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How do you make a mitred corner?

I'm working on making a triple glazing corner sample, and I want to be able to mitre the profile at 45 degrees so I can duplicate it, rotate it and join them to make an elbow. I've muddled through making the profile, but now I'm stuck on how to get…
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What exactly does the "Non-color data" option for image/environment textures do?

Image and environment texture nodes have an option to use Non-color data: Could someone explain what this setting does and when it should be used? I have seen it used with HDR environment lighting. Is there a reason for this?
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Video sequence editing, cutting strips

I'm trying some video editing with Blender and for now just wanna do some simple cuts. Whatever I do the strips keep some frames from what I thought should have been cut as soon as I start moving the strips around. I know what happens under the…
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Render shadows over a transparent background in cycles

I'm trying to make a logo that will be on the header of a website. What I'd like to achieve, and the reason I'm using Blender, is the projected shadows on the background looking perfectly real (as opposed to doing a drop-shadow in Photoshop). The…
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I get a "Width not divisible by 2" error when I render

I can't seem to figure out what this is talking about. I've tried to change my settings, but nothing works. This is what it says. These are my settings. I can't find anything that is 1171x658.
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How to render an environment to a Cube Map in Cycles

Usually, when I create environment maps I do it in Cycles. I render out a single equirectangular image, and it's easy. But recently I find myself creating content that needs to work in Blend4Web, which means using the Blender Internal schema. So the…
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knife tool not working

I am learning how to use the Knife tool and it's not working for me. I try to make a straight line by clicking on two points with Left mouse button, but the second time I click it, the line disappears. I am trying to cut a diagonal line in the small…
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What kind of units does the Cycles emission strength use?

I understand that the emission shader strength value is Watt/m^2. However, I haven't been able to find any documentation stating what type of light source this wattage is coming from. Is it based on the wattage of a regular incandescent bulb? …
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Is there an easy way to make volumetric clouds for Cycles?

I'm working on an animation that takes place on a plane. I'd love to include the big detail of clouds moving past through the windows, but I'm using Cycles. I have no experience with the particle emitter, so the only clouds I've ever created were…
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How can I manually calculate bpy.types.PoseBone.matrix using Blender's Python API?

I have this .blend file which has a simple scene, and a python script. There's a readme section in the script, but to give a general idea: There are two identical meshes in the scene, one skinned, and the other unskinned. The skinned mesh has a 20…
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best practice for add-on generation with many functions single file or split it up?

This is quite a theoretical question. A simple function can remain inside an add-on text file. But what if you have many functions and your text file gets very long. Would it be better to split each function into logical segments lets say one file…
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How to create porous material

Porous material I tried to model a porous material which contain empty spheres or complex shapes, modeling it into a cube. (source: scielo.br) I found this video as an example, but the procedure was made by Cinema 4D with an add plugin. …
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Write Apple ProRes files from Blender?

Blender can read Apple ProRes video files. Is there any way to write to that format? I use a video workflow with Final Cut Pro X and used Blender for some retouching and compositing and would like to send the clips back to FCP.
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How to merge vertex groups?

I need this vertex group: additively merged with this vertex group: into a third new vertex group like this:
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Reset nodes to their default values

After playing with nodes it is sometimes easier to start from scratch... Is there a shortcut to return the values of a node to their default values? EDIT Right clicking and choosing Reset Values works in some cases, but not in all nodes. For example…
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