Blender Tutorial - How To Quickly Place and Layer Hair Cards

Hi everyone!
This is a tutorial about placing and layering hair cards with modifiers and the Hair Tool Add-on.
Chapters
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00:00 Intro
00:41 Sculpting the Base Hair
00:53 Creating the Grid Meshes for Hair Tool
01:37 Setting UV Regions
04:10 Layering
12:00 Creating Hair Cards
25:17 Tips and tricks
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[@harrysanders818]

I start to feel that "process" is an important aspect to real time hair (likr lots of other aspects as well). Like, starting from sculpt block, then reference mesh, then generating and only then grooming, instead of placing hair cards right away and groom yourself to death :) Thanks for this input!!! Amazing looking Model! Wow!

[@harrysanders818]

Did you know that meanwhile, latest versions of Hair Tool also uses the new Hair System with modifier stack to be able to place hair! Its quite amazing, but lacks collision for now.

[@DaniMarti_]

Hi! Thanks so much! Yes the process making hair can be very painful, and it’s difficult to get it right, I still struggle… the new hair tool is great! I have a new character that I’m excited to use the new tool with it… see how it works…

[@risingforce9648]

Hey there the eyebrown are particles or planes? you create the eyebrowns using particles as well? and convert the partciles to the mesh(card planes?) thx

[@DaniMarti_]

Hi! The eyebrows are hair cards as well, Hair Tool have a library of assets that you can use and modify based on your character :-)

[@Marsupial95]

Hola Dani, quería preguntarte si has tocado las texturas del pelo para que en el render aparezcan con transparencias. Es que al renderizar me sale el fondo negro como si la textura no fuese alpha :(

[@DaniMarti_]

Hola! Si las texturas tienen transparencia, y el shader también, eso es imprescindible si quieres que el pelo parezca más realistico.

[@DaniMarti_]

Si usas el shader de Hair Tool, ya viene preparado por defecto.

[@Marsupial95]

@@DaniMarti_ Pues no me aparecen con transparencias por algún motivo, intentaré solucionarlo de alguna forma. Gracias por el tutorial y la respuesta aún así :D

[@kauto3D]

@@Marsupial95 pon alpha clip y alpha hashed

[@awoidf]

Your result is impressive.
Any chance to get the material setup you used? I can't figure out how to use it. Tried it with transparency but is looks off.
Thanks

[@matthewelliott52]

Hello thank you for doing this video it’s very helpful.
Would this be transferable to unity too? I’m worried incase I can get it right in blender then can’t get it to the game engine

[@DaniMarti_]

Hi! Thanks! Once you have the hair as hair cards you can use it anywhere, you will need the right shaders to make the hair look good, but that happens in any engine 😉

[@zuppiera2148]

Thank you Dani! Where do I buy this tool? The only one I can find is the one for "Anime" style characters.

[@DaniMarti_]

bartoszstyperek.gumroad.com/l/hairtool

[@zuppiera2148]

@@DaniMarti_ Thank you!

[@pikachufan25]

so in a nutshell you are Using a Texture in a 3D Plan that is Shape like Hair and Layering (adding) More 3D Meshes to Create Depth...
Of Course while Following the Sillhoute of the Hair....

[@DaniMarti_]

Hi, yes, those are called "Hair Cards." There are different techniques to place them; manual placement is the best but the most time-consuming. The technique in the video is a combination of the Hair Tool and the use of modifiers to make hair quicker. This technique is already outdated since Hair Tool and Blender got new versions and tools like Geometry Nodes. I plan to make another tutorial with a new technique using Geometry Nodes to place hair cards with the Hair Tool.

[@Thesupperals]

Already wasting money on an add-on. Thanks for putting that early on and not wasting 27 minuets of my life.