I click on my object, then I select the materials tab (small red sphere). Everything is great except when I go into the Node editor (with "Use nodes" turned on) I can't add an Image Texture. In fact the "Texture" group isn't even in the Add menu. Any thoughts? I'm sure it's a setting. Normally ...

How do I enable draw all edges? I researched a lot on google and all I got was go to display and check it. However its not there!!!!!! Here is an example of what they told me. http://www.katsbits.com/tutorials/blender/draw-all-edges.php Can someone show me how to do this. Pics would be grea...

I have started to use Cylces render engine. I love the ability to use my GPU for rendering an I have some nice results texture wise. I am having a hard time with lighting. The hemi and spot light don't seem to work. I also don't know what is the most professional way to light things in blender. I...

I have some paths that have been imported via SVG from Illustrator, and as I was splitting them up, some would fill and some wouldn't. Even after removing extra points and ensuring there wasn't any redundancy or open ends, the path still won't fill. Even weirder, if I translate certain points en...

I'm currently modeling my game characters in Blender. I'm not sure at what point does my low-poly character model need to have detail added so that the normal maps can be generated, for example, get the basic forms done, then subdivide and sculpt. I've been watching videos that suggest using a su...

Lets say I'm trying to model a vehicle, given that I have the length of it. If I enter the length using units, for example I input 4.5 meters into the y axis and start modelling with the blueprints of the car, what is the difference as compared to modelling it according to the blueprints and then...

I have asked a question earlier on how to generate 3D molecular structures. Most answers agreed that blender could do that. I have installed blender, but honestly it is bit complicated for a total beginner and I am not even sure where to start. Can someone guide me on how to generate a similar i...

Does anybody know how i can align a face to a blender axis? Like the guy in this video does it. Video (link starts at 2:30 rotating happens at 2:35) All he says is "I rotate it so, that it is parallel to the y-axis." Already tried google & co for an answer but hadn't any success. Thanks in adva...

Consider Z_axis = (0,0,1) and an arbitrary point also on the unit sphere v. You can imagine the arc on the surface of the sphere from Z_axis to v. I wish to create v' by extending the arc by 10%. How can I do this from Python? Here is as far as I have got: unit_v = v.normalized() rot_axis ...

I have been creating a lot of outdoor scenes with nature. The problem I run into is the lamp choice for outdoors especially for animations. I always start with a sun, but it ends up being too bright in one small area, and the surrounding isnt bright enough. What lamps/settings should I be using ...

How can I check to see if an operator from another addon is installed from my addon? This my current attempt. def doCoolThing(): try: bpy.ops.coolAddon.foo() except AttributeError: print("COOL ADDON NOT INSTALLED!")

I'm trying to replicate the following image using Blender: For this, I've used MakeHuman to generate a similar-looking human, an ortographic camera and a Lattice to deform the mesh (to give that specific distorted projection). I've set the render size to 64x64 (the original image is 32x32) and...

I haven't used blender for quite a while, as I had to put it down during the school year. I just downloaded blender 2.7 and it won't open on my iMac. I am running the correct version iOS, and have just downloaded the most recent Python version, deleting the old versions. This is exactly what I...

I've been trying to create animation just by show on/off an object in blender. For example I have a Cube and in viewport visibility on "eye" icon I press "I" to take keyframe, then I switch off that "eye" and my cube doesnt show on screen and again i press "I" to record that keyframe. When I play...