👉 Complete Step-by-Step tutorial on UE5.6 + Blender Grooming / Hair workflow - https://youtu.be/ttoj9EHAn40

📁 FREE Plugins/Assets -

👉 Blender Groom Exporter Plugin (FREE, but consider donating to the creator) - https://turbocheke.gumroad.com/l/Groomexporter

👉 Grooming workflow for Maya - https://www.fab.com/listings/7a345328-2e1d-42d7-9ff3-b0ed8d7effd7

👉 Other Tutorials - 👉 Metahuman workflows Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSGm7gvUmpH8tGL3nbtn93KI7j7M7Yi8&si=Ys61sfxJEfFUJ6ci

👉 how to import .mhpkg into UE Project 👉 https://youtu.be/HVlNGC_Wpg0 (Make sure Metahuman plugins are enabled)

Required Plugins & Dependencies

This product requires the following plugins to be enabled in Unreal Engine 5.6 or later:

Core Required Plugins:

• Alembic Hair Importer - Needed for importing Alembic hair/groom files from Blender

• Hair Card Generator - Required for generating and processing hair card geometry

• MetaHuman Core Tech - Essential for MetaHuman character support and functionality

• MetaHuman Creator - Required for MetaHuman character integration and rigging

• Modeling Tools Editor Mode - Essential for mesh editing and modeling workflows

Software Requirements:

• Unreal Engine 5.6

• Blender 3.6+ (for creation of Grooms, V4.4 is used in this workflow but older versions works too)

🎯 What You'll Learn:

✅ Complete Blender to UE5.6 groom workflow

✅ Creating parametric hair systems

✅ One-click hair card generation (most people don't know this exists!)

✅ Groom binding and wardrobe setup

✅ Physics simulation for realistic hair movement

✅ Material setup and optimization techniques

The MetaHuman Groom Starter Kit for Blender provides sample files and a structured workflow for authoring strand-based grooms for MetaHuman characters on Fab, using Blender's Geometry Nodes system. This kit is intended as a reference for grooming artists and technical users looking to create grooms compatible with MetaHuman. In addition to the Blender project, the Starter Kit includes a corresponding Unreal Engine project, designed to preview and test grooms exported from Blender. The UE project offers a basic level setup with all essential components configured to demonstrate proper groom asset integration within Unreal Engine.

Features:

• UE project files: Complete project with Metahuman Groom item created using Blender (.zip).

• Blender source project files - .blender scene and exported Alembic file

• Final Metahuman Groom Asset (.mhpkg, enabling MetaHuman Creator Plugin is a MUST) - how to use mhpkg 👉 https://youtu.be/HVlNGC_Wpg0

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