Questions tagged [node-editor]
Questions relating to Blenders node editor. The node editor is used for non-destructive texture and material editing; for geometry node editing and for post-processing/compositing.
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Moving mesh with geometry node scattering
I wanted to know how can I move my mesh and have my geometry node scattering kept in place. When I move the origin, the littles pieces that I scattered on the top of my eclair are moving too but with ...
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Recreating variance shadow mapping using geometry and/or shader nodes
So for the past few days I've been trying to get a simple form of variance shadow mapping (or any kind of shadow mapping) to work in Blender. In Eevee, you can of course just use a Diffuse BSDF and ...
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Cloner effect in blender! [closed]
I am trying to get this cloned effector in blender like c4d. Does anyone know how to do this?
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How can you make UV in Geometry nodes, like Project from view ( or Planar projection)
I have a procedural object created in geometry nodes, and it lacks UV. It just needs a simple UV "Project from View", and I would like to put it in Geometry nodes, instead of doing it after ...
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How can I hide texturing seam in torus?
How can I hide this seam on the torus texture?
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GN: How to replace the Points to Volume node in place of Mesh to Volume?
I have this voxelizer modifier setup which works for the rotated cube nicely as shown but I have to lower the version to Blender 3.2 so I cannot use Mesh to Volume node. Is Points to Volume the only ...
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GN: How to replace Interpolate domain node with Transfer Attribute domain for 3.2?
I did some research about which nodes to use in which version from this amazing link from quellenform shoutout to them thank you so much it was very helpful.And I'm going from a 3.3 version geonodes ...
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color ramp steps limitation [duplicate]
I'm using the color ramp node to mapping values for later use, but the color ramp has a limitation of steps of 32, can I reset the limitation through python? or is anyway to get rid of the limitation?
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How do I go about making a opacity mask for the borders of the planar mesh?
I want to make a procedural black and white mask/matte for planar objects' boundaries to use as a texture blending component.
Something like this, but I did this in Photoshop, and obviously I want to ...
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Animation grass with Gscatter
I'm new in blender and i've some issues to animate grass from gscatter.
I add a transform geometry but it rotate all the assets.
I want a rotation 1 by 1.
Do you have a solution ?
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Can someone explain this node setup for rotation?
This is a node setup used to align twigs with branches:
I would like to understand what these nodes are doing exactly. I tried studying what Euler nodes are, but I did not understand anything.
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does map range do not capture attributes to transfer to group output?
does the map range not have attributes that can be captured by the capture attribute node, I have been trying to capture attributes by the map range node so that I can view the displacement done ...
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how do i mimic the result of color ramp in map range? also tips regarding map range on how to use it easily
I have been using the node tree in the image to have a Bezier curve displacing the geometry on a plane. I would like to know how to mimic the results of the color ramp in the map range?
Also the ...
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Slope mask for texturing
I found this way for masking textures using a slope.
https://blender.stackexchange.com/a/265439/105723
If it's just a basic shading it works fine
Mask
But I noticed it takes account of displacement ...
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Animating value node of a material so I see keyframes in timeline
I want to animate alpha using value node but when I add keyframe I dont see any material in timeline and no keyframe appears.
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camera facing shader mask
I would like to create a shader/material based mask that is 1.0 for anything that is seen in the camera view and 0 for anything that isn't. I'd like to use this to have the semi transparent hands of ...
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How do I use image textures to "mask" metallic elements? [duplicate]
First time poster here.
I'm using Blender to create 3D renders of products which my company is manufacturing.
With regards to the labels that I am applying to the products, the labels will have ...
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How to read the value through Python from Geometry Nodes Output Node
When the socket is not connected to other nodes, the script can be read into its variable. Everything is fine.
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Adding Materials using Image Texture
What am i doing wrong here.
I select the faces that i require
I assign them to a new material
Unwrap the UV
Save as an SVG
Make a template, obviously i dont want square corners so some parts of my ...
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Is it possibile to change and randomize the shape of voronoi texture generated dots so the they doesn`t look so even and perfect round?
In the image you can see a simple voronoi texture generated texture. The problem I have is that I don`t want that even look und the perfect circle shapes. Does somebody has an idea if it possible to ...
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Selecting in nodes
How do I select the 4 things highlighted in green on the node like in the screenshot below. I’m trying to follow a tutorial on how to make an animation but when the guy selects those things on the map ...
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How to change the size of points in the geometry nodes?
I am new to blender. Currently, I am trying to make a donut and I am stuck with making the sprinkles. My points in geometry nodes are too big, how do I change the size of them?
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I don’t understand how to use the alpha factor in RGB Node in the Shader Editor
I don’t understand how to use the alpha factor in RGB Node in the Shader Editor.
So far, I’ve investigated and get some of the uses for the alpha factor when it comes for project images on planes or ...
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Resources for Material Setups [duplicate]
I've been exploring various resources for creating materials in Blender, including libraries such as BlenderKit and numerous instructional videos on YouTube. However, I am looking for a more ...
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Python remove unlinked nodes in all materials scene
I found this code to remove all unlinked nodes on a material selected , but I want to edit the code to remove all unlinked node in all the material on the scene, I am very bad coding but I know the ...
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Controlling thickness of node-generated concentric rings
These 36-segment concentric rings are formed from node-generated, circular edge loops. The planes between them aren't — I've bridged the edge loops myself — but the edge loops are procedural. Below ...
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How to use Add Node feature with World Properties
I feel like I might be missing something obvious but I can't seem to get the node editing mode to work with the World Properties in the 3D viewport please see below for my World Peoperties
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How can I convert the Multiply Add node in Blender 2.79?
I need to change node Multiply Add from Blender 4.0.2 to Blender 2.79 with math nodes. How i can do that?
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Frontface Culling Not Rendering (even with nodes)
Does just fine in everything else BUT Rendering - when in render, it just renders as if the culled frontface cuts through everything else behind it instead of showing it at all. Putting the viewport ...
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Using Blender to Convert Video with Kuwahara Filter
I'm fairly new to Blender. What caught my attention about it recently was the recent addition of the Kuwahara filter node that they added. So I wanted to experiment with using the compositor to import ...
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Is there any way to create a boolean input to a ShaderNodeGroup in Blender 4.x using python?
I'm working now on a plugin that includes NodeGroups and I want to make a Boolean Socket. I remember that in the older versions it was possible to do this, but in the Interface system, I didn't really ...
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Creating material with real-world sized tiles
I am working on my flat project.
I want to create a material that could take texture images of tiles and value input of their real-world size, resulting in covering meshes with an exact number of ...
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Volume on a model using a black and white texture
I have a brush model that came with all it’s textures here and I was wondering how I could apply the black and white “ink” texture and make it have some volume on it, possibly without using bump node ...
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Is there a way to create custom Node types or Nodes Categories using Python?
I want to create custom Nodes for my plugin, and I've found a few places on the web that say it can't be done, and a few places I've seen people say yes, but haven't explained how.
So what is the ...
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How to Convert Coordinate object from Coordinate Node into Mapping Node?
In the example below, I'm using an empty object that I've named "Empty XYZ" as the Coordinate Object, right in the Coordinate node into the Sphere Material (Named: "Strip Material")...
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geo nodes - scale top faces / edges from center along the track line
ave gratis plenum
i need to scale top faces ( or edges ) of railroad track cutter
start mesh is .obj file exported from steam's rolling line game - railroad track mesh
track / terrain cutter is using ...
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Possible to have world node only affect one object? Problem with lightning Volume Absorption
Is it possible to have a world node that only affects an object with volume absorption?
I have a situation where I want to be able to control the lighting specifically for the liquid. I have tried ...
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How to darken an object face in a node group and make this optional
I am currently working on some virtual remotes for my home automation system.
This will involve images of remote buttons before and after pressing. To make it clear, I would like the face of the ...
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How to call group_ungroup operations when using blender is a python module
I want to ungroup a node group when writing a script launched from a python command line, and I try to use group_ungroup as follows:
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Blender 4.02 Where is the Node Search input box
I have blender 4.02 and now when I am in the Node Editor, GN editor or Compositor and choose 'Add' (as in add node) I am NOT offered a search box, which is generally what I use. I no longer have this ...
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How do I make a dissolve kind of effect?
How do I do this kind of effect on a procedural ice material? I'm trying to do it as a transition on my ICE material, Most of the videos that i found about dissolve effects are for principled BSDF ...
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Gradient light with Area light
I have just learned how to create a plan and make an emission of it, then create a gradient to control the light as I want. I was then advised that it should be possible to use nodes in an area light.
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how to set up brushed aluminium node material
I'm trying to achieve an aluminium texture for my object. I have the following node set up, Im facing 2 problems. On the top of my cube, there's a rounded aluminium, and on the other sides, the ...
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Is there a way to lock Shader node In blender?
After completing the work, to customize all the nodes, we use the Tab key. Now, I'm wondering how to lock or restrict access to this shader. In other words, I want to ensure that other users can't see ...
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Screen space reflection makes my object darker
I'm applying a texture which was set up by @ChristopherBennett. The texture works well (Using EEVEE Render) until I turn on space screen reflections, which makes it darker, and the objects loses it's ...
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geometry nodes grid sine selection points
I would like to create sine graph function projected on grid of instances. https://imgur.com/a/NiQcc8G
Question:
1.Math function nodes
How can I use Set position with math function to create sine ...
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What are the changes related to subsurface or principled BSDF in Blender 4.0
In my understanding before Blender 4.0, there was a way to add a color in the section of subsurface color this was used with the subsurface bar to give some sort of blood tone to the skin… or at least ...
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How do I add Subsurface Scattering in Blender to a sculpt made and textured in 3DCoat?
I've imported my model with textures/materials from 3DCoat, and I wanted to add some SSS.
I'd like to recreate the effect similar to this one, where it's very intense:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
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Nodes effect not coming after exporting in .glb [duplicate]
I am new to Blender and am only using it for a few hours to quickly create and export a 3D Model in .glb format to use it in my React website project with three js.
I have applied certain Nodes in the ...
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Procedural toothpaste texture on beveled curve
Imagine drawing with colored toothpaste.
If you rotate the tube around its own axis while drawing the path, the texture is simple like this:
But if you hold the tube in a fixed position while drawing,...