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Where can I change the background color of the notification in the Info header?

I'm using a theme, but I can't find the settings of this message which is almost unreadable. In the User Preferences / Theme / Info-tab are only a few colors to configure. I also searched in the User Interface settings for something like 'Error…
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How do you create an infinite ground plane?

How would you make a ground plane that goes on forever? Here is an example, but it is from a very very old version of blender. http://vimeo.com/8107842
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How display and use operator properties in a Python Blender UI panel?

I have try to make an UI Panel with my operator, but i can not create a panel with the 2 choices (axis and widht). I can create a button who launch a menu in the tools pannel, and the operator works fine with this : layout =…
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"Apply modifiers" button not appearing?

I am attempting to follow a youtube tutorial for decimating a model - I need to do this for a continuous LOD in a game I am creating. However, in the tutorial, he uses some "Apply modifiers" button, which I can't find anywhere! If I start up blender…
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Is it possible to render only keyframes from Dope-sheet?

I want to render only keyframes from Dope-sheet without the in-between frames. Effectively creating hold of last keyframe till there is new keyframe by re-saving (not re-rendering) the previously rendered keyframe as next frame till I hit next…
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Rigify Error Bone cannot connect chain bone

Using rigify when generating the rig I get this error message Does someone know how I can fix this I don´t want to start it all over bone spine004 cannot connect chain bone position is disjoint. incorrect armature for type chain_rigs
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Corner modelling technique

I am making a bracket for three rods in blender and I figured out it is harder than it seems. I managed to make this by painstakingly placing each vertex in the correct position and I am wondering, is there a better way to do this. I included an…
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How to render a 30K image with cycles?

I have to render an image of 27000 x 7000 for a 150dpi print. The scene is quite big, but cycles preview and a render in 2700x7000 works as expected. If I hit render my memory raises up to 20gb, but my cpu usage is at 5%. Why cycles does not using…
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Where is the BSurfaces project living now?

It would appear that www.BSurfaces.info the web site for the retopologizing tool has gone down and was gobbled up by a dentistry practice. Where is the project living now? Has someone put the code on Github? I can't seem to find it.
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How to Create an Sci Fi "Plasma/Energetic/Force Field" Material in Cycles?

Hello mates im in Search of the answer to how to create a Material that looks like sci fi energetic/plasma/force field in Cycles. Here some Pictures of what i mean in general
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Metadata / notes / comments in .blend files?

I was wondering - what options are there to include metadata, copyright information, and/or comments/notes in a .blend file? I realized late that in the main dropdown (where 3D view is), one can select "Text Editor", and then do Text / Create Text…
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How do I make objects ignore certain Light sources?

I have a scene which has a spot light as the main light source. To get the scene as bright as I want, I have to set the value for the strength to be quite high, something like 5000. The problem is, some textures get too bright and start losing…
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How to write my add-on so that when installed it also installs dependencies (let's say: scipy or numpy-quaternion)?

How to write my add-on so that when installed it also installs dependencies (let's say: scipy or numpy-quaternion)? Does blender understand setuptools (setup.py)? Thanks, Note: I'm using blender 2.8
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Is there a way to select all the objects inside a collection?

Is there a way to select all the objects inside collection using shortcut?
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Applying Dupli-Objects

Is it possible to bake dupliverts into one mesh for the BGE? (I have a large ground landscape that I use as the parent to duplicate trees, and the BGE doesn't support most modifiers.)
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