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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Why is the glare node never working?
So, I am making a pitch-black humanoid model for a game. I have tried several versions of the glare node and none of them work. Does it not work in cycles?
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Pose nodes in blender [closed]
i want to create an addon that can access poses through nodes. So that animation be created procedurally.
But i dont have knoledge of python
Can anyone tell me how to do that
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Why is the "Collection Info" node warping the shapes in the collection?
The objects are cylinders. When I check reset children, they get get warped. Stretched lengths ways and flattened slightly. Why is that happening??
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Missing Node Inputs
I've never really used nodes before so I'm following tutorials to learn them and for some reason my "Mesh To Volume Node" looks like this
when it should look like this
Does anybody know ...
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Add or Remove item / socket in Nodetree / Node group - New "Items Tree" - Blender 4.0
First of all, I want to mention that I'm quite new to programming with Python and Blender.
Now, I wanted to know how I can create (or remove) a new socket in a custom nodetree considering the new &...
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Move select linked based on proximity using Geometry Nodes
I would like to offset certain elements in the y direction of this mesh based on the proximity relative to the wire framed cube. All the hexagon elements belong to the same mesh but are separate ...
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How Do You Delete Vertices That Aren't Seen By Camera Using Geometry Nodes?
I've been trying to recreate the Grease Pencil Line Art Modifier using Geometry Nodes. I'm pretty close, but I'm wondering: How do you delete vertices that aren't seen by the camera? I've been trying ...
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How to get what a node group's name is inside a material?
My script prints every node group name, how many nodes are inside it, and its users. The node groups are sorted by how many nodes are inside them so I can find possible redundant/duplicated node ...
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Are Advanced Snow Simulations Now Possible In Blender 4.0?
I am creating a little Eevee animation of a baby duckling popping out of snow and going for a stroll. I know dynamic paint can make footprints, but when the duckling pops out of the snow, I want a ...
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Get a group note from the scope of a node within that group
Is there a way to get to the group node from the scope of a active node with the group? Let's say I have a material with a group (G). With that group I have let's say a Noise node. How can I get to ...
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Embossed logo on glass surface using displace node looks incorrect
Im following a tutorial, how to apply a logo on glass surface using a displacement node.
Im running into two issues, the logo letters look too thick bevelled, and in the preview shader it looks ...
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Value node keyframe missing in graph editor
I am trying to bake a sound to an F-curve as input to a value node in the Shader editor. I follow the suggestions here and here. I can add a keyframe to a value node, open the Graph Editor, and I ...
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Bake sound to F-curve missing from Graph Editor Channel menu
I am trying to bake a sound to an F-curve as input to a Shader node. I follow the suggestions here and here, but still I cannot make it work. I can add a keyframe to a value node, open the Graph ...
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How to get the shaders similar to ken sugimori original Pokémon style
Ive been using blender for a while and im experimenting different art styles. As an anime/manga fan ive always loved the old school 90s art style. One particular is the original Pokémon art by ken ...
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Value nodes and Node editor in 2D animation
I want to implement value nodes and baked F-curves that trigger object visibility following How to make baked sound f-curve trigger a layer's visibility? using 2D animation but, being new to ...
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Colors along a spiral-like axis - Node generated texture
I've been struggling with this texture problem for a long time now, so I would be thankfull fo any help/solution. I want to achieve node texture, in which the gcolors are rotated along the cutting ...
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How to make murky water in Eevee engine?
Problem:
I want to make a water material in the Eevee engine that gets progressively murkier as objects beneath the surface get deeper.
Things I've tried:
The closest approximation I've found so far: ...
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Blender Geometry Nodes: Make Instances Real infinite loading
I used Geometry Nodes to populate an area of my landscape with trees. Now I need to make those tree instances real to export as gltf for the web (Object -> Apply -> Make Instances Real). When I ...
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How do I link to objects movement with each other?
I want to create like a animation but not a animation, so what I want is whenever I rotate cube number 1 I want number 2 to go in a vertical movement, so when I rotate cube 1 by 360 degree cube 2 ...
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GN: Index of nearest node - Ignore Self position
I'm trying to build a hanging wires.
I have a bunch of planes. I convert faces of these planes into points and then I want to connect closest points to each other with a curve line.
The issue is, that ...
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instance follow object problem geometry nodes
my intention is to create a sphere that attract some instances while is moving. I also would wanted to have a region of influence, not having all instance to follow, just the ones closer to the sphere....
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Custom Input Names on Mapping Node?
Is it possible to give the input items on a mapping node custom labels? For example, I'm creating a real starfield using an environment texture, mapping node and texture coordinates node. I want the ...
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How can I have multiple driver set-ups over one duplicated node group?
I'm currently designing my first custom node in order to be able to apply variations of the same complex shader to multiple objects.
The green highlighted values are linked to color ramps sliders in ...
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Can't add nodes in shader editor - Node list is Empty ( Blender 4.0 Factory Settings )
I can't add nodes in shader editor. It works for other menus.
This is a fresh blender 4.0 stable install with factory settings. Any ideas ? Thank you
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Geometry Nodes - Creating a path of edges through a point domain without any overlap
Hoping someone can help. I'm trying to create a geonodes setup where I distribute points on a mesh, and then connect a series of edges between them which will be converted to curves and used for ...
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Maze Generation with Geometry Nodes and Simulation Nodes - Attribute Updating Issue
I'm currently working on a maze generator project using Geometry Nodes and Simulation Nodes, inspired by Daniel Shiffman's tutorial and the corresponding code. I've made good progress so far but have ...
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Help with preventing bump mapping from affecting the glossy part of my material, file included
I'm trying to create two materials while having surface imperfections only on the glossy part. I have uploaded the blend file.
My problem is that I don't know how to make the bump map only affect ...
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Clarification on node setup when applying surface imperfection
I'm trying to understand shading and nodes and would appreciate it if someone could just confirm that I have understood correctly, and I also have a question.
Currently, I am experimenting with adding ...
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Blend mode ‘Darken’ in Mix RGB node is showing different color
I'm following this tutorial where he explains how the Mix RGB node works, and to better understand, I'm trying to replicate his steps. What I don't understand is why I'm not getting the same color as ...
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Blender pattern query [duplicate]
I am looking to create a zig zag pattern across the surface of a sphere with horizontal lines going across the thicker zigzag like the attached picture in blender on a sphere. Can anyone tell me what ...
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How can I highlight the hard edges on a very large (10+ km) model?
I'm modeling a topographic map, imported by GIS Blender.
I'd like to create edge lines, similar to topographic maps. Things I've tried and reasons I think that they haven't worked:
Use bevels to find ...
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How can I detect even terrain in geometry nodes?
I'm trying to scatter an object on terrain using geometry nodes. The only problem is I want to only scatter if the surrounding terrain is even. I'm not talking about the angle of the normal; I want ...
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Set Material Selection Doesn't See Instances
I have a problem: https://youtu.be/-R3pOgoc-g8
In the video you can see some cubes, those are instances.
When I set material after the "instance on points" and use the selection with "...
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Single Texture Multiple Mask Inefficiencies
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Can't seem to find the answer to this online, but is there a way to get the exact color I need from a texture that has multiple color IDs, which also ...
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Is it possible to automatically create a plane between two spheres when they move and reach each other?
Is it possible in Blender to do something like, whenever these two spheres move and reach each other, a plane automatically gets created between them?
I tried the answer below and then changed the ...
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Geometry nodes rain simulation not preserving saved frame after reopening Blender
As you can see in this video, I have two geometry nodes modifiers, made with this Rain Generator. One of them controls falling rain and the other controls rain splashes on objects.
After letting the ...
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Mesh boolean in Geometry Nodes is slow, any alternatives or workarounds available?
I wanted some basic boolean operations for a few title animations. Here's one where I use a pie animation to reveal the text underneath
But using Mesh boolean makes the scene lag so much.
Is there a ...
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Exporting generated geometry from geometry nodes [duplicate]
I'm new to the Geometry Editor side of Blender. I was referencing the following thread:
How to use random spheres inside a cube with Geometry Nodes?
Which overall is great but I want to export the ...
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Noise Texture on Hair Mesh is Flowing the Wrong Way
I'm not quite sure how else to word this, but I have a hair mesh with bangs that I'm trying to add a roughness map to. I'm making it from a noise texture, but the flow of the noise texture is not ...
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How to correct glass IOR deformation?
Let's say I have a 3D model of a truck with frontal glass (semitrans plastic), with an object - driver - behind it.
Now everything glass-wise looks OK as it should except one very important thing: the ...
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daisy chaining map range nodes
Currently, I have run into a problem in my understanding of how to create a node set up using the map range nodes.
What I'm attempting to achieve is creating a stepped map range shader similar to this ...
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Changing image textures with keyframes
currently I am using the alpha channel of an image to give a robot face some eyes with changeable material:
Now I want to animate the eyes and I exported 7 frames with different looks of the eyes and ...
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Get "number of lines in a string" as a value in Geometry Nodes
I have this node setup that takes a string and divides them into lines by using the special characters node to replace space " " with a line break.
I wanted a numerical value of the number ...
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Change color with pressure
Heyyy,
I want to have an animation auf colored balls/bubbles like here in the Houdini tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grPVW0vK6PE
Is there any similar solution in Blender? Maybe where the ...
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How to make a video like this with Blender software?
How to make a video like this with Blender software?
Video link
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Extrude vertices along an axis using geometry nodes, an elegant way
I want to extrude a set of (unfilled) vertices along one major axis.
I somewhat managed to do that converting it to a curve and using that curve as the profile curve for "Curve to mesh" node,...
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Transparent image shows black in viewport [duplicate]
Im not the best at blender but I've been hacking away at this issue to no avail. I have a transparent image as a texture in blender but in rendering it shows with a black background... I've researched ...
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Compositor does not insert Render Layers node after checking Use Nodes
Blender 3.6.4
Windows 10 latest updates
In Blender 3.6.4, after rendering in the image editor completes, I enter the Compositor and check Use Nodes, no Render Layers / Output node is inserted.
If I do ...
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Is there a way to get the character lengths of each word of a string in Geometry Nodes
I want the character length of each word of a string. Is this possible procedurally?
My idea was to divide them into lines, but I can't get to separate the lines into individual strings.
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How do I move individual words in a string in Geometry Nodes
In the above image, how can I move individual words (not letters) in a string.
For example, I only want to move the word "DISPLAY" up and down, how can I do that?
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