How to Scatter Objects WITH GEOMETRY NODES in 2023! (Blender Tutorial)

In this video, learn to use geometry nodes to scatter objects, as well as to randomize scale and rotation on objects in Blender!

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0:00 - Introduction
0:11 - Adding a geometry nodes window
1:07 - Adding points on your object
2:13 - Showing your original geometry with your points
3:49 - Scattering on object on your points
4:50 - Using the object info node to reference an object
5:30 - Importance of applying rotation and scale
6:15 - Adjusting object placement point with object origin
7:40 - Adding input options to your geometry node setup
8:40 - Adding random scale to our scatter setup
10:40 - Adding random rotation to your objects
12:00 - Adding the combine XYZ value and changing random value to vector
13:45 - Scattering collections of objects with Geometry Nodes
14:54 - Fixing scaling and placement issues
16:52 - How to save your scatter node as an asset

[TheCGEssentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know what you think about this tutorial in the comments below! :)

[myztazynizta]

Slow and detailed tutorials like this are essential.

For people who have been using geometry nodes daily since day one, the contents of this video is like 18 seconds of thought and 45 seconds of mouse movement.

[TruthSurge]

This is the clearest tut on geometry nodes and scattering I have seen. I have not gotten far into Blender (maybe 4 weeks). But this looks as if it would work for anything you want to place onto the surface of an object. Flowers in a field. Random people on a street scene. I am definitely going to be building this from your tut and trying it. If I created some plane-based model of some flowers and created say 4 versions for variety, then I could put those into a collection and then get a kind of patchy field of them, I think. Thx!!!!

[Dina_tankar_mina_ord]

been struggeling to grasp geometry nodes since lauch. but this tut really gave me the overview to understand it. I used it to scatter bubbles inside a whiskey glas. thank you.

[TruthSurge]

Finally got all this made and the only thing I need to add is a way to paint weights to areas so that the points added get put out MORE in the areas with more weight (ie, large patches of plants instead of too uniformly distributed everywhere). I think I saw someone do that but I'll have to look that up again. I also so people restricting vegetation by height. That sounds like a good idea. thx again for the clear explanation and examples.

[ConsolasEight]

It's amazing -- since the UI overhaul Blender has been fun to use, and even stuff I never thought I'd ever get a handle on has become just a simple process of finding a tutorial like this one.

[kinkwongma]

Thank you very much, it's a great demonstration of geometry node

[mahxm]

Thank you! Every Geometry Nodes tutorial is warmly welcomed 😀

[sologuccio]

I'm Italian boy your video are better than those in my language!!! It's Incredible!!!

[izinoq]

Hey man, I've started to study Blender recently, I'm glad to see you keep going and thank you for your teachings and videos

[TheTubejunky]

5:54 Even after applying the rotation and scale to my monkey object the node monkey heads were not the same size UNTIL I also applied the rotation and scale to the plane object I was working with. Hope this helps others if they run into this trouble.

[thcarneiro]

THANK YOU! This helped a lot! Your tutorial helped me to finally make my scattering work, and I am close to finish my project. When it is done, I am going to post a link here.

[asthalis]

Very nice illustration of geometry nodes. Thanks from an interested beginner !

[antonformanek]

Awsome tutorial - i like your way and style teaching Blender. I'm working with blender since years and i really missed good tutorials where you can follow the teacher really well - Geometry Node is such a complex topic and non of others could explained it so simple. explained briefly and concisely. Thanks for that :)

If you make a blender course let me know :)

[ginogarcia]

Thanks for this, helps me better understand the first step of getting many objects as points.

[attuldesai]

This is what I want ❤ Thank you so much.

[vizdotlife]

Just what I was looking for! Thank you 🙏It's limitless the potential and creativity that could be used with geometry nodes

[garenolorenzo]

Thanks to you I’m losing my fear from these Nodes. 🎉🎉

[kodiakbluefox]

Thank you very much for this wonderful video! One of the few Blender Youtubers that I really enjoy watching.

[alexseleniar]

I just want to say one thing "SO!"

Amazing tutorial, thank you very much!