Questions tagged [settings]
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Settings windows too small in 3.6.5 after running project that was saved in 4.X
4.0.1 was crashing constantly when animating so I wanted to go back to 3.6 but now the settings window that shows up when using any sort of functionality, like "triangulate faces" for ...
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Really small operator redo panel pop-up using merge by distance
Recently when I try to Merge by Distance, the pop-up window where you can edit the distance is so small that it is rendered unusable. How do I fix this? I don't know what setting I changed to enact ...
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i just cannot add addons in Blender [duplicate]
also ye i have problem that i cannot add the addons into Blender 4 and addon is textools version 1_5
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Got the new Blender 4.0 (this time portable), but it still stores all the addons and preferences like a regular version in App Data [duplicate]
It`s Win 10. I copied Blender foundation folder to the D drive and pointed it the preferences but doesnt give a damn. Any ideas pls?
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How to configure how much my cursor need to move to blender start computing a brushstroke? (brush deadzone) [closed]
While sculpting i find weird sometimes the distance my cursor has to move, from the moment i touch my tablet with my pen, to start seeing the vertices being affected by my brush, so i was wondering if ...
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backface culling not marking faces as red and blue
I remember backface culling used to mark flipped normals as red and correct ones as blue. Not sure if it's different with the newer versions, but backface culling is now only displaying the flipped ...
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Can portable version pick up settings from the previous one like normally installed ones?
I`m planning to move to portable releases of Blender and I wonder, will I have to reset every new version manually, or will it import settings as well?
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GLTF export settings: how to remember export path?
In the gltf export menu, there is a checkbox to remember export settings. However, there seems to be no way to remember the export path. Whenever I open this file and export it to gltf, I must set the ...
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Render settings for high resolution images for printing scenes with many small geometries
I can't get a good output material for further processing in Photoshop
when rendering images for printing in large format from A2 with 300 dpi.
Since I set a high resolution, the files are huge, but ...
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I'm trying to clarify configuration directory usage
I'm working on a simple program for my organization to use to share configurations across workstations for multiple programs. I'm trying to understand Blender's configuration layout so I can make sure ...
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Show / Hide Mirrored Loop Cut
I've been following a course online where Loop Cuts are used. In the demo, the instructor creates a Loop Cut on an object that has a Mirror modifier. As the instructor moves the Loop Cut, the Mirror ...
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Asset Browser default library behaviour (Change from 'All' to 'Current File') [Blender 3.5]
Is it possible to change the asset browser's behaviour when opening asset browser in a new context?
Problem:
By default in Blender 3.5, a new Asset Browser context will always open with all asset ...
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How to render properly
I’m new to Blender and just started 2 days ago. I watched YT and get me started, but I can’t get rendering to work properly. All verticals objects are dark and top surfaces have good. I’m using Light/...
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Blender search language to english
Good time of a day ✌^_^ ! )
Are there any options to make default blender search in english while all the rest is on my native language? I mean if I have changed my language settings to my native ...
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Repeat Last Action Doesn't Work
So yeah, after the last few updates, shift + R (the repeat function) doesn't work. For instance, if I duplicate a cube, move it to the right of intial cube and press Shift + R, nothing happens. I'm ...
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Blender barely using GPU
When trying to render anything the CPU gets used a fair bit more than the GPU. I've gone through system preferences and set the GPU as the Cycles render device and set to GPU compute in the scene ...
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Lightning problems
I am trying to render an animation but when I export a frame to check that everything is okay, the output is really dark, which doesn´t make sense for me.
What im using is sky texture for enviromental ...
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Use Node Format - is this option redundant, or what?
Even though I use the File Output Node frequently, there's an option I've been ignoring but finally have to ask about:
Use Node Format
The File Output Node seems to work just fine without this box ...
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Does selecting GPU and CPU together render faster than only selecting GPU?
I watched a setting video on YouTube and they suggested that if you have a good GPU, select the GPU and deselect the CPU?
I always thought that if you select both it would render faster, is it correct ...
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Not finding my renders [closed]
I changed all paths in the blender output to the download folder and I hit render
I find there a new .blend file and a new empty folder called blender_evqBBq.
Can anyone figure out where my image ...
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clay strip adds only on one place
I m using blender and I m having a issue with clay strip brush as it only add to one placeeven if im moving the brush while holding the left mouse buttom.
the last thing I did was to enable Front ...
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Blender 3.6 Transform Panel, adjust amount of rotation for one click?
Hi, I mean the little arrows in the marked area. It was 0.1 degree per click (and also when hold & drag the minimum steps) before but now it's 1 degree after Blender 3.6.
I do product renders and ...
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How to create splash or spilling fluid animation from a glass of water
How can I create splash or spilling fluid animation from a glass of water? What is the best way to do it on fluid simulation.?
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Good way to search through all Blender's options / actions?
I'm trying to learn how to do simple things with Blender and am overwhelmed with complexity, and don't know of a good way to figure out basic things. I'd like to be able to search for some option / ...
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Left click causes 'rename active item' in viewport and scene collection
I am having trouble in using left click in the viewport. Left click causes the rename dialog to open and hence I cannot select and deselect any object. It is very annoying as the left click is not ...
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Why does the rendered image in Cycles looks so ugly an not sharp [duplicate]
Hi Guys I wanted to render this beautiful porsch spyder but it doesnt look beautiful on the rendered image. Can someone explain what i can do better or what i did wrong. This one frame took about 2 ...
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Change material settings of multiple materials (TEXTURE_INTERPOLATION) [duplicate]
I have an object with hundreds of materials, and I want to change the texture Interpolation (if i right mean how it named) on all of them to CLOSED.
I do not want to go through them individually, so I ...
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Left-Click Drag Select in 3.5
I recently installed Blender 3.5.1, upgrading from 3.4.1, and I've noticed an odd change in how the left click select works when you have a different tool selected. In 3.4.1 (and previous versions), ...
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Blender Automatic LoD (Level of Detail) Optimization Disable
i was working in a pretty small scene in blender (300mb) and had to open another program to get some files. That program uses a lot of recources but it worked no problem. But when i returned to ...
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How to save default settings when saving an Image Texture
After baking a texture and before I save the texture from the "Image->Save As" interface, I check the "Save as Render" box, set the Color Management setting to "Override,&...
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Restore Blender custom settings after loading Factory Settings?
I'm working with the Blender folks to resolve an issue and because I have a lot of add-ons they would like me to go to File > Defaults > Load Factory Settings. I'm happy to do that, but how do I ...
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Set property/value across all sculpt brushes?
I have purchased a set of 80+ sculpting brushes. Their quality is degraded (distortion) because the falloff is set to "Smooth" instead of "Constant," and their strength value is ...
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How to use more VRAM?
I recently bought a graphics card with 12 GB in memory, but when I model complex scenes I see very little amount of VRAM in use, and some times it gets very laggy in the viewport at less than 25% VRAM ...
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Why does my hair look like tubes?
So I've been using the new blender hair system and the individual hair strands look like this.
how do I fix it?
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Can't add new asset catalog to Asset Library in Blender 3.5
After a drive failure I have had to upgrade to Windows 11 and reinstall Blender, version 3.5. I noticed that I can't add new asset catalogues:
When trying to add a new asset catalog, I get the text <...
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Weird aliasing going on with horizontal lines. Jagged textures and shadows
So I have constructed this scene. Showing the scale of something vs manhattan. I have put a small marble on the rooftop but this marble is all messed up.
Here you can see it's all jittery
and here ...
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Render settings for poolroom
Hi, so I made a poolroom from a tutorial but he doesn’t really say how to render it. I don’t know how high to set max samples, the resolution etc.
when I render it, it looked very pixely, you can ...
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Render height maps in blender without outline on border
I am rendering a plane at 2048x2048. using 16 bit depth,
Camera is pointed straight down in orthographic mode, if I zoom in, there is a 1px wide border long by render. This seems to be true for Cycles,...
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How to duplicate texture node without duplicating its settings?
I want to have 2 nodes that use the same texture, but are interpreting it differently (for example "no alpha" vs "premultiplied"). However, there doesn't seem to be any way to do ...
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Render result and viewport render are different - Cycles(3.4.0)
I am using the Cycles render engine for this one - Blender(3.4.0).
That is not an HDRI, but an image imported as plane with the image texture as it's Emission colour with the Emission Strength set to ...
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Is there a way to change automerge settings to be smaller distances?
Is there a way to edit the automerge settings to change the distance which triggers a merge between two lines in grease pencil?
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Render Issue with Metaballs
Currently rendering someone else's Blender file, but for some reason the metaballs look real weird when rendered, while ok in the viewport. Is there a reason for that and if so, how can I fix it?
I've ...
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How to change method of selection back to box/rectangle
I think I may have pressed some wrong button but minutes ago I used to be able to drag my cursor around and it would create a box for me to select vertices in edit mode. Now when I press down my mouse,...
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Can I change recursive depth limit of instance ownership?
I'm creating Sierpiński triangle by chaining "Instance on Points" nodes like so:
The 🟢Instance socket implicitly converts the passed geometry to an instance. Upon conversion to an instance,...
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Fire Render Times
so I'm new to using fire in my animations. I have a 4090 for GPU but wow my renders are taking so long for just simple fire burst animation. Are there settings I should be doing to get a faster render?...
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Baking AO into Vertex, Where are AO Settings?
Okay Blender Horde, I have been searching with no result the answer to this question.
I want to bake the AO into the Vertex paint, fine, that is easy, BUT, where on earth are the AO settings so I can ...
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Move hidden icons into two rows
In Blender, especially in the UV editing layout, I have the problem that I can't see some icons. There is not enough space for all icons in one row! How can I move them in two or more rows?
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Predefined project setting or script for automation
How can I create script or project which can be easily modified when I want to change my object?
For example - i want to create 5 similar animations but with different objects. I don't want to set ...
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Stop Blender trying to connect online
I have discovered that when my internet connection is disabled, Blender loads up much faster. I would like to find a way to make blender think that my internet connection is disabled, when it isn't. ...
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x Mirror is not an option in 3.4
I've watched a couple weight painting tutorials on how to mirror the weight paints I create, but how do I use the xMirror setting in Blender 3.4? The option Mirror Vertex Groups does not seem to do ...
