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What is the process for creating gifs for questions and answers?
The recording software
The top two are by far the most used (on this site):
LICEcap Windows and OSX installer
GifCam Windows only, but no install (yay)
ScreenToGif Newer app, looks very good, ...
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Question put long or short preferred?
Even the most mundane detail or seemingly non-related action can help you get a concrete reply (installed program X yesterday etc) as opposed to commented suggestions and followup questions so I'd ...
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What is the process for creating gifs for questions and answers?
You can make gif's using blender and GIMP.
Three ways you can get original frames from blender -
Render an animation. Depending on what you want to show you can setup an animation in blender and ...
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Are questions about the 2.8 branch on topic?
I don't think Blender 2.8 related question should be automatically considered offtopic. It will eventually become the official latest release, so it should be encouraging to have early answers and ...
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Are questions about the 2.8 branch on topic?
I'm going to disagree with Duarte here, and argue they should be off topic.
At its core Blender.SE is a database of blender knowledge, in Q&A format. As a result posts long-term value should be ...
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Favorite BSE post of the year - 2017
Ok because SE auto converts to comments "trivial answers" (answers with links to other answers) I guess there will be one answer with a list of links.
Add your favorite post to the list below.
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Blender paid work
"Legal" yes, I guess so, but it is off topic and would get closed.
Job offers are off topic. We get maybe one a month or so, and they quickly get closed, and directed to blender artists' job section.
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What is the process for creating gifs for questions and answers?
There's definitely not a single best process. I hope this thread fills up with people weighing in on their method.
Linux here.. (Ubuntu) -- not crossplatform
My solution involves a few prerequisits ...
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Is it possible to mark a question in order to be notified of the answers?
I think the favorite feature does what you are looking for, or as close as SE offers.
After clicking the little star under the vote buttons on any question, it will get added to your favorite list. ...
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Are questions about the 2.8 branch on topic?
Yes, absolutely.
Yes, 2.8 is rapidly changing. Yes, questions asked about it today might not apply tomorrow. The thing is, the developers are hoping to get people using and testing the branch as much ...
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Concerning third-party addons and question closing
Thanks for bringing this up, it has been on the back of my mind for a while, since I've seen some users propose closing questions for being about third party addons.
My personal view on this stands by ...
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How do I subscribe to, follow or save questions?
Stack Exchange doesn't have this functionality well handled yet (notifications of other people's stuff), so here is what you can do (and what I do):
Mark questions favorite (little star below up/down ...
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What is the proper action for a question that requests links to tutorials
Vote to close as off topic.
Then if you feel so inclined, explain to the OP why asking for links to tutorials is off topic.
BSE is not a google this for me service. That type of post is bad for a few ...
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Should a question be allowed to contain contact details?
You start out with the correct assumption which is: contact info should not be in posts.
As such whenever you see this type of thing (usually an email address where you can contact them for more ...
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When should we be asking question askers for blend files?
When should we be asking question askers for blend files?
Sparingly, only when necessary.
I very much agree with the question, and have had and stated this position for years.
To quote from this ...
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Where would be a good location to post a Blender Addon request/idea?
I'm not sure what you mean by "Blender Surface Site" but no the meta, nor the main site would not be the correct place to post that. See point 5 in the off topic list.
You could try on blender ...
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On topic: A question about how to design a 3D planet?
Thanks asking in meta :) The question "How to model a realistic planet with rings?" sounds a little too broad as stated, but you would be more than welcome to ask around in chat.
Once you get a start ...
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Should we edit a question title that's too vague?
You are 100% right, edit away (but read this answer first).
I remember maybe a year and a half ago (or longer) having this same question. I came to the conclusion that there is no reason to not edit ...
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What to do with abandoned questions?
As stated in Old, abandoned questions with unaccepted answers we should not close a question just to get rid of it.
We should not be closing questions like Sharp edges while maintaining circular ...
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What is our criteria for a minimum effort?
For modeling questions
Reference Images
After some thought, the question must include an example of what they are trying to accomplish.
For example, this question How would I create an arch? should ...
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What is a "well received question"?
According to Meta.SE, the criteria is:
(total questions - negative questions - closed - deleted)/total questions >= 0.5
where each question can be counted ...
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Is there data available on the amount of questions posted over time?
Data Stack Exchange API will let you build SQL Queries to get whatever stats you want about a stack exchange site.
I don't know enough about SQL to build one, but Bill the Lizard already did the ...
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Dealing with dead manual links
Excellent incentive. I applaud you on seeing a problem and working towards getting it fixed. I myself still have ~60 posts to fix.
(I thought sure there was a meta post on this before, but alas I can ...
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Is there a site for getting help with learning to use Blender?
Hello and thanks for posting here and bringing up the issue.
Blender Stack Exchange is the place to ask questions about Blender, and learn using it.
This is no regular forum however, and there a few ...
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What is the process for creating gifs for questions and answers?
I use regular screen capture tools (anything to make a video), then upload the video to ezgif.com.
I currently switch between Quicktime and Monosnap (but I'm on a Mac). They both work well, but for ...
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