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Converting DXF file into a 3D file [closed]
I have several DXF files that produce 2D Tablet Weaving cards of different types. I need to be able to 3D print them and was told I should use Bender to convert the files to 3D printable files. I can ...
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Applying Normals/Textures to Animated PNG (No Grease Pencil)
I want to import a 2d animation in PNG format but also want to utilize normal maps and such to my 2d animation to give it a certain look. I have the frames at the ready but don't know exactly how to ...
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Export 2D outline to DXF
I am trying to use blender to create 2d cut files for my CNC Plasma table. I imported some simple DXF outlines made some changes and converted it to a mesh. However every time I try to export it out ...
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Blender 2D move the view
I try to find shortcout to moving view in my 2D project. Actualy I use virtual button on interface,
and i tried use shift+MMB but it doesnt works. Where in preferences can I select this shortcut? In ...
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How to open right instrumental window in 2D animation
I accidently closed it but I don't know how. This window contained materials, render output, everything
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how to project fake caustics on 2d image?
I have a 2d underwater background (see images attached) on which I would like to project some fake caustics (such as this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j17dGVw3_gM), could anyone recommend a good ...
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How do you create a tapered multi stroke
Sorry if this question doesn't make any sense, let me explain,
So, in blender grease pen, you have a multi stroke modifier. When you draw, the beginning point and end point are the same width.
I wish ...
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"paint bucket tool" for faces/modified dijkstra's algorithm with area weighting?
I have a 2D mesh like the one below.
I want to create faces like those that would be created by a "paint bucket" tool in in a raster image editor; i.e., the faces should fill all the ...
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making faces from line art
"Add line art to object" with contour and intersection strokes makes a wonderful outline of my complex mesh (lines are generated line art, colors are the mesh with a simple emissive material ...
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join start/end points of non-closed edges to nearest edge
I have a 2D mesh that has some non-closed edges, i.e., edges that end in a single vertex rather than forming a closed loop that could be used to generate a face (Image 1). What I'd like to have is a ...
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2D stabilisation with images of different size
A quick and easy one.
I've several pictures of my face that I would like to transform into a TimeLaps video.
I'm importing them into Movie Clip, then using a 2D stabilization to correct the rotation ...
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the results of world_to_camera_view( ) are not correct
I want to get the 2D coordinates of some vertices and bones' head on my 3D mesh model. Here is my code related to this process.
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3.5.1 Blender Grease Pencil Fill Tool not working
I've drawn a character and I want to color his head, but the fill tool is not working.
I've redrawn the circle many times to ensure there are no gaps, and the fill tool is still not working. The ...
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Turning opacity down on a layer in grease pencil not working
I want to make a layer in grease pencil semi-transparent, but when I turn the opacity down, the layer still leaves a mask that covers objects behind it. If anyone has an idea on what I'm doing wrong ...
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Can you animate and change perspective of textures in real time and have textures that follow camera view?
I want to be able to change the perspective of a texture and animate it. I know you can put a 2d rig onto a 3d model, but in tutorials you have to import a 2d image of each frame (or in a face rig, &...
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How to extrude a curve from a triangle - Blender 2.93
I'm trying to do the red marked shape on a triangle plane.
I do not know how to do that, nor what I have to search in order to learn how to do it.
I've been looking for an answer on the Internet, no ...
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Why is my ONE grease pencil layer transparent against the background?
So I have a character made from grease pencil strokes. I want to place a static background image behind him, so I Add - Image - Background, and place this jpg of space. It is behind all of the grease ...
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Having trouble with 2D animation key framing
I have made a monkey head with independent eyes. I would like to be able to rotate the eyes in the sockets, but every time I try to animate them they do bizarre things.
For instance, in the first ...
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How can I achieve Fake Depth of field for a 2D Image Plane?
Let's say I have an Image plane and a Camera looking at the plane from some angle (large or small).
I want the middle part of the viewport of the camera to be in focus, the rest should be blurred, ...
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Grease pencil stroke disappearing with rotation
I am brand new to grease pencils and want to create some 2d stuff.
I want to create window with outlines but the outlines disappear with rotation.
I use blender 3.6, I tried changing clipping but it ...
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Plane is stuck in 2D, won't move in the y axis
I want to move the vertex in this direction
But it won't let me. I can move it in the X and Z axis but not the Y, like the plane is stuck being 2D and won't enter the third dimension.
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Fill tool isn't working even with gap closure
I'm having issues with blender's fill tool. I can't seem to get it to work properly to fill the character's mouth.
How do I get the fill tool to work properly in the gif? The loop of the character's ...
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Looping grease pencil animation error
I tried to apply the Time Offset modifier to a grease pencil animation with Storyboard add-on, but it does not create looping animation. What could be possible reasons for that/how to fix it?
I am ...
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How to change a Shortcut for Sidebar scrolling?
I found out that newest Blender version as 3.6.1 or 4.0.0 Alpha have a new hotkey for Sidebar scrolling and it is CTRL + Wheel Up/Down. Earlier is was simply Wheel Up/Down. So how to change it back? I ...
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Blender 2d Stroke Tab disappeared in grease pencil panel
I am doing 2d work and the Stroke tab in the grease pencil panel disappeared so I can't see my layers anymore. How do I get it back?
What it used to look like
What it looks like now
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Grease Pencil Fill Tool Changes from 3.4 to 3.5
I've been working with Blender for a few years now, mostly Grease Pencil. I absolutely love the tool and have never had a problem figuring out how to make things. But recently when I updated to ...
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Export normals as image
I'm making a 2D game, and I use models and render them as png in various angles. Thing is, since they are models, I'd like to be able to export the normals in png. I found a way to put the normals as ...
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2D animation - how to revert changes?
Total first-timer here. I’m trying to make an animation using multiple layers within one stroke object. Suddenly all of the lines from each layer are orange, the same thickness and visibility ...
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Flip entire animation
I'm trying to mirror this entire animation sequence which I made in Blender's 2D Animation preset workspace. When I try to, I get an animation of the sequence mirroring around an axis. How do I mirror ...
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How to hide Object movement in 2d animation in blender?
I am trying to move an object (Image as a plane ) in 2d amination from point A to point B. Created a 20 sec video here : https://youtu.be/bOoxcpsf3hc
I can move the object, but I don't want the object ...
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How to make an edge/vertices follow path?
I got along much further, but now I have another problem. I created quite sharp curves with the arrays and the planes that are passing through mostly follow along quite good, but sometimes these ...
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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?
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?
I'm talking about ...
