Blender.Today Q&A #111 🤔

Hello, when undo system will stop undoing interface changes, like pivot point, transform orientation, prop. editing, snapping, brush settings and etc. It's very frustrating when perform an action then undo and it also undoing settings you setup early 😒

Hi Pablo (the undisputed blender king) and guests!

There came some really cool things out of SIGGRAPH 2020! One of them I took notice in in specific. It is a soft body solver to rule them all. It has an open source C++ implementation under MIT License.

I was wondering if things like this are to be considered for incorporation in to the blender solver family?

• Demonstration video: youtu.be/y96jk-eUCgI
• Sources: github.com/ipc-sim/IPC

Hi everyone! I'd like to know if blender will have a "substance painter" like alternative. It's probably one of the few things missing for me. I've saw this workaround ( youtube.com/watch ), and it seems that blender could actually "compete" with Substance, if someone works in it.

Also, could you take a look at this Summer of code: devtalk.blender.org/t/gsoc-2020-soft-body-sim-weekly-reports/13674

Good content, keep it up!

Blender 2.8's icons have always been hard to see compared to 2.7 for me. The flat white icons don't seem great for readability. Recently Windows has been moving away from these kinds of icons. The new ones are mostly flat with just a little bit of color and gradients. Could we please see a change like this in Blender for accessibility? You can see comparisons to old icon styles compared to new here. (Edit, this isn't about wanting to look better, its for the vision impaired)

I know EEVEE has been getting some love lately with Object Motion Blur, but I'd really like to to see EEVEE get a proper Shadow Catcher. Is this coming anytime in the near future?

Any updates on the Asset Manager.

Check this out: youtu.be/ZphqykbmHeQ

developer.blender.org/T73366

Hola Pablo.

I have a few Ideas that I post them in RightClickSelect Page but I don't know is it a proper way to send them or I have to post it in Developer talk too. I know Maxscript scripting language in MAX but new to Python. I think I'm a little bit old to learn something new from ground up, anyway.

some Ideas are really simple like this one: Multi shape key Target

and some hard to script like this one: Energy Brushes for Grease Pencil

thanks again.

Hi Pablo, Thanks for the great communication you do.

One simple question : When support for groups is going to be available ? (it's quite a huge missing feature imho)

Hi Pablo~

Since there is work being done on UV's for 2.90 and up, any news on this RCS: blender.community/c/rightclickselect/BDcbbc/

What is planned for 2.91 and 2.92 UV editing? I'm very curious after seeing it on the roadmap. Here are my suggestions:

• There should be an operator for selecting flipped UVs.

• A setting for specifying Texel density when averaging islands scale would be helpful for creating consistent game assets.

• Pick shortest path (ctrl+left click) for quickly marking seams in the UV editor, like it's possible in 3d view.

• More packing options like not changing islands orientation. And give the ability to pack selection around unselected, or a tool for drawing a packing box area.

• Add operators to align and arrange UV Islands.

• When UV sync is On, doing any transformation in faces rips them, it would be consistent if it behaved sticky like in edge and vertex modes.

• When unwrapping in the UV editor, blender should only unwrap the selected islands. This currently only works this way when UV sync is on.

Are you planning any version of Blender for iPad?

hello Pablo! question, what do you use blender for?, from an artist perspective I mean, or is it more of "let's try this new tool and show it around"

also why don't you stream longer? maybe that way this Q&As you could watch videos and give an opinion or even read and check patches live, even try experimental branches like LANPR or bone studio branch too

When launching a script, when I change from modes, the script does not continue to run when I go from object to edit mode regarding selecting parts of a mesh and changing it. Will this be fixed anytime soon? This is not exclusive to me and seems to be a bother to the ones making scripts when they come from other software.

Hi Pablo! Do you recommend any good guide in sculpting using the new workflow of the awesome Pablo Dobarro that he explained in his talk last year ("The new sculpting workflow in Blender" = youtube.com/watch ). Even a timelapse using that workflow would be very useful :D.

As always I want to congratulate you in the work you are doing with blender today, its awsome!!

Hi Pablo, thanks to you and the team to allow Blender be greater each day! ! Just this time in time to ask my question...Vhat is the plan for the trimming tool in sculpt mode, and is it blocked by the advance in Newboolean branch developpment right now ? Could we try it ? Seems to be awesome !! Have a good day blender users around the world...

Hello guys, thanks for the continued development, 2.9 looks so neat and powerful! My question regards snapping: after it being introduced for edge slide, are there any chances that snapping will be possible also when making loop cuts? Sometimes I find myself in situations where I need the loop cut to be in the same place or axis of a vertex/edge. I know I could do a loop cut and then use edge slide with snapping, but why not blend the two actions into one? Thanks for everything you do at Blender :)!

Hi, Pablo! Is * separate saving of viewport settings * being considered for implementation?

We need it to keep matcaps, shadows and other stuff between sessions without the rest of UI as they are more specific to the scene/document than the layout. Thanks!

Hey, Pablo and guest(s) greetings from Brazil!

Could you talk about Blender and motion capture ? I have heard some months ago about the Chordata Motion project and I found it amazing that they want to bring it to Blender, but also I was wondering if Blender wouldn't have someday a system so it was possible to make optical motion capture , you know, like with the markers and all that stuff, tracking and solving markers with multiple cameras .

I know that it's possible to do this in Blender currently, but it's only with one footage at the time , by linking the marker to an empty, but with multiple cameras it is possible to track not only the X and Y axis, but also Z axis , making it WAY more accurate for motion capture animation.

This guy, in 2015, made an addon and demonstrated it's functionality in this video , but now the addon seems to be broken (or whatever problem it has). But, anyways, it would be a great idea to implement something like this, not necessarily needing to compete with a more advanced tool ─ the same way the VSE doesn't too.

Thanks for reading until here lol

Hi Pablo,

What happened to plans to make Agent 327 as full feature film? The short was so good I really thought it's gonna happen and was looking forward to watch it in my local cinema. And now? Silence. You already have avoided to answer similar question in the past Q/A. Be transparent now and choose from these possibilities:

a) You can't talk about it yet b) You honestly don't know c) Idea was abandoned for whatever reason d) Impossible get enough money for such project so hope is faint like a candle flame e) Levy and Hjalmarsson are busy with something completely different and they just don't care g) In cinemas summer 2022 (I doubt mightily)

Hi Pablo, Have you considered doing a weekly show where you review the artworks created by Blender users at Blenderartists.org?

Any news about keymesh?

Pablo; Right Click Select is our best tool for proposal submission, but I must bring attention to the many spam, duplicate, and irrelevant posts, and I feel that this impacts everyone listening.

I've tried to create a place to discuss the future of the site:

blender.chat/channel/rightclickselect

Nobody joined thus far. But we should wish the very best functionality for RCS because it's the voice of the community of Blender's future.

If we could just assign some vote based moderation to users with higher reputations, then the moderators would not need to work so hard to keep the site organized and helpful to devs and other users.

We should be able to vote delete spam posts, suggest edits that combine duplicate posts and in general suggest edits that strengthen and improve proposals. Kind of like Blender Stack-Exchange.

Our power is in our community so why not empower the community to make Blender as good as it can be?

Ever since this post I made in 2016 I believed in this concept!

blenderartists.org/t/anyone-think-it-would-be-cool-to-have-a-stack-exchange-for-feature-requests/659402

Thankyou!

Hey Pablo ! can we get a blender today with Andrew Price (the blender guru) or another sculpt special with Pablo Dobarro

Hi Pablo, thanks for doing so well at being the Voice of Blender. Can you speak a bit about Blender's production tool Attract? There is not a whole lot about it online, I guess because it's connected to the Cloud subscription. It looks like it can help a lot in keeping track of shots. Will Attract be continued or will it be replaced? Thanks! - David

Hi Pablo, I wanted to know when fast mouse/pen movement will be fixed in paint, sculpt mode. Right now when you paint fast you get jaggy lines and increasing input samples will lag. There is a developer thread here explaining but seems like it's not fixing and it has been from the beginning . I force to paint on other applications. here is the thread: developer.blender.org/T70765

hello pablo! i love your live streams... my question (rigging) i have currently finished my character facial rig . Action based workflow same as set keyframe from maya. Action constraint is awesome and powerful. but when stacked around 30 to 40 constraints i couldn't use more than one rotation in one axis without getting unexpected results . i think this patch solves that problem developer.blender.org/D7547 . but there are no reviewers specified. is it planned for master?. thank you..... any plans to improve action constraint? like adding Extrapolate option...

Not a question, but reminder: stripped (zebra) background in keymaps. Pleeease : )

Will Blender ever allow unlimited N-gon Holes on N-gon faces? Compared to Sketchup, where you can place a window in a wall without the need for extra edges, this has always bothered me in Blender. Been waiting for that ever since B-mesh was a thing. Should also help A LOT with Boolean workflows.

Hi Pablo, there is a way to apply a shape key?

Will you guys revamp the character library from the blender cloud? as the characters seem to be scattered all over the cloud. Any chance that you'll free all the characters for everyone that would make it more inviting for animators to start trying blender :)

Hey Pablo you're a nice guy and i wish you the best, so i invite you to read the Noble Qur'an this life is too short to not contemplate on the purpose of our existence..Peace.

Are you guys thinking about adding new features on animation tools?

Please add the ability to add a hotkey to this checkmark. A blender can very quickly change the interface language, and I often have to do this because I do not always understand or remember what a particular word means in my language. In dreams, it would be ideal if the program interface coincided with the currently selected language on the keyboard. But it seems to me a pipe dream. imgur.com/o2o4Gkx

There is no info about new simulation editor in 2.90. Please tell us something about it and show simpliest example of particle setup.

Hi Pablo and the Blender team!

How are you? How is the situation in Amsterdam? Are you back to the studio?

I remember the days, you were doing quick interviews, poking developers on their workplaces... It felt sooo live, like hot news! Would you consider doing the same when you're back to the office?

Thanks for your streams! This is one of the unique experience no other software offers to their community!

Hey you guys really like short cuts, any chance you will get to voice short cuts?

Hi Pablo! I did a suggestion on Right Click Select about the pie menu, it's a VERY minor thing, but i was curious if the developers are aware of it! blender.community/c/rightclickselect/pRfbbc/

Layer Brush:

What is propagation steps and Set persistent base (in layman's terms) under the Brush settings and how do I use it?

Hello developer, When will we have multiple light select render options in blender?? Most anticipated update ♥

Can we have Python errors and prints insite the console of Blender? Not in that DOS-Window?

Hello, Quick and short. With the asset manager will blender finally have presets and quick materials? #CallForContent

hi!pablo hope your having a great day!!.I have some questions_1.are there any new improvement in sky texture 2.are there any new nodes coming in blender by the way i also make tutorials youtube.com/watch

Hello pablo!!

Brother i want to know if particle nodes are ready or not!! Is there some new demos????

Hi Pablo, is the pre-selection highlight planned for other tools/operations?

I like the Poly Build tool highlights.

hi Pablo way in blender 2.83 LTS if you view seleting or now frame seleted the object everything around disappears from the view ?

When I go into sculpting mode, selected my sculpting knife and then click on the model, blender will stop working. It happens over and over again that made me can't proceed on my project. Very worried.

Hi Pablo (+possible co-host) <3

I love the fact snap while sliding was added, however I keep getting inconsistent results (Ie. different outcomes depending on camera view angle). My question is, is there a way to know exactly how a feature is supposed to work before it is officially documented?

Another thing I wanted to ask is that I have a post on right click select, which I believe would be related to one of the gsoc projects. However, not being a developer myself, I feel that I should not be posting on developer.blender.org , since it would cause unnecessary commotion, and make production harder. What do you recommend?

Hi, Pablo!

First of all thank you for the show!

I have one not exactly a question but suggestion. A littler backstory(don't take it too personally, I'm not trying to offend you in any way just disappointed a little ): last week you've been asked a few times about a SirWade video and I was very ashamed of you going full steam politician on it. You've used all range of dodgery, unmotivated attacks on character and done everything to not the answer the question at hand that you know nothing about atm.

It is, sadly, not the first time just the most recent one. I understand that it's not of bad intentions but mostly due to the fact that you haven't had a time to research a subject or it's out of your expertise(and it's fine,, Blender is a huge program) but since the question is there you are obliged to answer it.

So. here is the proposal: Since you've ditched the "news" part of the show leaving only the questions part and gather questions two days prior the show, maybe it's a good idea to make your research one day before the show would go live so you would have answers(or even developers on stream who can answer those you can't) for such tricky questions that need answers longer that a few phrases or out of you area of expertise.

Why doesn't blender.stackexchange.com have dark mode?

Hey pablo, i am making an animation using action editor, and i created some useless actions, and now i can't delete them!!! there is no button that works for me to delete, i can't even delete them on outliner, maybe it's because i am new to blender, but i would like just to left click and delete.