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How to evenly space vertices?
I have a edge loop that has vertices on it. Is there a way I can separate the vertices on the the edge evenly without moving the end points? I would also like for the vertices to maintain the current shape.
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What does the compression setting do to a PNG?
I was most surprised to find that the compression setting in the render settings, made a huge difference in the file size of a png. Is there any image quality degradation with the compression on?
What does blender do to the png if the compression…
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How to convert from high poly to low poly
I'm making a game in the unity engine and for my models i'm using blender 2.6. The thing is that i'm pretty new to graphics design (modeling, sculpting, etc) and by following some tutorials i've managed to make some very high poly meshes for my…
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How do I prevent object distortion when applying a curve modifier?
This is the profile of the object I'd like to wrap...
Here is the object's profile after being wrapped...
Is it possible to prevent the distortion? The following post here:…
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What is the the ASC-CDL node?
The color balance node in the compositor can be switched to use the ASC CDL
How is it used?
How is this different from Lift/Gamma/Gain?
How do the Offset, Power, Slope options affect the image?
user1853
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What is the difference between Sobol and Correlated Multi-Jitter sampling patterns?
In Cycles we have two options for sampling patterns. The default is Sobol, there is also Correlated Multi-Jitter.
The manual has this to say about sampling patterns:
Pattern
Random sampling pattern used by the integrator.
Sobol
Uses a Sobol…
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Rigid/Cloth Simulation freezes at frame 250
Any idea of why my viewport preview of the simulation stops at 250 frames? (as you can see on the orange line on the timeline)
Am I maybe missing any kind of configuration?..
It's a rigid body simulation.. e.thing works fine but the preview freezes…
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How to do photogrammetry within Blender?
Photogrammetry is really frustrating. The good tools are really expensive, and the free tools are either really old, or really difficult to get working because they're pet-projects... or they're Autodesk.
Current workflows use one tool to…
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Control a property with no socket (color ramp swatch, etc) from a Group Node input?
Sometimes I create Material Groups to be used as appendable reusable assets. Unfortunately sometimes parameters I want to control using a Group Node's slider are not available for routing to a Group Node's input socket. Some examples of these are…
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Is it possible to change the emission rate of particles over time?
Is it possible to change the emission rate of particles over time?
E.g. Start off with an initial burst of particles, then emit at a steady rate.
Here is a (poor) example of what I mean by the emission rate:
Is this possible to do using only one…
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How can I animate the camera in a perfect circular rotation around a fixed position?
I have an object at a fixed position in 3D space. I would like the camera to circle around it while facing it. I want to path of the camera to be circular in 2D, meaning that it does not move up or down.
I need this to be pretty accurate. I don't…
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Separate selected UV map vertices from surrounding vertices
How do I break the selected UV map from its surrounding vertices?
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Planet texture generator
What cross-platform (or cross-browser) resources are available to help make texture maps for generating beautiful planetary images using Blender (Cycles)? Ideally, these would include:
Terrain maps (colour, land, ocean, lakes, rivers, mountains,…
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Can't find the node! Which node is available in which Blender version?
It's not hard to lose track of all the Geometry Nodes in Blender, especially since names and function have changed over time.
...But honestly, it's getting pretty tedious.
Many tutorials talk about nodes that I can't find in my version, and the…
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How would I go about creating a spiralled dome?
Is there some elegant way I could go about creating the "twisted spiral" surfaced dome as you see in the iconic "St. Basil's Cathedral" in Red-Square in Moscow?
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