General Blender help thread

[Demian]

Dumb question, but how do I center an object to the origin?

Shift + Control + Alt + C. A charming keyboard shortcut isn't it.

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[popman98]

When mirroring an object, all the faces turns inside out! Is there an easy way to fix this, or do I have to remove all faces and put them back face by face? I could send you the .blend if you'd like to take a look at it.

(The inside out faces only show up as inside out when viewing in texture)
Found out.

Another question:
When I render a model, it brings up a window. How do I take this window down to keep on working on my model?

[Demian]

Press ESC, F3 to save render, and F11 to bring up last render. T brings up a handy toolbar from where you can recalculate normals and remove doubles. Good to do both of those every now and then to your model, especially before rendering. N brings up another useful toolbar.

[popman98]

Ok, so I colored a model:


But when I render it, it shows up like this:


And how can I fix this:

[Demian]

Well that's odd. I didn't know Blender 2.5 could do viewport colors. The black fuzz comes from overlapping faces. Send me the file and I'll take a look at the coloring problem.

[KadeBL_ID12958]

wait a sec, is background image really bugged in this newest update or am i just doing it wrong?

[Demian]

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Oh my. I guess Blender 2.5 can do viewport colors then. Your model doesn't have any materials. YouTube how to do them.

wait a sec, is background image really bugged in this newest update or am i just doing it wrong?

Works fine for me.

[KadeBL_ID12958]

what?.. is it the same exact process in the OP? cause that's what i did, and it didn't show a picture.

[Demian]

what?.. is it the same exact process in the OP? cause that's what i did, and it didn't show a picture.

Yes. Check the box > Add image > Open the rather nicely hidden menu by clicking the tiny arrow next to "Not Set" > Click Open > Open your image.

[KadeBL_ID12958]

when i do that, the picture does not appear. it works with .png right? because nothing shows up.

[Demian]

when i do that, the picture does not appear. it works with .png right? because nothing shows up.

Send me the blend. It should work just fine.

[KadeBL_ID12958]

I haven't made anything, though. i'm trying to set myself a reference picture, but i can't work by tabbing. I don't know if sending you the blend would help. also i'm using the most recent version

plus it isn't a specific blend, it's every time i open blender. :U

[Demian]

I haven't made anything, though. i'm trying to set myself a reference picture, but i can't work by tabbing. I don't know if sending you the blend would help. also i'm using the most recent version

plus it isn't a specific blend, it's every time i open blender. :U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Ocr4ubosY

[KadeBL_ID12958]

holee crap, the comments fixed my problem. i just kept starting it in the wrong view. Thanks :D

[The Corporation]

So about UV Textures-
I heard you had to put them on upside down.
If you haven't figured it out, like what are you running into? What's the problem?

Or should we ask this guy