Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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How to post code snippets
How do I paste properly formatted code in Stack Exchange?
Whenever I try and post code snippets it gets posted as regular text
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Why does reopening questions not work?
I recently received the gold badge for Geometry Nodes, and the tag description says:
These users can single-handedly mark geometry-nodes questions as duplicates ...
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Selecting NurbsPath as hair particle render object is not showing on the plane in viewport
I have already asked this question in Blender Stack and got solution of converting geometry to mesh but i don't want it to convert into mesh but as a path only and got suggestion to ask here in ...
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Searching answers that you gave
According to stack exchange meta, to search one of your answers, you have to use the search bar as follow:
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When to use italicization for keywords? [duplicate]
I'm curious and a bit confused on when to use italicization for keyword terms. I have noticed that in this revision the italicization has been taken out for Image Texture. I have noticed that most ...
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What am I doing Wrong when flagging?
I flagged this post that's obviously lacking in details and clarity before the comments in that post came in saying the same thing that it was lacking in details. But it got declined without any ...
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How do I deal w/ question with bounty already given (as thanks for time & effort) but still unsolved?
In my question thread Why does "nw_add_textures_for_principled" work w/ Existing Material but not w/ dynamically created ones? I have put a +100 bounty ...
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Tried to Help User By Editing Their Question But They Rejected It
There is this question that lacked alot of details so we were exchanging comments until i realized what their problem was. So I was kind enough to help them out by doing this edit so they could get ...
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Why do I receive a "Voting corrected"?
I have in no way abused this platform, or in any way encouraged others to vote my posts excessively.
I think I have worked hard and well earned the reputation here on blender.stackexchange.com over ...
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Question misconception on stackexchange
Unfortunately , staff on blender.stackexchange act like they're robots and won't read the peoples question and close them immediately.
I don't know what is this unlikely and unfriendly action means, I ...
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What Animation FIle Types Should Be Used in Questions/Answers?
I'm sure this has to be a duplicate, but I haven't been able to find where it's answered -- a link to the existing answer would be appreciated!
For still images I've used jpgs for all my questions and ...
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Why does Blend-Exchange say my file is not a blend file?
When I upload my Blender file Blend-Exchange I get a message saying my file is not a blend file. Why?
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How do I hilight words in grey such as Blender hot keys? [duplicate]
I've searched right through the markup help and can't find any mention anywhere of what hotkey or incantation to use to create the grey hilighting (with or without the surrounding box outline) when ...
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Mark comment as answer
I'm new to this style of forum software. How do I mark a question thread in this forum as answered (presumably beneficial for potential future viewers of the question) when the answer was given in a ...
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How can a new user bump a question?
Here's an example of a new user doing the right thing, and looking to see whether their question has been asked before. However, it was unanswered, and their only option to bring attention to the ...
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This question already exists
Read this first.
So I came to this point where I had enough and came to figure things out here. I've been using this site for almost a month, but recently I started getting pressure from this one mod....
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reissue of questions
My opinion of this stack exchange system has never been good, I will never have a good opinion of this system, for many reasons, starting because it is a heater farm, but this ... !!! This is already ...
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Was Question posted?
I tried posting a question a few minutes ago. It seemed to take a long time to post and I did not see any confirmation it posted. How can I tell if my question was posted?
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Can someone clean up these comments?
Not enough reputation to flag them myself out at least don't see that option.
After typing out "win-win for you print it out and send it to your mom so she can put it in her fridge and marvel at the ...
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How to get a link to an old question that was probably deleted for no answer/no votes?
I'd solved a scripting problem and included it as part of a question here a few years ago. I don't see the question and I'm guessing it was deleted for no answers/no activity or similar. I've searched ...
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How do you create a chat room from comments?
I've seen chat-rooms created from over-extended comment exchanges, copying the accumulated commentary into the room. How is this done?
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How do I attach files in comments and sub-comments?
I can't find a way to attach files (specifically rendered videos .mkv or "FFmpeg" in blender) to my comments. I'm new to the site so it might actually be really obvious.
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New Contributor indicator how to be a Contributor to Code of Conduct?
While Browsing Blender Stack Exchange. I noticed that some users are Contributor of "Code of Conduct".
If You hover the Text 'New Contributor' it Shows a message about "Code of Conduct". Although I ...
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Revoking false close votes from multiple users
I recently viewed a question that I initially though was a duplicate of another question, so, I voted to close it as such. Anyway, I asked for clarification just in case it wasn't a duplicate. After ...
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Image Error "i.stack.imgur.com redirected you too many times"
All browsers, Windows 10.
As of last night images from i.stack.imgur.com have been broken for me. In Chrome, attempts to load the image directly result in the 'redirected you too many times' error. ...
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Can you add files to comments?
Is it possible to add .blend files or images to comments? I'm having a bit of difficulty with somebody's answer to my question, and I'd like to give them my .blend file or a screenshot to help them ...
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Markup code parsed unexpectedly
I usually present code by indenting lines with four spaces or using the respective button in the editing menu.
line_of = "code"
another = "line"
However, after a ...
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Any way to see all moderator nominations?
The current 2015 Moderator Election page just shows 4 candidates ran for moderator; however, I know there were seven nominations. Is there any way to see withdrawn nominations?
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How do I subscribe to, follow or save questions?
I'd like to do something like "+1" or just "subscribe" to certain questions. Can't find a button for it.
By the way the next obstacle is posting itself: System says I have to wait for 40 minutes. ...
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How do I log out of my stack exchange account?
I want to create a new profile, so how do I log out of BSE?
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I am unable to suggest edits
I suggested some edits which were rejected yesterday. Since then, I am not able to suggest anymore edits. I wonder, how can I lift this ban?
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Does drafts' lifespans start from the initial draft or from the last edit?
I am currently writing a relatively big answer, so I am making use of drafts to work on it a bit everyday as I don't have much time.
I understand that drafts will be deleted after 7 days. What I don'...
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Medium size images with alpha
When answering a question, I've wanted to include large images that have an alpha channel, but not necessarily at their original size. When I append an m to the ...
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Blender paid work
I am planning to have a 3D animation short movies, My question:
Is it considered off-topic to offer some paid work related to Blender, in blender stack exchange?
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Where to answer specific question about already described problem?
There is quite well-known problem about applying transforms which also has answers about different use cases (rigid bodies, UV unwrapping).
Recently there was added question about unexpected working ...
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Why are some questions a different color on the screen?
Why do some questions show up in a different color box on the screen and some are just white?
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How to access starred questions
When I find helpful question that I might need to read the answer to it later, I check the star, I tried to find a way to access the questions that I starred but couldn't find the link.
Is there a ...
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If a user has put links to images in a post, is it OK to move them imgur and editing the post to show the images inline?
When reviewing this post through the First Posts review queue, I was going to edit to convert links to images to inline inages, but when I saw that the images were not hosted at imgur, I decided ...
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Anyone can edit?
Surely I have missed something as I though editing questions or answers was allowed at 2000 rep?
Today, twice, a user with 1 rep edited my answer. I rejected it and so I don't have a link anymore, ...
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Blender Stack Exchange in languages other than English?
Are there versions of Stack Exchange generally, or Blender Stack Exchange in particular, in languages other than English? If not, where can one direct a user who is hampered by trying to ask a ...
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How to sign out?
Sorry if this question is really nooby, I'm just not sure how to sign out of blender stack exchange. Any ideas?
Much appreciated,
Thanks.
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where to put this math repo reference link?
I asked this in chat a few days ago, but had no takers: I came across this amazing math formula repository done by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). I think it could be ...
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Is it possible to retract your own edit suggestions?
I recently suggested an edit to this question, but while I was doing the edit, someone with enough rep to do immediate edits (Shady Puck) finished his edit. While our edits were similar, his was more ...
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Reputation for new users
I was trying to understand how the reputation works and I don't quite get it. It is not the first time, that I see users who ask their first question, don't have other activities (like answering ...
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How should I flag tutorial requests?
I recently came across a question that is nothing but a request for a tutorial. I looked into flagging it, but I couldn't decide what flag to use.
Off topic gives me the choices of bug report, too ...
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Where to upload files other than .blend files and images?
Let's say I want to upload my blend file but due to it being linked to other blend files I have to upload the linked blend files too. blend-exchange doesn't let you upload more than one file at a time ...
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Excess Moderators
As far as I know, we have three elected moderators: gandalf3, iKlsR, and David. This begs the question, who are Gabe, Oded, Robert Cartaino, and however many others that I've missed? How are they ...
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Can I block users from my chat room?
I currently do not have a chat room, but I was wondering, could I block annoying users from my chat room?
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Is there a way or a convention to know or indicate the first frames of a GIF?
Sometimes gif animations are hard to understand because we don't know where the sequence begin.
Is there a convention to indicate the beginning (something special to add at the beginning of the ...
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How can I delete my account?
I looked into the profile settings and couldn't any button or option for account deletion.
I searched on meta and it seems no one asked this question before, can anyone help me?
should I contact a ...
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