Questions tagged [image]
Questions pertaining to 2D images in blender. Use this tag for image textures, baking images, and any other question relating to images.
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Fix color of normal map
I have some normal maps that are white/gray in color instead of the normal blue/purple color. I know this isn't completely Blender related since I'll probably use something like Photoshop to fix the ...
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Nearest neighbour filtering for reference image node (version 3.4)
I started Blender today with the goal of making low-poly models with pixel art/low res textures. It's just like everyone warned; very overwhelming!
A tutorial video I was watching inserted a high ...
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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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How Can I find diffuse image of a material?
-there are nodegroups in nodegroups
-Images arent named correctly
And we need to create a function that finds diffuse image of that material and set active node
Here is what we did so far:
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Is there an easier way to cut out holes in this object to match the image I'm referencing?
I am trying to cut wholes in my object, but I've noticed it's very time consuming and I would like to get the computer to do it so that it's easier, faster, and more accurate... The screenshots below ...
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How to remove an image attached to one side of a Cube
I am a beginner in blender, I have added a reference image of a biscuit to one side of a cube, I have unwrapped that side so that the reference image fits to that side. But the other sides are having ...
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Texture image displaying properly on all faces of mesh
I have a mesh with 3 faces and I want all the faces to have the same texture, after seeing the result I tried to mess with the normals so all faces would face the same direction but that didn't work.
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Images added with image_strip_add not orientated correctly. Any idea why?
I am adding a number of images to a video editor strip using image_strip_add according to this answer: https://blender.stackexchange.com/a/286951/75609
However, my images are not orientated correctly, ...
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Rendered image different from rendered image view
I'm rendering a scene in Blender, and for some reason, the rendered image section is different from the exported image. Note the difference in the wood colour appearance in the sun.
Rendered view
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Image Sequence no longer plays audio or png images after render
I'm trying to fix an issue I'm having with Blender's Image Sequence. After compiling my images, audio and visuals I rendered the file however when I go back to the file, nothing is playing as it ...
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Set alpha in compositor loses RGB values where opaque meets transparent
Different software deal with transparency differently and this can depend on the file type and the way the software writes the information.
I am getting strange artifacts on where opaque meets ...
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Fspy image not showing in wireframe mode
I'm using Fspy to model this kitchen. The picture on the left shows it in wireframe mode yesterday. As you can see, the image shows up behind the objects fine. Today I started modeling the chair. I ...
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How to update the texture in the UI when using "template_preview"
I'm using Blender 3.4 and I want to display an image in the UI and be able to change it by pressing a button.
The button using ImportHelper executes this code:
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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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Batch Render an Animation of One Scene with Multiple Labels?
Background: I work as a product and brand designer, I would love to be able to export .png's for things with labels- bottles/packaging in general, but I don't want to have to sit at my computer and ...
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Exporting Labels RGB and CMYK for print
for illustration : we are printing 4M signs of our products (3D rendered in blender)
This might be a dumb question but I need to know for sure.
We export the labels from Illustrator and add the Image ...
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Been having an issue with texture bleed being messy and spattering around selected UV
So for a few years, I've been fighting an issue regarding the bleeding effect always splattering around the UVs rather than filling in the area around it.
I've tried updating to latest, reinstalling, ...
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How should I combine volumetrics with fog cards?
I am trying to combine volumetrics with fog cards. The issue im having is that when the fog planes look clear until i add volumetrics, does anyone know how I should properly combine the two together?
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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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How can I invert image colors with the Python API?
I need to invert an image programmatically.
However, the command:
bpy.ops.image.invert(invert_r=True, invert_g=True, invert_b=True)
fails with
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Eye texture is distorted, iris and pupil are not fully circular
The above image is the eye I try to create, there i distortion for the iris and pupil.
from front view
from side view
the above image are the result I wish to achieve.
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the pupil and iris ...
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Change UV wrap size for Image Layer BUT keep UV wrap size for Height Map Layer
This is a question about UV unwrapping. Simple version. I want to unwrap the base color image and the image I use as a "height map" (for shading) on the same surface as two different sizes....
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How can I make a PNG image (imported as "Image as plane") transparent on back side?
I have a PNG image that I would like to be transparent/invisible from the back.
but still retain alpha transparency of the background from the front.
I am trying to see through this image but still ...
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Please help, blender has weird rainbow lines
Hey to all looking at this,
I kinda need some help,
So basically, I was just yk messing around in blender. I changed all four sides of my "reference photos" to "DEPTH" back and &...
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Import Image Plane Lacks Normals?
i'm trying to import an image as a plane, to be cut up and extruded into a mesh. However, the plane seems to have no normals (face orientation is ticked on in the settings, no blue or red shows up), ...
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Custom added images disappear after rendering
I'm a complete beginner to Blender and I'm sorry if this is such an easy problem to fix, I just can't figure it out.
So I made a monitor model for my game (Using Unreal). I add a fake samsung logo ...
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How to set a constantly visible background in Blender editor?
I'd like to set some background in the editor (while editing objects). But not putting it on a plane, instead make it like environment, like in a game engine.
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How can I use a custom skin pore brush to sculpt paint much higher detail?
I am a beginner at this and have been experimenting with creating my own custom skin pore brush in Krita. I've looked up dozens of tutorials on this and I've seen people use very low image sizes for a ...
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Whenever I try to append an image for reference it gives me a error and says it is not a library
Included a image of the error. If anyone has a solution I'd appreciate it.
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UVProject why no detail in the cusp surface image?
I have UVProject working... projecting an image on a flat surface extruded from a cube. But when I repeat this on the cusp surface (see image) it becomes a diffuse color ie no detail of the image. I ...
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How to project an image/video that moves across a 3D surface
For an animation video, I need to project an image, or a video that moves all the way across a horizontal 3D surface, see image. Ideally, like an optical projection it should not wrap around under the ...
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How to override render result in blender python?
Working on a script and I need a way to update the render result image to a modified render result image.
As far as I've seen, accessing pixels and other properties requires you to save out the render ...
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External Edit pathway on Mac
I'm having issues connecting Photoshop to Blender. My goal is to be able to paint image textures and have them update on my UV maps in real time. All of the tutorials I've seen are on Window Systems. ...
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Change 'Image Sequence' images, visualize in Image Editor, save after changes
I add a plane in Blender. Then in Shader mode I create Image Texture Node and set 'Image Sequence'. This displays the texture to the plane which can be changed by keyboard <- and ->. Also, I can ...
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Cycles render creates artifacts on my images
Hi, as you can see above, if you look carefully at the grass, when rendering the border of the image is clearly visible. You can also see vertical lines that sometimes appear on the grass. This really ...
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When I render in cycles, the color changes
I am trying to make some graphics for a game that I have and I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I tried looking at the nodes but cannot seem to fix it. What can cause this sort of issue?
Before:
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How to import assign a texture to an object with python
I have been trying to write script that with a button it will open a file browser to choose an image file, then use it to create a new material then add it to the selected object (plane) as a texture.
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Is it possible to keyframe f-curve?
SO I have an animation I'm trying to get going and what I'm trying to do is edit specific frames in an f-curve for a shape key. Every time I try to add a keyframe I get an "F-Curve with path '...
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I want to texture all the cubes I've created in Geometry nodes
I'm giving material to the cubes I've created in Geometry nodes, but I'm not able to propagate a single image piece by piece to larger cubes. I hope you understand what I'm saying. Does anyone know ...
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Using Blender for scientific image analysis
Has anyone got good examples of using Blender for scientific image analysis? I'm not talking about 3D visualisations of scientific data, like in this answer, but taking a series of images, and then ...
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Different appearance between material preview, viewport shading, and rendered image
For some reason, when switching between different viewing modes, as well as rendering through a camera, my image texture is appearing differently for each mode. I have it set up to assign one of two ...
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Want to Overlay an Image on top of many instanced object in a grid
I am trying to recreate the intro to the show Ted Lasso, and ran into a problem.
When trying to overlay this image:
overtop my seating configuration, I only get a blue color on the seats. The seats ...
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How can I recreate a model with multiple view angles?
I have a image of a head from 3d.sk that shows 3 angles with the polygon faces easily visible. I had the idea to set up multiple cameras and try to eyeball the placement of the vertices but it's ...
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Texture wont load if applied to a lot of objects
I have a material (Principled BSDF), with a image texture as the base color and a displacement node, that uses the same image texture. If I add the material to a object in a empty file and even if I ...
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Composited PNG Image disapers in render
I am trying to composit some clouds into my render using the depth pass.
It works fine and looks good to me in the compositor but when I save the image as PNG with alpha, the clouds that are not ...
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Texture solid color instead of texture
Whenever I try to change my object texture and insert textures it doesn't work but instead puts a solid color. I am in rendered mode when doing these and have tried material mode but it still doesn't ...
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Has the way that Blender handles PSD alphas changed?
I've noticed this issue popping up in a few projects I've been working on, it seems like the way that Blender handles the alpha channel on PSD files within shader nodes has changed, resulting in this ...
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Fbx textures automatically renamed in Blender
I'm just curious if anyone can tell me why textures names are displayed differently than their file names, even when reimported into the fbx they belong to. This node would normally be named after it'...
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3D world to 2D image transformation with equidistant camera model
I'm currently implementing a simulation, where a 3D point needs to be transformed to a fisheye image with the equivalent of Blenders 'PANO' camera and the equidistant camera model. Does anyone know ...
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Image will not shrinkwrap to curved surface
This is the result I am getting from this image shrinkwrapped to the mug. The image has 200 loop cuts. I have tried other settings, such as project but most of them do absolutely nothing to the image.
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