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How can I blend two textures together using Cycles?
I am trying to put dirty material over a concrete material in cycles. Now I am trying to do this using a color ramp and a mix shader, but I don't know if this is the only way or best way to do this. How can I mix these two textures together?
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How can I morph a flat plane to be a flat cirlce?
So I'm making a 2d animation in blender, using the z space as layers, and the camera is in orthographic view.
I'm trying to morph a square plane to be a flat circle, but I have no idea how to even approach it.
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How do you access the ruler?
No matter what I select or where I look I can't find the ruler anywhere. I'm using Blender 2.74, what am I doing wrong?
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Show unselected vertices in UV/Image editor?
Is there a way to show all vertices (even if they're unselected in the 3D view) in the UV editor?
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Why is there a red line when I try to connect one node to another?
I'm trying to connect one node to another here, and I get a red line:
I just can't figure out why and what this is.
What I have tried so far to solve the problem:
I made myself a cup of coffee
I turned off the computer and turned it on again
I…
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How to make a wake behind a boat
The advanced students in my class are about to animate the dual paddle wheel steamboat 3D model that I gave them. I'm wondering if it is possible to attach a 'V' shaped wake behind it, perhaps on a different layer, and animate it across the water…
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Hot key/shortcut for point, edge and face select?
Is there a default hotkey or shortcut for changing between point edge and face select in edit mode? It can be annoying to have to click the bottom every time. Thanks in advance
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What programming languages can I use in Blender?
What version of Python does Blender use and are other languages available? Also, does Python work the same in Blender as when you write console applications or when working with Pygame or are there any differences? If so, what are the main…
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What exports does blender have for 3d printers?
What exports, if any, does blender have for 3d printers?
It may be sort of a list question, but I feel it could be horribly useful.
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How could I get the distance of a point to its nearest point?
Say I got some points distribut on a sphere, how could I get the distance of each point to its nearest point, for example, in pic 1, there is a point A, and its nearest point is B, and what I want is the distance r_A, and for each point X, I need an…
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Difference between make local object and make proxy
When operating on an object linked from another .blend file, what is the difference between the Make Proxy command (Ctrl+Alt+P) and the first option of Make Local Object command (L > Selected objects)
Both of them allow moving the object but not…
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How to create an array of lamps?
Following this question.
Since you can't use an array modifier on lamps, how can you create an array so that all lights are clones of the same original and can be edited as one?
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How to smooth camera animation to have fluid feel?
When dealing with camera motion, its very sensitive to any movement discontinuities. Is there a way to easily achieve natural looking motion when dealing with complicated motion paths and timings?
Follow path animation feels too robotic unless I…
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How would I create an arch?
Is there a simple way to create an arch? Different type of arches on wikipedia.
I'm interested in the Round arch or Elliptical arch type of arches.
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Can I import multiple strips of different fps into Video Sequence Editor?
I have a few video strips with audio that I want to import to the Video Sequence Editor (VSE), but they are of different fps... examples are 23.97, 24, 29.97 and 30 fps. Let's say I want to select an fps of 30 in my project, is there a way to import…
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