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nope sorry. I still do not get it - I did not have to quit any poly draw when modeling in video above. Just Left click > Drag and release (to make strip) , then just move the verts. If I remember correctly u had issue - that switching to vert mode took too long?

@@bartoszstyperek6306 This must be a misunderstanding of how the plugins work on my part, but I do ➡“Left click > Drag and release (to make strip)” but when I press left click again to move the vertex, it draws the poly again.

@@laurentlabede well, yes. For moving verts - there is G key right? LMB alone never moved verts for me (only after G key). Or maybe you are on industry compatible keymap, where stuff works differently?

@@bartoszstyperek6306 Ok, thx ! I usualy use "w/tweak", but "G"and "R" work too.

This video is old (I think it for Hair TOol 3). The new playlist is here th-cam.com/video/3ATRZ-ox5s8/w-d-xo.html . Latest docs: joseconseco.github.io/HairTool_3_Documentation/#quick-start . Some of older videos are still ok - like this one: th-cam.com/video/bWt8F7yq8Z0/w-d-xo.html (not that much changed yet) . In general the older the video is, the more outdated it will be, but they still have good knowledge

@ yeah is is quite old. I think for a lot of people it can be quite difficult to follow at times because you know all the technical side of things since you made it, where as quite a good amount of people struggle to understand what each thing goes because it’s so technical. I think for the casual user using what’s familiar with them already that being ‘empty hair’ is much easier to follow and achieve the result you need as you are manually controlling the style of hair you want yourself. I think the software it excellent, but definitely a trail and error to figure out what this button does and what that button does. As a TH-cam myself it would actually be quite rewarding financially for you as well to do step by step tutorials as that’s a little extra bit of income for you, that or you can find someone who would be really good at representing your product. I know for myself I’ve been watching Dorothy Jean Thompson’s video - but again, they’re probably outdated. I think it would be really cool for you to do a series on different hair styles and how to achieve them using your software and use movie actors/actresses as reference points.

Did youi have any problems before blender 4.2? There is bug in blender 4.2+ that I can't fix, that makes it so that if you save blend file with edited group, and then load this file again - the edited group, on close, will get wrong transformation. If you have issue with something else. Just post bug and example blend file on discord: discord.gg/cxZDbqH and I will fix it. Will see about improving local view.

​@@bartoszstyperek6306 I worked only a couple of days in Blender 4.1 and then updated to 4.2, and not going to downgrade. I don't have that issue on the file re-opening in 4.2. But sometimes the group origin points get messed up without any reason. I can create a group, another one. Then open the first group and it shifts the origin point somewhere, so the bounding box gizmo goes crazy. Need to undo it, sometimes dissolve and create again, sometimes set origins of the objects within group to its centers again, sometimes set the origins of the group differently. I've been using it with Blender 4.2 for almost 6 months, and it happens quite often. But there is no issue you described. And please, get it straightened out with the local view exit all the time.

Btw, it has the issues with the curve objects quite often, sometimes with empties. So when I create a group, I tend to convert curved objects to meshes. And always set the origin poits to object centers

Thank you for the update with the issues fix. I will work with it to see if everything works as needed. The group matrix (gizmo) fix is really needed, I hope it will work. I see now that the previously made groups with wrong gizmo (shifted wrongly upwards, not bounding box) now when I edit it shift the whole group to the correct bounding box gizmo, which is not quite right. It should move the gizmo to the objects, not the objects to the gizmo. I hope with the newly created groups there will be no such issue. A special thank for the local view fix. That was a pain in the neck) Now it is great! The plugin for me is an absolute MUST since I work with big assemblies, and grouping them to the empty, and then looking for that empty among other is cumbersome.

Its my custom made theme. See www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rukdjgue8doalk16ykk05/BSGray_04.xml?rlkey=mfg5m31sjelxup056tk7u45at&st=5way7f3q&dl=0

I'm glad you like it. Lots of people ask for it - here it is www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rukdjgue8doalk16ykk05/BSGray_04.xml?rlkey=mfg5m31sjelxup056tk7u45at&st=5way7f3q&dl=0 (its custom made)

@ hoooo ! Fantastique !!! Thank you very kindly much !!! ;))

only gumroad. I would recommend switching from paypal - less and less platforms are supporting it - due to high fees, and they often block you account for no reason.

I have no idea about maya quad draw. does it have the welding feature?

ok, I will look into it. I do not like making videos, and prefer to code. But I got quite a bit of requests for longer hair video tut.

@bartoszstyperek6306 Thank you I looking forward for it

- drawXray snapping reduces volume loss due to object curvature not being taken into account in blender snapping. -It also can compensate volume loss due to subdiv mod (see this video: th-cam.com/video/tLi3UMlDVfc/w-d-xo.html ) . - It xray overlay allows you to see which parts of your lowpoly mesh are above/below highpoly (unlike blender retopo overlay). Plus it can be used in object, sculpt, edit modes. - Plus it works with blender knife, loop tool, etc (blender snapping wont snap geo produced by these operators - unless u move resulting geo with grab). - And now drawXray addon has retopo workspace tool, that I always wanted: simple (mostly just LMB do draw strips, wrap joints, extrude multiple edges + MMB scroll to adjust the segments). And since it works well with blender modeling tools -> no need to learn custom made knife, loop cut etc. like u have in other addons ( I wanted to use blender knife, loop cut, poke etc.)

Here is timestamp of older video -about 'curves from grid' where I show where to change the wire drawing mode to solid (or in reverse) - th-cam.com/video/Rp7yGbxm7HI/w-d-xo.html . If you add 'curves from grid' using ctrl+shift+H menu - then it should automatically do it for you (set object to wire mode). Also, just in case, if your object is till attached to soure mesh surface - you may need to separate it using: joseconseco.github.io/HairTool_3_Documentation/main_workflows/hair_system/#transfer-hair-system ( Ctrl+Shift+H > Transfer Hair System > To empty curve)

@@bartoszstyperek6306 Weird, because I never needed to use that hotkey before to get that result but oh well. Also that hotkey seems to only work in blender 4.1 for me. For some reason, addon specific hotkeys don't seem to work (or at least for me) past version 4.1. I had the same problem with the hard ops addon too

@@QuesoGr7 about hotkeys, yes sometimes ( like once a month / two months) blender will disable some hotkeys for no reason. The fix is : go to HTool addon preferences >>> hotkeys tab, and reset them in there (the very first - should be the one for Ctrl+shift+H > pie menu)

Yes, it was used in latest Stalker game by one of the artist. There are multiple way to do animal fur - one is this method (not shown in video above): joseconseco.github.io/HairTool_3_Documentation/main_workflows/short_hair/

@@bartoszstyperek6306 sweet! thanks lots for your work!

there is no option to tile the profile mesh, but... any mesh can be used as profile (see joseconseco.github.io/HairTool_3_Documentation/hair_profiles/#mesh-profile ), So you could generate somehow tileable mesh (with some other geo nodes addon/ setup) . and use It as input mesh for 'Multi Mesh' profile. I assume u would use custom root and tip tile, and then repeat the 'center' part. If u made multiple meshes like that - u could use them all, in HTool 'multi mesh profile' - and mask them - for example: to use longer mesh, on longer strands. The hardest part would be , to get goe-nodes setup for making - zipper like meshes, but for hair-card. I could share my setup from another addon if u cant find it on google.

@@bartoszstyperek6306 Thank you so much for really detailed replying! And I would be appreciate if you can share that setup

@@bartoszstyperek6306 Suprisingly found that default hair texture has already looked good on knee-touching hair with Strands from Grid Surface function.Just add a bit more subdiv steps.Thank you for this so convenient addon!

@@toadest6615 Yes, I never saw anyone doing any tiling mesh magic. So I guess you do not need the tiling geo-nodes setup? If you still want it then pls, join discord discord.gg/cxZDbqH , and ask me for it there.

​@@bartoszstyperek6306 Joined. Thank you

Another problem is that how do you get the hair cards to align against for example the curvature of round surface of the scalp emitter, so that hair cards for example at 45 and 90 degree angles won't be pointing side-first against the sky

about making particle spawn position: in strand generator > density > use 'Vertex Group' input mask ( joseconseco.github.io/HairTool_3_Documentation/main_workflows/hair_system/#vertex-grouptexture) . Ah u figured it out. About 'from object' - it will allow you to sample weighs from different object (and not only source mesh surface)

see this part of video: th-cam.com/video/3ATRZ-ox5s8/w-d-xo.html

When you select short hair object (not the guide - box!) , then in 'short hair' panel you should see: Sampling section. In there you can pick : which object to sample and do you want to sample: color or uvs.

@ i want to vertext paint for dog fur

I'm not sure, but if I remember correctly I did some fix for moving between bake scene and main scene. Can you update addon, using built-in auto-updater , and see if that fixed your issue? If not then it would be best if u could ask for support on discord.

for cycles you may need to bump up transparent / translucent ray depth count (in cycles ray settings)

Glad you like them! There will be new update drawXray repopo brush soon (I added new ability to paint/extrude multiple edges at once)

@@bartoszstyperek6306 Amazing thanks!! Looking forward to it, would you post it when it is available´?

I did quick test - simple physics + procedural strands, and exported to abc file. Then imported back to blender and hair curves were there with animation playing from 'MeshSequenceCache' modifier. I'm not sure how well it would work if used in UE or Grodot. I added physics users were aking for it, but I would imagine - better way would be to add bones, or cloth sim - directly in game.

I will see. I wanted to make short video about each preset from Htool hair presets from library. But there is always something else to do... Global time thing - is not that hard to use - it helps to synchronize close strands, so that their curls bumps are in similar spot. It is best to just toggle it and see if your hair looks better with it :D

@@bartoszstyperek6306 I understand. Thank you! Great work!

The addon is indeed bit complicated due mostly focusing on haircards (some other hair addons do curves + mesh without texture, so they do not handle uvs, bone generation, jiggle, and other stuff). Best quick start is here - joseconseco.github.io/HairTool_3_Documentation/#quick-start . Also this video is quite bit shorter - th-cam.com/video/M22m0WLylbU/w-d-xo.html&lc=UgzDDSFJWBe9l2mY2RN4AaABAg , but it only focuses on how to make specific single hairstyle.

@bartoszstyperek6306 Very kind of you. Thank you for all the videos! Bought Garnment Tool as well! Congratulations on the addons

well, the old video about curves from grid is kind of ok, but few things are simpler now. I will see about making new shorter vid. Not sure why 4 layes though? usually i would create : base + soft top + (maybe optional flyaways) . I hope u will make and share new hair soon ; )

@bartoszstyperek6306 for character creator i personally do 4 or more layers. Just my workflow 😀

to juz będzie ponad 8 lat od kiedy pierwszą wersję wydałem ;) . mało on ma teraz wspólnego z originalem - wiekszość rzeczy jest na geo nodach teraz...

About shell hair - one of HTool users make unreal engine for that kind of hair. You can check it out here joseconseco.github.io/HairTool_3_Documentation/main_workflows/shell_hair/#unreal-engine-shell-shader

After converting to mesh (or finalize) joseconseco.github.io/HairTool_3_Documentation/convert_hair/#convert-hair-to-mesh , you can sample weights from your character body with: joseconseco.github.io/HairTool_3_Documentation/mesh_ribbons_ops/#sample-weights-from-target - from Ctrl+shift+H pie menu > Sample weights (target object for sampilng has to be set). Also pay attention to 'sample weights' operator property 'Sample Method' - it is same as in Sample vert Color - joseconseco.github.io/HairTool_3_Documentation/mesh_ribbons_ops/#sample-uv-from-target

EDIT. my bad, I thought it was about Hair Tool. I will add older version of DrawXray that supported blender 3.6 to gumroad download list. I assume its about version with snapping? - just note: older DrawXray - did not support new Quad Drawing feature (it only had custom snap engine back then at B 3.6 time)

and I just uploaded old DrawXray to gumroad (again, - go to your producs > DrawXray and u shoudl see older draw xray 3.8 there

Do you have hair object selected? Does it have any 'real' hair strands? See: joseconseco.github.io/HairTool_3_Documentation/main_workflows/hair_system/#bake . Also make sure you have your 3d viewport gizmos enabled: docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/editors/3dview/display/gizmo.html

I think using : File > Append > Your Blend file > Scene, should work. But at that point, u could just bake texutres directly in 'Your Blend' file, and then load baked texture to your character file. The issue with the File append is that, HTool version is cleaning up some doubled geo-nodes setups that may happen on append. And if u just use manual append - this cleanup wont happen, so thing may break. Hence I would just bake texture in separate file..

I was following the tutorial when it happend at 8:49

Are you sure you selected the guide mesh? The proceduraly generated strands cannot be edited since they are not 'real' - see joseconseco.github.io/HairTool_3_Documentation/main_workflows/hair_system/#bake

nope sorry.

I followed the eyebrow tutorial first and was successful, I'm wondering if the two hair systems are somehow clashing disabling my ability to bake the lashes??

when you go into rendered view - and enable opacity pass, can you see the eyelashes for baking? Also in latest HTool 4.1 - you have to have your baked object in HTOol bake collection. see > th-cam.com/video/3ATRZ-ox5s8/w-d-xo.html

@@bartoszstyperek6306 yes the eyelashes were visible in the rendered viewport. I remade my project with only eyelashes in the project and the baking worked better, that is I am picking up data. However now I can't get my opacity mask as crisp as yours mine comes out grey and thus halfway transparent as an alpha, I have to take the file into Photoshop, unpack the channels and increase the contrast to get actual white to work as the opacity mask. Any idea what has changed in Blender 4.3 that might cause this discrepancy?

its Hair Tool blender addon bartoszstyperek.gumroad.com/l/hairtool/

@@bartoszstyperek6306 I sent the video to a friend and he sent me the link i purchased it last night, going to give it a try today.

well, the HTool part is completely different. Back then there was no geonodes stuff (most things were coded with python). CC part should still work in similar way. About double braid - there is preset in hair library that you could use as base ibb.co/Q9Jzrph

thanks for your support. While few years ago I would say it is impressive to do art + coding, now, with AI support everyone can do it ;)

Respect👍