Medusa Nodes - Procedural Hair System for Blender - Tutorial - Introduction Part 01

[@tamangelinart]

Instant purchase! I've been following your progress on Blender Artists and I'm so excited you released this!!

[@iraklikupunia]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@lm96gatling]

Instant purchase! It really feels like XGen without all the clutter and then applied to Blender's hair system, really awesome!

[@gfxprime-m7r]

Could you update the guides part 1 and 2 for the new model because following your guides they are not exactly the same! The buttons in the update have visually different actions, for example the generator activator and deactivator no longer exists as shown in manual form...

[@TheRealJerseyJoe]

I really appreciate the effort that you've put into this video documentation / demonstration. Great work !

[@iraklikupunia]

Thank you, hope you will enjoy using this addon!

[@SW-lw6mt]

This looks very promising, it's got some xgen like features but only better :) Gonna try it out!

[@drakkar2guerre]

In blender 4.1 ( as of today ) , in the nodes properties, is "Freeze" generator the same as the generate tickbox ? I do not see it in my version.

[@marcinderewonko9124]

That's totally awesome tool. Keep on Irakli !!!

[@iraklikupunia]

Thank you, Marcin! I will try my best.

[@marcinderewonko9124]

@@iraklikupunia UDIM's for sure will be high appracieted in the future. Good luck !

[@wguillaume98]

I am prepare to make that purchase I just want to learn more about the braiding system and I am sold. Best blender hair system!

[@thorntonhough]

As a relative beginner (1 year) this is brilliant what blender 4 should have included. They should buy this system from you and incorporate it into the next release. Easier that Maya.

[@metamesh1]

what would be the best way to report bugs etc? I found quite a few bugs and things that could be improved/ suggestions to make a better tool, i'd be happy to provide some feedback

[@Levi-samaa]

Ich habe überall recherchiertund dein twitter auch nachgeschaut aber habe keine richtige hilfe gefunden wie ich den addon benutzen kann um braids zu machen😭

[@activemotionpictures]

This looks promising!

[@studiotouge]

Great plug in. I am struggling to find the generate tab within the first generator on my version though. Has this step changed or am I missing something? Thanks

[@iraklikupunia]

@@studiotouge , thanks! Yes, the generate check box is not needed now. You can just start play with the Density prameter right away.

[@studiotouge]

@@iraklikupunia thanks for the speedy reply! I am looking forward to trying it out some more

[@iraklikupunia]

@@studiotouge you're welcome!

[@michaelvaughan2986]

Can you use a hair curves object that already has some guides with the plugin?

[@iraklikupunia]

No there is no such function that will convert the existing groom to Medusa Nodes' groom, not at this point. It requires some manual steps in the node editor. This option is on the To-do list.

[@Пётр-х7с3з]

is there the way to use simulations using this addon?

[@haozeng8936]

Could be an alternative to XGEN。

[@boooliveira8320]

I wanted to understand how you did the thumb braids

[@iraklikupunia]

Sorry, there is no tutorial yet if you have some specific question or blend file I could take a look at, you can send me it via DM on Blenderartists.org or X (Twitter).

[@boooliveira8320]

@@iraklikupunia ok!! Thank you very much!

[@aidansRealm]

hey there, just got the addon and love it. wondering if it needs to be rendered in cycles to get the effect "real" effect or if it can be done in eevee as well

[@iraklikupunia]

Thanks for you feedback! I would say you could definitely achieve the realistic hair look in some Eevee scenes, but it is definitely easier to do it in Cycles.

[@BienchenMiene]

Thank you, that looks really incredible. Maybe a stupid question, but can you maybe tell me where I can set the length of the added hair? I thought that will be taken over by the Groom01_Part01_Hair Generator.

[@iraklikupunia]

Thank you! Actually it is a good question. You can't do that at the moment. If you add the hairs to the hair object using the density brush directly, you will not be able to change it's length. I was thinking, that we can add some kind of grow/shrink node to the system. It is now on my to-do list.

[@heranzhou6976]

Sir, does this tool support Curve to Guides? I already have lots of hair curves, and I use them to create guides

[@iraklikupunia]

Yes, you can check this post out, there is a video in it where I add a collection with the curves in it to Generator node of the Guide object: blenderartists.org/t/hair-medusa-nodes/1336677/365?u=ikakupa

[@open_nnn]

In this video at 10 o'clock, the hair set at the beginning is applied well in the guide. However, I'm following the tutorial, and the hair I set at the beginning doesn't apply to the guide, and if I add a guide, I'll add a hair that's too long, not the hair I set at the beginning. Isn't there a solution?

[@iraklikupunia]

I am not sure what exactly the problem is in your case. You have to disable "Generate" option on the Generator of the Guide Curves object first.

[@open_nnn]

I've done that. But it doesn't work. I want to show you a picture, how should I show you?

[@iraklikupunia]

@@open_nnn ok, If you have a Twitter or blenderartists.org you can DM me there.

[@open_nnn]

@@iraklikupunia I'm sorry to bother you. Blenderartist just signed up so it's hard to send a message. Your Twitter message seems to be locked.

[@iraklikupunia]

@@open_nnn it's all good no worries, I am going to check my Twitter, I am kinda new to it. What's your handle on Twitter?

[@knackepizza2480]

Is it possible to select a single Guide Particle? It's difficult to try sculpting multiple guides since one move will move all overlapping guides.

[@iraklikupunia]

Yes, I would use the Selection Paint brush for that. It is the first one in the toolbar if you are in the sculpt mode on the Guide hair object. The brush makes it is easier to isolate painted guides.

[@knackepizza2480]

@@iraklikupunia Thats amazing! In my viewport, I do not see Guides as blue like in your video. They are red, and selected guides are like 1% darker, so its difficult to see guides through hair as well as difficult to see which guides are selected. Is it possible to change Guide color or make Guides visible through hair?

[@iraklikupunia]

@@knackepizza2480 something is probably messed up with your Guide hair object. But yes you can still change the color by selecting the Guide object's Material and searching for the Viewport Display panel in the Properties Editor. There you will find the Color parameter.

[@knackepizza2480]

@@iraklikupunia Wow you are AMAZING for responding so fast. This plugin is amazing. At some point could you do a tutorial on long hair or braids? I'd believe that you would know an optimal way to make those, since I'm basing long hair off your short hair video

[@iraklikupunia]

@@knackepizza2480 haha, I am not always that quick to respond, but I try to do my best whenever I have got spare time on my hands. I will try to make a short tutorial on Braid deformer. I can't promise that it will happen quickly. Currently I am working on improvements in regard to the addon.

[@Levi-samaa]

bitte mach mal tutorial wie man diese zöpfe macht wo du im anderen video gezeigt hast

[@cath0dictube]

came for the tutorial, stayed for the hairstyle

[@spittingame4241]

How are you going to showcase an add-on that people can't buy yet?

[@CryptoNightshade]

Looks good I need one that does hair cards

[@yami3985]

this is so close to xgen tool. keep it up work

[@Fr3akyBeaky]

This looks real good! Was planning on trying out hairnet, but def trying this one out first. Are you planning on sharing more types of hairstyle creations?

[@iraklikupunia]

Thank you! Yes, I would like to make some shorter hair styles for example.

[@shel_inanis]

It dont work on 4.0.

[@iraklikupunia]

Hello, I have fixed the zip file. You can download the file again from the Gumroad page.

[@mh294m]

Really awesome! I've been wanting something like this to be in Blender for a while now, Blender hair particle system and even the curves now are not really comparable to xgen and this seems to up the game quite a bit

[@iraklikupunia]

Thank you!