After using the Measure tool in Blender, the 3D viewport is filled with rulers representing the measurements we’ve made. All of these rulers can be quickly removed from the viewport “in one button click”.
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When working with large landscape scenes in Blender, sometimes we need to quickly return to the center from the current position of the 3D viewport. To avoid having to “scroll the mouse”, we can write a simple script for this.
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Starting with version 4.5, when adding new strips to the Blender video screen editor (VSE), the strip is added immediately connected to an audio track. This can be more convenient for working with the strip, as the audio track automatically follows the video when we move and drag it. However, if we need to trim or move the audio to another section of the video, we must first disconnect the video and audio tracks.
The DoF (depth of field) parameter in the final render is responsible for blurring details in the background or objects close to the camera. During the modeling process, enabling DoF is distracting, so it’s usually only enabled for rendering. However, for proper scene setup, enabling DoF directly in the viewport can be useful.
Instances are objects in Blender that share a single data block. They share the same geometry, material, properties, and attributes, which significantly improves scene processing and rendering speed.
The script we wrote for quickly moving an object’s origin to the selection works well. As long as instances aren’t used in the scene. Moving the origin to the selection on an instanced object will cause all instances of the object to move from their original positions to the new ones. This happens because by moving the origin relative to the object’s geometry, we’re essentially moving the geometry itself relative to its center point, and then moving this center point (origin) to the new position. For instanced objects, the origin remains in the same place, and the geometry’s offset doesn’t disappear, resulting in a jump.
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There are cases, especially when importing from third-party packages, where animation curves in Blender become literally cluttered with numerous control points, most of which have little effect on the overall shape of the curve. Many points on a curve increases the complexity of the scene and complicates animation calculations. However, the number of points on animation curves can be easily reduced if necessary.
Adjusting the camera position in Blender the usual way isn’t always convenient, especially in large, open scenes. For this reason, Blender offers the ability to switch the camera to “walk” or “fly” mode. In these modes, we can control the camera as if you were playing a first-person video game. The camera is moved using the arrow keys or the WASD keys familiar to computer gamers.
Usually, when we undo our last action in Blender by pressing Ctrl + z, the entire action is undone, even if it’s complex. For example, if a script execution is completely undone, it’s impossible to undo only half of the code executed in the script. Or possible?
Whether to use gizmos when working in Blender is a highly debated topic among 3D artists. However, even without using gizmos on a regular basis, there are times when “those arrows” could be very useful. If gizmos are hide by default in our Blender settings, we can write a simple script that will temporarily show and hide gizmos in the 3D viewport.
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