What’s new in geometry nodes in blender 4.2 ALPHA (update link in description!)

[@Sam-pm9vy]

Once again the production quality on what would be a “simple” video is insane

[@nyuh]

this. oh my goodness. instant sub from me

[@harryblends]

there are very few things as complicated as simplicity. Well, maybe complexity ... that's probably more complicated now I come to think about it ...

[@rbettsx]

Agreed. How is this animated, out of interest?

[@JacquesLucke]

Just so you know, these videos do a great job motivating us to add more features to geometry nodes :D

[@harryblends]

Wow. This is awesome. Thank you ... and I'm taking it as tacit confirmation that you're working on the Fill Collins node

[@lucianomunoz]

@@harryblends they should make the Mark Hamill tool to replace Mark Seams

[@ShrikeGFX]

Please add Polygon Reduction and Bevel, its really what hard gates using it over houdini for us, these are critical for so many things

[@xanzuls]

wow

[@bigmacbook]

Harry could give the Stanley Parable narrator a run for their money. Very entertaining and informative.

[@squishybluecat]

The production quality on this video is insane for such a small channel, I hope you grow fast dude ❤‍🔥

[@DeGrey]

This animation style and voice reminds me of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. So well done. Top notch work every time.

[@harryblends]

Thank you. Is there any higher standard than Douglas Adams?

[@mikehattias5837]

"Sometimes someone can make 4 of them and only one is any good" Subbed

[@Alumx]

holy shi- the presentation quality in this video is top notch I tend to be quite on top of latest blender releases but i gotta admit that lately they've been slam dunking so many new nodes and features that i can hardly keep up 😅 Keep these comin' can't wait to see more from you!

[@harryblends]

Thank you. Yes. I’ve spent a lot of time recently tracking new node development and it’s really impressive to see them coming down the pipe

[@CGMatter]

GOAT

[@joshuab4092]

You too though. Thanks to Your videos I've actually learned more math principles and found ways to apply them in real life.. so you guys should team up... be Blender Dudes... since bros is taken lol

[@harryblends]

👆🏼MVP

[@ColinFox]

I can't believe how good your production is! Great humor too! I would love it if you made a behind the scenes on how you did all the animations. I too would love to make informative animations.

[@TheMikelmendizabal]

Incredibly beautiful animation and an excellent explanation. Congratulations!

[@andrey39]

What a beautiful way of nodes representation! Thanks for pleasure during learning, great content, fun to see!

[@harryblends]

Thank you!

[@omidpakbin]

Wow. The production, the voiceover, the jokes, the content... all of it is 10/10. How come this channel has only 3.7K subscribers? I'm going to do my part by sharing this on Reddit. Hope you get a lot more subscribers soon.

[@harryblends]

Thank you!

[@bonecoseoutrascoisas-leiri1131]

I can´t say what is more interesting: the new nodes or the video itself! great job! Thank you!

[@sergejbykov30]

4:20 time points for this man :D

[@FeRReTNS]

Where the heck did this channel come from? Amazing quality all around! Looking forward to seeing where this channel goes!

[@harryblends]

I've come from my house. Thank you. So am I

[@klever-kenneth]

More videos like this explaining how other nodes work would be awesome. Gold content as usual. Keep it up.

[@harryblends]

Thank you. More node explanation videos are very much on the way

[@BlendingEdge]

These awesome videos are getting better and better to infinity and beyond... and we all know there are even better infinities, which is to say they will never stop :) Way to go, Harry!

[@harryblends]

Ha. I think I’m starting to get the hang of these things. Thank you!

[@salmonsushi47]

You left me speechless with those animation

[@freezefyr]

Love your Vids, the new theme and getting rid of the background dot grid has worked beautifully!!

[@harryblends]

Thank you. Yup, dropping the dots was a technical challenge but now it not only looks so much better - it makes the pipeline so much easier!

[@Xraller]

How are you animating the nodes and noodles like that?

[@Katy133]

Your presentation in this is so pretty and stylish.

[@13thxenos]

Damn. Just the way you animated things is enough for me to hit that subscribe button so fast my trackpad is now a cracked pad.

[@SviatoslavPetrov]

Wow, this is amazing presentation!!! 😍

[@Schmidtcreations]

Very high quality video. Keep going!

[@harryblends]

Thank you. I'm all going and my keep is set to maximum

[@yehonataniiii]

I love your style!

[@JackC-d9x]

Cool video and great knowledge! Fun to watch and informative at the same time.

[@CGgazer]

one of best tutorial with effort video making

[@joshuab4092]

I love your production quality for your videos. How do you animate the node graph like that? As a animation noon, I'd actually love to see a tutorial on how you go about making videos like this. Awesome stuff!

[@todesdigga3891]

Dude thanks for this great Video! Also I am equally excited and pissed that I spend the last month on painstakingly crafting my branching system and extrusions following curves tool to see that some of the new Group ID options would have made things sooo much easier

[@CoalBones]

great vid :-)

[@muhammadzazulirizki1000]

I really appreciate the effort u put on this video, man. Bravo! 🔥

[@harryblends]

💪🏼

[@josefludvikbohm5390]

Noo I needed too see how to use the Viewport transform node 😭 What a cliff hanger, impatiently waiting for next video!

[@harryblends]

Ha. Yes, definitely next time. They arrived just a few days ago and I couldn't work out a tree that wouldn't have been it's own full tutorial in depth. But that's for the final version of the video

[@ThePinkOne]

It might be just me, but I get *heavy* LittleBigPlanet vibes from these videos. I love it

[@aPOPblops]

I don’t know how much I learned, but I laughed a whole lot. Subscribed.

[@harryblends]

Ha. Laugh enough and you don’t notice you’re learning

[@RTKdarling]

Great animation, easy to follow. Awesome stuff

[@jbdh6510]

your videos animation is just beautiful. Also great voice.

[@maikeru2137]

Man, you're genius, honestly. I finally understood group ID!

[@hunter8071]

I love your custom theme!

[@quintusdiast3477]

this format is new meta for explaining geo-node

[@BillieCake]

Don't know how I got here, but that's an instant like and sub right there

[@harryblends]

Thank you. The satnav around here is terrible

[@thomasfrenkel1991]

love those videos!

[@CCKonnor]

2:13 I feel so seen... Another banger video. Great job!

[@harryblends]

The align euler to vector was a rite of passage for so many of us. The first node we really worked hard to understanding and that rewarded us big when we got there. A gateway node

[@markbehm]

Nicely done!

[@PsyoPhlux]

Serious Q - even if some people might be triggered... Is there any ability to have a CLI to type/speak/prompt nodes? "Take Zuzanne and instance her around the ponts on Icosphere2 and make the scale match cube 7's random color ramp." Like, I mean, what have you guys been doing over there?

[@PsyoPhlux]

Wait for click? Is there a layer of making an application with blender geometry nodes that I am not aware of? Or does this effectively enable that? Like - if it has input text node, then wait for click node - couldnt you make a blenter viewer based geometry nodes app?

[@karibaevulan]

Great job✌️👍

[@TheVigore]

Before geometry nodes there were animation nodes addon. Strangely, Jaques adding features to geometry nodes step by step, replicating what he already done once for the addon.

[@man_art_man]

Awesome work! You are good in education field! 🔥👍🏻

[@harryblends]

🙏🏻

[@SB5SimulationsFerroviairesEEP]

Tank You! Stéph.

[@lucianomunoz]

pretty excellent.

[@harryblends]

Thanks man

[@SonidosEnArmonia_1992]

How can you make this quality video for such a simple node update information video? your editing skills are amazing.

[@hello-qq7fh]

Would love a better understanding of the matrix stuff. Great video!

[@salmonsushi47]

Align rotation to vector huge W

[@eroc1944]

haha, too good. thank you!

[@lucashaymaker5927]

Always more to learn

[@harryblends]

Always. Unless it's your day off. No learning on days off

[@orrinjonesjr]

This video is sick!

[@guilty_10]

underrated channel 😮

[@OscarChabrand]

this is some quality content!

[@babelchips]

Without asking what the secret sauce is behind creating these animations (apart from graft, sweat and sheer bloody brilliance) I assume Blender plays the biggest role (for obvious reasons)? Or is it a whole other beast?

[@harryblends]

I use Blender, OBS for capture, Premier for editing and Photoshop to create various assets along the way. I occasionally use After Effects for very specific moments but the bulk of the work is blender capture edited in premier. The majority of the node/noodle moves are simply me puppeteering them with OBS set to not capture the cursor. I also use a dry erase marker. A lot. It’s in my hand so often I mostly store it in my mouth when I need both hands for mouse and keyboard. I have to keep track of positioning/spacing somehow and the analogue of drawing on my screen has proved the best way. People ask a lot for a how-to for my style and I’m hesitant mostly because it’s not one simple answer - it’s dozens of techniques accumulated over years of animation experience. I’m planning to start a patreon this summer and one of the things I might offer there is a comprehensive guide on how I make these videos. But for now (ironically) it’s not really in keeping with the subject of this channel.

[@babelchips]

@@harryblends Thank you. That’s fascinating to hear. The writing and delivery shines through, so it’s great to hear the animation is mainly human powered. That explains a lot of the appeal. I naively hoped you had found some kind of programmatic solution (like the 3Blue1Brown ‘Manim’ tool) but we’re not there yet are we? I would jump at the chance to get a peek behind the scenes at your workflow one day. Just out of curiosity have you posted any more of your work online?

[@havocthehobbit]

viewport transform ? I need to look this up now , does that mean i will be able to change things based on my in editor view port position , which means I can finally create a LOD system, to save increase performance and save on memory for creating huge scenes. Maybe I can even have a fun editor HUD system and be able to test out game views before exporting to an engine ... please please be true, the camera pos hack was useless for this use case . Thanks for the vid , very useful changes to know

[@phoenixdown7261]

Didnt know I need a soft british voice to teach me Blender until now

[@blenderheadxyz2418]

this is impressive !

[@AyushBakshi]

Damn. That was concise.

[@Aaws424]

Im convinced subscribing now

[@fiveoneecho]

I never thought we would ever get matrices… Oh my lord is this going to change everything… if they add matrix math. Edit: well I looked at the notes and there’s invert and multiply nodes, so this should be fantastic for a start!

[@Martin-bx1et]

Charmed and subscribed 😊

[@harryblends]

Glad and thanks ☺️

[@rickfuzzy]

Awesome vid

[@ilonachan]

I have no idea why I'm being reminded of the Stanley Parable, but it's a compliment

[@Mix3Design]

Man your making a difficult thing into a fun to watch

[@sergejbykov30]

Oh my god, those animations

[@rajendrameena150]

Very superb and simple explanation... Missing one important tool that everybody is talking about..

[@shalokshalom]

What theme is that, please? :)

[@harryblends]

It’s custom. I’m going to work out the best way to make it available for people to download. People seem to like it. It’s definitely soothing to the eye

[@quintusdiast3477]

new subscription!

[@victorlosadahernandez7125]

Sweet nodes, i should watch a full tutorial on nodes at some point, and learning the math too...

[@harryblends]

nodes are sweet with an unpredictable punch of hot sauce

[@spoon1710]

amazing

[@NicCrimson]

Man you didn't showcase the Mouse Position and Viewport Transform nodes.

[@denisquarte7177]

One can easily tell by the content and editing that this wasn't done by a hobbyist. Do you offer any courses I might throw money at, by chance?

[@arpeegee_studio]

legendary!

[@amralimran1294]

Are you related to David Attenborough?

[@harryblends]

No but I often narrate my cats for hours at a time

[@artscreations5]

Hmmm. Interesting that blender is moving also toward game development 🤔 whereas as unreal is moving toward film production, I think some day Blender will be so powerful that it might replace all adobe suits + video editing platforms + game engine and so on , that's crazy, what do u think ?

[@eliweber1891]

Can't wait for all the math videos 😂

[@haydenhoes]

0:24 third video in a row that i watch that takes a casual dig at spiderman movies. what is going on??

[@harryblends]

I was just saying he'd had a lot of movies. But I don' t like this revisionist Spidey trend. We must be vigilant

[@coyo_t]

while the matrix nodes make me exceptionally excited im just not quite infinitely excited like i should because tHERES STILL NOTHING FOR SHADER NODES yes the ray portal node is death defyingly powerful even in its early stage and i am excited for it but GOD it hurts that geom nodes is getting so many quality of life stuff while shader nodes has practically been untouched ._.

[@CharlesDanielCharly]

You can smell them cooking!!

[@harryblends]

I’ve never considered what nodes smell like … until now

[@CharlesDanielCharly]

@@harryblends a blend of smells...??? maybe

[@eversonmay]

Learn Math in Blender - I will totaly click in this video!

[@benmccarthy2568]

dont even rly use blender but thumbnail so nice i clicked just to comment

[@harryblends]

Glad you liked my sign. Thanks for popping by

[@eshwarthegreat]

cooooolllllllll

[@harryblends]

Thaaaaankkkks

[@dan_karro8904]

Bruh, just use dark theme.

[@leonaluceid2388]

OAO) Sir i`m afraid.... i`m bad at math

[@harryblends]

Do not fear the magic numbers. We will all learn to count again together

[@pelusita59]

vete alv estan muy buenas

[@thespacecowboy420]

JUST STOP CHANGING IT I CAN'T EVEN LEARN IT

[@LudvikKoutnyArt]

I really like these videos but there's something very SUS about hiding like count. It gives people weird signal that they should expect something scammy from this channel.

[@RTKdarling]

My click brought the like count to 215. Don't know what you're talking about

[@LudvikKoutnyArt]

@@RTKdarling Huh, that's so weird. It now shows for me, but previously, this, and some other videos on this channel showed up to me as if they had like count display disabled 🤔

[@danialsoozani]

@@LudvikKoutnyArtmaybe u were the first one!