, set position, plug radius of curve into offset, use object info node as the selection? position? I know im close to the solution but i could pay you for a walkthrough if needed!

[@JoeyCarlino]

If you come to the discord I can send some screenshots at some point

[@Hrishikeshdarshan]

god bless u xdd

[@itztash]

when I add new geometry tree the curve disappears 😭

[@nm-com]

why not just smooth the jagged output with a smooth modifier? you can set iterations and factor. after that, you can add a new geonodes modifier for further.

[@JoeyCarlino]

I said something similar in the description and in the cheese video

[@esbensloth]

What we really need in blender is an itterator so we don't need to copy paste 100 nodes

[@JoeyCarlino]

💯

[@mspeir]

Blender desperately need loop and recursion nodes.

[@JoeyCarlino]

They are planned! There is also a blur attribute nodes that can be used to smooth a mesh, I think it's in 3.5

[@virgilhawkins3390]

@@JoeyCarlino Have you tried this yet? Looks like Blur Attribute node is live. EDIT: Fiddled a bit. Looks like you can do this smoothing operation with about 3 nodes. [Mesh] > [Set Position] > Output. Put a [Position] node into the socket of [Set Position], then drop [Blur Attribute] set to Vector onto the connection between and [Set Position]. Then each "Iteration" increase appears to be another level of smoothing.

[@_blender_man_]

one thing ive noticed - just use Modifier "SMOOTH" instead of all this 100 times vector smooth repetition in GN.

[@JoeyCarlino]

I mentioned this in the description

[@_blender_man_]

@@JoeyCarlino ups 😬 sorry did not read it yet 😳! Thanks!

[@flixcracker]

Laughs in piracy

[@redvoiddd]

complicateddd :(

[@JoeyCarlino]

Check the pinned comment

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Thats a really messy way of doing it, its way easier to just not use geo nodes

[@JoeyCarlino]

I mention that in the description and also in future videos