Unanswered Questions
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Generated Previews - low-resolution and dark shading fix?
(2.79 - Blender Internal)
Generated Previews is very handy feature for previewing assets when importing / linking, I would just like to know if there is a way to:
Make thumbnails lighter to match the ...
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Scatter objects with different forms and sizes on flat surface without intersections
My goal is to make a node group that can distribute random objects over a given surface without (noticeable) intersections. I suppose the surface is flat, but it can be different forms (rectangle, ...
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Operator tooltip from layout text
The concept is to make a panel layout that emulates the workspace (screen) layout. While testing I have set all the buttons to be the Splash Screen operator.
An image of how this looks for five ...
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Play/animate images, spritesheets or video files in 'template_icon_view'
I want to "play" some animation in this UI space, the template_icon_view:
I can load all the images I want, for example:
I know that the gif format is ...
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Anti-aliasing normal map baking in Cycles (Blender 2.77 and higher)
In this link, anti-aliasing is now enabled for baking (c359343).
Unfortunately, in my case, it is not working. I am trying to bake normal maps at full resolution (4k, 8k), but it is not possible to ...
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3D Stereo Active shutter vision LCS glasses realtime viewport?
Is it possible (or maybe already implemented by someone) to configure the viewport to display stereoscopically at a set frequency dependent on the given screen refresh rate, while having the frequency ...
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Blender on Windows is skipping python script. (brenda on windows)
We've been using Brenda for quite some time now for rendering architectural stills. Since our editing stations are doing nothing at night, I started making a desktop app that allows you to pick jobs ...
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Video codec/video file format confusion in Blender
Having used other Video Editors it seems like the options Blender offers for selecting what container format and what codec format you want to use for your video is confusing.
The above screenshot ...
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How to get access to Armature pose bones info from Geometry nodes?
I have an armature with several bones, each of them I would like to use to control transforms of other objects. Normally I would either directly parent objects to the bones or use constraints or ...
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Scale operator icon OR make template_icon clickable
I am trying to present the user with a gallery view to select a item from the thumbnails. Ideally, they click a button, are presented with the gallery view, and with a single click choose the item. I ...
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Respect unit scale when linking or appending objects
Appending/linking the same object with the same metric size from Blender files with different unit scales in Blender 2.8 results in objects of different sizes. It seems, Blender respects only the ...
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Update function for NodeSocket?
How do I set a callback for socket input change (value or link change) when having a custom node?
I have a socket defined like:
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Differences between Principled and Beckman Glass BSDF
Comparing Cycles renders of a glass bowl, I see a color shift and an angle shift when switching between Principled BSDF shader and Glass BSDF (Beckman) shader.
Is anyone aware of other differences?
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Is there a low level alternative for bpy.ops.object.convert(target='CURVE')?
(Note: Somebody asked there nearly the same question as me and got a very nice answer. However, this was to convert an object to a mesh. I have exactly the same context as this person but I want to ...
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Can an object have multiple rigid body constraints?
I want to simulate the motion of an artist's brush. A spine of pivot-constrained spheres will collide with a z-plane, which represents the canvas. To mimic the elastic properties of a bristle I need ...
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