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Cannot figure out what setting is locked on my object
I have an appended object I brought into my blender file and at first I was able to enter Edit mode and change the material on it, but something is not allowing me to add a material or even enter Edit ...
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Particle system shows on emitter mode but not on hair mode?
trying to make some grass on a plane. CtrlA done and Particle system added. On emitter it works as it should, on Hair mode, I get three straight lines flat on the XY plane... What is wrong here? ...
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How to assign keyframes to an empty object?
I have an Empty in 2D that acts as a control object for my character, but I can't animate it because it doesn't add keyframes.
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Change (rename) original text object in scene after applying dissolve attributes
I'm new to Blender.
I have a scene with a text object (Happy Birthday) in caps, which has dissolve/particles animation applied.
After all the attributes are applied, I cannot change or rename the ...
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Collapsed Main Menu (Hamburger Menu) - What setting, addon or modifier is this from?
It's Blender 4.2 / Mac:
Blender's main menu is displayed as a hamburger menu at the top left of the screen and the menu items are located in a submenu. I did it quite some time ago and find it quite ...
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Material Utilities not listed in preferences [duplicate]
I want to use the Material Utilities and read in the documentation and online, that I have to enable it in preferences -> Add-ons, but it simply is not there as obvious from the screenshot. It is ...
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How to make a clean install of Blender 4.2?
I recently updated Blender from 4.1.1 to 4.2.0. During the installation I selected "Load 4.1.1 Settings." I then learned it's recommended to start with a clean install of 4.2.0 rather than ...
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Alpha Clip not working in Blender 4.2
I'm following the tutorial how on to make a plant from textures.com and during the process I stumbled on this part where I must turn on the "Alpha clip" option into the material settings.
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How to install previous version of the blender preference to the new blender 4.2 version?
How can I install the previous version's preferences like add-ons, themes and settings into the new version? The problem is that I've already uninstalled the earlier version of Blender(which I had ...
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Strong line flickering in viewport
I'm not sure if it was earlier, or I just didn't notice that, but now I see strong flickering of lines in viewport (Blender 4.0.2). Maybe I changed some settings, or there's some anti-aliasing option. ...
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How can I transfer settings from Blender 4.1 to 4.2? [duplicate]
I recently installed Blender 4.2, but it’s starting with the default factory settings—meaning all my key mappings, shortcuts, and startup preferences are gone. It seems like Blender 4.2 starts from ...
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Selected vertex appearance settings
When I select 2 vertices, it looks like a lot of edges are selected.
I am using blender 4.1
Are there any preferences to avoid this?
like reduce its gradient radius
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Focal length and clip end constantly reset
I am having a problem (only recently) where my focal length and clip end settings randomly reset to their default values in edit mode. I'll change them, and then after a few operations they'll be back ...
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Has limit selection to visible changed?
Since updating to Blender 4.1, I am suddenly plagued by selecting things I didn't want to select: edges/vertices I can't see, that are on the other side of a mesh, or past another object. I do not ...
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Blender 4.1 right click moving changes, how to revert it to how it was on previous versions?
Previously, when you had Select with mouse button set to Right button, you could pick any object/vertex/edge/face and just move the one you clicked on, but now they changed it so that if you select ...
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Shadows disappear when I stop moving camera or render in Eevee
I'm having an issue with the shadows in Eevee. All shadows appear really soft and not dark at all. (see pictures below) I've looked around on forums and haven't found anything that works yet.
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Light Settings Issue
I would like to see this:
But instead I see this:
Any suggestions?
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Is it possible to adjust the sensitivity of the zoom in the 3D viewport when Zoom Method is set on Dolly?
In Blender Preferences > Navigation, we can easily adjust the Orbit Sensitivity, but there is no setting such as "Zoom Sensitivity".
I use Zoom Method set on Dolly, with Zoom Axis set on ...
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EEVEE settings for curve subdivisions, why capped?
Why are EEVEE's curve render subdivision settings capped at 3?
Is there a way to get arround this cap - in EEVEE?
I do know that in cycles, i would have an uncapped setting for this, i would like to ...
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Blured joints of metal construction rendering
I’m currently working on rendering a stainless steel model and wanted to share an example of my accomplishments. Despite my efforts, I’m not entirely satisfied with the outcomes. Specifically, ...
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Where is the screen surface refraction in materials?
I am trying to find the screen space refractions in the Material tab, But for some reason I cannot seem to find it anywhere.
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Syntax error in script: bpy.data.window_managers["WinMan"].(null) = 'PAN'
I'm trying to create a button, when I press it the Middle Mouse Action setting should change from Orbit to Pan and back.
When I change manually, in the python console, this text is displayed:
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How to change default settings for STL export (new one, not legacy)
TLDR: How to change a default settings to (new, not legacy) STL export?
Before Blender 4.0 there was an STL import/export script where we could change default settings (...
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X Ray Transparency keeps reseting
I like more visible x ray, but it just keeps reseting to 0.5 for no reason.
I got few addons installed but I don't think that is the case... maybe not?
Need help, maybe there are some settings for it, ...
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The load factory settings isn't working
Recently, i have modified my startup layout like the change in measurements of unit and grid etc. Then i saved it as startup file.
now when i reset it to factory settings it changes to factory layout, ...
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Used to be able to ALT click to select bone but it seemed to turned off (I never change any setting)
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Update preferences when working with application template
I have setup 3.6 LTS with application templates. One for production, one with minimal addons and a factory default one.
As described in the Blender docs, those template files are stored in the script ...
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I can't seem to get Blender 4.0.1 to be used as my default version
When I try to set Blender 4.0.1 to be used as my default Blender for opening files it keeps opening 3.6.5. The setting in preferences looks different now clicking "Register" doesn't seem to ...
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render, output, and camera settings help for still image
First time posting here and virtually brand new to Blender. My first project was a fairly significant one and I basically followed this tutorial. However, as the tutor didn't mention his render ...
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Is there any way to change the "Load UI" setting based on what file you're opening?
When opening one of my own files, I of course want Blender to load the UI exactly how it was when I last saved the file. But when opening files from other sources, I do NOT want to load their insane ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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