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!

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

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!

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

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.

I can't stop watching your vidoes!

Looks good!

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

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

Great tutorial and an impressive result!

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?

mind blowing skills man

Great work, btw you forgot in the video to mention about adding seed distribution input, nonetheless your work is amazing

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

its amazing work

Great Tutorial, Thank you so much! Please make a tutorial on how to make realistic Pastry, Bread and Cake.

I'm having some confusion with the bounding box/ distribution of the seeds. For some reason, when I play with the seed level, it doesn't move the seeds up and down the mesh, it just is rather an on or off switch, either completely covering the mesh or being gone completely. Any ideas?

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?

How do you save /apply the geo nodes to the mesh? I tried applying it and the seeds disapear. And try adding a realize instances to different parts of the geonodes and it squishes the seeds.

if I select reset children it gets pretty filled up with copies of the strawberry, but if I turn it of, it looks more like it should but by the time I get to where we're trying to restrict where the seeds can go, they all disappear.

Nice job

What is the "Lattice" object in the lattice modifier settings?

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

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?

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

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?

Impressive at the least but definitely a tutorial for more advanced blender users

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

Is there a way to do the strawberry slice?

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

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.

The density is incredibly high! I had to restart my computer.

How do I make or download the texture for the seeds 4:00?

How’d you get the seeds evenly distributed

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

as soon as I plug the group input into the collection info, the strawberry is duplicated

thank you but where is the goddam leavessssss i need them!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh this tutorial is too complicated, as different bugs come up while I'm trying to make the Geometry Nodes scheme as you show. Firstly, my seeds were distributed on the mesh so unevenly that it didn't look like a strawberry. Maybe it's because of the Unwrapping (i just marked the seams, selected all the vertices and clicked on Unwrap) Currently, when I plug from the Group Input to Collection Info, the seeds just disappear. If you had any ideas how to fix it, I'd be the happiest Blender newbie in the world 😔

Please do not use a white screen / fade to white for transitions in the video. This is terrible for the eyes.