Questions tagged [2d]
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How to make an edge/vertices follow path?
Problem solved!
The problem was that I positioned my animation along the y axis while you have been doing it on the x axis. I just had to change the shrinkwrap modifier on both sides to y and then I ...
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Using the rotation from motion tracked point(s) in a Rotate compositor node?
I have motion tracked an object in a video clip, and in the compositor using an Image input node, a Tracker node X & Y feeding into a Translate node's X & Y to have the image superimposed on ...
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Import XCF file in 2D animation
I am using Ubuntu 22 and Blender version 3.5.1. I want to import a Gimp image with layers in XCF format. How do I import it into a 2D animation?
There is no option to import a XCF file.
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Why won't this 2D stroke be hidden in an 3D object?
I've been trying to figure out why this mesh doesn't cover the grease pencil object in the final render (as shown in the figure below.)
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Creating a 3 d face from 2d
I would like to ask for something maybe simple. What would be the best (and easiest :) )way to make the drawing below 3d?
Thank you
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Blender equivalent of 'inflate' in Illustrator [duplicate]
Is there an equivalent in Blender of the 'inflate' 3D effect in Adobe Illustrator? e.g. to change a 2D object into a 3D one and give the same look as the below.
I've realised I can do it in ...
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2d animation. connect objects and moving together
hat and pipe are png images. I added. stickman is a greace pencil drawn by me.
I want the three of them to move together as the stickman walks. like a single object.
please help me.
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calculate curvature of a 2d curve
Consider any 2d Bezier curve with some resolution. I want to get the curvature values over the whole curve. (either by Python script or geometric nodes or any simpler ways).
One way I thought of is: I ...
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Problem getting semi transparency to work in cycles
I've made some images in Krita (drawing software) with both full and semi transparency involved. I can get the full transparency to work after importing the image to Blender, but not the ...
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2d animation overlay a video, but looks like its in or behind video
I have made an animation which i want to overlay over a video but want it to seem like its in the video not above it. When doing an animation overlay what is the best way to screen part of the ...
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Preserving the width of a rectangular shape when extruding geometry at different angles
I am using Blender to create typography and 2D designs with basic flat shapes. I really like the general workflow for this; here's an example of one I made recently to get an idea of my goal.
Right ...
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Swap 2D Object for 3D object from Asset Browser
Good morning,
long time reader, first time poster!
I receive many DXF drawings with 2D objects. I'd like to create a script which looks up the name of the 2D object and replaces it with a 3D ...
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How to add lighting to a flat animation?
Blender newbie here. I’m trying to see if Blender has a way to light imported 2d animations from the sides. What I mean by this is not darkening the image when a light source is behind it, but rather ...
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Randomizing the rotation (direction and angular velocity) of 'images as planes' from a single particle emitter
This feels like such a trivial thing to do and I feel like quite the idiot for not solving it already.
I am in the middle of 'learning blender3.4 by fire' and attempting to create a 2D animation of an ...
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Make the arms of a PNG stickman move
I have a PNG of a stickman, and I'd like to make his arms move.
I thought I had to reproduce the stickman on Blender to only move some parts of him.
The problem is that I'm unable to reproduce him ...
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Blender 2D only rendering anim as image
So I have imported my own jpg image (using the insert as plane) and in the main view the animation works fine. It's just a simple 2D location movement. However when I press render animation, at first ...
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EEVEE - make shadeless "image as plane" not effected by volumetrics and bloom like "grease pencil"
I'm making an environment that mixes 2D images and 3D objects. I want to give it a cartoon-ish look with uniform line art around each object. For the 2D images, I created the lineart in Photoshop, ...
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Why doesn't my .svg file render correctly and why are its groups not separated in the Scene Collection?
I imported a .svg file of my character into Blender but it is not positioned correctly (positioned correctly only on its Z axis), some parts are missing and the body parts are not separated (they had ...
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2d Animation Stuck on First Frame during playback
I'm new to blender and can't figure out how to solve this.
I've been working on an animation for a couple days in greasepencil with audio. Everything was going ok but I'm not sure what button/setting ...
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Can Blender draw curves in 2D mode like Sai does? (with Example gif)
Can I manually place vertices\control points as I go instead of slapping a poopy curve and then editing it with wiggle handles? Maybe I'm missing something or there's an add-on?
Edit: I'm talking ...
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3d object to 2d template
I have a 3d model of a chair in a .dae format
I want to convert it in its real dimensions and print its surfaces in paper so I can use it as templates.
Since its my first time using blender, I was ...
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how can I extrude several Bezier-curves with the exact same height?
-in Object mode, I create those 2 Bezier-curves (the rectangle and the star) and a circle-curve
-I set all the scale for all of these three curves to 1.000
-I set the origin for each curve to its ...
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Shortcut to lock camera to active view in macbook pro
i been trying blender 2.83 on MACBOOK 2019 and I am not able to find replacement to numpad shortcuts. for locking to active camera view it is shift+ctrl+0, but it's not working on my laptop.
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How can I model with accurate dimensions and without distortions?
I'm new here. I have to model the backrest of the chair based on 2D drawings and bend it in several directions. And I'm completely stuck, I can't find any tutorials to help me with this problem.
So ...
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Export as 2D Tilemap
How can I render a 3D model in Blender and then export it as a 2D tile map file?
I would like to model an environment, and then export as a 2D tile map file.
I already know that in order to export as ...
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Bevel a circle in plane along curve path
Given a path (bézier curve) and a circle (black dot) as it follows
I'd like to extrude the circle along the curve such as it creates the following surface
Using the bevel tool with blender, this is ...
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Convert tracking motion into animation 2D
Hello I'm trying to track motion of a 2D imagine sequence with trackers so I don't need to spend time to make a natural movement by hand. I'm basically trying to put a head on Berserker from AoE2 and ...
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Why can I only draw on half of the canvas?
I was trying to make a rotoscope animation for a project, so I put in my video by creating a plane and using the shading menu to see the video on the canvas. But for some reason when I try to draw ...
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How can i set up 2d animation in a preexisting video editing workspace
So I've switched toolsets from first creating animations in an external tool and doing the video editing in blender, to now doing the 2d animation and editing all directly in blender.
I have learned a ...
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Creating and saving cross-section images from 3D objects
I want to save the cross-section images of 3D cylindrical objects which have bulk and empty spaces in them.
I couldn't find any question/answer to this here, while most of the previous questions are ...
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How to fix fill tool filling in shapes within shapes in 2d animation
So I was drawing in a 2d-animation thing, and ran into this problem:
Lets say I made a circle, then made a circle inside the circle. When I use the fill tool on the outer circle, the outer circle is ...
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how to make 2d pupil on 3d eyeball for rigs?
I know, But please there got another way to make it easier. I need to rig the 2d pupil to track to follow it. and please show demonstrate pictures or upload blends file.
see this picture below as an ...
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The Fill Bucket tool does not fill the selected color
When I try to select a color on the palette, nothing happens. It's still gray based on the base color.
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Unable to grab/move keyframes in Grease Pencil Dope Sheet
I'm new to Blender and currently working in the 2D Animation workspace. It's likely that I accidentally hit a hotkey that would restrict me from doing so, but for whatever reason, I am unable to grab ...
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How to rename the layers in 2D animation
I want to have an organized layer by changing the names, but I don't know how.
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Line art, how to show the hidden edges? those which usually are dotted in technical drawings
I am trying to replicate this (Which is shown in the blender 3.3 release):
see release Blender 3.3
But I have been activating random checks to achieve it, this is what I get:
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Onion skin isn't showing but I checked everything I was supposed to. How do I fix this?
I tried to add a keyframe to my animatic, but the onionskin won't show, I swear I have everything checked. Is there something I'm missing?
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Copying grease pencil strokes from one project to another
I have a problem with copying grease pencil strokes to other projects in Blender.
I cannot append files, as the strokes are lost and I cannot even edit them.
How can I copy and paste grease pencil ...
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Draw on a 3D object, then export this drawing flattened
I actually don't know if this is possible in blender.
I have a 3D object (stl file). Let's say it's a 3D ball. I would like to paint it or to import a drawing (vector done in Adobe Illustrator) that I ...
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Toggle auto-keyframing in the 2D animation workspace
would be grateful for anyone who could point out the button or shortcut key to disable/toggle auto-keyframing in the new Blender 2D workspace.
I can't see the auto-keyframing button in the dope sheet ...
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View 2D mesh from .ply file
I am generating 2D meshes in my own s/w and saving them in binary .ply format. My elements are 'points', 'edges', 'triangles', and a few others that are not common in CGI. I would like to be able to ...
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When I go to the next frame the character I drawn is on the next frame, and every time I erased it deletes the character face on the last frame
This is the character I was drawing on one frame. But once I went to the next frame and drew on it, the character was still there even though it's supposed to disappear.
The line is still there even ...
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How to smoothly move the stroke from one position in Keyframe A to another in Keyframe B in 2D animation?
I'm trying Blender 2D animation. I have a keyframed stroke in a certain position. In Object Mode, if I create another keyframe a few frames further and transform (translate, rotate, scale) the entire ...
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Move layers to different Grease Pencil Strokes?
I got a little deep into my animation, and I realized I want to break apart some of the layers such that I can use a Time Offset modifier on a portion to create a loop. The modifier seems to be ...
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How do I invert the value of a single parameter on multiple objects simultaneously?
I know about the alt-click method for editing a single parameter on multiple objects, but what if the intended value is not the same for all?
My end goal is to "mirror" a set of objects that ...
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Where is the Offset Edge feature in Blender 3.2
quick question:
Im trying to find the "Edge > Offset Edges > Offset" in blender 3.2 while in edit mode having selected a 2d mesh, does anyone know where its gone;
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How to make something like this with cuts in circle border in Blender?
I am new to Blender and trying hard to design a 2D image into 3D
I am able to make the lines in center but don't know how to make this circle with cuts in border where lines are cutting
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Blender 3 stroke tweening?
I'm returning to Blender after its update from 2.9 to 3. I'm a 2D animator and was very impressed by Blender 2.9's interpolation mechanics - especially it being able to edit strokes down to the vertex ...
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2D grease pencil layer disappears when parenting to armature bone
I am following a tutorial on how to rig and animate a 2D character. I am using Blender 3.2.0. I have the character as an object consisting of several grease pencil layers. As per the tutorial I setup ...
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Why do I see edges from the other side while I'm in the top view
If I'm in the 3d perspective then its fine, like u see here
But if I click on the "Z" so it's in the 2d perspective then it shows me the edges from the other side and I've literally found ...