Create Realistic Grass in Blender 2.8 in 15 minutes

[@CGGeek]

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[@s_kill4789]

Ok

[@charlescurle947]

at 3:49 those three green boxes don't pop up do u know why?

[@The_NSeven]

is it over???

[@richardlindsay6750]

Hey, I just wanted to say that I'm a 65-year-old relative infant with Blender, which I can see is capable of utterly transforming the environmental training work that I do, and just wanted to say that your videos (of both Blender and other 3D software) and those of several others (Blender Guru, Gabbit Media, Blender Foundation) have been an absolute life-line for me. Watching you on my desktop while I follow your actions on my laptop have transformed my capacity to do useful things with this absolutely brilliant software. Bear in mind, I had already been working for four years after university when we thought (1980) that using the University of Cambridge mainframe to play a TRULY clunky game of Star Trek/Battleships (while we waited for the processing and print-out of our real environmental work to arrive at the service desk) was pretty cool.......

[@Cyber_Kriss]

DaFuQ ?

[@TheAngelArrow]

okay boomer

[@susanmuddle2324]

@@TheAngelArrow shut, this man's a good boy, unlike you, angel.

[@aitor.online]

the internet sucks and sometimes you see the worst in people, its nice when you see genuine, wholesome stuff like this for a change!

[@lucutes2936]

dayum son

[@elijahmckee6266]

Just a heads up for anyone struggling to find the "Foliage mask" file. It may show up as opacity instead of mask

[@cosmicwave8886]

Thank you soo much, kind Sir.

[@mrnightwing2899]

thx

[@hopzinga2790]

THX SO MUCH I STARTED GIVING UP ON THE TUTORIAL

[@pixelmerk903]

Thank you!!

[@iankubo2741]

Thanks!

[@thewilleymusic]

8:46 - In case anyone is confused, you can make these multiple cuts by clicking ctrl + r and then scroll with the mouse wheel.

[@SudevMulloor]

Yep

[@tommygunmitvierm724]

If you don't see the settings in the shade menu at 4:48 it might be because in Blender 2.9 the settings are in a different tab on the right side of the bar under options.

[@hayesgeldmacher8592]

oooh my god thank you so much

[@kneleescobar1977]

damn i still cant find it

[@nothingnothing3211]

@@kneleescobar1977 Just check the various option there. It is easy to find them.

[@baileyharper-adams9769]

@@nothingnothing3211 If you're still looking, its all the way to the right, in the properties window. Go to Properties, Material Properties, and all the options should be under Settings and Viewport Display

[@SnowPheasant]

You're a lifesaver.

[@khaderart]

I'd separate them by loose parts at 10:55 and then add them to a collection and then choose collection as my particle rather than object, it will add up to its variation. Well done

[@julienelson6506]

Can you dumb that down? I think that is what is holding me up. This is my first attempt at blender. I may have bit off more than I could chew

[@bradldwyer7842]

@@julienelson6506 He means while in edit mode with the blades of grass to separate each piece by pressing "p" and selecting "separate". Each piece will be its own object. Move them close together to make the grass clump. Then select each piece of grass using "Shift" and make a collection out of them by pressing Ctrl+G. On the bottom left a small menu with reading " Create New Collection" should appear. You can name it by clicking on it to extend the menu.

[@TheCatMurgatroyd]

Genius!! :O I'm learning so much off of this tutorial :) just a bit scared cause i never worked with groups... Are they just a group of objects? Seems simple enough

[@teeheeleelee]

This is hands down the most comprehensive tutorial for both PBR texturing AND particle system setup. Thank you SO much for this content, as a Blender beginner I keep coming back to it as a referral point. Great content, seriously.

[@MachineElf1111]

Import images as planes completely changed my life in Blender , thanks bro!

[@Grabster]

Some issue i found and how i fixed them: 4:30 - Background keep staying black even though its set to Alpha blend. You need to create a _Transparent BSDF_ node. Connect its BSDF to your mix shader's 2nd "shader" option below _Fac_. 12:20 - You're supposed to duplicate your vertices in one object when in object editor mode. You don't make duplicates of the object. If you made the same mistake i did, just select all your grass blades > right click > join. Hen select your object in particles.

[@duller5447]

The beast is here!!!! You make everything look so easy T-T

[@kp_ke]

When you say '' I like to add something else''....We know this the tutorial just got litified!!...Keep them coming master

[@sachint04]

I am a beginner to blender and you saved me from lot of pain .... Thanks Geek!

[@RDR911]

I know I’m late but massive respect for having both your pack and the old fashion method mentioned.

[@dreamsprayanimation]

This workflow/node setup is great for more than just grass.

[@limitlessinmind]

One of the most indepth blender tutorial maker i have ever since known. Once again great work, thanks lot!

[@bronxandbrenx]

Love how beautiful the tutorial is. It is kinda challenging for me :)) but I finished it in 3 hours.

[@alexkiss7124]

Damn. Grass looks even better in cycles.

[@SteveHaiman]

Made my project with eevee and your nature pack by the way. Worked GREAT!

[@GlowYT]

Truly an amazing tutorial! Great for everyone that wants to know more about creating realistic environments along with particle systems and some terrain sculpting. Thanks!

[@HeroSnowman]

Without you we couldn't do anything in blender!

[@faolanlirriemann4689]

its one of teh best videos i have ever seen

[@sgasolacewolf4930]

Oh thank you this helped me out so much and not just with the grass but also sculpting my new land, thanks for this. You are A star🎇⭐

[@gutozardy]

I know this tutorial is old, but... Thank you! It´s a clean and professional tutorial, I hate the new channels with a lot of joking, noise and visual pollution! They distract us and the tutorial becomes a lost of time.

[@feynstein1004]

15 minutes? Yeah right. This took me like 2 hours to get done.

[@pablobiedma]

2 hours? Yeah right. This took me like 16 hours to get done.

[@feynstein1004]

@Pablo Lmao mate

[@feynstein1004]

@Kaya Beautymantra Don't worry. It just takes some time and practice. You'll get there eventually :)

[@julienelson6506]

You are doing great!! I am averaging an hour per minute of the video. I am now stumped at 12:20 and how I render my blades of grass as one object and not each individual blade. There must be a way to join the blades into one item, but it is back to searching google for how to do this next step

[@feynstein1004]

@Atharv Khatri You're very welcome, my friend. But I didn't do anything. Just provided encouragement. You did everything yourself. Credit where credit is due :)

[@Parmigiano1]

Title: Realistic grass in 15 minutees Video: *is 18 minutes long* Me: *spends 4 hours trying to follow the tutorial*

[@shaniaraeart]

This video was incredibly helpful 🤍 I prefer this method over the ones I’ve seen in other videos, since this is much more customizable. I was able to adjust when needed to get the exact look I was going for. Thank you

[@sumus19]

Did you find the foliage mask?

[@VicVegaTW]

quick and effective CG Geek, good results too! thanks

[@EvanderMark]

FANTASTIC ! Thanks a LOT ! Amazing . As beginner it take more time, but to learn is perfect .

[@snyperwulffgaming9575]

Absolutely gonna buy this. I have a plan for a farm scene and I dreaded thinking of how to do the grass. Now I have something to go off and it'll be easier. Once I actually learn more it'll look real nice.

[@tricityterror]

If anyone for whatever reason is not having their material transparent after alpha blend, it's because you are missing the transparent bsdf node plugged into the mix shader.

[@mano-fg6yj]

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@000bunny3]

mine still isn't transparent with everything plugged in properly

[@gerel6373]

thanks a lot!

[@yashsidhu8968]

Was waiting for this for months thanks cg geek love ya for your tutorials u r the best!

[@justingooligan7059]

just bought it. you made it look really really nice in eevee. thank you for the hard work.

[@CGGeek]

Awesome! Enjoy the assets!

[@Gamebattles1946]

one of the easiest i tutorials i think i have ever seen good work

[@TheRealLink]

Came across this while testing out things for a side project and while it did take me significantly longer than 15 minutes (being a Blender noob), it did produce some amazing results. I do have a couple further steps I'm trying to think of how to do though...

[@noahschneider900]

thx for sharing that massive chunk of knowledge man.

[@beckryanperson]

Thanks, concise video, calming voice to listen to

[@mcan-piano4718]

Mr. CGGeek Thank you so much, I was always wondering about grass in evee because it was so hard in Cycles :)) You read my mind Best Regards,

[@miloyskiii6207]

This was such a great help for me. Thanks a lot!!!

[@ChristopherHemsworthCreative]

As always you rock my world, my man.

[@syedmonuabbas9473]

Only person who can say "Leave a thumbs down" on KZbin Mad respect! BTW if I could I would have liked this video multiple times

[@jonathansgarden9128]

So precise and succinct. It may not be an add-on, but this is the best alternative for someone with no money! The only thing I'll do different is I'm going to use a texture for the ground that includes dead grass.

[@t3kn079]

THANK YOU! i have been looking for a good toutorial for general textures for a while and i think you might have just answered my prayers (maybe)

[@Bogbrew]

This is exactly what I was looking for! You guys are always on point

[@scatterbrainart]

This is the first 3D tutorial I've been able to do in a long time in which everything worked almost exactly as instructed. The only difference is that I'm now in 2.90.1 and some settings are a little different (Sun Light now has a Strength parameter instead of energy, and its default is 1000, so figure that out I guess). Great job; thank you! PS: Despite doing this from scratch I still bought the asset pack.

[@hayesgeldmacher8592]

thanks dude this was super helpful!

[@Evan-gm5og]

Great video, Helps got it done fast

[@laemander]

Thank you so much for your tutorial it really saved me some time. I have been having trouble with my blender since my GPU isn't supported but I had no problem with this tutorial. Thank you again.

[@deenh.1504]

Love your tutorials! Thanks man!

[@jalenwilliams2133]

Just so you guys know, this tutorial works really well when you have a fast computer. I struggled with this one once I added the grass particles haha.

[@valleybrook]

Amazingly many tips and tricks in a 18 minute tutorial. Good work!

[@NeogenCorp]

Crazy good tutorial as usual. Thanks!

[@Jen-R]

Thanks! This is what I needed.

[@dominicmazzola3197]

I'm unable to located the Node Setting properties at 4:36. I hit 'N' and the settings popped out, but 'Node > Settings' does note exist

[@WolfMediaProductions]

Settings are under the 'options' tab when you press 'N' :)

[@TiMCoop3r]

There are little tabs when you hit N and its in options

[@NahMyself]

12:21 If you have multiple blades of grass as objects instead of a patch of grass as one object press Ctrl + J in Object Mode to join them together. It should now show up in Instance Object as one object.

[@kenmillionx]

This creativity... Amazing work...

[@yakoublat02]

The best blenderer 😘

[@SuthernZero]

Great particle method! Well done!

[@BlenderBurst]

12:23 Hello. I was wondering if anyone can help me out. Whenever I do Grass tutorials, or try to make grass, I always get stuck at this part: 12:23 The problem, is that the Grass partials are always rotated sideways. I try to change the Rotation Orientation Axis, but it never works very well. Usually global Y or X works ok, but the problem with using those, is that it doesn't let the grass particles be rotated on the Z axis. So I can't really rotate them around too look more realistic. Does anyone know why this always happens when I try to make grass? Thanks

[@j.jj.j4283]

Yes I had the same problem but for me the axes were reversed so I just put "object Y" or "object X" and my weed was in the right direction! (sorry for my English :))

[@rahulsinha9260]

I solved this problem by setting the origin of the object at the base of the grass.

[@j.jj.j4283]

@@rahulsinha9260 yep but his problem is because his object is in local and not in global

[@醉酒99]

Look list kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioi9mICdapuMg7M with 4:23

[@BlenderBurst]

@@醉酒99 Thank you!

[@jeremiah1101]

i literall love you. thank you so much for this :)) soooo extremely helpful!

[@abeyrgeorge4241]

Finally ...... was waiting for this for a while... glad it was from you :-)

[@EDITMODE]

Oooh what a pretty field that turned out to be! Awesome tutorial!

[@hbert06]

Great tutorial! 👍

[@RitikKumar-cz8rb]

my computer would have died doing this. You have a great one man!!(computer)

[@3d_hive295]

Thank you for this tutorial !!

[@s4il0rx30]

Thank u veeeeeeery much, it really looks like something i would want to lay down in

[@grodenvr7076]

thanks for the great grass, man!

[@foxdie9840]

Very good tutorial! Thanks for sharing. :)

[@Azira1301]

this is amazing, i mean you can be a teacher easily

[@loganwiesenart]

you video's are always sooooo COOL!! 👍

[@RSpudieD]

Fantastic! Great job!

[@valtito9297]

THANK YOU THAT WAS AWSOME i sill have a little trouble evening out the grass areas. i was hoping to create a manicured lawn. anyhow i am on my way. thank you again

[@MotiviqueStudio]

// Edit: Just got the render started, thrilled with the result. I used this to do grass, but also a wheat texture on farmland. So helpful for a current project! // Amazing tutorial. Really helping me feel more comfortable with nodes. When I got to the shader editor the default nodes for the foliage are different - it's the same file, but I have a principal bsdf instead of mix/transparent/diffuse - this tut is only 4 days old, I wonder what I did differently? Also, I don't have a "settings" tab under the node drop down in N menu... Under "options" I found alpha blend, but instead of "transparent clip" I get "alpha clip"; is this a 2.83 thing? I love what you did with the colorramp. Do you have vids where you apply that to other terrain - trees, mountains, water?

[@Ihavenone55]

THANKS FOR THIS WAS FANTASTIC!!!

[@rachapongwatana3868]

Thank you so much for a really good tricks

[@mr_animator_971]

Excellent 💥

[@progettazione_case_moderne]

god blessed u ! many thannks from italy

[@Kimb4000]

Thank you CG Geek! I just purchased your Asset Nature Pack. Can't wait to blend with it!

[@ThatGuyDownInThe]

wow I think I just found my passion, this is amazing

[@ZonkzUK]

Downloaded the Foliage 001 pack but when I go to import the foliage mask from around 4:20 There isn't a foliage mask included in the download?

[@mrrandommeme63]

I used the ocapacity file, but then , it just works for one side, the other is just white and black grass on it :(

[@UnfixingRed]

Awesome dude, thanks .

[@RAYtheMEME]

Gotta stop my current project to try this out.

[@ediehl99]

Where CG Geek adjusts the sun shadows at 15:30, the controls he adjusts (Clip Start, End, Softness, Exponent and Bleed Bias) are not there on the version 2.82 of Blender. Only Bias exists as of 3-25-2020.

[@mr52pickupgm]

Everything going great for me up until 6:15; blade of grass looks great from one side, but looking from the back side it's all white, and no transparency! Any ideas? I think it has to do with the fact that the grass image I downloaded didn't have a 'mask' file, so I chose the 'opacity' file.

[@Gierownik_Studios]

you propably connectet rougness instead of colour

[@Evictor117]

Thanks, very concise and easy to follow.

[@minot0_]

i luv ur vids keep it up

[@komeko1673]

WUUUHUUUU AMAZINGGG

[@Tymon0000]

Looks cool!

[@chronobolt6560]

I know its late but I tried to do what you did at 9:45 and have some trouble in copying and moving the image in the UV editor... how did you move the dup grass into the UV editor???

[@Hadryen84]

Great tutorial! so quick to get something pretty cool....

[@kmarci0620]

Been wanting to make a landscape scene so thanks!!!

[@charlescurle947]

at 3:49 those three green boxes don't pop up do u know why?

[@sushicat5005]

i only get one big box, bot the small ones

[@robfrydryck127]

That rocks Steve

[@DimeF1]

this grass takes so much time to render in cycles... Jesus!

[@marcorobbesom]

great tuto

[@bertvtveer2899]

Good tutorial, the pacing is just right.

[@atikahsalsabilads6374]

thanks sooooo much you helped my assignment

[@Blaharator]

You can very quickly create all grass segments by using array modifier with its new UV offset :)

[@akashhansana7341]

Hi Im 16 year child like to learn blender you are very good teacher thanks

[@alessiomarella6889]

10:02 i can rotate only one of these two blade of grass. What i should do now...?

[@hailpija]

i cant do rotate in one side only too

[@lynoeis5115]

Uh oh, I'm a kid with no money but is addicted to Blender this can't end well... "MOMMMM!"