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Subtracting overlapping 2D mesh with Python using Blender API

Supposing I have two 2D mesh objects, A and B. I would like to programmatically subtract the overlapping portion of one from ...
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Rigged 2D characters not animated when rendering the scene

I have made those 2D puppets with grease pencil objects, and animated them. It works perfectly fine in 3D view. But when I start rendering the scene, some of the puppets appear in there T pose without ...
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Rim light for 2D PNG character

How can I add a rim light to a transparent png sequence of my character. I also want to add a very thin outline. I want to use nodes to do this but im new to it so i need some help. I cant use After ...
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Colour not surfacing, it’s covered up 2D grease pencil

How do you draw a color on the surface of another color, but making sure that the other color is not covered up But stating that it has two different blank grease pencil on the scene collection. Like ...
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3d to 2d transformation

i have a 3d model with multiple imprint areas on them. Below is its texture map. i have the UV map of the bottle aligned with the texture. but the UV map of imprints is not aligned to the texture of ...
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How can I make the grease pencil lines smoother?

My grease pencil lines are really crisp and pixely when they're really close next to each other, especially when I'm scribbling. I understand that this comes from the nature of vectorgraphic lines, ...
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"Baking" grain texture onto object?

I am trying to develop a procedural animation system that mimics 2D in Blender 3D using curves and want to mimic 2D art styles by having grain shading on an object, but have it adjust to the object's ...
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Texture brush strokes disappear when rendering

I'm trying to render my grease pencil animation, but the rendered frames look different from what I see in Blender. The layers where I used texture brushes disappear almost completely, I can see just ...
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blender compositing - 2d motion blur when using a transform node?

I am attempting to use the blender compositor and am adding a post move of a camera shake to my plate/cg composite. If I were using a simple 'transform' and/or 'rotate' node within the compositor, how ...
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How to make onion skin the same color as the sketch?

I am doing an animation of a hand using Grease Pencil, and for the sketch, I have each finger and the thumb a different color. How do I make the Onion Skin have the same colors as the sketch?
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Lighting a 2d city in Grease Pencil using a shader

I'm drawing a 2d city in Grease Pencil. I'm wondering if there is a way to light the city using Shaders? Or should I just use an actual 3d light or lighter-colored brushstrokes to achieve the desired ...
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How to import a map image from OSM to Blender?

How could I import an image of a map from Open Street Maps to Blender? I'm not talking about 3D buildings or terrain. Rather, I'm talking about importing an image from the map itself into Blender as a ...
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View Camera: decoupling view rotation from camera

I'm trying out Grease Pencil for 2D animation. When I start drawing, I naturally use the View Camera (shortcut: NumPad 0), whose rectangular outline delineates the 2D canvas. But when looking through ...
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2D Grease Pencil Animation: Fill Not Working

so I'm having an issue with the 2D Fill Tool. I draw the face and I've closed off all the gaps and it still will not fill, any idea why? Do I need to draw the head in one line? Is there some setting ...
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Blender 4 Animation Rendering: Persistent FPS Drop Beyond Animated Segments - Optimization Queries

I am utilizing Blender 4 for a 2D animation rendering process. The timeline and key events in the animation are as follows: t0=0s: Render a background. t1=2s: ...
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How to create a camera-space 2D bounding box in Geometry Nodes?

I've been trying to create a 2D bounding box. On this website I've found multiple threads about how to do this with code, but not how to do this with Geometry Nodes. Here's an example of what I ...
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Mapping .svg (grease pencil) of face onto 3d model

Essentially I want to project a drawing with grease pencil on a 3d surface so that the graphic grease pencil objects map physically onto the surface. project/map vector drawing (drawing) onto a 3d ...
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Why is my image sequence material node only uploading one image, even with properly named files?

This is my first time asking a question here, so if there is any more information that you need from me please tell me. If it matters as it pertains to this question, I use Blender on a 2023 iMac with ...
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Graphic symbol like in Adobe Animate

Does Blender have a built in feature or any addons for something like Adobe Animate's graphic symbol? It is like a thing where it has its own timeline inside, so for example: I draw a man running in ...
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Generate 2D openpose skeleton from BVH animated skeleton

I am a newbie in Blender, and didn't find similar questions. I have to solve the following task: I have a .bvh file with a single person skeleton. I can map bones (retarget) and get fbx animation ...
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2d Disney like Water ripple effect

so i am trying to achieve the old disney classics ripples style for a simple animation wher objects will be floating randomly on a a body of water like so ive been following a tutorial that utilizes ...
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Blender Greace Pencil - 2D view captures object from the top

I have worked with Blender a while back, however this is my first time using greace pencil. I have drawn an object and made sure I drew it in the right view. However, when I click the camera to go to ...
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Blender Grease Pencil - key frame animation is continuous instead of frame by frame

Please see the image below..I have onion skinning and auto-keying turned off, I should note. I have tried opening a new file with auto-keying turned on and do not seem to have this problem. I know it ...
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brush lag, freeze errors

no matter which version of the blender programme I use, I encounter stuttering and delay errors. especially when working in 2d, the brush tool starts to delay after 3-4 minutes of use. I have ...
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Is it possible to change the default axes in 2D? [duplicate]

In 2D, the axes are set up so that X is horizontal, which is very intuitive, but for the vertical axis you have 'Z', which is counter-intuitive for someone working in 2D space. (As explained in the ...
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Can Blender Grease Pencil apply mask to png images

So when I use a blender Grease Pencil and I use the mask feature it only shows up on drawings and I can't get it to work on PNG images I have searched the internet but I can't find anything.
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Applying Normals/Textures to Animated PNG (No Grease Pencil)

I want to import a 2d animation in PNG format but also want to utilize normal maps and such to my 2d animation to give it a certain look. I have the frames at the ready but don't know exactly how to ...
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Export 2D outline to DXF

I am trying to use blender to create 2d cut files for my CNC Plasma table. I imported some simple DXF outlines made some changes and converted it to a mesh. However every time I try to export it out ...
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Blender 2D move the view

I try to find shortcout to moving view in my 2D project. Actualy I use virtual button on interface, and i tried use shift+MMB but it doesnt works. Where in preferences can I select this shortcut? In ...
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How to open right instrumental window in 2D animation

I accidently closed it but I don't know how. This window contained materials, render output, everything
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how to project fake caustics on 2d image?

I have a 2d underwater background (see images attached) on which I would like to project some fake caustics (such as this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j17dGVw3_gM), could anyone recommend a good ...
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How do you create a tapered multi stroke

Sorry if this question doesn't make any sense, let me explain, So, in blender grease pen, you have a multi stroke modifier. When you draw, the beginning point and end point are the same width. I wish ...
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"paint bucket tool" for faces/modified dijkstra's algorithm with area weighting?

I have a 2D mesh like the one below. I want to create faces like those that would be created by a "paint bucket" tool in in a raster image editor; i.e., the faces should fill all the ...
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making faces from line art

"Add line art to object" with contour and intersection strokes makes a wonderful outline of my complex mesh (lines are generated line art, colors are the mesh with a simple emissive material ...
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join start/end points of non-closed edges to nearest edge

I have a 2D mesh that has some non-closed edges, i.e., edges that end in a single vertex rather than forming a closed loop that could be used to generate a face (Image 1). What I'd like to have is a ...
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2D stabilisation with images of different size

A quick and easy one. I've several pictures of my face that I would like to transform into a TimeLaps video. I'm importing them into Movie Clip, then using a 2D stabilization to correct the rotation ...
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the results of world_to_camera_view( ) are not correct

I want to get the 2D coordinates of some vertices and bones' head on my 3D mesh model. Here is my code related to this process. ...
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3.5.1 Blender Grease Pencil Fill Tool not working

I've drawn a character and I want to color his head, but the fill tool is not working. I've redrawn the circle many times to ensure there are no gaps, and the fill tool is still not working. The ...
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Turning opacity down on a layer in grease pencil not working

I want to make a layer in grease pencil semi-transparent, but when I turn the opacity down, the layer still leaves a mask that covers objects behind it. If anyone has an idea on what I'm doing wrong ...
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Can you animate and change perspective of textures in real time and have textures that follow camera view?

I want to be able to change the perspective of a texture and animate it. I know you can put a 2d rig onto a 3d model, but in tutorials you have to import a 2d image of each frame (or in a face rig, &...
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How to extrude a curve from a triangle - Blender 2.93

I'm trying to do the red marked shape on a triangle plane. I do not know how to do that, nor what I have to search in order to learn how to do it. I've been looking for an answer on the Internet, no ...
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Why is my ONE grease pencil layer transparent against the background?

So I have a character made from grease pencil strokes. I want to place a static background image behind him, so I Add - Image - Background, and place this jpg of space. It is behind all of the grease ...
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Having trouble with 2D animation key framing

I have made a monkey head with independent eyes. I would like to be able to rotate the eyes in the sockets, but every time I try to animate them they do bizarre things. For instance, in the first ...
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How can I achieve Fake Depth of field for a 2D Image Plane?

Let's say I have an Image plane and a Camera looking at the plane from some angle (large or small).  I want the middle part of the viewport of the camera to be in focus, the rest should be blurred, ...
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Grease pencil stroke disappearing with rotation

I am brand new to grease pencils and want to create some 2d stuff. I want to create window with outlines but the outlines disappear with rotation. I use blender 3.6, I tried changing clipping but it ...
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Plane is stuck in 2D, won't move in the y axis

I want to move the vertex in this direction But it won't let me. I can move it in the X and Z axis but not the Y, like the plane is stuck being 2D and won't enter the third dimension.
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Fill tool isn't working even with gap closure

I'm having issues with blender's fill tool. I can't seem to get it to work properly to fill the character's mouth. How do I get the fill tool to work properly in the gif? The loop of the character's ...
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Looping grease pencil animation error

I tried to apply the Time Offset modifier to a grease pencil animation with Storyboard add-on, but it does not create looping animation. What could be possible reasons for that/how to fix it? I am ...
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How to change a Shortcut for Sidebar scrolling?

I found out that newest Blender version as 3.6.1 or 4.0.0 Alpha have a new hotkey for Sidebar scrolling and it is CTRL + Wheel Up/Down. Earlier is was simply Wheel Up/Down. So how to change it back? I ...
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