Making realistic strawberries in Blender

In this video, I’m going to show you how I make Strawberries using Blender using no external images or photoscanned models. It’s a bit tricky but I think the results can look pretty good.

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[CanosieLabs]

hi, just to summarize here are some tips if you are having problems.

So this walkthrough is a bit tricky as baking in AO maps are not something done in beginner tutorials. I would recommend if you are a beginner, look for a beginner tutorial on baking maps (specifically AO maps) first. Unfortunately I would say generating the AO map is generally tricky to do own it's own even for a simple setup.

In addition, you have to distribute the seeds twice. Once to generate the AO map, then hide those seeds and have another distribution for the actual seeds which are at a ever so slightly higher depth.

Tweaking the AO depth to get good results requires trial and error to get right as this is what's required for many true photorealistic results. This only works for cycles .

I think what you want to get from this video is the idea to use a baked in AO map to use as a height map to get the little seed diviots. From this, you can continue to experiment and learn more.

Regarding the geometry node setup on the seed distributions, I have a .blend file available for download in the description. This tutorial was for an older version of Blender, I "think" it still works for 4.0 but it doesn't, you can still look at it with an older Blender version, you can see the node setup and covert it on your own to the most recent version of Blender.

Hope that helps!

[squishybluecat]

Damm, this is super impressive! I never would have thought of using an ambient occlusion map for displacement, but it looks like it works really well.

[filipelouzado]

Very good tutorial. Im brazilian and language is difficult for me. But reading ur coments in description and following ur steps i am finishing. Ty for ur knowledge. God bless, good job

[davidlinarez]

Thank you very much for your help and knowledge. I have a problem. When I connect the seed collection in the "geometry nodes" at the strawberry level, nothing is reflected. Why does this happen?

[motiongod]

Thanks for this. I also anticipate the making of the leaves

[PomaleeDon]

Your powers of observation rise to an uncommon level found in Blender videos, and they make your creations truly realistic. You're doing amazing work!

[od]

I can't stop watching your vidoes!

[rimostle]

at 5:51 if anyone is encountering the issue where the seed levels rise in the opposite way of way is desired (begin from the top) change the "Less than" node to a "Greater than" that fixed it for me

[pkdigitalcreative]

Any idea why my AO Map doesn't line up with the actual seeds?

[Christopher-pzmc]

wow amazing this looks really good. I have been loking for tutorials or some type of video that shows true photorealistic results in blender. Good jobb +1

[KreejGrater]

I can't get my AO map to come out as it does in the video. It appears to work for the upper part of the model but just looks black on the lower half of the model; almost like it is being lit from the top only.
Did anyone else have this issue? Anyone know what's going on?

[virtualgirl]

how could i make everything into a mesh? I tried applying the modifiers but it was doing weird things. Thanks!

[nhiluong]

4:38 Add collection info and choose seed template? what is the seed template and where I can find it?

[imcarter]

Dude that's great!) You have a talant. Just don't give in

[felgfmr]

Hi! Thank you for the best strawberry tutorial on the internet! I have a problem, my divots are not aligning with the seeds. They're are in different directions and seeds aren't sitting in the divots.Why is this happening?

[ubuntu]

How this is unwrapped? Smart UV-project with 66degrees angle limit? First I tried only "Unwrap" but it is a cross.

This tutorial is very good, althought speed have to be in mine case 0, 5 or 0, 25.

[nhiluong]

after having seed level I don't know why it will not appear like when you adjust the level, increase or decrease the value, the seeds will only be lost or completely gone?

[buddhathegod]

Very cool techinique! It's too bad the AO bake doesn't work, as in not lining up with the seeds, but a nice method to put the seeds on

[blackswan]

hey sir, nice video and thanks sharing your blendfile, allow me just qick question: is the green leaf texture included ? i looking for the green leafs texture, thanks sir have a nice day

[nhiluong]

4:58 i don't find "Seed level"? where is it a?