Selecting scene camera with shortcode
It can be difficult to quickly find and select the scene camera from many other objects in large scenes. However, we can make an operator and assign its call to a hotkey to find the scene camera in a moment.
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Delete Geometry Node
Geometry Nodes has a node that allows us to remove required vertices from a mesh. This is the “Delete Geometry” node.
Using UV coordinates for working with mesh geometry
With the coordinates of the UV, we can manipulate not only materials but also the geometry of the mesh itself. We can connect the UV coordinates with the mesh geometry using “Geometry Nodes” in Blender.
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Mixing materials by the UV coordinates
UV coordinates can be used for mixing materials directly on the mesh. This can be useful if, for example, the shape of the mesh is cylindrical or closed or the UV boundaries correspond to the boundaries of the mesh.
Message Bus
In Blender API there is a module that we can use to track the changes of any object’s properties available through the Python API. This module names “Message Bus”.
Let’s look at how we can make an event handler function to track changes to a property. For example – the location of the 3D cursor.
How to arrange objects along a curve without distortion
The simplest way to arrange objects along a curve in Blender is to use two modifiers: “Array” and “Curve”. However, in this case, the object is distorted – its shape adjusts to the shape of the curve. In some cases, for example, when designing curbs or tank tracks, this is undesirable.
There are several ways to arrange objects along a curve without distortion. One of them is to use an intermediate mesh.
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Setting up the scene environment for convenient retopology
To make our retopology process faster and easier, the scene environment may be slightly adjusted.
First, let’s enable snapping, set “Face” mode, and enable snapping to “Active” in the “Snapping With” section.
Also, check the “Backface Culling” checkbox so that the active retopology points do not magnetize to the backside of the processed mesh.
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Displacement with Geometry Nodes
Let’s look at how we can use displacement with the “Geometry Nodes” in Blender.
First, add a cylinder (with the 0.1 diameters, without upper and lower closing polygons) to the scene: shift+a – Mesh – Cylinder.
Switch to edit mode (tab) and add edges to make the uniform grid: ctrl+r – 100 – Enter.
Ortho lighting
When the scene is lighted with “Spot” or “Point” light sources, the rays from such lamps do not propagate in parallel. This makes noticeable distortion, for example when lighting with textures.
The parallel ray’s propagation (orthogonally to its plane) we can get from the “Sun” lamp, but such light source does not support lightning with textures.
How to calculate the Bounding Sphere for selected objects
Most often, for quick simplified calculations with the object’s geometry, their Bounding Boxes are used – the minimum parallelepiped into which this object is inscribed. But sometimes the Bounding Sphere – the minimum sphere into which an object can be inscribed – can provide greater accuracy and simplify the calculations. While the location and size of the object’s Bounding Box is available in Blender at once, the Bounding Sphere we need to calculate manually
Let’s write a function that, based on the object list, returns the coordinates of the center of their Bounding Sphere and its radius.
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How to install an add-on to Blender
To install a third-party add-on to Blender:
If the add-on is provided as a ZIP archive – don’t unpack it!
Localization of Blender add-ons – with API
The classic way of localizing a Blender add-on (translating it into different languages) is convenient because requires just a single Blender Python API call – to get the currently used locale. This way is maximum universal, but Blender would not be Blender if it did not provide users an ability to localize add-ons through its own API.
The principle of creating multilingual add-ons using the Blender Python API is not much different from the classical one – we need to create a dictionary with all the variants of translations for all text strings from our add-on and use this dictionary in the localization.
Localization of Blender add-ons – classical way
If you want your add-on to be available for all Blender users around the world, you need to make the localization – translation of its interface into different languages.
The simplest way to make your add-on multilingual is the classic way, it is used in many other programs and requires the minimal usage of the Blender Python API.
Blender: 100+ modelling tips
A video tutorial with a compilation of over a hundred tips for speed up modeling in Blender.
Using the Molecular add-on in Blender
Working with the Molecular add-on version 1.1.2. in Blender 2.92 tutorial.
Author: Pavel Blend
Vector Displacement
A two-part tutorial on how Vector Displacement works in Blender, how to use it in practice, and how to create geometry using only the Shader Editor nodes.
Part 1:
Part 2:
Autron: Erin Woodford
Another way to add code autocomplete when developing Blender add-ons in Visual Studio Code
To improve the speed and convenience of developing Blender add-ons with Microsoft Visual Studio Code, this IDE can show the code auto-completion for common Blender API types.
This way of adding autocomplete is by Zen3515.
Creating a clock in Blender with nodes
Making a clock in Blender with nodes tutorial. The result is a procedural real-time clock shader.
Author Dr. Blender
Procedural Weathering and Wear
Creating and using procedural erosion and wear shaders in Blender 2.9 tutorial.
How to get the render pixels coordinates in compositing
When fine-tuning the finished render in “Compositing”, sometimes it is necessary to refer to the pixels coordinates of the processed image, for example, to apply effects distributed over the entire width or height of the image.
We can get the distribution factor of coordinates along with the height or width of the rendered image using texture nodes.
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Mantaflow – fixing common problems
The “Mantaflow” liquid and smoke simulator tutorial. Describes the fixing of the most common problems of using this simulator.
By Blender Made Easy
Shed light on color spaces
Tutorial about color spaces used in Blender.
Summary:
- 0:00 – About the vision
- 1:18 – What is sRGB?
- 2:02 – Difference between Linear and sRGB
- 2:30 – Why does Blender use Linear instead of sRGB?
- 3:03 – Normal and Non-color data
Lighting basics in Blender EEVEE
Various aspects of lighting in the Blender EEVEE rendering engine tutorial.
Knife Project
Knife Project is a powerful Blender tool for quickly cutting holes of various shapes in objects.
Normally about normals
Tutorial about normal maps.
Summary:
- 0:08 Check yourself: try to find a mistake
- 0:34 What is Normal?
- 1:12 What is the difference between DirectX and OpenGL normal maps?
- 2:05 How to use DirectX normal maps in Blender?
- 2:26 Invert normal maps on inverted polygons
- 2:53 Bonus