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Big Screenshot of Node-Tree

Would it be possible to screen capture or output node-tree network like really big, bigger than actual monitor screen. If possible, a way to capture the node-tree boundary. So far, I only screen shot limited to my monitor. Thanks.
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Messed up intestine animation with lattice modifier

I have modelled a digestive system. I have to animate the food movement inside the gastrointestinal tract. I have learned to do it with lattice modifier from another post. I have done it for the food pipe. When I tried to apply same for the…
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What is LookDev/Material Preview mode for in 2.8?

I am struggling to understand what is LookDev/Material Preview mode for and how do I render an image which I see in this mode into a picture or video. I tweaked my material to look how I want in LookDev mode1, but rendering via F12 seems to be using…
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how to render semi-transparent objects with transparent background as a png with cycles

I am rendering out some bubbles for use in a composite Photoshop image, so I need to render as a transparent png with the bubbles semi-transparent. I tried setting render output to RGBA and checking the transparent option under film, but while the…
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How do I export a model to .obj format?

I use Blender to create my 3D models for my Android app that uses OpenGL ES. The default output format for a Wavefront file (.obj) is not compatible with my Wavefront file parser. How do I get Blender to output a Wavefront file that has the…
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How to create twisted wires in Blender

This object was created in Cinema 4D. How can you recreate it in Blender?
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Are there significant differences between Filmic shipped with Blender and its development version?

I've just read that Filmic is not completely implemented: https://developer.blender.org/D2659. Notes: The results appear to be identical to the original Filmic config, but I left out some parts like the renaming of color spaces, BT.1886,…
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Debugging material math nodes in cycles

I've got a pretty complicated node tree which isn't behaving exactly as I'd like. I'm pretty sure I've made some mistakes in my math nodes.. I'm interested in the output values of the math nodes. The best solution I've currently got is hooking the…
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How can I create a smooth looping animation for cloth simulation?

I have created a waving flag simulation by pinning a set of points, adding cloth physics, and setting up wind forcefields. The result is just fine when I render the scene except that I want the resulting png files to be a continuously looping…
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How to scale skin modifier

I'm currently learning how to sculpt in Blender, and my course instructor has had me make a skin modifier basemesh. Unfortunately, he told me to use the shortcut "ctrl-a" to scale up the thickness of certain vertices/edges of my basemesh—an…
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How can I make a number of objects sit "snugly" on an irregular surface?

How can I make a number of objects (or copies of one object) sit "snugly" on an irregular surface - like trees or rocks on irregular ground? I once came across a tutorial that covered this but I cannot find it again. The only thing I can think of is…
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Shortcut to switch between Rendered View, Material View & Solid View?

At the moment, I have to go down at the header to keep on changing views in my 3d view port. I would like to speed up my workflow, could you help me out and let me know what is the shortcut to switch between Render View, Material View * Solid…
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How to: Exponential Fall Off for Volume Density?

I'm trying to create a photorealistic Earth Atmosphere. Several papers written on the topic of atmospheric scattering state that our atmosphere's density has an exponential fall off, with most of it in the 25% of the roughly 100km of its visible…
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projecting onto a mirror and back?

Here's an illustration of what needs to be done: A texture has to be projected from a point in space to a mirror (1 in the image) which will bounce the projection to a surface (2). Here is the texture that is going to be projected although a real…
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Using an RGB map to assign various shaders in a material

I am importing a RGB image into Blender and I would like to replace the colors of the image by materials (Glossy, Glass, or other complex Node setups). For example I would replace the green with an iridescent material, the blue with a concrete…
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