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normals and bump doesn't work with indirect light
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Hi, in the scene below, it seems like bump and displacements does not work when the light is indirect, WTF? why it shouldn't work with indirect light ?, i have tried to increase the ...
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Merging Objects in Blender
I am drawing two objects in blender. I would like to union? them together into one object. Can I ask for some guidance on how to do so.
Thanks,
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Parent object to vertex with Python API
I'm trying to parent an object to another object's vertex while keeping global position, but the code gives me this error: ...
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Blender Cyclens & Render stuck on "Updating Images"
I just loaded some Substance Painter textures in Blender and applied it to the model. Since I've done that, Blender got super slow when changing to material preview. When changing to render preview, ...
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`bmesh.ops.subdivide_edges` corrupts vertex references depending on subdivision order
I'm working on a mesh processing tool using BMesh in Blender, where I subdivide a set of low-resolution edges to match the resolution of a high-resolution mesh.
The process uses ...
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Ensuring consistent orientation for exported models with and without armatures
I'm working on a custom Blender importer/exporter for a proprietary game engine format that supports both static and skinned (armatured) models. The game engine uses a different coordinate system than ...
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Why is my addon marked as 'Type: Legacy (User)' in Blender 4.4 despite using updated bl_info?
In my addon I always see a warning:
Type Legacy (User)
Even in Blender 4.4. What does that mean and how is it triggered? Am I doing something in my addon that is ...
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Scrollbar not working as expected in layout.template_list using Blender Python API?
I am using layout.template_list for showing vector items using below code snippet
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Strange "fingerprint" shadows on parts of lowpoly Shade Smooth mesh in Blender 4.4
I'm working on a PlayStation 1/Nintendo 64 look with hard, sharp shadows, but there are strange "streaking" or "banding" shadows on certain parts of the mesh. As you can, see the ...
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Grease Pencil and Python: getting all layers from a group
I'm trying to use Python to unlock all the active layer's siblings inside a Grease Pencil layer group.
I can easily retrieve the layer group:
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How does blender calculate font size in text editor?
I'm trying to get proper formula to calculate font size (if UI scaled and/or ctrl+mouse wheel) in Text Editor. Simple font_size * ui_scale gives unpredictable sizes.
The code below draws the first ...
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ViewLayers and Holdout in Blender (4.2.9 LTS) with BlendLuxCore v2.10-alpha2
I have some questions to which I couldn't find an answer to. I am relatively new to LuxCore, coming from Cycles. I do some VFX work, and decided to switch because of LuxCore's built in realism.
Now I ...
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Render Layers Not denoising
I'm trying to set up multiple render passes (AO, volume direct, etc.) in Blender. I’ve added a denoise node in the compositor and correctly connected the denoising data (albedo and normal).
However, ...
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I want to quickly connect my render layers and its passes without having to connect and name them one by one
I have been trying to split up and organize my workflow but I'm running into the problem that
exporting multiple render layers with multiple passes is quite a struggle.
I would like to have my ...
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Spin Tool with Blender Clarification
I'm trying to rotate the rocket nozzle. According to the blender documentation there is a spin tool
Mesh → Extrude → Spin
I'm not seeing that, can I ask for a breadcrumb?
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