I'm giving training to a large group of people remotely and will be covering a number of application shortcut keys. I've seen MousePose's on-screen display of keystrokes; is there a similar product for Windows? The other features of MousePose (fancy mouse pointers, etc.) aren't really useful ...

I think you are looking for Render Baking: Using render baking you can make normal maps, color maps, shadow maps, AO textures, etc. Here is an example, the top wall is a plane with baked normals and render shading from the bottom wall: Note that baking is only available in BI currently, but ...

I am basically trying to make an intro for my youtube channel. I am sort of familiar with the program because I was playing around with it for a long time, getting the basics of it. With the help of youtube videos I am basically done with my project. I put my name in it and everything. I just nee...

After I open an additional view of a window, how do I get rid of it? Example below: Dragging to the right/left does not help. I am using 2.72 on Windows 7.

run the following script: import bpy import os scene = bpy.context.scene currentcam = bpy.context.scene.camera setcam = False for ob in scene.objects: if ob.type == 'CAMERA': if ob == currentcam: setcam = True elif setcam: bpy.context.scene.camera ...

run the following script: import bpy scene = bpy.context.scene currentcam = bpy.context.scene.camera setcam = False for ob in scene.objects: if ob.type == 'CAMERA': if ob == currentcam: setcam = True elif setcam: bpy.context.scene.camera = ob ...

I have multiple cameras in a scene. What I want to do is to change which one is active. This way I can view the scene from different angles. How would I do this?

run the following script: import bpy scene = bpy.context.scene currentcam = bpy.context.scene.camera setcam = False for ob in scene.objects: if ob.type == 'CAMERA': if ob == currentcam: setcam = True elif setcam: bpy.context.scene.camera = ob ...

In the 2.69-based tutorial I am following, this is the interface shown for the Properties panel of the Video Sequence Editor set to Preview: In the 2.72 version I am using on Windows 7, this is what I get for the same: How can I get my version to match the tutorial? Also, what setting in t...

Disclaimer: I just learned this myself, so @NoviceInDisguise can edit it if needed. 1 Create a bright point of light in your scene. This would be planet earth- already created in your case. Glare can't happen without a target. Render the image. 2 At the top of your screen, change the scree...

I know Blender is free software and bugs happen. But my question is, is it good practice to update Blender every time there is an update? Even if a minor one? (i.e I'd consider 2.56 to 2.56b minor or even 2.63, no?) I haven't been updating very often for fear that updating frequently causes issu...